Talk by Dr Namita Wahi (Mar 11, 2022 - 5:00 p.m.)

[NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism]

Dear all

I hope this email finds you well. This is to bring to your kind notice that the NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism shall be hosting Dr. Namita Wahi for a webinar on 'The Right to Property and Economic Development: How Property Saved Democracy in India' on 11th March 2022, Friday, from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. IST.
The same will take place at the SAARC LAW CENTRE.

Dr. Wahi is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, and Founding Director of the Land Rights Initiative, a pioneering initiative in the land policy space in India. She is also a Global Fellow at the Centre for Law and Social Transformation, at the University of Bergen, and Visiting Professor at National Law School, Bengaluru. Namita’s research interests are broadly in the areas of property rights, social and economic rights, and eminent domain law. She has written extensively on these issues, and taught courses in these areas, at Harvard University, European University Institute, University of Bergen, and the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. Namita holds a doctorate in juridical sciences (S.J.D.) degree from Harvard Law School, where she wrote her dissertation on “The Right to Property and Economic Development in India”. In 2019, she was awarded the New India Fellowship for her forthcoming book on this subject. Previously, Namita was a litigator with Davis Polk and Wardwell in New York, where she practised primarily in the areas of bankruptcy, securities, and criminal defence and asylum law. Namita also holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where she was awarded the Laylin Prize for the “Best Paper in International Law”, which was recently recognised as being on SSRN’s “All Time Top Ten Downloaded papers in the area of Other Decision Making in Public Policy and the Social Good”. She also holds B.A. and LL.B. (Hons.) degrees from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, where she graduated first in her class, and received several gold medals for her academic achievements.

Please find attached the abstract for the talk.
 

Looking forward to a large turnout. 

Regards,

Naman Kumar

On behalf of

Organising Committee,

NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

'Justice City', Shameerpet, Medchal District,

Telangana - 500101

   

[NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism]

Reminder, the talk will begin in 30 minutes. We request you to kindly report to the SAARC Law Centre at 5 PM. Please note that tea and coffee will be served outside the SAARC Law Centre.

Regards,

Abinand Lagisetti

On behalf of

Organising Committee,

NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

'Justice City', Shameerpet, Medchal District,

Telangana - 500101

   

[NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism]

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This is the link to join the talk virtually. 

Join now!

On behalf of

Organising Committee,

NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

'Justice City', Shameerpet, Medchal District,

Telangana - 500101