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MUMBAI: Jamnabai Narsee’s Vian Jain who is to join Syracuse University for mechanical engineering in the Fall of 2021 heaved a sigh of relief on learning the travel ban from India had exempted students. Like him, thousands of other candidates were comforted when they read the fresh travel policy put out by the US department of state on Friday.
The psychological boost came at a time when prospective freshmen are in the process of finalising their admits and making deposits to universities before they can get their crucial i-20, needed to apply for a visa.
On Friday, the US reviewed its travel policy and suspended entry into their country for non-immigrants who were physically present in India during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the country.
MUMBAI: In a huge relief to thousands of candidates wanting to enter or return to the United States of America for an education, the travel ban levied by the country has exempted students. This comes at a time when prospective freshmen are in the process of finalizing their admits and making deposits to universities before they can get their crucial i-20, needed to apply for a visa.
On Friday, the USA reviewed its travel policy and suspended entry into their country non-immigrants who were physically present in India during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States.
Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Group has tapped PM Devaiah to be its new general counsel. Devaiah joins from Everstone Group, which has hired Pratibha Jain, a former partner at Nishith Desai Associates (NDA), to replace him.
Devaiah, who joined India-focused private equity firm Everstone Group in 2007, was the group’s vice-chairman and general counsel. His entire career, which began in 1990, has been spent in in-house roles, including legal head positions at ICICI Venture, The Carlyle Group and BPL Cellular.
Meanwhile, Jain, who helped launch NDA’s Delhi office in 2011, joined the firm from Goldman Sachs. Her previous firms include Sullivan & Cromwell and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Jain’s practice focuses on private equity, M&A, corporate and regulatory advisory and public policy.
Nishith Desai explains why firm
Nishith Desai Associates has hired Actis Capital India legal head Ratnadeep Roychowdhury to join and replenish its recently depleted senior headcounts in funds and corporate, following the departure of Delhi leader Pratibha Jain and Mumbai M&A leader Simone Reis.
NDA managing partner had confirmed on Monday: “He joins NDA after leading the legal function for Actis in India for more than three years. Actis is a growth fund focusing on responsible investing with AUM of USD 10b. Prior to that he was a partner at AZB where he specialised in PE, M&A and disputes.
Jeevan Prakash Sharma January 14, 2021 00:00 IST They Took The Shot For You outlookindia.com 2021-01-28T11:30:01+05:30
Heroes are not always born. They are sometimes made ordinary men and women moulded into steel by the need of the times, when humanity faces its sternest test. Like a pandemic. Like today. And these are no cape-wearing crusaders. Just the man next door. Or a young engineer. Even a student. Like Pratibha Jain, 25, of Jaipur. Or 50-year-old Santosh K. More, a Pune-based CSR consultant. And many more who have put up their hands in the search for an effective vaccine against the coronavirus; these are the people who volunteered to take the shots in the crucial human trial phase that measures the effectiveness of a new treatment.