C V of Souvik Chatterji.
Name: Mr. Souvik Chatterji
Date of Birth: 18th June 1976.
Presently: Assistant Professor in Law, National Law University, Jodhpur.
Previously: Assistant Director of CUTS International , Centre for Competition , Investment and Economic Regulation , Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park, Jaipur.
Previously: Lecturer of West Bengal National University of Juridical Science, Calcutta, India.
Passed LLM in US and Global Legal Studies in Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA with a merit scholarship
Academic Qualifications:
Passed LLM with International Economic Law from Warwick University,
UK. (One-Year Course)
Subjects:
1) International Economic Law,
2) Legal Aspects of International Technology Transfer,
3) Criminal Justice and Social Transitions.
(I year course, Sept, 2001 to sept, 2002)
4) Dissertation: India’s role on legal aspects of International Technology Transfer.
1) Passed LLB from Calcutta University in Dec 2000 with High Second Class.
Subjects done: IPC, CrPC, CPC, Property Law, Torts, Constitution,
Jurisprudence, Land Law, Administrative Law.
2) Passed ICWA foundation in 1998. Subjects done include, Management and
Organization, Cost Accounting, Secretarial Practices and Corporate Law,
Statistics, Indirect Taxation and Company ethics.
3) Passed Professional degree on Tally, Fact, MS Office, Internet from PL
Academy, Calcutta, 6 months course, Learnt sales tax, Income tax, Basic
Principles of commercial drafting.
Previously:
Board/Institution Examination Year
St. Joseph’s College, Calcutta ISC (10+2) 1995
St. Mary’s school, Calcutta ICSE (10) 1993
Work Experience:
1) Worked as the Branch Manager of Golden Trust Financial Services, Siliguri, India for 6 months from Dec 2000.
Golden trust Financial Services deal with 3 types of insurance policies, personal
accident scheme, Mediclaim Scheme and Amartya Siksha Yojana. As a branch
Manager I had to convince clients about period of the policies, legal factors to be
Considered before the policies mature and minimum conditions required to be
Fulfilled before the parties are liable to receive the policies. Data of policyholders
Were to be processed by me and calculations done under the programming of
Tally, fact, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet.
2) Practiced as Advocate in both civil and criminal cases in Bankshall court, (CMM
Court), Calcutta from April 2001 for 6 months. Types of cases handled range from divorce suits, restitution of conjugal rights, and offences against property like Criminal misappropriation, breach of trust to cheating. Further civil suits included easements, cases on West Bengal premises tenancy Act and West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act. Further have drafted sale deeds of flats obtained within Calcutta Municipal Corporation and Baranagar Municipality. Also made agreements between parties on sale of immoveable property.
3) Worked as Lecturer of NUJS, Calcutta for 4 years. Joined NUJS as Research Assistant and worked as Assistant Lecturer for a year. Subjects handled include Indian Penal Code (Criminal Law – 1), Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), Civil Procedure Code (CPC), Property Law, Corporate Law and Clinical Legal Education. Further coordinated Forensic Science Seminar Course.
Acts covered include, CPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act, Legal Services Authorities Act, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, General Clauses Act, Indian Registration Act, Indian Trusts Act, Indian Easement Act, Specific Relief Act, West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, Suit Valuation Act, West Bengal Court Fees Act, Limitation Act. Drafted Course materials in CRPC , Property Law, Clinical Legal Education along with other Faculties.
4) Completed a UNDP Project ‘A Proactive Consumer Forum for farmers, agricultural workers, rural people.’ Organised a Seminar on 16th August on the above mentioned subject involving the Consumer Affairs Department, Govt.Of West Bengal, NGOS, VCOs and Judges of Respective Consumer Dispute Redressal Agencies. The Principal Secretary, Consumer Affairs Department, Mr. Pradeep Bhattacharya, has reviewed the research paper and presently it has been published by NUJS as working paper series –11.
5) Involved in a Project granted by the Consumer Affairs Department. There are 3 parts of the project. Prepared a Compendium ( Handbook) on Consumer friendly laws. Also involved in assessment and evaluation of the State Commission and evaluated the District Forum in Kolkata .The project report is published in the newspaper, The Telegraph, Calcutta, India on Wednesday, September,21st,2005 in [login to view URL].
6) Remained class-coordinator for the 3rd year law students and 4th year law students for 2 sessions.
7) Worked on a World Bank and IMF project as research assistant on cases relating to money laundering in India under the supervision of Prof. Richard Gordon ( Case School law, Cleveland, USA ) for 3 months.
8) Worked in PBL Building in Dean’s office under the supervision of Mary Hobson ( Dean ) and assistant to Prof. T. Fogarty ( Weatherhead School of management) for 4 months.
9) Published Paper The Law of Provocation Under Indian and American Law,
Chatterji, Souvik,March, 2007, Published in [login to view URL], The Definitive Guide to Indian Law,[login to view URL]
10) Published Article Some Thoughts on consumer protection in India, Chatterji,
Souvik, April 5th,2007, Published in [login to view URL], The Definitive Guide to Indian Law,Editor’s Pick, [login to view URL] souvik
11) Published Article Consumer Protection Act – A critical study, Souvik Chatterji, May,2007 , published in Consumer Online Resource and Empowerment Centre in the Articles section, [login to view URL]
12) Published Briefing Paper titled Dealing With Anti- competitive Practices in the Indian Pharmaceuticals and the Health Delivery Sector. Published by CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment and Economic Regulation, CUTS International, D-217, Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park, Jaipur- 302001. The Briefing Paper is also co-authored by Nupur Anchlia and Smita John.
13) Published Article Detective Stories of Satyajit Ray, Souvik Chatterji, July 16, 2007, published in [login to view URL]
14) Published Article, Mohammad Rafi-A Versatile Maestro, Souvik Chatterji, July17,2007, published in [login to view URL] and Mohammad Rafi- one of the most versatile voices in our last century, Souvik Chatterji, July 22nd,2007 published in [login to view URL]
and Immortal Ghazals sung by Mohammad Rafi, Souvik Chatterji, July 30th, 2007 published in [login to view URL] and Immortal Ghazals sung by Mohammad Rafi, Souvik Chatterji, July 30th, 2007, published in [login to view URL]
15) Published Article, Music in films of Gulzar, Souvik Chatterji, July19, published in [login to view URL]
16) Published Article, Wide Dimension of Stories of Satyajit Ray, Souvik Chatterji, July 21, published in [login to view URL]
17) Published Article, Shankar Jaikishan, the most versatile Musical Giant of the Last Century,SouvikChatterji,July26,publishedin[login to view URL] and Shankar Jaikishan, the most versatile Musical Giant of the Last Century, Souvik Chatterji, August 6, published in [login to view URL]
18) Published Article, OP Nayyar’s immortal relationship with Mohammad Rafi, SouvikChatterji,August 9, published in [login to view URL]
19) Maintain blog titled [login to view URL] where more than 400 articles are published.
Indian Address:
22/6 Kalicharan Ghosh Road, Flat – Chayabitan, 1st floor, Calcutta 700050,
West Bengal, India. Telephone: 91 - 033 – 25561132.
Office Address: Cuts International Centre for Competition, Investment and Economic Regulation , D-217 , Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park , Jaipur -302016, India.
Languages known: English, Bengali, and Hindi.
Areas of Interest: Eastern music (have specialized in vocal classical songs for 3 years) can play tunes in the synthesizer, painting, literature, drama (acted in plays hosted by Birpara Cultural Association).
Performed in Satrang program – sang semi-classical song and played the keyboard for the singers in Twing Centre in Nov.2006 ( program of students of Case Western Reserve University), Cleveland, Ohio,USA.
