REPLY: Congratulations to Jagdish, his doting parents and his uncle Valmiki!
On 30 July 2013 04:18, Valmiki Faleiro <[email protected]> wrote: > GOAN BAGS 11 GOLD MEDALS AT NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL > > Goan-origin law graduate Jagdish Menezes bagged 11 gold medals at the > 11th annual convocation of the B.A., LL.B (Hons) 5-year degree course at > the > National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of > Law held at Hyderabad on Saturday, July 27. > > Chief Justice of India, Justice P. Sathasivan presented the medals in the > presence of N. Kiran Kumar, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh at a function > presided over by the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice > Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta. > > It may be recalled that Jagdish led a 3-member NALSAR team that won the > 19th Willem C. Vis Moot Court Competition, the world's largest, over 289 > teams > from leading law schools, in Vienna, Austria in 2012. > > Securing admission at Cambridge and Oxford Universities, Jagdish is set for > masters in the UK. He has been awarded a full tuitions scholarship by the > Goa Education Trust, funded by Goa's Dempo-Fomento groups and administered > by the British Council. He has also secured the Hirani Foundation > scholarship, covering part of his living expenses during the course. > > HOWEVER, Jagdish is not eligible to apply for the Goa government's *Goa > Scholars Scheme* under existing rules, which stipulate birth and/or > 15-year domicile in Goa, irrespective of the regional origin. (In other > words, > he is Goan under the Dempo-Fomento scheme but he is not Goan under > the Goa government scheme!) > > Born in Mumbai to Glenroy Menezes of Batora-Curtorim and Anjinha Faleiro of > Povoacao-Margao, 22-year old Jagdish schooled at Campion High School and > St. Xavier's College, both in Mumbai, before ranking in the top percentile > at the all-India Common Law Admission Test in 2008. > > Jagdish has interned with Justice SK Kathawalla of the Bombay High Court, > Adv. Darius J. Khambata, then Addl. Solicitor General of India, Adv. Anand > Grover, UN Special Rapportueur for Health, besides law firms like MK > Ambalal & Co., Amarchand & Mangaldas & Shroff & Co., Bharucha & Partners, > Jyoti Sagar & Associates. He has also worked internationally with Herbert > Smith > Freehills LLP (London) and with the Singapore International Arbitration > Center. > > He was on the NALSAR winning team at Surana & Surana Trial Advocacy moot > (Cochin, 2009), Herbert Smith-NUJS Corporate Law moot (Kolkata, 2010) and > the runners-up team at Manfred Lachs Space Law moot (Jakarta, 2011) before > winning the Vis Vienna India Pre-Moots followed by the big event in > Austria. He has won several other awards in all-India debating and > essay-writing competitions. > He has a dozen publications in leading law journals in India and abroad. > -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
