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About the Event
The 1st ALSB National Legal Drafting and Policy Writing Competition, 2026 is a national-level initiative to cultivate skills in legislative and policy formulation.
Participants will engage with contemporary governance challenges and draft statutes, constitutional reforms, and policy frameworks on issues of national significance. The competition emphasizes analytical precision, constitutional grounding, and implementation feasibility, moving beyond adjudicatory learning towards legislative and policy-oriented thinking.
Theme
Viksit Bharat 2047
Sub-Themes
- Legislative and policy reforms for a future-ready constitutional democracy
- Digital public infrastructure, cybersecurity, and AI governance frameworks for 2047
- Judicial efficiency, legal system modernization, and access to justice reforms
- Economic regulatory reforms for a $10 trillion innovation-driven economy
- Climate resilience, carbon regulation, and sustainable development legislation
- Public health governance, pandemic preparedness, and bioethics regulation
- National security, defence modernization, and strategic technology law
- Education, skill development, and demographic dividend legal frameworks
- Women’s rights, gender justice, and inclusive social protection reforms
- Urban planning, housing, land governance, and smart city regulatory models
- Agriculture, food security, water management, and rural development laws
- Data protection, consumer rights, and platform accountability in digital markets
- Competition law, trade policy, and global diplomacy for India’s emergence as a developed state
- Labour reforms, gig economy regulation, and future of work policy frameworks
- Child protection, disability rights, and welfare legislation for a socially inclusive India
Eligibility
- Students pursuing Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Diploma, or Doctoral programmes from any recognised Indian university/college
- Open to all disciplines: Law, Management, Social Sciences, Humanities, Commerce, Engineering, Technology, Public Policy, Media, International Relations, and allied fields
- International students, exchange students, research scholars, academicians, professionals, and independent researchers eligible
- Individual or team of up to 2 members. Multiple teams from same institution permitted
Submission Guidelines
Language: English only
Format: .doc / .docx and .pdf only. Single combined file for Draft + Policy Addendum
File name: / /
Anonymity: No names/institution in manuscript. Only Team Code. Remove metadata
Originality: Unpublished work. AI-generated drafting/editing not permitted
Page limit: As per brochure. Exceeding may lead to mark deduction
Registration Fee
Individual Participant: ₹500
Team (2 Participants): ₹800
Max 2 authors allowed
Important Dates
Opening of Registrations: 25 May 2026
Closing of Registration: 30 June 2026
Last Date for Seeking Clarifications: 05 July 2026
Deadline of Submission: 15 July 2026
Declaration of Preliminary Round 1 Results: 20 July 2026
Advance Round: Policy Presentation: 30 July 2026
Declaration of Results: 14 August 2026
Awards
Winner: ₹7,000 + Certificate of Merit
Runner-Up: ₹5,000 + Certificate of Merit
Special Mention: ₹3,000 + Certificate of Merit
Certificate of Merit to Top 3 Participants/Teams
Certificate of Participation to all
Contact
Faculty Convenor: Dr. Jyotirmoy Banerjee – +91-8504951904
Student Coordinator: Ms. Dia S. – +91-8220336321
Student Co-Coordinator: Ms. Niharika Suresh – +91-9544593010
