Year 2024

Year 2024

I. One-day Seminar on “Cyber Security and Emerging Threats in Cyberspace”

• Jointly organized by: Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

• Date: 10 January 2024 (Wednesday)

• Mode/Venue: Offline at GNLU, Gandhinagar

• Participants: 200

• Chief Guest: Hon’ble Mr. Justice S G Shah, Former Judge, High Court of Gujarat

• Guest Speaker(s):

1. Dr. Nilay Mistri, Associate Professor, School of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics, NFSU

2. Shri Jaipal Singh Tomar, Advisor (QoS), TRAI New Delhi

3. Dr. Chintan Pathak, Advocate and Cyber Security Expert, Surat

4. Shri Mukesh Choudhary, CEO, Cyberveer Technologies, Jaipur

5. Shri Naveen Jakhar, ADG (AI & DIU), Department of Telecom, New Delhi

• Topic(s):

1. Cyber Security and Emerging Trends in Digital Forensic

2. Combating Telecom Fraud: Challenges and Government Initiate

3. Handling and Admissibility of Electronic Evidence

4. Emerging Cyber Crimes & Challenges for LEA’s during investigation

5. Leveraging   Emerging   Technology   for Cyber Security and Threats Prevention

II. Training Programme for employees of GSPC as part of ESG Compliance on “Human Rights, Integrity, Ethics & Anti-Corruption”

• Jointly organized by: Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (GSPC)

• Number of trainings: 02 batches

• Date(s): 20-21 March 2024 and 26-27 March 2024

• Venue/Mode: Online mode

• Participants : 50

• Resource Person(s):

1. Prof. (Dr.) Anjani Singh Tomar, Professor of Law, GNLU

2. Prof. (Dr.) K. Parameswaran, Professor of Law, GNLU

3. Prof. (Dr.) Vikas Gandhi, Professor of Law, GNLU

4. Dr. Asha Verma, Assistant Professor of Law, GNLU

5. Dr. Krishna Bipin Mehta, Legal Consultant, Academician and Certified PoSH Trainer

• Topic(s):

1. Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption

2. Ethical Behaviour and Integrity at the Workplace

3. Sexual Harassment at the Workplace – Law and Practice

4. Code of Conduct and Employee Responsibilities

5. Human Rights and its relevance in present era

III. Training Programme for employees of GSPL

• Jointly organized by: Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) and Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL)

• Number of trainings: 03 batches

• Mode/Venue: Offline at GSPC Bhawan, Gandhinagar

IV. Capacity-building Training Programme on The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

• Jointly organized by: Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) and Gender Resource Centre (GRC), Women and Child Development Department, Government of Gujarat in association with the Gender Sensitisation Committee, Centre for Women and Child Rights, Legal Services Committee and ProBono Club, GNLU

• Date(s):

1. 6 February 2024: 5^th year students, GNLU-G

2. 16 February 2024: 4^th year students, GNLU-G

3. 17 February 2024: 3^rd year students, GNLU-G

4. 23 February 2024: 1^st and 2^nd year students, GNLU-G

5. 2 March 2024: LL.M students of GNLU-G and all students of GMU

6. 6 March 2024: Faculty and Staff members of GNLU-G and GMU

7. 13 March 2024: Housekeeping and Security Staff of GNLU-G

8. 16 March 2024: UG and PG Students, Faculty and Staff members of GNLU Silvassa

9. 29 July 2024: New Batch of UG and PG Students and newly recruited Faculty and Staff members of GNLU Silvassa

• Mode/Venue: Offline at GNLU, Gandhinagar and GNLU, Silvassa campus

• Participants: UG Students, PG Students, Faculty and Staff Members of GNLU, Gandhinagar, GNLU, Silvassa Campus and Gujarat Maritime University (GMU) (600 participants)

• Chief Guest: Ms. Ami Patel, Director, Gender Resource Centre, Women and Child Development Department, Government of Gujarat

• Guest Speaker(s):

1. Prof. (Dr.) Poonam Pradhan Saxena, Former Vice Chancellor, NLU, Jodhpur

2. Dr. Priyanka Behrani, Acting Dean & Program Chair, Liberal Studies And Education, School of Business and Law and certified PoSH Trainer

3. Dr. Krishna Bipin Mehta, Legal Consultant, Academician and Certified PoSH Trainer

4. Shri. Mahendra Makwana, Gender Resource Officer, GRC

V. Competitions as part of the capacity-building Training Programme on The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

• Jointly organized by: Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) and Gender Resource Centre (GRC), Women and Child Development Department, Government of Gujarat in association with the Gender Sensitisation Committee, Centre for Women and Child Rights, Legal Services Committee and ProBono Club, GNLU

• At GNLU, Gandhinagar:

1. Date: 14 March 2024

2. Venue: Offline at GNLU, Gandhinagar

3. Participants: UG and PG Students of GNLU, Gandhinagar

4. Competitions: Poster-making competition (04 entries), Essay-writing competition (14 entries) and Elocution Competition (21 entries)

5. Judges: Dr. Harmik Vaishnav, Associate Professor, Literature, School of Liberal Studies and Dr. Rachna Vasudev, Assistant Professor, Literature, School of Liberal Studies

6. Cash prize across three competitions: 1^st position holder (INR 10,000), 2^nd position holder (INR 7,000) and 3^rd position holder (INR 5,000)

• At GNLU, Silvassa campus:

1. Date: 16 March 2024

2. Venue: Offline at GNLU, Silvassa campus

3. Participants: UG and PG Students of GNLU, Gandhinagar

4. Competition: Quiz Competition on the PoSH Act, 2013

5. Cash prize: 1^st position holder (INR 3,000), 2^nd position holder (INR 2,000) and 3^rd position holder (INR 1,000)

VI. Induction Training Programme (Phase II) of Enforcement Officers/Account Officers of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India

• In collaboration with Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDNASS)

• 4 Batches of Enforcement Officers/Account Officers

• Batch I: 17 July – 11 August 2023 (60 officers)

• Batch II: 14 August – 8 September 2023 (60 officers)

• Batch III: 25 September – 20 October 2023 (60 officers)

• Batch IV: 15 April to 10 May 2024 (45 officers)

• Mode/Venue: Offline at GNLU, Gandhinagar

• Total Teaching Sessions (Batch I, II, III & IV): 320 sessions

• Total Teaching Hours (Batch I, II, III & IV): 480 hours

• Other details: Resource persons for the training programme include retired judge of the High Court of Gujarat, President of Gujarat Revenue Tribunal, Professors of law, soft skills expert, Information technology law expert, practicing advocates, Chartered Accountant, industry experts and legal experts.

VII. Three-day Training Programme on Legislative Drafting

• Jointly organized by: Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) and Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs (ICPS)

• Date: 20-22 May 2024

• Mode/Venue: Offline at GNLU, Gandhinagar

• Participants: Officials/Officers of the Government of Gujarat, Gujarat Legislative Assembly and Officials of Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (62)

• Chief Guest: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ilesh Jashvantrai Vora, Judge, High Court of Gujarat (for inauguration) and Hon’ble Dr. Justice Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, Chairperson, Gujarat State Human Rights Commission (for valedictory)

• Resource Person(s):

1. Prof. (Dr.) N. K. Pathak, Former Director of University School of Law, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad and Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad

2. Hon’ble Justice R R Tripathi, Retired Judge, High Court of Gujarat and Former Chairperson, Gujarat State Human Rights Commission

3. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Choudhary, Assistant Professor of Law, GNLU

4. Dr. Avinash Bhagi, Associate Professor of Law, GNLU

5. Dr. (Ms.) Mukulita Vijayawargiya, Whole-Time Member, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India

6. Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Singh, Professor of Law, GNLU

7. Prof. (Dr.) Vikas Gandhi, Professor of Law, GNLU

8. Prof. (Dr.) Anjani Singh Tomar, Professor of Law, GNLU

• Topic(s):

1. Type of statutes, rules governing their interpretation including basic rules of Legislative Drafting

2. Language of Drafting: Plain, Bilingual and Multilingual

3. Structure and Format of Acts: Short Title/Long Title/Preamble of an Act

4. "Constitutional Provisions for Legislative Drafting

5. (Article 14 of Constitution)"

6. Application Provisions: Introduction, Importance, Provisions binding the state, Extra-territorial application

7. Role of Legislative Committees in developing Legislation

8. General Rules and Principles of Statutory Interpretations

9. Techniques of Legislative Drafting and Challenges of Legislative Drafting on Artificial Intelligence

10. Judicial Approach to Interpretation

11. Drafting a Criminal Legislation: The Rules of P5 (Principles, Provisions, Policies, Precedents and Professional Opinion)

VIII. Training Programmes on the New Criminal Laws (The Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, The Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and The Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023)

Sr. No.	Training For	Date	Participants	Mode	Resource Person(s)
1.	Police Officers of the UT of DNH & DD	29-31 January 2024	500	Offline at Silvassa	Mr. Raj Kiram Tripathy Ms. Dipshreeya Das Ms. Anamika Shukla
2.	Senior Police Officers of Gujarat	5 February 2024	35	Offline	Prof. (Dr.) Anjani Singh Tomar Dr. Jagadeesh Chandra T. G. Dr. Saira Gori
3.	Officers of Jail Bhawan	20 February 2024	65	Offline at Jail Bhawan	Prof. (Dr.) Anjani Singh Tomar Dr. Saira Gori
4.	Assistant Public Prosecutors (APPs)	14 & 18 March 2024	450 + 450 (900)	Offline at GNLU-G	Prof. (Dr.) Anjani Singh Tomar Dr. Saira Gori
5.	Workshop for Media Professionals in collaboration with Press Information Bureau (PIB) as part of Vartalap	24 May 2024	70	Offline at GNLU-G	Dr. Neerja Gotru Rao (IPS)
6.	Judicial Officers of UT of DNH & DD and Maharashtra	11-13 June 2024	175	Hybrid	Prof. (Dr.) Anjani Singh Tomar Prof. (Dr.) Vikas Gandhi Dr. Saira Gori
7.	Senior Police Officers of Ahmedabad (Rural) District	25-28 June 2024	60	Hybrid	Prof. (Dr.) Anjani Singh Tomar Dr. Saira Gori
8.	Law Officers of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)	18-19 July 2024	26	Offline at GNLU-G	Prof. (Dr.) Anjani Singh Tomar Prof. (Dr.) Vikas Gandhi Dr. Saira Gori