Into Legal World Webinar on "The impact of CSR during COVID-19" and discussion on Career in Corporate Law


Corporate Social Responsibility played a major role in combatting the COVID19 pandemic situation. The way corporates came forward to help the government was unprecedented. The webinar will discuss how COVID-19 pandemic can impact the advancements of CSR in India. The webinar will contend that COVID-19 pandemic offers an extraordinary open door for organizations to move towards increasingly genuine and credible CSR and add to address dire worldwide social and environmental challenges. The webinar will examine specific concepts relating to Environment, Sustainability, and Governance (ESGs). The current policy is unresponsive to cater and recover CSR in India. Lack of due diligence and weak governance poses higher risks of CSR frauds. How law will cease this fraud mitigation menace by analysing EY’s report and amendments in Companies Act 2013 in the times of pandemic.

The webinar will also include a special segment where the career and opportunities in Corporate Law would be discussed.

Guest Speaker for The Webinar

Ms Nidhi Singh,

Assistant Professor,
Amity Law School Lucknow.
Corporate and Environmental Law Expert



MODERATOR

Adv Anwesha Ghosh

Assistant Professor,
Faculty at Into Legal World
LLM (Gold Medallist)
NUSRL



Topics of Discussion

Nidhi Singh, currently working as an Assistant Professor in Amity University, has pursued LL.M in Corporate laws from prominent law school in the country, Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur, and held the second position overall in my academic batch. She have been one of the top five rank holders in B.A.LL.B (Hons.) from University of Lucknow. She is presently pursuing a Ph.D. in Biodiversity laws under the guidance of Prof. DNNS Yadav from the University of Lucknow. She have completed P.G. Diploma in Environmental Law from the premier law school of the country, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore in 2016 qualifying highest marks in my research work and received the distinction from the then Chief Justice of India Hon’ble Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar. She have also qualified UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) in Law during July 2016. Ms Nidhi Singh have also authored a book Illegal Wildlife Trafficking in India: Challenges and Remedies and got published several articles in many reputed journals. She have also been top ten contestants of one of the most celebrated and eminent reality TV shows of India- Kaun Banega Crorepati, India, Season 11.



Topics of Discussion

Concept of CSR
How COVID-19 pandemic can impact the advancements of CSR in India
Concepts relating to Environment, Sustainability, and Governance (ESGs)
Risks of CSR frauds
Career and opportunities in Corporate Law


Who should attend the webinar?

Students of Law and International Relation
Professionals
Teachers/Professors
Anyone interested in understanding the topic
Students preparing for Competitive Exams like UPSC, PCS, PCS-J, etc


Fees : Free for All

Date : 21 June 2020.

Time : 5:00PM Onwards.

Duration : 60 Min

Webinar Platform : YouTube

Joining Link : Click Here To Join Webinor on Youtube

Certificate will be awarded to all the registered students who attend the complete webinar only.




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