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You clearly don't understand what Sudhir fanboys think. That's all I can say, being one myself. In fact, I am the guy that brings up Paul Craig in relation to Sudhir regularly (and BTW let's start by getting our terms right: Sudhir did a 'DPhil': while Oxford PhDs are called DPhil, let's at least be precise with our terminology).
To elaborate: Universities need different kinds of leadership at different times. Menon was what was required for NLSIU at the beginning of its journey. He made innovations in legal education that were not there before. While his qualification background is unfortunate, it is not unforgivable, considering what he did - bringing in updated notions of what the teaching of law in India should look like in the modern age. As Sudhir himself says, Menon brought NLSIU 'onto the educational map'. Without that, Sudhir would have had no foundation to take it onto the international stage.
Meanwhile now, NLSIU needs something different. It needs people who will make it do the kinds of things that the best universities of the world do. It needs people with connections in the world's best universities. It needs to convert from a largely teaching-based uni into a Humboldtian university, the type that does research-led teaching. Sudhir is the best man in India to lead the university while it does that, head and shoulders above the overwhelming majority of his contemporaries. Is he the best possible university leader the world has ever seen? Probably not. But he is certainly the best we could have for NLSIU under Indian conditions.
Therefore, it would be much appreciated if you could please stop bringing up such malicious and silly arguments. If you want to bring up further malicious arguments, at least make the effort to use the full powers of your intellect to do so. Thanks and best wishes for the rest of your day. If this response was too long for your attention span (empirical evidence over the years has consistently shown that the kinds of people who bring up arguments like what you have done have serious attention span issues which cannot be put down to neurodiversity but instead to lack of effort), please do not hesitate to ask for milk and biscuits.
The admin chose to spring this information regarding this arrangement on the 24th of June, when trimester 1 is scheduled to start in 5 days, and onboarding is day after tommorow. Common batch snetiment is that this is due to a mix of senior apathy, as they only protested when their situation was subpar, and an admin which just wanted to push the problem as long as they can without solving it. Hostels could've been easily built, but corruption (no names) is a bitch, i guess. Sudhir definitely solved many problems NLS had. In the process, he caused 10 other issues.
45 degrees outside, 15 inside.
Don't worry too much about it. Most places don't treat interns seriously or take them in at all before their penultimate year. And everyone knows that if someone's interning at a good place in their second year, it's only because of their connections. Neither do they get work, nor are they assessed for it. Weird situation for everyone. Get to work when the time comes, which is mainly in your fourth and fifth year. Till then, focus on getting your grades up this year.
They don't deserve the universities,
Don't deserve the public employment at offices of state,
Shouldn't be able to criticize the govt for inherently flawed regulations like those of the UGC Equity 2026 rules,
HELL, THEY SHOULD EVEN GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY!
Why you may ask? Obviously it's because their ancestors did a wrong for which their whole generational bloodline will have to be considered as criminals.
When the quota systems continue to produce such beautiful thoughtful revolutionary remarks, it doesn't feel any less grueling than creating more hatred b/w the reserved and unreserved people even in the upcoming generations.
www.thehindu.com/news/national/madhya-pradesh/outrage-in-madhya-pradesh-over-ias-officers-remarks-on-reservation/article70329016.ece
anyone who thinks nri sponsored quotas should exist are deluded and anti-merit.
What also appears not “decent” is that the firm announced, barely 2–3 days before the scheduled payout , that loyalty bonus payments and appraisals would be deferred till June, citing geopolitical uncertainty and delayed client payments, with an assurance of “better appraisals later.” Subsequent firm-wide appraisals, however, are reportedly well below market standards.
Further, the firm is now declining to pay loyalty bonuses for the completed past period on the rationale that loyalty bonuses are payable only to employees who will continue in the future. This is despite the firm having explicitly communicated that the loyalty bonus would be payable to employees completing 1.5 years as of March 31, 2026.
The bonus was neither paid on March 31, 2026 nor communicated as deferred until less than a week prior to the due date, and is now being denied altogether to employees exiting in the current quarter. This raises questions on whether such a reversal of an assured, time-bound payout “sounds decent”.
Didn't some of them still leave? Know many who left the "gravy train".
Could be helpful if email addresses are also shared?
Please give your honest review on which college should be chosen. Considering I don't have problem with the living conditions of NUJS because from 2nd year you get proper double sharing rooms anyways.
I have done some research and NUJS stood out in terms of placements, faculty, journals, better reputation and smaller batch size of 183.. NLUJ has better campus and sports facility but also a really big batch size of 240.
BUT I really don't have much trust on my research as the articles + blog posts might be quite old.
I would like if people from other NLU(s) help me choose.
You can ask any questions here if you want, and I'll check when I have time, but I don't really know much more than what is in my original post - I never had enrollment issues because I was an Indian citizen with an Indian law degree when I enrolled. I never told the Bar Council when I took foreign citizenship (it wasn't a secret - my friends etc knew.- but I never notified anyone formally, except for surrendering my Indian passport and getting OCI of course). I looked at the MOIA notification and I figured I could continue practicing law.
I suppose if I was being very technical there was a brief period after I took foreign citizenship but before my OCI was issued when technically I was in breach of the law, but in practice it didn't matter.
1. What is the permitted scope of practice and restrictions for enrolled as advocates as OCI? if there are Any
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I am familiar with almost every faculty member in the above-mentioned places personally. Nothing against anyone, this is just an objective assessment keeping in mind teaching, research and reputation across academia, also student feedback. NLS has done great on this front in the last four years and is miles ahead of the others, which will be the greatest legacy of Sudhir I feel. Recruiting quality people every six months through four-five years at a stretch is not an easy feat for any public university.
additionally, what are the tax deductions I'll be subject to? I am aware there's TDS, which is apparently refunded with an application, though I don't know how to navigate that yet. What else is deducted? I am trying to gauge how much money id actually have on my hands/bank account at the end of every month. TIA!