Facebook India has launched a new initiative to provide law students with a platform for research and mentorship on topics related to technology law and policy.
Facebook India has launched a new initiative to provide law students with a platform for research and mentorship on topics related to technology law and policy, as per a PTI report. The Facebook India Tech Scholars (FITS) programme has Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co as a knowledge partner. The programme is exclusively for the law students of India.
“The programme aims to provide students from select leading law schools in the country a platform for research and mentorship on topics related to technology law and policy. The first edition of the FITS programme will offer eight law students an opportunity to work on a research project with leading Indian think tanks who will also extend mentorship support to the students,” a statement from Facebook India reads.
Facebook India Tech Scholars (FITS) programme
The law students will work on an independent research project to study topics related to technology law and policy ad its emerging challenges. Through its partners in this programme, Facebook hopes to provide budding tech law and policy enthusiasts with experience as they work on an independent research project to study these emerging challenges, it added.
“With rapid advancements in technology and the evolution of technology law and policy in India, the programme is designed to encourage students to develop an independent voice on pressing topics that will have a bearing on future policy discussions in this area,” the statement further reads.
The maiden edition, of the FITS programme 2021-2022, will see the Centre for Internet and Society, the Observer Research Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India, and the Software Freedom Law Center participating as mentoring institutions, reported PTI.
Facebook India Tech Scholars (FITS) programme: Who are eligible
The current edition will be open to fourth and fifth-year students from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, the WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, the National Law University, Delhi, and the National Law University, Jodhpur. The FITS programme will run for a period of nine months, commencing in Summer 2021.For more information, interested and eligible candidates are advised to visit the official website of Facebook
