Overall Winner:

National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata

Overall Runner-up:

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore – Runners-Up

Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):

Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur

National Law University, Jodhpur

Quarter-Finalists (in alphbetical order):

Indian Law Society (ILS), Pune

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
National Law University, Delhi
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Patiala

Best Oralist:

Ms. Sahana Manjesh, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore

Best Individual Oralist – Runner-up:

Ms. Geetha Hariharan, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore

Best Memorial:

National Law University, Jodhpur

Best Memorial – Runner-up:

National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata

Participating Teams:

1. Amity Law School, Delhi
2. Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Delhi University
3. Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna
4. Government Law College, Mumbai
5. Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar
6. Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur
7. Indian Law Society, Pune
8. KIIT Law School, Bhubaneswar
9. KLE Law College, Bangalore
10. National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad
11. National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal
12. National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore
13. National Law University (NLU), Delhi
14. National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur
15. National Law University (NLU), Orissa
16. National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi
17. National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Calcutta
18. New Law College, Pune
19. Nirma University, Institute of Law, Ahmedabad
20. Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Patiala
21. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow
22. Symbiosis Law College, Pune

Final Round Judges

JUSTICE GITA MITTAL, Judge, Delhi High Court

JUSTICE VALMIKI J MEHTA, Judge, Delhi High Court

HARISH SALVE, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Former Solicitor General of India

JONATHAN BLAKE, Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington DC

RAHUL MATTHAN, Partner, Trilegal

Advanced Rounds Judges

AMEET DATTA is a partner at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, New Delhi and specialises in Intellectual Property Law, Media and Entertainment Law.

ANISH DAYAL has studied law from the University of Cambridge in England on a scholarship of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. He has qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales. He has his own commercial & corporate legal practice in Delhi and currently practices in the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court.

HARISH NARASAPPA is currently a partner at Narasappa, Doraswamy & Raja, Bangalore. He graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 1996 and was a Radhakrishnan scholar to the University of Oxford during 1996-97 to read for the BCL.

JACQUES DELISLE holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, was a graduate student in Political Science at Harvard and received his A.B. from Princeton. He is currently the Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the University’s Centre for East Asian Studies and Director of the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

JOSEP CARBONELL has been teaching Political Sciences and Media Studies at the Blanquerna Communications School of Barcelona since 1996. He is also an Academic Visitor at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University.

JOYJYOTI MISRA graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2005. Presently, he is a Senior Associate with Khaitan & Co., New Delhi.

MADHAVI GORADIA Divan got her degree in law from Cambridge University where she was a Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar. She practices in the Supreme Court in 2007. She is the author of a book titled, ‘Facets of Media Law’ published in 2006.

NEEL MASON graduated from the National Law School of India University in 1997 and is currently a Managing Partner at Mason & Associates.

NIKHIL KANEKAL graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune and is currently the law correspondent for the MINT and reports principally from the Supreme Court of India. He was a Stabile Fellow at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

RAJSHEKHAR RAO graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 1999. He was Junior Counsel with the Justice Venkataswami Commission appointed to look into the ‘Tehelka’ matter. He is in private practice at New Delhi since July 2006 and appears before the Supreme Court, High Courts and other forums.

RAMAN JIT SINGH CHIMA is a policy analyst with Google, based in Delhi. He graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

SAIKRISHNA RAJAGOPAL graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 1995 and founded Saikrishna & Associates in January 2001. He has also been recently appointed as a member of the National Legal Knowledge Council.

SAJAN POOVAYYA is currently the Managing Partner of Poovayya & Co. and amongst India’s leading experts on Technology, Media and Telecommunication Law. He graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore and obtained a Master’s in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

SHISHIR VAYTTADEN graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2005 and is currently a Managing Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices.

SHWETASREE MAJUMDER graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2002. She is the co-founder of Fidus Law Chambers. She is currently co-authoring the Master IP Guide-India, a Wolters Kluwer Law publication.

SUDHIR KRISHNASWAMY is a graduate of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and completed his BCL and D.Phil in Law from the University of Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. He is currently a Professor of Law at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.

VISHNU JEROME graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2002. Presently, he is a partner at AZB & Partners. Previously, he has worked as an Associate at Poovayya & Co., Advocates & Solicitors.

VIVEK DURAI is the co-founder and managing partner at Atman Law Partners with significant experience in technology, media and telecom sectors.

WOLFGANG SCHULZ is the Managing Director of the Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg. He studied Law and Journalism in Hamburg and in July 2009 habilitation through the Faculty of Law at the University of Hamburg, granted him the venia legendi in public law, media law and legal philosophy.

Preliminary Rounds Judges

AARTHI RAJAN holds a degree in law from University of Cardiff, Wales and completed her Bar Vocational Course from College of Law, Bloomsbury, London. She has previously worked as an associate at Fox Mandal Little, New Delhi and is currently working in Chambers of Mohan Parasaran, Additional Solicitor General of India, as a Junior Counsel.

ABHAYRAJ NAIK graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and holds an LL.M. from Yale Law School. He is currently teaching at Jindal Global Law School.

AKHIL ANAND is currently a senior associate with Poovayya & Co., New Delhi and is primarily involved in litigation, real estate and general corporate matters.

ALOK PRASANNA is a graduate of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and holds a BCL from the University of Oxford. He currently works in the Chambers of Mohan Parasaran, Additional Solicitor General of India and is a Panel-C counsel appearing on behalf of the Union of India in the Supreme Court.

ANIMESH SINHA graduated from Amity Law School in 2008 and has previously worked as a legal associate in the litigation team at Karanjawala & Co. He is currently a partner at Accendo Law Partners.

ANIRUDDHA JAIRAM is a graduate of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and has completed his BCL from the University of Oxford. He has previously worked at White and Case – New York, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi and is currently an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School.

ANIRUDH WADHWA is a graduate of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and has previously worked with Clifford Chance in London. He is currently practicing at the Delhi High Court and is the Chief-Editor of Justice RS Bachawat’s ‘Law of Arbitration and Conciliation’ (5th Edition, LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur).

ARVIND LAKHAWAT is a Gold Medalist from the National Law University, Jodhpur and is currently an associate at AZB & Partners, New Delhi. His work primarily deals with private equity, acquisition, media and telecom.

BAHAAR DHAWAN graduated from Symbiosis Law School , Pune and is currently working in the litigation department at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.

BIPIN ASPATWAR graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2008 and was formerly the Assistant Director of the Public Interest Legal Support and Research Centre. He is currently practicing in the Supreme Court of India.

CHETAN GUPTA completed his BCL from the University of Oxford in 2008 and is currently in private practice. Previously, he has clerked for Justice Arijit Pasayat and has also worked in the Chambers of Harish Salve and Gaurav Pachnanda.

DEEPTO ROY graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2005 and has previously worked with Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. as a Principal Associate. Presently, he is a partner with PXV Law Partners and heads the banking and energy practice.

GOPAL JAIN practices in the Supreme Court of India and has significant expertise in media law issues.

Indira Ramesh graduated from ILS Law College, Pune and currently works in the Chambers of Harish Salve. She has previously worked with Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co., Mumbai and also litigated in the Madras High Court for over two years with Mr. Satish Parasaran.

JESSE TOWNSEND holds a B.A. in Political Science and History from the University of Texas at Austin and completed his J.D from Yale Law School. He is currently a Jindal Global Teaching Fellow at O.P. Jindal Global University.

JOYJYOTI MISRA graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2005. Presently, he is a Senior Associate with Khaitan & Co., New Delhi.

KAMALDEEP DAYA graduated from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Delhi University and worked in the Chambers of Harish Salve from 2005-2010. He is currently an independent litigator and continues to assist Mr. Salve in certain matters.

MIHIRA SOOD graduated from NALSAR University of Law in 2007 and is currently an Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices speacialising in Intellectual Property litigation.

NEHA SACHDEV graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2007 and completed her LL.M from New York University in 2008. She is currently an Associate in the Project and Infrastructure team at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices.

NIKHIL KANEKAL graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune and is currently the law correspondent for the MINT and reports principally from the Supreme Court of India. He was a Stabile Fellow at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

NIKHIL NARENDRAN is a graduate from the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Cochin and is presently an Associate with Trilegal, Bangalore. He has been associated with Trilegal’s TMT and general corporate practice for the past three years.

NITIN MASILAMANI graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and is currently a Principal Associate at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.

NIZAM PASHA graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2007 and is currently works at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. in the Mergers & Acquisitions team. He recently completed a teaching assignment in Securities Law at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

PADMA PRIYA graduated from the School of Law, Indraprastha University and currently heads the litigation team at MV Kini & Co.

PRADYUMAN DUBEY graduated from the Faculty of Law, Delhi University in 2003. He has previously worked at Lall & Sethi and is currently a Senior Associate at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices.

PREETINDER SINGH is a graduate of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and currently practices in the Punjab & Haryana High Court.

RAGHAV SHANKAR graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and completed his BCL and M.Phil from the University of Oxford. He is currently litigating in Delhi.

RAHUL NARAYAN completed his law degree in 2004 and read for the BCL from the University of Oxford directly thereafter. He is currently an independent practitioner dealing with both litigation and corporate matters. He has previously worked at AZB & Partners, New Delhi and Herbert Smith in London.

RISHABH SANCHETI is a Gold Medalist from National Law University, Jodhpur and completed the European Master in Law and Economics from the European Union as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar. Presently, he is an Advocate at the Supreme Court of India.

RUCHIRA GOEL graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and completed her LL.M. from the New York University School of Law on an Inlaks scholarship in 2010. She is presently a Research Associate at Jindal Global Law School.

SAGNIK SINHA graduated from the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar in 2009 and is currently an international trade lawyer with Laksmi, Kumaran & Sridharan.

SALMAN WARIS heads the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice at Fox Mandal Little. He has worked on a broad range of transactional, advisory and contentious matters in the IT, Telecom and Media sectors and regularly advises on legal/regulatory issues concerning telecommunication, new media and the Internet, data protection/ privacy and technology transfers.

SANTHOSH KRISHNAN graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2007 and is currently a litigating lawyer based in New Delhi.

SAURABH SARAOGI graduated from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and is currently an associate in the litigation and commercial arbitration team at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.

SHISHIR VAYTTADEN graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2005 and is currently a Managing Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices.

SHRAVANTH SHANKER holds a degree in law from Osmania University, Hyderabad and is presently an Associate Advocate at Amit Sibal’s Law Chambers in New Delhi. He is primarily involved with Commercial and Intellectual Property litigation at the Delhi High Court.

SWATHI SUKUMAR graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2005 and completed her LL.M from Columbia Law School in 2010. She is currently a litigating lawyer in Delhi with expertise in Intellectual Property.

TULIKA SEN graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2007 and completed her BCL from the University of Oxford in 2010. Presently, she is an Associate at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, New Delhi.

VIK KANWAR received a B.A. from New College in Social and Critical Theory in 1997 and completed his LL.M. from the New York University School of Law in 2001. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant Director, Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence at Jindal Global Law School.

VINAY KESARI graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2009 and is currently an Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, New Delhi.

VIVEK DURAI is the co-founder and managing partner at Atman Law Partners with significant experience in technology, media and telecom sectors.

ZOHEB HOSSAIN graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune and completed his BCL in 2009 from the University of Oxford. He currently works in the Chambers of Mohan Parasaran, Additional Solicitor General of India.

Overall Winner:

National Law University, Delhi

Overall Runner-up:

National Law School of India University, Bangalore

Semi-Finalists (in alphabetical order):

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
Quarter-Finalists (in alphabetical order):

Indian Law Society Law College, Pune
Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow
School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore

Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Best Oralist – Final Round:

Nitika Dwivedi, National Law University, Delhi

Best Oralist – Overall Winner:

Aishani Gupta, National Law University, Delhi

Best Oralist – Runner-up:

Shreya Jain, National Law School of India University, Bangalore

Best Memorial – Overall Winner:

National Law School of India University, Bangalore

Best Memorial – Runner-up:

Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow

Participating Teams:

1. Christ University, School of Law
2. Chanakya National Law University, Patna
3. Faculty of Law, Delhi University
4. Government Law College, Mumbai
5. Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
6. Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur
7. Indian Law Society Law College, Pune
8. KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswarr
9. National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad
10. National Law School of India University, Bangalore
11. National Law University, Jodhpurl
12. National Law University, Delhi
13. National Law University, Orissa
14. National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi
15. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
16. Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala
17. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow
18. Symbiosis Law School, Pune
19. New Law College, Pune
20. D.E.S Law College, Pune
21. Nirma University, Insitute of Law, Ahmedabad
22. Government Law College, Kozhikode
23. Andhra Pradesh University of Law
24. JSS Law College, Mysore
25. University of Kabul, Afghanistan
26. School of Excellence in Law, Chennai
27. Amity Law School, Amity University

Final Round Judges

JUSTICE GITA MITTAL is a Judge at the Delhi High Court.

HARISH SALVE is Senior Counsel at the Supreme Court of India and Former Solicitor General of India.

BLAIR LEVIN is a Communication and Society Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

SHYAM DIVAN is a Senior Counsel at the Supreme Court of India.

MARK STEPHENS is a Partner at Finers Stephens & Innocent, London and former chief advising lawyer for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.

Advanced Rounds Judges

SIDDHARTH AGGARWAL graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and is an Advocate practicing in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India.

GAURAV AGRAWAL graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 1999 and is currently practicing in the Supreme Court of India. He has co-authored a book on ‘Supreme Court Practice and Procedure’.
Harish Narasappa is currently a partner at Narasappa, Doraswamy & Raja, Bangalore. He graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 1996 and was a Radhakrishnan scholar to the University of Oxford during 1996-97 to read for the BCL.

CHINMAYI ARUN graduated from the NALSAR University of law, Hyderabad and completed her LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has worked at Ernst and Young and AZB & Partners. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Law at National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.

RAMAN JIT SINGH CHIMA is a policy analyst with Google, based in Delhi. He graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

OSAMA ABU DEHAYES is currently the Chief Legal Counsel at Aljazeera Networks. He was previously the Head of Legal & Business Affairs at Arab Media Group.

MADHAVI DIVAN earned a degree in law from Cambridge University where she was a Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar. She practices in the Supreme Court of India. She is the author of a book titled, ‘Facets of Media Law’ published in 2006.

JONATHAN DONNELLAN is a Deputy General Counsel at Hearst Corporation and is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham Law School. Previously, he was also Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at New York Daily News and also Assistant General Counsel at CNN.

SHIBANI GHOSH graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata and completed her B.C.L. and M.Sc. from the University of Oxford. She is a practicing public interest lawyer specializing in environmental and access to information laws. She is also a Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and a member of the Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE), New Delhi.

CHETAN GUPTA completed his B.C.L. from the University of Oxford in 2008 and is currently in private practice. Previously, he has clerked for Justice Arijit Pasayat and has also worked in the Chambers of Harish Salve and Gaurav Pachnanda.

APAR GUPTA completed his LL.M. from Columbia Law School and is currently a partner in Advani & Company. He primarily deals with arbitration and civil litigation. He also advises and represents companies on legal issues concerning information technology and electronic commerce.

ANIRUDDHA JAIRAM graduated from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and has completed his B.C.L. from the University of Oxford. He has previously worked at White and Case ,New York, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi and is currently an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat.

DAVID JOSEPH was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, joined Essex Court Chambers in 1985 and is a leading silk in the field of international arbitration and commercial litigation. His book titled ‘Jurisdiction in Arbitration Agreements and their Enforcement’ published in November 2010 has achieved prominence in a very short period of time.

ARUNDHATI KATJU graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore and worked for over five years with Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate. She now has an independent practice..

ARJUN KRISHNAN completed his B.C.L. from the University of Oxford in 2006 and is currently
litigating in the High Court and Supreme Court.

SHWETASREE MAJUMBER graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2002. She is the co-founder of Fidus Law Chambers. She is currently co-authoring the ‘Master IP Guide-India’, a Wolters Kluwer Law publication.

Abhayraj Naik graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and holds an LL.M. from Yale Law School. He is currently teaching at Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat.

GAURI RAO graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai and completed the B.C.L. from the University of Oxford in 2006. She is Principal Associate at Amarchand Mangaldas and has experience in mergers, acquisitions, private equity, debt capital markets, derivatives and finance.

RAJSHEKHAR RAO graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 1999. He was Junior Counsel with the Justice Venkataswami Commission appointed to look into the ‘Tehelka’ matter. He is in private practice at New Delhi since July 2006 and appears before the Supreme Court, High Courts and other forums.

DEEPTO ROY graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2005 and has previously worked with Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. as a Principal Associate. Presently, he is a partner with PXV Law Partners and heads the banking and energy practice.

AMIT SIBAL is currently an Advocate in the Supreme Court of India. In addition to completing his B.A.in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University of Oxford, he holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law from Cambridge University and Harvard Law School respectively.

GUNJAN SHAH graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and completed her B.C.L. from the University of Oxford. She is currently a partner with Amarchand Mangaldas.

AJIT SHARMA graduated from NALSAR and completed his LL.M. from George Washington University. He has worked at Dorsey & Whitney, London and Trilegal, Mumbai. He is currently a Counsel in the Supreme Court of India.

MIHIRA SOOD graduated from NALSAR University of Law in 2007 and is currently an Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices specializing in Intellectual Property litigation.

ADARSH VARGHESE graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur in 2008 and completed his B.C.L. from University of Oxford in 2011. He is currently an associate at AZB & Partners, Mumbai.

FELIX WU is an Assistant Professor of Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law .After completing his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, he was an Associate at Covington and Burling in San Francisco and also clerked for Judge Sandra L. Lynch of the United States Court of appeals for the First Circuit.

Preliminary Rounds Judges

AKHIL ANAND is currently a senior associate with Poovayya & Co., New Delhi and is primarily involved in litigation, real estate and general corporate matters.

BIPIN ASPATWAR graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2008 and was the Assistant Director of the Public Interest Legal Support and Research Centre. He is currently practicing in the Supreme Court of India.

SUBHADRA BANDA graduated from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2010. She was a judicial clerk at the Supreme Court and is currently a Research Associate at Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.

SAMAR BANSAL graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2003.He practices at the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court.

ANUJ BERRY graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata and completed his B.C.L. from the University of Oxford. He is currently a Senior Associate at Amarchand and Mangaldas &Suresh A. Shroff & Co., New Delhi.

ROHIT BHAT graduated from University Law College, Bangalore and is presently working in the Chambers of Mr. K.K. Venugopal.

RISHABH CHOPRA is an Associate at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co, New Delhi. He graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur.

ARUN KRISHNA DHAN graduated from National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata and is currently a Senior Associate at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, New Delhi.

DEBAJYOTI DAS graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and is currently an Associate at Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.,Hyderabad.

ANIRUDDHA DESHMUKH graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2010. He currently works in the Chambers of Mr. Dushyant Dave, Senior Counsel and practices before the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court.

SHRADDHA DESHMUKH graduated from ILS Pune in 2010 and completed her B.C.L. from University of Oxford. She is currently an Associate at Karanjawala & Co.

PRASAN DHAR graduated from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2009. He completed his B.C.L. from the University of Oxford in 2010 and the L.L.M from. Harvard Law School in 2011.

ADARSH G. graduated from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2008. He currently works at Pathak &Associates, New Delhi.

RUCHIRA GOEL graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and completed her LL.M. from the New York University School of Law on an Inlaks scholarship in 2010. She is presently Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School.

GEETHA HARIHARAN is a fourth year student at National Law School of India University, Bangalore and was a semi-finalist in the Oxford Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition in March 2011 and was also adjudged Best Speaker Runner-up. She is also currently a Research Assistant for PCMLP’s India Media Law Research Project (Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford).

ZOHEB HOSSAIN graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune and completed his B.C.L. from the University of Oxford in 2009. He currently works in the Chambers of Mohan Parasaran, Additional Solicitor General of India.

SALIM INAMDAR graduated from the University of Pune in 2007 and is currently practicing in the Delhi High Court.

MISHITA JETHI graduated from the National Law Institute University, Bhopal in 2010 and is an Associate at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co., Mumbai as a part of the Dispute Resolution Team.

ANAND SHANKAR JHA graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur in 2003. He worked as a legal manager at ICICI Bank Ltd and is currently an Advocate at Supreme Court of India.

NIKHIL KANEKAL graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune and is currently the law correspondent for the MINT and reports from the Supreme Court of India. He was a Stabile Fellow at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

VINAY KESARI graduated from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2009 and is currently an Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, New Delhi.

AVIJEET LALA graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He is currently a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Practice at Trilegal, New Delhi.

SAHANA MANJESH is a fourth year student at National Law School of India University, Bangalore and was a semi-finalist in the Oxford Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition in March 2011. She is currently a Research Assistant for PCMLP’s India Media Law Research Project (Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford).

NITIN MASILAMANI graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and is currently a Principal Associate at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.

NIKHIL MENON graduated from the National Law University, Jodhpur in 2009 and is currently an Advocate , practicing in the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court in the chambers of Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Additional Standing Counsel (Crl.) GNCT of Delhi.

MEYYAPPAN graduated from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2010 and is currently working in the Chambers of Mohan Parasaran, Additional Solicitor General of India.

DHANANJAYA MISHRA graduated from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, in 2010 and is currently an Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, New Delhi.

JOYJYOTI MISRA graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2005. Presently, he is a Senior Associate with Khaitan & Co., New Delhi.

DEBANSHU MUKHERKEE graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and is currently an Associate at AZB Partners, Delhi.

RAHUL NARAYAN completed his law degree in 2004 and completed his B.C.L. from the University of Oxford. He has previously worked at AZB & Partners, New Delhi and Herbert Smith, London. He is currently an independent practitioner dealing with both litigation and corporate matters.

J. PARTHSARATHI graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur in 2008 . He previously worked with Lakshmi Kumaran and Sridharan and is currently an associate at Trilegal, Delhi.

ALOK PRASANNA is a graduate of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and hold a B.C.L. from the University of Oxford. He currently works in the Chambers of Mohan Parasaran, Additional Solicitor General of India and is a Panel-C counsel appearing on behalf of the Union of India in the Supreme Court.

PADMA PRIYA graduated from the School of Law, Indraprastha University and currently heads the litigation team at MV Kini & Co.

ADIT PUJARI graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata and is currently an Associate at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.

AARTHI RAJAN holds a degree in law from the University of Cardiff, Wales and completed her Bar Vocational Course from College of Law, Bloomsbury, London. She has previously worked as an associate at Fox Mandal Little, New Delhi and is currently working in Chambers of Mohan Parasaran, Additional Solicitor General of India, as a Junior Counsel.

SUNDAR RAMANATHAN graduated from the National Law University, Jodhpur n 2007 and completed his LL.M. form London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008. He currently works at LakshmiKumaran and Sridharan, New Delhi.

NEHA SACHDEV graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2007 and completed her LL.M from New York University in 2008. She is currently an Associate in the Project and Infrastructure team at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices.

RISHABH SANCHETI graduated from the National Law University, Jodhpur and completed the European Master in Law and Economics from the European Union as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar. Presently, he is an Advocate at the Supreme Court of India.

SAURABH SARAOGI graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and is currently an Associate in the litigation and commercial arbitration team at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.

ARUN SCARIA graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and is currently an Associate with Nishith Desai Associates, Bangalore.

SUHASINI SEN graduated from NALSAR University of law and was a Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of India. She is currently working with Nitya Ramakrishnan at New Delhi.

TULIKA SEN graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2007 and completed her B.C.L. from the University of Oxford in 2010. Presently, she is an Associate at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, New Delhi.

ADITYA SHAMLAL graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2008. He previously worked with Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.and is currently litigating at the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court.

RAGHAV SHANKAR graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and completed his BCL and M.Phil from the University of Oxford. He is currently litigating in Delhi.

ANIMESH SHARMA graduated from the National Law School of India University Bangalore in 2008 and has been practicing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

VAIBHAV SHARMA graduated from the Army Institute of Law, Mohali and is currently working as an Advocate in the High Court of Punjab & Haryana.

SHRI SINGH completed his law degree from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He is presently an independent practitioner and specializes in criminal law and special crimes legislation.

PREETINDER SINGH is a graduate of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and currently practices in the Punjab & Haryana High Court.

ANIMESH SINHA graduated from Amity Law School in 2008 and has previously worked as an Associate in the litigation team at Karanjawala & Co. He is currently a partner at Advani & Company.

NEHA TAYSHETE graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2009 and completed her B.C.L from University of Oxford in 2011. She is currently a Senior Research Associate at Jindal Global Law School.

ARYA TRIPATHY graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and is currently an Associate at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.,New Delhi.

ARAVIND VENUGOPAL graduated from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. He is currently an Associate at Desai & Diwanji, Mumbai.

NAMRATA YADAV graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in the year 2007 and completed her Masters in Law, Anthropology and Society from the London School of Economics in 2011.

Please note that teams from the countries/regions listed below must apply to South Asia Regional Rounds in order to qualify for the International Rounds in Oxford. Teams should check which Regional Round applies to them, if there is no applicable Regional Round they may apply directly to the International Rounds.

South Asia Regional Rounds:

Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.