CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Primer Cum Workshop 2020-21
The National Conference Committee conducted its first event ,primer cum workshop, Origo Quaesitio, for the academic year 2020-21 .The event was held through the online platform, Cisco Webex on 20th August at 3.00 pm. The purpose of the workshop was to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to provide students with a basic foundation of research skills as well as to acquaint them with the functioning and working of the National Conference Committee. The session witnessed the participation of over 300, first year law students along with the participation of other law students eager to improve their research skills.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr . Sangeetha Sriram
Assistant Professor and
Head i/c of the Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur
Dr. Sangeetha Sriram is an Assistant Professor and Head (In-charge) of the Department of Law at the School of Legal Studies, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, and is among the founding faculty members of the Department. She holds a Master's degree in Human Rights Law and earned her Ph.D. from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, with research focusing on the right to self-determination and its relationship with the prohibition on the use of force.
Prior to joining the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Sriram taught at the School of Excellence in Law, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, where she was involved in undergraduate and postgraduate legal education. She has actively contributed to legal academia through numerous national and international conferences, workshops, and scholarly publications. An accomplished moot court mentor and adjudicator, she has judged over 20 national and international moot court competitions and has guided several student teams.
Her areas of expertise include Public International Law, Constitutional Law, and Human Rights Law. Her research interests encompass reproductive rights, gender justice, personal autonomy, and organ and tissue donation, among other contemporary issues in law and public policy.
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The workshop included a one hour session by the expert resource person, Dr. Sangeetha Sriram on fundamentals of legal research and guidance pertaining to legal databases and engines which are crucial for carrying out research. The speaker, emphasized on the basics of research and used simplistic and basic examples to get her points across to the audience which was found as interesting and was appreciated immensely by the students. It was followed by a Q and A session where many enthusiastic first years put forth their doubts related to research. The event was also graced by, Dr. Sapna S, HoD and Dr Jayadevan S Nair, Dean who encouraged first years to take part in research as well as emphasized on the importance of doing research. Thus the research workshop concluded and it was followed by the primer session. The primer began with a detailed talk about the working and functioning of the committee by Convenors Rajveer Gurdatta, and Ann Clara Tomy. The session was concluded by circulation of feedback forms to receive constructive suggestions and ideas from the student body.
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