Department of IPR, Saveetha School of Law, SIMATS organised a panel discussion on TRIPS Waiver and COVID Vaccines on 22nd October 2021 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon. The panellists were Dr. P. Kuganantham, Advisor, COVID Task Force, government of TN, Mr. K. M. Gopakumar, Senior Researcher, Third World Network, India and Mr. Murali Neelakantan, Principal Lawyer, Amicus Law Firm, Mumbai.
Read MoreThe department of IPR of the Saveetha Law School organised IPR orientation programmes on “ Lawyering prospects before the IP offices in India” on 20th October 2021 to the first and second year students of law school. The intention of this program is to generate an awareness among students on the career potential of IPR in the lawyering profession, other employment prospects and research. The dignitaries present on the occasion were Gladys Rosette C. Daniel ,Partner & Advocate D&G Law firm and Smt Subasani Purushothaman ,Senior Examiner of Trade Marks & G.I., at Trade Marks Registry, Chennai Branch.
Read MoreSaveetha School of law organised an Expert Lecture Series on different topics from from 18th to 23rd October’2021. The purpose of the expert Lecture Series was to model successful contemporary practice to our students and to inform, inspire and ignite them .
Read MoreAn Orientation Programme on “Top 5 Career Options in Law” by Mrs. Abirami Chandrasekaran (Advocate Practicing @ Madras High Court) – 13 th Oct 2021 @ 01:45 pm – 2:45pm.
Read MoreThe civil judges felicitation ceremony commenced with an auspicious welcoming of the three esteemed chief guest. Honble justice V.Parthiban Honble Dr. justice Jeyachandan and Honble justice Kirubakaran. The grand event has benchmarked three milestone events which was taken over by the three esteems lordships.
Read MoreSaveetha School of Law is ranked 13 among all private and public law schools in India. This is a remarkable achievement for this young institutions. Our dedication to strong academics and research has enabled us to reach great heights.
Read MoreSaveetha School of Law conducted a POSTER PRESENTATION COMPETITION to mark Nelson Mandela International Day 18th July 2021 .
Read MoreSaveetha School of Law , SIMATS, Chennai organizied an online English Elocution Competition on account of Nelson Mandela International day 10.07.2021
Read MoreDepartment of Labour Law conducted a Debate on issues related to Child Labour on June 14, 2021.
National Client Counselling Competition was organised by Saveetha School of Law. The Fifteen teams gave their interest for the participation out of which twelve teams participated. The theme of the competition was “Child Labour”
Read MoreEnviro club of Saveetha School of Law conducted an E Poster making Competition on GREEN SYSTEM FOR INDOOR ENVIRONMENT on 5th June ‘2021
Read MoreSaveetha School of Law, SIMATS, Chennai had organised a national virtual client counselling competition, 2021 on the International Day of Innocent Children Victim of Aggression on June 4, 2021. The purpose of the day is to acknowledge the pain suffered by children throughout the world who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse.
As the main theme of this national client counselling competition was regarding victims of child aggression which has become the most sensitive issue in recent times, the participants felt that they were enlightened about the topic in the most interesting way.
Read MoreSaveetha School of Law observed the World Intellectual Property Day on 26th April 2021 by organising a lecture, “Patent Law and Practice in Indian Patent Offices” by Dr. Sharana Gouda, Assistant Controller of Patents, from the Chennai Patent Office. The lecture was specifically intended to build deeper understanding in the students, on the practical aspects of patent acquisition in India. Elaborating on the historical developments right from the Indian colonial Patent Acts to the current 1970 Act, he observed that the fundamental objective of the patent law is utilitarian and not individualistic. He gave a schematic representation of the various provisions of the Patents Act that are relevant for acquisition of patent rights in India and went on explaining the different steps involved in patent prosecution and grant. His lecture gave sufficient exposure to the other hot topics such as evergreening of patents, compulsory licensing, and misappropriation of traditional knowledge. He also explained on the interdepartmental cooperation between the Patent Office and the National Biodiversity Authority for preventing the menace of biopiracy
Read MoreOn 19th March, 2021, the International Law department of Saveetha School of Law conducted a three day outreach program to two tribal villages in YERCAUD, Tamil Nadu. The program was organised by Kannan Kunnathully, the head of the department and assisted by Dr. Tenzin Kahampa. The main aim of the program was to create a chance for the students of Saveetha to interact with the tribal community and to understand their problems while creating an awareness about the various governmental policies for tribal community .
The overwhelming sentiment amongst all those who participated in the outreach program was that there should be proper implementation of the government policies and corruption should be prevented. It was both a learning and enriching experience to meet and mingle with the tribal community, in spite of the pandemic situation
Read MoreFarming which includes cultivation of castor oil seeds, seasonal crops and vegetables is the main sources of income for the people of Pachamalai hills. Although the younger generation are educated up to post-graduation, they still lack in communication skills. Some major problems faced by the tribes have been identified to be poverty, economic and technological backwardness, socio-cultural handicaps and problems of assimilation with the non-tribal population. Other everyday problems include drinking water scarcity, lack of internet facility and proper roads and having no fuel station nearby. Among the 550 responses the students of Saveetha School of Law collected, 30% were not aware of the Coronavirus Pandemic and only 10% of them got vaccinated through the aid of government while the others had no knowledge about it. Their only desire is to develop their locality into a tourist spot which would in turn fetch those jobs locally and they hope it will be a solution to the everyday problems they face.
Read MoreLock-down has made people a little more aware of the extent of the damage that has been inflicted on the environment. An initiative spearheaded by Aarthy.G, Assistant Professor, Saveetha School of Law, in the name of Chennai Coastal Cleanup (CCC) campaign volunteered by the students of Saveetha School of Law Boomika imayavarthini.T, Rohith K.B, BHARATH.P, T.S.VIGNESHWARAN, EUREKA SRI, Anakha S J, Yogesh.S, Subaja, Jobin, Suryaprakash.J, Sam kishore, Arunachalam.P are trying to nullify the damage that plastic waste has been subjecting our coastlines.
The clean up drive started across Akarai Beach, ECR around 07.00 am on 18.03.2021.“We hope to inspire people to keep our coasts and waters clean, through proper waste management and disposal. Chennai has some picturesque coastal spaces, which needs to be protected and maintained on a regular basis,” said Ms. Aarthy.G
Coastal cities like Chennai have long used the sea as a garbage dump, but in recent years the city’s spiking population has seen vast amounts of trash finding its way to the beach from the sea.
“Our ultimate goal is to raise awareness on the impact of the ever-growing garbage footprint on the environment. Further to this, we are pro actively working on finding solutions for proper waste segregation and maintaining clean shores” We are planning to organise weekly clean-up drives. “There is no dependence on anyone or the need to wait for things to happen,” she adds.
If each one of us consciously take small steps towards saving our environment, we would be able to save not just our oceans but safeguard the earth for coming generations.
Read MoreThe three-day All India Moot Court Competition 2021 organised by Dr. Ambedkar govt law college, Pudhucherry under the aegis of National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi.
The three-member team from Saveetha School of Law, Chennai, represented by Suba Yoga. S, Madhu Balaaji. S and Rangeela. R. P was declared as the WINNER of the competition and Additionally Madhu Balaaji. S won the BEST MALE COUNSEL award and a cash prize of ₹2500.
The team secured the Top position in the Prelims out of 27 teams by securing 610 marks. The team faced GLC Madurai in quarters and qualified to semis in knockout again with the Top score out of 8 quarterfinal teams. In Semi finals the team faced KLE society's law college and qualified to finals in knock out again by scoring the highest mark out of 4 semi final teams.
The finals was adjudged by Hon’ble Justice. G.R. Swaminathan, Judge, Madras High Court, Hon’ble Justice. B. Pugazhendhi, Judge, Madras High Court and Prof. Dr. Vijay kumar, Vice Chancellor, NLSIU Bhopal presented the winning trophy. The trophy carried a cash prize of ₹30,000.
Read MoreStudents of Saveetha School of Law have excelled in the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Civil-Judge Exam 2020, Three Students from the school placed in the top 10 merit list – Mr. Sunil Vinodh SA (Rank 1, age 26), Ms. Sanmiha L (Rank 5, age 23) and Mr. Hariharasudhan J (Rank 10, age 23). Other successful students of Saveetha School of Law are Mr. M.Vijay Rajkumar, Ms. Suganya Sri and Ms. Sharmila.
Read MoreWomen’s day programme organised by Women Empowerment Cell, Saveetha law School on 08.03.2021
The commencement of the beautiful occasion began with the Principal Madam welcoming the Chief Guests, Dr. Reddivari Revathi, Professor TNDALU, SOEL, Dr. Gomathi Senthilkumar, Legal Head South India, VGP, and RT Shyamala, Senior Advocate which was followed by Special Women’s Day Moot Court Competition Final round. Followed by the Moot, Principal Madam felicitated the Chief Guests. Further to this, while the discussion of the panel was going on, in order to choose the winning team of the Moot Court Competition, the photographs that were shot by our students based on the theme “ Everyday she inspires me” was displayed for selecting the winners and runners of the Special Women’s Day Photography Competition.
Followed by which the Chief guests graced the occasion with their valuable words of wisdom. The Chief Guests, unique in their own ways beautifully explained this year's International Women's Day theme “ChooseToChallenge”
Enlightenment filled the room by the versatile speech given by the Chief Guests.
The Programme ended with distribution of trophy’s to the Winners and Runners of both Moot Court, Photography Competition and Special Multi Moot Competition.
The beautiful day concluded with Vote of Thanks.
Read MoreSaveetha School of Law organized “MEET and GREET” with the Chancellor, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences Dr. N.M. Veeraiyan to create an opportunity to the youngest members of SSL family to meet the Founder Chancellor on 27th February, 2021. It is a memory to cherish to the first year students to meet the great man behind the success of enormous students in their career. To make the event as a meaningful one the Enviro Club of Saveetha School of Law joined hands with the first year students and arranged a Miyawaki Plantation Drive on the same day to serve the society by reducing the carbon foot print and helping for bio-diversity retention. Dr. Asha Sundaram, Principal of Saveetha School of Law welcomed the gathering and introduced the Miyawaki Plantation Drive of SSL. The Chancellor addressed the gathering and graciously accepted the greetings from the youngest fleet of SSL. Pro-Chancellor of SIMATS Dr. Saveetha Rajesh, Director Dr. Rajesh and Dr. Jayaraman, University of Pittsburgh also graced the occasion with their presence, planted a sapling and took part in the plantation drive. The event was successful with the blessings and support of Director of Academics, SIMATS Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy. All the first year students planted a sapling and around 300 saplings planted on the day
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