Centre for Maritime Law, National Law University Odisha organized its 1st International Conference on Maritime Law, 2020
National Law University Odisha marked a two-day event of India’s first International Conference on Maritime Law, 2020 in collaboration with Paradip Port Trust and HP Law Associates, Mumbai on 22nd- 23rd February, 2020. Established in 2015, Centre for Maritime Law, NLUOhas been working with the objective of promoting research & excellence in the field of Maritime Law. Twenty-first century has been undergoing a sea-change and the need foran academic discussion cannot be understated. In the light of changing relations and emerging challenges in Maritime, there is a need to align our lawswith aparadigm shift. The Conference majorly focused on “Reshaping the New Horizons: Maritime Law Perspective in 21st Century”as its main theme.
The Conference got off the ground by the graceful presence of Mr. Subrat Tripathy, CEO of the Dharma Port Co. Ltd., who put emphasis on the co-existence of ‘innovation and mankind’. Mr. Tripathy emphasized on the need of the seas globally by stating that “Uniquely, oceans belong to the mankind, and shouldn’t be categorized as the assets to the countries”.
Presentation of 24 papers were scheduled across four sessions in total during the course of the Conference which remarked participation of students and academicians all across the reach. Presence of eminent stalwarts such as Prof. (Dr.) Proshanto Mukherjee, Capt. Ashok Mahapatra, Mr. Anil Devli, Prof. (Dr.) Tony George, Mr. Mayank Suri,Mr. Hari Narayan, Mr. Prathamesh Kamat, Mr. Sudipta De Sarkar blessed the event as panellists to the participantswith plethora of knowledge and encouragementto embark a change to the Maritime field.
Limelight of the Conference can be defined by the presence of Shri Amitabh Kumar, Director General of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Government of Indiain the valedictory session to felicitate the winners of the Conference.The Centre also launched its book titled“Through the lens of Maritime Law: A world view”to visualise the need foran extensive grasp on various national and international aspects of Maritime Law.
Devika Radha of Symbiosis law School, Pune took home the title of Best Presentation as well as Best Paper with an exceptional outlay of participation. Sanjana Hoque of South Asian University, Delhi and Syed Owais Tallib & Sai Rishikesh Reddy Yenumula of DSNLU, Vishakhapatnam bagged the prize of second-best research paper and second-best presentation respectively.
The success of the Conference is also extended to Paradip Port Trust, HP Law, Adani Ports & Logistics, JM Baxi Group, Campbell Johnston Clark, United Maritime Law Chambers, Eastern Book Company Publishing Pvt. Ltd. and to the family of Late Shri Samareshwar Mahanty. All in all, the Conference was a huge success!