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Mesmerizing Mehrangarh.
 
Jodhpur charms the tourists all across the country with its typical Rajashthani landscape.The city is known for its forts and unique culture. It is the second largest city in Rajasthan after Jaipur. A certain section of the society also call it blue city or aasmaan nagari as many houses are painted blue near Mehrangarh Fort.
 
A number of forts in Rajasthan are remembered for their unique architecture including the Golden Fortress (also called Sonar Kella) in Jaisalmer, the Nahargarh and Jaigarh Fort in Jaipur, the Taragarh Fort in Bundi, the Junagarh Fort in Bikaner, etc. Mehrangarh Fort is the most famous fort of Jodhpur. It is located at 150 meter high hill. The hill used to be called Bhaurcheeria meaning the mountain of birds. Rao Jodha, the Chief of Rathore clan built it in 1459. The walls of Mehrangarh Fort are 36 meter high and 21 meter wide. There are seven gates including the Jayapol meaning victory gate. It was built by Maharaja Man Singh to commemorate the victories over Jaipur and Bikaner armies. The other gates include Fateh Pol built to commemorate the victory over Mughals in 1707, Dedh Kamgra Pol, bearing scars of bombardment by cannon balls, Loha Pol, which is the main gate to the fort complex. Immediately at the left are the handprints (sati marks) of the ranis or queens who burned in the funeral pyres of their husband, Maharaja Man Singh.
 
The museum of the Fort is well maintained. There are entry fees and also fees for carrying camera inside the museum. In one section of the museum there are old royal palanquins including the Mahadol Palanquin, won in a battle from the Governor of Gujarat in 1730. The arms, costumes and paintings depict the history of the rulers of the place. Within the fort there are brilliantly decorated palaces including the Moti Mahal, (Pearl Palace), Phool Mahal, (Flower Palace), Sheesha Mahal (Mirror Palace), Sileh Khana, Daulat Khana, etc. There is also a turban gallery. There is also famous Chamunda Mataji Temple in the Fort. Maa Chamunda was the Kul Devi of Parihar Rulers of Mandore. On September 30th, 2008, around 250 people were killed and more than 400 people injured in a stampede on the day of Navratri. The ramparts of the Fort had preserved the brilliant cannons include the famous Kilkila, the old cannon. Salman Khan’s film Veer was shot in Mehrangarh Fort. From the rampart the entire city of Jodhpur can be witnesses giving a panoramic view. A lift is available for the visitors who cannot climb the Fort.
Visitors should visit the Fort in the months of December, January and February. The weather remains chilly, the sunshine absolutely romantic and the site of the Fort totally mesmerizing.
 
 
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About Souvik Chatterji

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Name: Mr. Souvik Chatterji





Date of Birth: 18th June 1976.





Presently: Assistant Professor in Law, National Law University, Jodhpur.





Registered for PhD Program in Law in National Law University, Jodhpur on the topic “Law of Cartels in India and USA”.





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 www.telegraphindia.com/1050921/asp/atleisure/story.


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) Presently working as Assistant Professor of NLU, Jodhpur for more than one year. Taught optional subject “Law of Infrastructure Development” in the Xth Semester to 5th year students in the Winter Semester. Taught Honors Subject “Law of Infrastructure Development” in the VIIIth Semester to 4th year students in the Winter Semester. Teaching Compulsory subject “Law of Evidence” in the Vth Semester to 3rd year students in the monsoon semester. Teaching Honors Subject “Law of Infrastructure Development” in the VIIth Semester to 4th Year students in the monsoon semester.


10) In 2010 subjects taught include Property Law in the VIth Semester and Competition Law in the Xth Semester.


11) Presented a Paper titled “Fines and Consumer Forum” in National Seminar Cum Workshop on “Medical Negligence & Consumer Protection” held on 21st February, 2009 in Cooperation with the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.


12) Framed Questions, Projects, and administered Course of Criminal Law 1, Criminal Law 2, Forensic Science 1, Forensic Science 2, and the Law of Evidence in LLM in Criminal Law, Criminology and Forensic Science under Distance Education Program.


13) Framed Course Structure of the Subject “Human Rights and Criminal Justice” in LLM in Criminal Law, Criminology and Forensic Science under Distance Education Program.


14) Written Module 2 titled “Protection of Human Rights under Indian Constitution” and Module 5 titled “Capital Punishment: Rarest of rare cases” as part of course on “Human Rights and Criminal Justice” in LLM in Criminal Law, Criminology and Forensic Science under Distance Education Program.


15) Framed Course Structure of the Subject “Victimology” in LLM in Criminal Law, Criminology and Forensic Science under Distance Education Program.


16) Written 5 Modules titled “Introduction to Victimology”, “Role of Victims”, “Typology of victims”, “Persons needing special attention and female victims” and “Police and Judicial Attitude towards victims and the Indian position”.


17) Framed Course Structure of the Subject “Law of Infrastructure Development” in LLM under Distance Education Program.


18) Adjudicated 2 rounds of 1st NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition, 2010, held between 19th to 21st of February, 2010, in NLU, Jodhpur, sponsored by the Competition Commission of India and Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Law Firm. (The Knowledge Partners being LexisNexis Butterworth Wadha, Nagpur)


19) Published Paper The Law of Provocation Under Indian and American Law,


Chatterji, Souvik,March, 2007, Published in indlaw.com, The Definitive Guide to Indian Law,http://www.indlaw.com/guest/databasesearch/articles/default.asp


20) Published Article Some Thoughts on consumer protection in India, Chatterji,


Souvik, April 5th,2007, Published in indlaw.com, The Definitive Guide to Indian Law,Editor’s Pick, http://www.indlaw.com/guest/columns/default.asp souvik


21) Published Article Consumer Protection Act – A critical study, Souvik Chatterji, May,2007 , published in Consumer Online Resource and Empowerment Centre in the Articles section, http://www.corecentre.org/guest/articles/default.asp


22) 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.


23) Published Article titled “The Indian and American Law on Provocation”, Souvik Chatterji, Published in Scholasticus, Journal of National Law University, Jodhpur, Vol. 6, No. 1, August, 2009, ISSN 0975-1157. Published by National Law University, Jodhpur, Printed at Vijay Printers, Tripolia Bazar, Jodhpur -342001.


24) Published Article titled “Security concerns in Siliguri” in in Online Journal of Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Article 2395, published on 18th October, 2007, http://ipcs.org/article/terrorism/security-concerns-in-siliguri-2395.html


25) Published Article titled “Violent Bihar” in Online Journal of Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Article 2410, published on 6th November, 2007, http://ipcs.org/article/naxalite-violence/violent-bihar-2410.html


26) Published Article titled “Tackling Extremism in Purulia and Bankura” in Online Journal of Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Article 2567, published on 16th May, 2008, http://ipcs.org/article/naxalite-violence/tackling-extremism-in-purulia-and-bankura-2567.html


27) Published Book Review of the Book “Law of Special Economic Zones: National and International Perspective”, written by P. Chaturvedi and A. Dalal. Published in Scholasticus, Journal of National Law University, Jodhpur, Vol. 6, No. 1, August, 2009, ISSN 0975-1157. Published by National Law University, Jodhpur, Printed at Vijay Printers, Tripolia Bazar, Jodhpur -342001.


28) Published article titled “Justification of Corporate Leniency Program in India” in Madras Law Journal, 118th Yr, Issue No. 49, (2009) 8 MLJ, Vol. 247, Part 3 (03-12-2009), page 38 -42.


29) Published Article titled “State Government rules out talks with the Maoist: The right step?” in the Online Journal of Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Article 2895, published on 24th June, 2009, http://www.ipcs.org/article_details.php?articleNo=2895


30) Published article titled “Buddhadeb’s Stand on the Maoists” in the Online Journal of Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Article # 2999, published on 9th November, 2009.


http://www.ipcs.org/article/naxalite-violence/buddhadebs-stand-on-the-maoists-2999.html


31) Published article titled “Examining the period of merger review in India” in Madras Law Journal, 119th Yr, Issue No. 17, (2010) 3 MLJ Vol.250 Part - 4 (09-04-2010), pages 69 -72)


32) Published article titled “MRTP regime, competition regime and foreign investment”, Consolidated Commercial Digest, Volume 26, Part 7, August 1, 2010, Company Law Institute of India, Pvt., Ltd, A Journal for Finance & Legal Professionals and Corporate Executives,


http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TwaS_-PmzGsJ:www.cliofindia.com/parts/ccdindex.htm+souvik+chatterji&cd=25&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in





33) Published article titled “Efficacy of mandatory merger in India”, Consolidated Commercial Digest, Volume 27, Part 1, September 1, 2010, Company Law Institute of India, Pvt., Ltd, A Journal for Finance & Legal Professionals and Corporate Executives,


http://www.cli.in/parts/ccdindex.htm


34) Published article titled “Naxalite Menace in West Bengal”, Published in Chillibreeze.com,


http://chillibreeze.com/articles_various/Naxalite-menace-in-West-Bengal-910.asp


35) Published article titled “Anti-dumping in India”, Consolidated Commercial Digest, Volume 27, Part 8, December 15th, 2010, Company Law Institute of India, Pvt. Ltd, A Journal For Finance & Legal Professionals and Corporate Executives.





Other Publications.


1) Published Article Detective Stories of Satyajit Ray, Souvik Chatterji, July 16, 2007, published in http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2007/07/detective-stories-of-satyajit-ray.html


2) Published Article, Mohammad Rafi-A Versatile Maestro, Souvik Chatterji, July17,2007, published in http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2007/07/mohammad-rafi.html and Mohammad Rafi- one of the most versatile voices in our last century, Souvik Chatterji, July 22nd,2007 published in http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/mohammad-rafi-one-of-the-most-versatile-voices-in-our-last-century.html


and Immortal Ghazals sung by Mohammad Rafi, Souvik Chatterji, July 30th, 2007 published in http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2007/07/mohammad-rafi.html and Immortal Ghazals sung by Mohammad Rafi, Souvik Chatterji, July 30th, 2007, published in http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/immortal-ghazals-sung-by-mohammad-rafi.html


3) Published Article, Music in films of Gulzar, Souvik Chatterji, July19, published in http://keralaartilces.blogspot.com/2007/07/sampooran-singh-gulzar.html


4) Published Article, Wide Dimension of Stories of Satyajit Ray, Souvik Chatterji, July 21, published in http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2007/07/stories-of-satyajit-ray.html


5) Published Article, Shankar Jaikishan, the most versatile Musical Giant of the Last Century,SouvikChatterji,July26,publishedinhttp://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2007/07/shankar-jaikishan.html and Shankar Jaikishan, the most versatile Musical Giant of the Last Century, Souvik Chatterji, August 6, published in http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/shankar-jaikishan-most-versatile-music-giant.html


6) Published Article, OP Nayyar’s immortal relationship with Mohammad Rafi, SouvikChatterji,August 9, published in http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2007/08/op-nayyars-immortal-realtionship-with.html


7) Maintain blog titled http://stationhollywood.blogpot.com where more than 900 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: National Law University, Jodhpur, NH 65, Nagour Road, Mandore, Jodhpur - 342304.





Cell Phone No. 09950836554.





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.





Sung bhajans along with wife Smt. Rumi Chatterji in National Engineering College in Jaipur in March, 2009, and played the synthesizer. While Mrs. Rumi Chatterji presented the songs “shiv shambhu kalian tumhi ho”, “namami”, “humko manki shakti dena”, “allah teroh naam”, etc., Souvik Chatterji presented “man re tu kahe na dhir dhare”, “wo duniya ke rakhwale”, “sukhke sab saathi”, etc. The entire program was reported in local newspaper of Rajasthan.





Accompanied Smt. Rumi Chatterji with Keyboard during Radio Recording of Sugam Sangeet in April, 2010. The songs which were played in the KeyBoard included “bolo raat bolo tum kaha”, “payoji maine ramratan dhan payiyo”, and “katon ki chubhan payee”.





Adjudicated the Raga Session of Eastern Classical Music of inter-college Cultural Fest Titled NH 65 held in National Law University Jodhpur as Judge from 7th to 10th October, 2010. Participants from National Law Universities and other reputed Institutions across India participated in the Cultural and Literary Fest.

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