The Law Faculty, University of Cambridge

Prathiba M Singh, an Indian alumna of the Faculty of Law, has donated a scholarship that will allow other Indian students to complete an LLM at the world-renowned Cambridge Faculty of Law.

The purpose is to encourage young bright lawyers to join litigation practice

Prathiba M Singh

After successfully completing her LLM and working for many years as a lawyer in India, Singh is now the managing partner of Singh & Singh Law Firm in New Delhi, started with her husband in 1997, something she never could have imagined when she was embarking on her Masters in 1992. She is now a registered patent and trademark attorney, with areas of practice including patent, trademark, copyright and design litigation, and hopes to help other young Indian students achieve their goals through this scholarship.

Singh, who completed her Bachelor of Law degree at Bangalore University,  undertook a Masters of Law degree at Cambridge in 1992 on a full scholarship from the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and then returned to India to work in Intellectual Property. This endowment, the Prathiba M Singh Cambridge Scholarship, will enable exceptional law students to follow in her academic and professional footsteps. A substantial part of her work consists of Intellectual Property disputes, and she is considered as one of India's leading  IP litigators. 

She has handled and argued a large number of landmark cases in India including the Novartis case. With more than 150 reported precedents to her credit, and achievements including the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2012 for the Best Woman IP Litigator in Asia, such a reputation is well deserved. Her firm has also been hailed as the Firm of the Year at the 2013 Managing IP Global Awards for IP Contentious work in India.

"This scholarship is the first step to make a contribution to the legal profession and give back what I got when I studied in Cambridge University. I hope meritorious Indian students avail this to do an LLM with focus on IPR laws and return to India. The purpose is to encourage young bright lawyers to join litigation practice."

The Faculty of Law has long been known for the high quality of its teaching; since its foundation 700 years ago, when graduates would regularly attain the highest judicial positions in Europe, it has continually produced exemplary students of outstanding legal calibre.

Applicants for this scholarship should be talented students currently residing in India, in need of financial assistance to study at Cambridge, and intending to pursue a legal career in India after graduation. Because of Singh's professional specialisation, applicants must have a strong and genuine interest in studying Intellectual Property Law.

The application deadline is 15th November 2013, for study in 2014-14. Visit the Faculty of Law website or the Cambridge Trust website for more information.


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