Tilottama Raychaudhuri

E-mail: tilottama_r@hotmail.com

SCHOOL: School of Public Laws and Governance

BIO:

• Pursuing Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), from National Law School, Bangalore on the Regulation of Vertical Agreements by Competition Law.
• Master of Philosophy, (M.Phil.) from NUJS in International Trade Law.
• Master of Laws, (LL.M) from NUJS with Dissertation in International Law. Awarded the S. Gopalakrishnan Scholarship for Academic Excellence.
• LL.B. from Symbiosis Law College, Pune. (Rank 1st)

• July 2002 - May 2004: Worked at the Sahara India Group of Companies, at their Head Office in Lucknow on a wide range of matters including arbitrations, (the ICC Champions trophy Sahara Logo Dispute) drafting of contracts pertaining to the sponsorship of the Indian Cricket and Hockey Team, aircraft leasing contracts and various trademark and copyright disputes..
• June 2004 - April 2005: Worked as Law Associate in D.P. Ahuja & Co. at their Kolkata office. Drafted trademark and copyright suits, as well as opinions as to the registrability of different foreign trademarks in India. Assisted counsels in various cases before the Supreme Court of India, and the High Courts of Delhi and Kolkata.
• November 2006 till date: Appointed as Teaching Assistant in NUJS in 2006. Joined the same University as Assistant Professor (Law) in 2007.

• Working Paper on "Vertical Agreements in Competition Law - Striking the Right Balance between Regulation and Competition".
  available at: http://www.nujs.edu/workingpapers/vertical-agreements-in-competition-law-striking-the-right-balance-between-regulation-and-competition.pdf
• Comment on Competition Commission v. SAIL welcoming the Supreme Court verdict in the Competition Commission's dispute with SAIL available at mylaw.net
  ( http://www.mylaw.net/Article/ByArticleId/52/#commentDiv).
  
• Article titled "The Unforeseen Developments Clause in Safeguards under the WTO: Confusions in Compliance" published in the Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Volume 11, No. 1
• Paper on 'Safeguard Measures under the WTO' presented at a Sensitization Workshop on WTO and related issues organised by the Department of Small and Medium Scale Industries, Government of India, in 2009 at Kolkata.
• M. Phil Dissertation titled 'Causation in Safeguards under the GATT/WTO: Confusions in Compliance'.
• LL.M. Dissertation titled 'The Use of Force in International Law Post 9/11: Self Defence, Pre-emption and State Responsibility'.

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

• Faculty Advisor of the Moot Court Society
• Faculty Advisor of the Society for International Trade and Competition
• Actively interested in Co-Curricular (Moot Courts, Legal Aid etc.) and Extra-Curricular (Debating, Music, Dramatics etc.) activities.
• Represented college and won awards in many of these events including the Runners Up Trophy at the S.C. Jawali National Moot Court Competition, organised by University Law College, Karnataka in 2001 and the Winner of the 'Best Lady Advocate' award at the same National Moot Court Competition.