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Tier 2 Partner- 60- 65 lacs Fixed- upto 40-50 percent of bonus.
PQE and years of experience for above- 8- 10 years average. Incremental increase in income is much more than in a company in coming years.
Even Jamai Raja gets his suits from there!
But on a very serious note, as a country where are we heading?
I currently am an A2 in a tier 1 b&f team in Mumbai - I am currently the POC for all major clients and am suffering from an absolute loss of a work life balance and in the last year I have logged over 2000 (yes thats correct) billable hours.
I am at a loss of words to describe the sad stuff of affairs in my team where there is little to no review of my work product, Im answerable directly to the clients and even on my days off I am expected to take calls inspite of providing a handover. My partner refuses to come on any negotiaton calls and my team has no SAs or Counsels. Yet when it comes to being adequately compensated for my role, my partner keeps telling me that this is the bare minimum in my field.
Can anyone please suggest b&f teams which actually have some sort of structure where your work is being supervised or whether the client expectations are not directly on you - I am more than comfortable switching to a smaller set up but I cannot deal with this pressure anymore
The teachers have been giving support each and everyone. This has been the most support they can possibly give and the entire admin has gone out of its way to help the injured students and others. Stop spewing hate unnecessarily!
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For the longest time I've seen a lot of their management and policies to be downright apathetic and cold. But this is the first time I've seen them also struggle to cope with this. Seeing professors and lecturers break down in front of you makes you realise, that this is probably their first time dealing with this as well
This is not an easy situation for anyone at all, and I would pray that no one would ever find themselves in this situation.
But what a lot of these calls for actions against the university fail to forget is that they are also dealing with a massive loss on their own, a lot of professors are also grieving and are heartbroken. Navigating through something like this is truly heart wrenching.
I wouldn't say the way they handled this is perfect, but to deny them any empathy at this moment is cruel. They are also navigating unknown paths while simultaneously dealing with tremendous grief. All we can possibly ask for is a little bit of kindness during these trying times.
13.2 L (fixed) + 2.8 L (bonus) = 15.8 L
A good team to join, bill share will be a decent 2-3 L, once you become eligible A1 onwards
Arrey yaar vakeel ho...vakalat karo.... nahin aati to jao politics karo.
https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/archives/inhuman-isis-militants-trick-mother-2115204
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/yazidi-woman-freed-by-idf-from-gaza-reveals-isis-forced-them-to-eat-babies-6829920/amp/1
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tamil-nadu-replaces-rupee-symbol-in-state-budget-amid-massive-row-with-centre-7914619#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll_Imagetopscroll
Law school students in India can celebrate and become ecstatic when someone gets the "Roads" Scholarship, knowing very well that this award is in the honour of someone who has furthered British colonial interests with serious and consistent human rights violations. Even the VC of NLS is in this group - isn't it? Celebrating this should be a matter of national shame. After all, we don't celebrate the Victoria Cross winners in India.
Why can't the same law schools set and use their criteria for faculty promotions? Why should they care about alumni and their supposed embarrassment?
Kolkata indirect tax- a practitioner pays about 50k and has a whole host of juniors.
My Senior worked with JSA, interned with them thrice and guess what they didn't hire him.
So for me hardwork and connections/contacts are equally important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJCCA-g3WDs
2. TM registrations and filings are dry. Litigation is where there is moolah. But exclusive IP litigation is hard to make a name in with stalwarts already in place. So a general legal practice with IP cases is the way forward.
The above is for non-science students and those aiming for a career involving IP excluding patents.
With the greatest possible respect, my experience of law school is living proof of the incorrectness of this statement. Some of the greatest faculty I have ever met, who have absolutely revolutionised my thinking and definitely made my life better, have only taught me one course.
I am willing to accept that this may not reflect the experiences of all students or all faculty, but I still think that it is not correct. Some students may not acknowledge the faculty impact, some may not even realise it until later... you can never really tell (IMO at least). Therefore, please continue to do what you do. Thanks.
1. The standard of living is low to moderate, and it is very good to start a career with peanuts salary.
2. Lots of opportunities in the field of Law.
3. Good food (if you know how to discover)
4. It is not as fast-paced as Bombay, which negates the feeling of robotic and mechanical life to some extent.
5. Best metro services (compared to others in India) - good connectivity
Cons:
1. Unsafe at night (Both for men and women). At night, Delhi turns into some kind of nightmarish purge session realm.
2. Entitled and ignorant crowd - They have the potential to make things difficult on a daily basis.
3. Peak pollution - long-term health problems
4. Extreme weather - be it summer or winter. Rain cripples the whole Delhi and the NCR.
5. Working pals in Bombay and Delhi are so poles apart. The Delhi folks can be, at times, entitled and inconsiderate. Bombay folks are majorly humble and quite helpful.
He just began His VC tenure at DNLU Jabalpur. If he leaves that nlu going downhill (as if it wasn't already since previous 2 VCs).
What are the issues to his Transcience? He is one of the youngest VCs of the country and youngest professors also.
There’s nothing like good work & good pay without doing the hard yards & spending time doing it.
That’s also how every Tier 1 firm works.
Won't deny that admin sucks
But it has got some real good students
The job of a think tank is not to hire contrarian voices. Who told you that? how and why would anyone pay them to do that? you do realise think tanks have to raise money ? they have to do actual work with actual deliverables to keep their members paid? And that doesnt happen by hiring a bunch of contrarian voices who refuse to work with anyone and do adult politics.
The job of a policy organisation like vidhi is to create policy, approach issues with humility, confer with different stakeholder groups, liase with the government, think about the law and try and advocate for what they think is right- not necessarily act as an opposition party outside parliament.
And honestly the problem is not contained to foreign universities. Its shocking to me how much money public universities in a poor country like india are wasting on this kind of nonsense too.
Cons: rude people (and from what i have heard, not professional and not a safe city)
Another point I want to mention is that my savings are pretty high, as I live in my family home. So zero rent.
So where do I stand compared to partners in tier 1/2/3 law firms?
I am from a tier 3 private university and I will be in my 4th year (8th semester) when the internship commences.
1- Considering Khaitan's one internship policy, how do I get assessed directly and will they do so considering I am still only in my 4th year?
2- What are some of the advice I can use to excel at this internship?
3- How is the work and intern culture there?
OP, hope your life has gotten better. If you did switch to something else, do let us know. Unsure about what opportunities I have after working in this particular niche area.
I am 28 years old. I live in Delhi, and I have been practising hard-core litigation for five years now. While I am reasonably satisfied with the kind of work that I have had the opportunity to do, I am a little frustrated by the financial aspect of a very upper limit. Sort of situation being reached in terms of any stipend I can make from a law chamber. I am considering a switch to a tier 1/2 law firm in Delhi specifically within the litigation/white collar crime scheme of things.
Can someone please give me an explanation of how this transition will be taking into account that I have worked in some of the best offices in the city over the last five years, but not longer than for about a year in each. I have learnt trial court High Court and Supreme Court work as well as a brief stint with a commercial law firm dealing in a lot more advisory and Corp kind of work. Also, which top 3 firms and what teams (if you’re aware) should I be seeking a reference into? if someone could give some suggestions?
This dissertation is an article compilation thesis that explores the possibility of producing humanistic social science in general, using the case of conducting research on jihadist group members within the 'War on Terror' context. Empirically, the study employs first-hand interviews of jihadist group members in France. It finds that employing queer theory, crip theory, and affect theory to analyze both participants' lived reality and the way one ought to produce knowledge provides novel insights. Challenging reductionist narratives that frame jihadist group members as deviant or monstrous, it argues for nuanced interpretations that account for their complex lived experiences. The dissertation proposes to focus on intimacy-romantic relationships, friendships, and familial bonds— as the locus of projection and assignation of monstrosity as well as a space of agency and autonomy for the subjects of study. The theoretical framework presented therein advocates for de-exceptionalizing these actors and introduces critical (re)contextualization as a tool for ethical scholarship. This perspective situates jihadist group members as individuals inscribed in modernity whose aspirations and struggles often mirror broader and banal societal dynamics. Considering the question of how to concretely produce knowledge in this field, the thesis critiques the emotional and affectual regime prevalent in terrorism studies, advocating for data-gathering methods that consider both the researcher's and subject's inherent human vulnerability and agency. The dissertation concludes by urging scholars to critically examine how the War on Terror perpetuates colonial and imperial legacies in the way one produces knowledge, advocating for a justice-oriented - and tangible —humanistic sociological practice, one which ought to resist dehumanizing narratives. The dissertation proposes playfulness and metaphor as epistemological interventions, provoking readers to embark on a journey of exploring surprising parallels, revealing the narrow parameters confining pre-existing scholarship. This work ultimately provides a humanistic model for engaging with subjects in politically charged contexts, emphasizing unconditional empathy and care for all as an imperative ethical minimal threshold in sociology and beyond.
https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/publication/cdaafd34-53ca-4d27-920a-a5750b0ec258
https://x.com/SwipeWright/status/1899713972221186189
Go study for your end sems
EPW article has no survey at all- only a mention of a handful of people who couldnt obtain their card in 2019 because of illness, old age etc. I got my aadhar in 2021, so yes there were teething troubles in accessing aadhar in the initial years- but theres no reason at all to believe its anything more than that- to believe these are persistent or widespread problems today.
Context article points to two students who claim they were not able to attend government schools because they didnt have access to aadhar. The local government denies this has happened at all. Again- no evidence of any widespread or persistent harm. just so you know- aadhar is not mandatory for enrollment in schools- its literally on the UIDAI website
It is of course wrong that any needy person should face additional impediments to access much needed PDS. thats what PDS is there for. but the fact that there are a handful of cases where some people with extremely difficult circumstances has fallen through the cracks does not mean that aadhar on the whole has caused more harm than good. Policy decisions are all about maximising benefits and minimising harms. I think these handful of unfortunate people should receive all the help they need to create an aadhar. But the fact that they hadnt as of 2019 received that help doesnt mean we shouldnt have some system of checking where public money goes.
Here is an actual survey of 1,67,000 households across india :https://policyinsights.in/research/explore-the-highlights-from-state-of-aadhaar-2019s-pulse-and-in-depth-surveys/
Highlights cause I know you dont read links: 95% of adults have Aadhaar, and on an average use it once a month; 75% of children have Aadhaar;
49% of people used Aadhaar to access one or more services for the very first time (e.g., ration, MGNREGS, social pensions, SIM cards, and/or bank accounts)
80% of beneficiaries feel Aadhaar has made PDS rations, MGNREGS and social pensions more reliable
0.8% of people experienced exclusion due to Aadhaar-related reasons from a key welfare service (PDS, MGNREGS, social pensions) which they had earlier received. (Our survey also found that 3.3% of people experienced exclusion because of non-Aadhaar related problems from a key welfare service which they had earlier received) 1% of MGNREGS job card holders did not get work the last time they tried due to Aadhaar-related reasons (compared to 31% due to non-Aadhaar related reasons)
0.5% of social pension beneficiaries did not receive their pension the last time they expected it due to problems with Aadhaar (compared to 5.7% who did not receive it due to non-Aadhaar related reasons and many more who could not identify a reason)
1.5% of PDS users experienced a biometric authentication failure and did not receive ration in their last attempt. However, 3.2% of PDS users received their rations despite biometric authentication failure.
ID Insight, Dalberg and Omidyar have done annual surveys across different states that provide hard data about the impact of aadhar. Go read them.
Dont believe Dalberg, Omidyar and ID Insight ?
Here is centre for global development surveying 633 households in rural and urban rajasthan https://www.cgdev.org/publication/what-a-new-survey-aadhaar-users-can-tell-us-about-digital-reforms-initial-insights
They found aadhar improved delivery of services, increased financial inclusion of poor people and women.
Is my argument that there are no problems with aadhar? of course not. I know many people who have fake aadhar IDs so its not doing all it can to prevent graft. There are undoubtedly people who slip through cracks and overzealous officials who make aadhar mandatory when it explicitly shouldnt be. but on the whole has aadhar been a good thing? I have large scale surveys from one group of people saying it largely works and saves the government a ton of money. and I have individual case studies on the other hand and theoretical arguments by your Reetika Khera and Jean Dreze and others. I know which one is more generalisable. I also know how hard it is to fake data for a lakh odd people in a survey.
Do we have to be vigilant about whether our aadhar data is secure? yes. Do we need to do more- yes. Is aadhar a massive conspiracy to spy on political dissidents and opponents- hate to break it to you but that was already happening long before aadhar, and introduction of aadhar has not increased surveillance in any measureable way. On the whole- is aadhar a good thing for poor people- very likely yes.
You say you care about poor people- why did you not bother looking it up at all?
“Protestors” who destroy public property and prevent citizens from exercising their fundamental right to speak and move freely are, in fact, violating law and basic decency. Their punishment is an acknowledgment of that. Nothing wrong in arguing that either.
Elevating the idea of privacy to the status of an indivisible virtue and a strict test of whether a society is democracy or not is hardly reasonable, especially in a country where the poor do not have the luxury to choose between privacy and nutrition or privacy and a good education.
The spirit of Holi is to not take consent
Centre for Labour Law Research and Advocacy, Centre for Studies in Disability and Law, Centre for Law, Justice and Development, Centre for Constitutional Law, Policy and Governance, Centre for Environment Law, Policy and Research, Centre for Transparency and Accountability in Governance.
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The aforementioned information is available publicly and I would not presume to consider myself an authority on the kind of work that is presently being done at NLUD on human rights. However, on first glance, the range of work and the multiplicity of convergent centres operating together does appear to indicate, in general, a vibrant intellectual community at the university.