3rd edition of SOA Lex Concilium-2025 organised at SOA

Bhubaneswar: The third edition of SOA Lex Concilium-2025 was organised in Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University under the auspices of the SOA National Institute of Law (SNIL), SOA’s faculty of legal studies and the University’s Placement Cell on January 25.

Experts from different law firms and from the academia graced the occasion to educate the students of law about the various employment opportunities available for them and told them as to where they should focus their attention.

Mr. Lokanath Prasad Kar, Founder of EipeeCo, who attended as the chief guest, said that the students should pay attention to their ability and on acquiring knowledge.

He also explained as to how the students should pick companies where they would wish to work. Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Vice-Chancellor of SOA, told the students that SNIL was ranked 9th in the country among law colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

As SOA’s thrust was on research, it had set up 20 research centres, he said. The program was also addressed by Prof. S.A.K. Azad, Dean of SNIL, Prof. Jyoti Ranjan Das, Dean (Students’ Welfare) and Mr. Ripti Ranjan Dash, Director (Corporate Relations and Industry Engagement).

The subject for the first session was ‘Emerging Trends in Legal Industries: Challenges and Opportunity for Freshers) with the panelists being Mr.Prashant Kumar, Head (Legal) at Muthoot Fincorp Ltd, Mr. Devendra Suresh Hattangadi, Director (HR) of Integreon, Mr. Abhishek Dutta, Deputy General Manager (HR), Cholamandalam MS General Insurance, Ms. Chinmayee Sahoo, Partner at Roots Cyber Law Firm, Mr. Prashanth S, Shivadass, Partner at Shivadass and Shivadass and Ms. Sivashrita Bhardwaj, Assistant Professor at SNIL.

The second subject titled the ‘Future of Law’ had several panelists including Mr. M.A.Ranganath, Founding Partner at Roots Cyber Law Firm, Ms. Rasika Vivek Kuber, Head (Corporate Legal and Compliance) at Digit Insurance, Ms. Swati Singh, General Manager at DLF Limited and Mr. Tanin Chakraborty, Global DPO at Biocon Biologics. SNIL’s senior professors Prof. Prabir Kumar Patnaik and Prof. Madhusudan Das also attended the program. Mr. Abhishek Patnaik, Senior Manager (Corporate Relations) of the Placement Cell proposed the vote of thanks.