Category Archives: diversity in legal education

IDIA Scholar Sanjana Roy performs well in HNLU: Meenakshi Kurpad shares her story

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Meenakshi Kurpad

The first time I met Sanjana Roy-she was seated in the first row in a large examination hall in the academic Block at NUJS. I was invigilating the IDIA National Aptitude Test (INAT) which is conducted every year. I had … Continue reading →

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My Right to be Heard: B M Aravind

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Aravind Bhimavarapu

Since my childhood, I dreamt of visiting Delhi at least once. I read a lot about Delhi in the books. I also saw the Red Fort several times while watching the celebrations of the most remarkable national festivals of our … Continue reading →

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IDIA sensitization at K J Somaiya Junior College of Arts and Commerce, Ghatkopar, Mumbai

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Diptoshree Basu

The IDIA team consisting of Shreya Parikh, Smriti Bahety, Heena Rohra and Prajna Mohapatra conducted the sensitization programme on law as a career option at the K.J. Somaiya Junior College of Arts and Commerce. Eleventh standard students from both the … Continue reading →

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Jitholi Report (9th November, 2012 & 23rd December, 2012)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Shivain Vaidialingam

9th November, 2012: A team comprising of Diptoshree Basu, Shivain Vaidialingam, Purushottam Anand and Shanta Chirravuri visited Jitholi along with Gayatri Bedi and Madhav Rao, representatives of General Electric (GE), on 9th November, 2012. As always, Prof. M.P. Singh accompanied … Continue reading →

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Our Search For a Leader

Posted on June 28, 2012 by admin

IDIA is looking for a dynamic and visionary leader to help direct its operations and catapult it to the next stage of growth. By way of background, IDIA is a pan India project that seeks to enhance access to quality legal … Continue reading →

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Donnie’s Fight for Justice: Celebrating Arbitrariness?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by admin

Dear Anuj: A friend of mine once remarked in jest: “If you counsel Lucifer too often, you might end up sounding just like him, or worse still, becoming him”. But we don’t need to engage with the devil here. Let’s … Continue reading →

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Report on the IDIA Kollam Sensitization Program

Posted on July 30, 2010 by admin

The Kollam chapter of IDIA commenced on 29-7-2010 at Kollam Government Model Boys HSS. A team consisting of Rahul, Vineetha, Deepa, ,Tintu, Jiju and Mahesh conducted the sensitization program and the aptitude test with the students of the humanities stream. … Continue reading →

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Inauguration of IDIA Kerala Chapter by Hon’ble Justice D. Sreedevi

Posted on July 18, 2010 by admin

The Kerala chapter of IDIA kicked off at St .Mary’s H.S.S, Pattom, Trivandrum on July 17, 2010. The function was inaugurated by Hon’ble Justice D. Sreedevi, the former High Court Judge and the present Chairperson of Kerala Womens Commission. The … Continue reading →

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IDIA- How it began: A retrospective look at the Sikkim pilot project

Posted on July 2, 2010 by admin

Prof. Shamnad Basheer (Ministry of HRD Chaired Professor in IP Law) led a team of four NUJS students Diptoshree Basu, Radhika Sarkar, Javedur Rahman and Tanuj Kalia to conduct the first IDIA pilot project at Pelling, Sikkim. The plan was … Continue reading →

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IDIA Sensitisation Programme at Shanti Bhavan, Tamil Nadu

Posted on June 25, 2010 by admin

As part of the IDIA project- Karnataka chapter, a team of six students[1] visited Shanti Bhavan- a school in Baliganapalli, an impoverished area in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu that targets children of deprived backgrounds. A student of Shanti … Continue reading →

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