Permanent Address:
“VENUS”, ARRA# 88,
Avittom Road, Medical College P.O.,
Thiruvananthapuram-695 011,
Kerala, India
Present Residential Address :
33/4735 A. Malaparamba P O, Kozhikode 673009
advjohnvarghese@msn.com
advjohnvarghese@gmail.com
advjohnvarghese@justice.com
advjohnvarghese@yahoo.com
Official Address:
Lecturer in Law,
Government Law College, Kozhikode
Education:
> LL.M, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. Dec 99 – Dec 01 (65%) Options- Criminal Law& Commercial Law
>LL.B (5 Years), Kerala Law Academy Law College, University of Kerala, India. 1993-1998.(60% )
Academic Excellence:
Passed JAIIB December 2006.
First Class in LLM.
Placed in second position in the All India Entrance Examination for admission to LLM course, Cochin University of Science and Technology, 1999.
P.C.S. Scholarship for academic exellance-1991.
Work Experience
Lecturer in Law-Government Law College, Kozhikode- October 3,2008 till date
Sr Manager Legal-ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd, Mumbai –September 3, 2007 to September 30,2008
Assistant Manager (Legal) Collections - Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai-March 6th, 2006 to August 31, 2007.
Assistant Manager (Legal), The Federal Bank Ltd-April 20th, 2003 to March 4th, 2006.
Worked in specialized Asset Recovery Branch, a Regional Office and two ordinary branches of the Bank.
Assistant Grade II, Kerala Public Service Commission, Head Office, Trivandrum - January 7th, 2002 to April 19th, 2003.
Practiced as Advocate in various courts at Trivandrum and Ernakulam- August 1998 to December 2001.
DETAILED WORK PROFILE
Sr Manager Legal-ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
· Labour law compliance management-giving advisory in employment matters,handling labour litigations. Two specific projects nearing completion are employee service rules and a project to develop an inhouse tracking software for labour law compliance.
· Heading Litigations Team Pan India
· Formulation of Processes and policies
· Advising various departments inside Company
· Drafting and Vetting of Contracts, Company Policies and other official Communication
· Handling Group Insurance Related Matters
Regional Legal Manager (West) for Secured & Unsecured Collections Department of SCB:
Coordination of the legal activities for Secured and Unsecured Loans-(Collections) on Pan India Basis.
Obtaining, collating and maintaining data and MIS pertaining to the legal cases handled by the collections department for Western region.
Coordinating with the regions and lawyers in respective centres to ensure smooth proceedings in legal cases filed by and against the Bank, pertaining to Collections Department.
Follow up and ensuring recoveries through legal action of unsecured loans.
Recovery Procedures like follow up of hard core NPAs, including liasoning with borrowers to find early settlement opportunities, coordinating recovery agencies etc.
Drafting of legal pleadings, appearing before DRT’s to present bank’s cases, vetting of plaints, scrutiny of legal documents etc and giving advise to collection department on legal issues.
In general, coordination of all legal activities pertaining to collections department.
Management of Agency Contracts.
Assistant Manager Legal- Federal Bank Ltd
Hands on experience in basic Banking activities and also worked in the Regulatory role in The Federal Bank Ltd, Regional Office, where the portfolio handled included regulatory efforts including ensuring compliance with AML procedures and KYC norms, giving legal opinion to branches, drafting and vetting of loan documents, etc.
Co Curricular Activities
Member, Editorial Board for web publishing of Weekly Seminar Reports, School of Legal Studies, CUSAT, 2000-01.
Participated and commented on the Seminar on “Review of Constitution of India” conducted by the Bar Council of Kerala, Aug 2001.
Conducted study on the Juvenile Justice Administration in Kerala, July 2001.
Conducted study on “Litigation Management and Litigation Avoidance” with special emphasis on
Asset recovery Department in Federal Bank Ltd., Head Office, Aluva, June 2001
Coordinated survey on “Consumer Awareness among Bank’s Customers” at Cochin, April 2001.
Coordinated the National Legal Seminar on “Sentencing Policy in India” organized at School of Legal Studies, Cochin University, March 2001.
Coordinated the Legal Study on “Dam and Water Dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu States” and advised the Government of Kerala. February 2001.
Conducted a Legal Survey on “Need for Speedy Trial in Civil Cases” at Ernakulam District Court, Kerala, December 2000.
Conducted a Study on “Uniform Civil Law in Goa” at Panaji, Goa, September 2000.
Coordinated the “All India Moot Court Competition” conducted by the School of Legal Studies, CUSAT, March, 2000.
Member of the Judges panel, 10th All India Moot Court Competition for the Kerala Law Academy Trophy, March, 1999.
General Convenor and Student Convenor for the organisation of the 9th All India Moot Court Competition for the Kerala Law Academy Trophy, March 1998.
Participated as a volunteer in the Legal Aid Survey conducted at Ulloor Village Panchayat, Trivandrum, February 1998.
Participated as a volunteer in the Legal Aid Survey conducted at Nettyam Village Panchayat, Trivandrum, March 1997.
Secretary, Moot Club, Kerala Law Academy Law College, Trivandrum, 1996-97.
Participated as a mediator in Legal Aid Camp (Lok Adalat) at Trivandrum, March 1995.
Secretary, Debating Club, Kerala Law Academy Law College, Trivandrum, 1995-96.
Attended several camps as Corporal, 2 Ker Bn. NCC, Govt Arts College, Trivandrum, 1991-93.
TRAINING PROGRAMMES ATTENDED
· Attended two training programmes for Legal Officers and a programme in Credit Management at Federal Bank Staff College, Aluva.
· Attended the following e learning programmes in SCB-1. Operational Risk Management (ORMA-Optial)
2.BASEL II-Lite Version
3.ORMA Procedures
4.Introduction to Legal & Compliance
5.Security Awareness for Every One
6.Group Code of Conduct-Leading by Example
7.Health and Safety
8.Introduction to IDEAL
9.Introduction to Out serve
10.Operational Risk
11.Reputation Risk
12.Money Laundering Prevention Course for Consumer Banking
13. Navigation through Trademarks
Also attended the following training programmes by attendance 1) BCSBI Code 2) Great Manager’s Programme 2007.
