PRS is holding their annual ANALYSIS competition in which the participants are to take and analyse one of the draft bills that will be coming up for debate in the Parliament. We take a special interest in this years edition since it includes the Draft National Innovation Bill which we have blogged on in earlier posts.
“ANALYSIS 2009 is a national-level legislative analysis competition
organised by PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi.
organised by PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi.
Participants are expected to produce a succinct three-page analysis of
a Bill likely to come up for debate in Parliament with Members of
Parliament as the target audience.
Eligibility: The competition is open to all law students and current post-graduate students from any discipline.
Prizes:
First Prize: Rs. 20,000
Second prize: Rs. 15,000
Third Prize: Rs. 10,000
For rules and further details visit: http://www.prsindia.org/
Last date for submissions: August 30, 2009″
Past panelists for judging this event have included Mr. B. G. Verghese (eminent journalist and Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research), Prof. M. Ramdass (former Member of Parliament), Dr. R. Senthil (former Member of Parliament), Justice Ruma Pal (former Judge at the Supreme Court), Governor Ved Marwah (Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research) and Justice Y. K. Sabharwal (former Chief Justice of India).
We, at SpicyIP, applaud this effort by PRS at increasing awareness and participation in the happenings of the legislative process.
We, at SpicyIP, applaud this effort by PRS at increasing awareness and participation in the happenings of the legislative process.
