Legal Luminary Sri KTS Tulsi Chief Guest for Banasthali All women International Moot Court Competition on Energy Laws

Jamnalal Bajaj School of Legal Studies JBSLS Banasthali in association with Trans India Law Associates (TILA) & knowledge partner Dr. Gopal Energy Foundations DGEF organized an International Moot Court Competition on Energy Laws 2018 on 02 October 2018 to mark the auspicious occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

TILA is world’s largest consultancy firm in energy sector and legal advisor to International Solar Alliance and has 1786 associate advocates covering all the districts of India and 51 global partners across the world to provide full integrated legal services. Dr. Gopal Energy Foundations is a non-profit premier organization with focus on energy revolution to remove the curse of energy poverty and advocate the use of renewable sources of energy.

The Organizing Committee for the Moot Court included Prof. Aditya Shastri, Vice Chancellor, Banasthali Vidyapith as Patron; Prof. Harsh Purohit, Dean, Faculty of Law, Banasthali Vidyapith as Convener; Shri Raj Singh Niranjan, Administrator, TIMCCE, Energy Law expert and Managing Partner, TILA; Dr. (Ms.) Rajani Patel, Co-Convenor, President, (DGEF); Ms. Rashmi Singh Rana, Co-Convener, Head, Department of Legal Studies, Banasthali Vidyapith; Ms.Asha Rani Rawat, Faculty Coordinator, Banasthali Vidyapith and Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, Public Relation Officer for the event, Banasthali Vidyapith.

Luminaries from India and Abroad graced the occasion as judges which included Sri Raj Singh Niranjan Founder of TILA, Dr GP Patel Director Water Resources Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Mr Sai Subrahmanyam Pulipaka (Alumnus of BITS Birla Institute of Technology and Science) Founder Pilani Photovoltaics and CEO of Soreva Energy. Chief Guest for the function was Shri K.T.S. Tulsi, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and former Addt. Solicitor General, GOI while Smt. Anjuli Chandra, Hon’ble Member Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission was the Guest of Honor.

Various teams from renowned law colleges from all over India which included Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University DSNLU, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) Dehradun, S.S Jain Subodh Law College, Jaipur competed for the trophies and prizes. The highlight of the competition is that all participants were women and the team from DSNLU Visakapatnam virtually participated through video conferencing and bagged the best speaker and researcher prizes too. Team UPES Dehradun won the finals indeed with flying colours.

The valedictory function was held at the elegant Auditorium of Atal Incubation Centre Nav Mandir. Prof Harsh Purohit Dean welcomed the dignitaries and after lamp lighting the function began with the National anthem. Mr Raj Singh Niranjan TILA gave an overview of the grim energy scenario and advocated Right to Energy as a Fundamental Right. Smt Anjuli Chandra gave a clarion call to all women to do double the work to be at least half equal to men and congratulated the women for taking up legal profession as a mission with passion.

Sri KTS Tulsi at his wittiest best had the audience literally eating out of his hands. He jokingly remarked to a thunderous round of applause that the participants who spoke in the moot court were better than many lawyers in courts. He said that legal profession suits women better as women are good communicators and the nature of work is flexible, allows breaks of several years and above all can be done from home office.

Ms Ginny Rajvanshi Final Year student of BA LLB Banasthali along with Ms Mrinalini Negi TILA associate anchored the proceedings and Prof Harsh Purohit gave the vote of thanks. The students and faculty who attended the Moot Court Valedictory function left with beaming faces and pride that they were indeed part of an institution which is a jewel in the crown among the women’s universities not only in India today but across the globe.

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About Banasthali: Established in 1935, the Institution which is also the largest fully residential women’s university in the world has played a big role in revolutionizing women’s education and empowerment in India for the last eight decades. Banasthali has scripted numerous success stories in a wide range of fields, and stands tall among the citadels of learning in India today. Proud to be Banasthali alumni who call themselves as Banasthalites can be found in all latitudes, longitudes and altitudes in all walks of life across the globe. Banasthali has the pride of being chosen as a Faculty Development Centre under the MHRD Govt of India Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) as well as for hosting Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) by NITI Aayog. Banasthali also has Quacquarelli Symonds QS Four Star Ranking and Diamond Status.

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