The Army Institute of Law, Mohali conducted its annual National Seminar on September 16, 2017. This year’s theme was ‘Challenges to National Security in the 21st Century’. The following legal luminaries and erudite academicians were the chief guests at the inaugural ceremony :
- Chief Guest – Hon’ble Justice J.S. Narang (Retd.), Punjab and Haryana High Court
- Guest of Honour – Mr. Baldev Raj Mahajan – Advocate General, Haryana
- Keynote Speaker – Dr. Alok Misra – Dean, Faculty of Law, APS University, Gurugram & Former Professor, Amity Law School, Delhi
The event saw great participation from students and academicians alike, with some participants coming from as far away as ILS, Pune, HNLU, Raipur and Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad.
The seminar was conducted over three technical sessions of one and a half hours each. The sub-themes ranged from Cyber-terrorism, Nuclear Warfare and Communal Violence to Fake News, Climate Change, Narco-terrorism, Food Security and Biological Warfare. The event facilitated dialogue and exchange of ideas among people and helped in coming up with solutions that could potentially save humanity from threats that it currently faces or could face in the future.