When i started this blog, i thought of using it as a platform to share whatever i have earned through experience with others. Personally, i hate intellectual property, as a concept, which prevents free sharing of information. Indian tradition teaches that knowledge develops through sharing, and any knowledge that is kept in wraps, which is away from the reach of the world is no knowledge at all.
I had been in corporate world for more than 5 years. I am proud to say that through out this short career, i have got appreciation from my employers and peers. With a total experience of around 10 years, i felt that it is time for me to pass on some of my learning to others. Hence i am moving out from the corporate world into teaching...Wish me good luck!(some times what ever knowledge i have could be half baked.but even then i would prefer to roast it in the academic crucible, and i would be happy to be a link between academica and industry...if some one from industry would care!!!)
I come from Kerala. I have seen that most of the Inhouse legal departments in the country have atleast a malayalee law officer. However sadly, when it comes to campus recruitment of law officers, no one would prefer to try a law college in Kerala, quoting a variety of reasons. I have also seen that many a times campus recruitment has turned out to be a mere hype. It has become a fashion for companies and law firms to rush to one or other law school. Now a days it is more or less like a fashion symbol to have gone to a premier law school and recruit from there. This is almost like the competition between society ladies in getting some goodies..like having a particular breed of a pup...she just wants it because her friend has it..there is no other apparent reason for her to have a pup.... In this process the quality suffers a lot. Further many worthy students of law schools which do not come within the premium list have to stand outside, without getting an opportunity to prove themselves. As a result both the industry and academicia suffer. It should be the endeavour of both the industry and academicia to find a way for quality check. Unless a tougher and more objective quality check is put in place, the academica and industry would both suffer on account of this frenzy, and the next decade would show a reverse drive of campus recruitments.