Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) is a National Law University located at Sabbavaram, Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh, India constituted by the DSNLU Act, 2008. It offers 5 year integrated B.A LLB. (Hons.) course to eligible Undergraduate students based on the Common Law Admission Test centralized admission process. The University offers postgraduate courses also, including the one-year LL.M. programme and, PhD and LL.D. programmes. The university is housed at Nyayaprastha in Sabbavaram with 75.5 acres built up area in the first phase. The establishing Act of 2008 of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Act No. 32 of 2008), had provided the main campus at Visakhapatnam.[1]
DSNLU is one of the National Law Universities of India in the National Law University system of legal education in India. It has a similar academic structure as other National Law Universities within the system. It regularly organises seminars and conferences, with distinguished guests and experts both for academic audiences and policy-setting audiences.
DSNLU conducts teaching in law and allied disciplines, with emphasis on practical training of the students in technical skills of the profession through Moot Courts, Seminars, Project Reports, Expert Lectures, work and internships in law chambers, Court visits and conducting Legal aid and Legal literacy camps in parts of the country, with one being "Abhyeti" conducted in Bhopal.[2]
Admissionsedit
Admissions to DSNLU are made through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), which serves as the qualifying examination for the university. Out of a total of 120 seats, 60 are reserved for students from the state of Andhra Pradesh, 48 for all India General category and 12 for NRI and foreign national candidates.[3]
Moot courtedit
The first national moot court competition of DSNLU was held on 15 & 16 February 2014.[4][5][6] The second national moot court competition was held by the University on 6 to 8 March 2015.[7] The third national moot was conducted in the last week of February, 2017.[8] Along with the national moot, the University conducted a statewide moot for the students of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the 1st D.V. Subba Rao Memorial Moot Court competition on 11 and 12 April 2015 in honour of D. V. Subba Rao, an advocate and legal luminary of Visakhapatnam.[9]
Administrationedit
The government appointed Prof. A. Lakshminath as the first Chancellor, Y. Satyanarayana as the First Vice-Chancellor and Amancherla Subrahmanyam as the first Registrar of the university. After the DSNLU Amendment Act, 2016 had been notified, the Hon'ble Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the University. The current chancellor of DSNLU is Hon'ble Justice Dheeraj Singh Thakur and Vice-Chancellor is Prof. Dasari Surya Prakash Rao.
Vice chancellorsedit
No.
Vice chancellor
Took office
Left office
Milestones during term as VC
01
Y. Satyanarayana
2008
2011
Founder VC of DSNLU
02
R. G. Babu Bhagavath Kumar
2011
2015
Founded DSNLU National Moot Court competition • Established MoUs with other NLUs • Started overseeing construction of new campus at Sabbavaram • Presided over first convocation in December 2014
03
G.S.N. Raju
2015
2016
04
E.A. Narayana
February 2016
June 2016
05
V. Kesava Rao
2016
December 2018
Made the shift to the new campus at Nyayaprastha • Established Centre for Advanced Research in Dispute Settlement (CARDS) • Conducted first placement drive
^Bare Act No. 32 of 2008 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
^'Campus Notes' - Times Of India dt. 29-12-2013 & 'Bhopal and beyond' - Hindustan Times dt. 29-12-2013
^A, Anuj (12 May 2016). "Breaking: DSNLU's State reservation just went down to 50%". BarAndBench. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^"First National Moot Court Competition – Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University [DSNLU] ‹ Student at Law". 22 November 2013.
^"Three-day national moot court competition gets under way". The Hindu. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^"National Moot Court competitions begin". The Times Of India. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^Special Correspondent (6 March 2015). "Take moot court seriously". Visakhapatnam. The Hindu. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^"Moot Court at Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University". Visakhapatnam: Times of India. Times News Network. 26 February 2017.
^Staff Reporter (11 April 2015). "DV showered with praise". Visakhapatnam. The Hindu. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^"Dr. Dayananda Murthy C P". DSNLU. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^. DSNLU. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
External linksedit
Official website DSNLU website
April 10, 2024
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University DSNLU is a National Law University located at Sabbavaram Anakapalli district Andhra Pradesh India constituted by the DSNLU Act 2008 It offers 5 year integrated B A LLB Hons course to eligible Undergraduate students based on the Common Law Admission Test centralized admission process The University offers postgraduate courses also including the one year LL M programme and PhD and LL D programmes The university is housed at Nyayaprastha in Sabbavaram with 75 5 acres built up area in the first phase The establishing Act of 2008 of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Act No 32 of 2008 had provided the main campus at Visakhapatnam 1 Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law UniversityMottoYato Dharmastato JayahMotto in EnglishAct Dharma Thus get victoryTypeNational Law UniversityEstablished2008AffiliationBCIEndowment 35 croresChancellorChief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High CourtVice ChancellorDasari Surya Prakash RaoLocationNyayaprastha Sabbavaram Anakapalli district Andhra Pradesh India17 44 15 N 83 20 19 E 17 73738 N 83 338519 E 17 73738 83 338519CampusSubbavaramColors Azure Cyan lime GreenWebsitedsnlu wbr ac wbr in Contents 1 Academics 1 1 Admissions 1 2 Moot court 2 Administration 2 1 Vice chancellors 3 Faculty 4 References 5 External linksAcademics editDSNLU is one of the National Law Universities of India in the National Law University system of legal education in India It has a similar academic structure as other National Law Universities within the system It regularly organises seminars and conferences with distinguished guests and experts both for academic audiences and policy setting audiences DSNLU conducts teaching in law and allied disciplines with emphasis on practical training of the students in technical skills of the profession through Moot Courts Seminars Project Reports Expert Lectures work and internships in law chambers Court visits and conducting Legal aid and Legal literacy camps in parts of the country with one being Abhyeti conducted in Bhopal 2 Admissions edit Admissions to DSNLU are made through the Common Law Admission Test CLAT which serves as the qualifying examination for the university Out of a total of 120 seats 60 are reserved for students from the state of Andhra Pradesh 48 for all India General category and 12 for NRI and foreign national candidates 3 Moot court edit The first national moot court competition of DSNLU was held on 15 amp 16 February 2014 4 5 6 The second national moot court competition was held by the University on 6 to 8 March 2015 7 The third national moot was conducted in the last week of February 2017 8 Along with the national moot the University conducted a statewide moot for the students of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh the 1st D V Subba Rao Memorial Moot Court competition on 11 and 12 April 2015 in honour of D V Subba Rao an advocate and legal luminary of Visakhapatnam 9 Administration editThe government appointed Prof A Lakshminath as the first Chancellor Y Satyanarayana as the First Vice Chancellor and Amancherla Subrahmanyam as the first Registrar of the university After the DSNLU Amendment Act 2016 had been notified the Hon ble Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the ex officio Chancellor of the University The current chancellor of DSNLU is Hon ble Justice Dheeraj Singh Thakur and Vice Chancellor is Prof Dasari Surya Prakash Rao Vice chancellors edit No Vice chancellor Took office Left office Milestones during term as VC01 Y Satyanarayana 2008 2011 Founder VC of DSNLU02 R G Babu Bhagavath Kumar 2011 2015 Founded DSNLU National Moot Court competition Established MoUs with other NLUs Started overseeing construction of new campus at Sabbavaram Presided over first convocation in December 201403 G S N Raju 2015 201604 E A Narayana February 2016 June 201605 V Kesava Rao 2016 December 2018 Made the shift to the new campus at Nyayaprastha Established Centre for Advanced Research in Dispute Settlement CARDS Conducted first placement drive06 S Surya Prakash December 2018 June 202307 Dasari Surya Prakash Rao 2023 IncumbentFaculty editThis article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The faculty of DSNLU includes faculties from various National Law Universities like National Law School of India University Gujarat National Law University 10 NALSAR The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences National Law University Jodhpur Chanakya National Law University Hidayatullah National Law University Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University In addition to the permanent staff eminent jurists judges lawyers and academicians serve as guest faculty Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization 11 Tata Institute of Social Sciences and many other eminent personalities take guest lectures References edit Bare Act No 32 of 2008 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Campus Notes Times Of India dt 29 12 2013 amp Bhopal and beyond Hindustan Times dt 29 12 2013 A Anuj 12 May 2016 Breaking DSNLU s State reservation just went down to 50 BarAndBench Retrieved 16 May 2016 First National Moot Court Competition Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University DSNLU Student at Law 22 November 2013 Three day national moot court competition gets under way The Hindu 15 February 2014 Retrieved 3 May 2014 National Moot Court competitions begin The Times Of India Retrieved 3 May 2014 Special Correspondent 6 March 2015 Take moot court seriously Visakhapatnam The Hindu Retrieved 16 April 2015 Moot Court at Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Visakhapatnam Times of India Times News Network 26 February 2017 Staff Reporter 11 April 2015 DV showered with praise Visakhapatnam The Hindu Retrieved 16 April 2015 Dr Dayananda Murthy C P DSNLU Retrieved 8 July 2014 Dr S Rama Rao DSNLU Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Retrieved 8 July 2014 External links editOfficial website DSNLU website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University amp oldid 1216651372, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
