Ex-students from across India turn up for medals, awards
LUCKNOW: Law students from the batches of 2016 to 2024 of Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University returned to the campus from different parts of the country, to attend their convocation ceremony on Saturday. Gold, silver, and bronze medallists and awardees from every batch were felicitated at the event, with the gold medal winners being presented their achievements by the chief justice of India, DY Chandrachud.
In all, 113 awards were given at the third convocation ceremony of RMLNLU, with four other categories for special awards in Law of Taxation, Criminal Law, Best Mooter of the Year and Student of the Year.
Gulafsha, from Saharanpur, was one among the LLM gold medallists. A graduate of the 2020 batch, she is currently posted as the additional civil judge at Junior Division Farrukhabad. Having lost both her parents in 2022, she was emotional as she received her medal from the CJI.
“It was my parents’ dream to see me as a judge. But unfortunately, I lost them both in 2022, only a month before the notification for the exam was released. And in 2023 I cleared the exam,” she recalled.
Saurabh Tiwari, from Prayagraj, of the 2022 LLM batch, who also received a gold medal, is currently serving as an assistant legal advisor at ONGC Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh. He said that he was thrilled to hear that the convocation was being held after a long gap of nine years.
Shivesh Raj Jaiswal of the 2023 batch, received a gold for LLM Honours and a silver medal for his BA LLB Honours. Hailing from Chandauli, he is now an additional civil judge in Sonbhadra.
“The diversity and exposure we got here is the best thing about this institution,” said Jaiswal. He said that as a civil judge now, his focus has turned from research, to analysing how to use the law to help poor litigants.
31-year-old Mandavi Mehrotra, a second generation lawyer, now runs her own practice. Born and brought up in Lucknow, she graduated with the batch of 2017, and now deals with medicolegal cases, and insurance matters. She won the Virendra Bhatia Gold Medal Student of the Year award.
A much younger graduate from 2023 is 24-year-old Vatsal Raj from Shimla. With a shining resume and a silver medal from the university to boot, Raj recently got his offer letter to pursue Masters in Law at Oxford University.