The other AP NLU: 43.5 sq ft per student & no hostels as DSNLU Vizag faces Rs 40 cr crunch

Tuesday, 30 July 2013 By Legally India Law schools

The Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) Vizag in Vishakhapatnam is Rs 40 crore behind on the minimum funds required to set up its own campus. It is currently operating from a 20,000 square feet rented building for its 460 students, who are housed in private hostels across Vizag without any transport facilities, reported the Times of India last week.

These are the third rented premises from which the university is operating but unless it manages to get its infrastructure in place it will not receive central funding.

The authorities have requested the state government to release Rs 20 crore by the end of this academic year, however out of the Rs 10 crore sanctioned to it last year the state had released only Rs 5 crore.

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Comments

Angry HNLUite 30 Jul 2013, 13:02
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Ur tone is not liekable here...the "other" nlu it mite be
but its not a keep that u refer it like dat...n such crunches are faced by every new NLU
Eden Azard 31 Jul 2013, 11:13
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Well, angry DSNLUite, that college will always remain in the shadow of NALSAR, which is the harsh truth. As to your second objection, not really. RGNUL Patiala, RMLNLU Lucknow and other upcoming colleges have done really well with finances.
Guest 1 Aug 2013, 07:48
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[quote name="Eden Azard"]Well, angry DSNLUite, that college will always remain in the shadow of NALSAR, which is the harsh truth. As to your second objection, not really. RGNUL Patiala, RMLNLU Lucknow and other upcoming colleges have done really well with finances.[/quote]


better be a bit intelligent. RGNUL used up 7 whole years, and the campus is still in the offing. It would need atleast another 2 full years to get the university functioning.

On RML and HNLU, the latter'd always lacked infrastructure, and the reality vis-a-vis the former, you know the univ. was cash-rich on account of the largesse showered on it by the so-called leader helming the state.
Mooter 1 Aug 2013, 12:51
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You wrote for RML, "the univ. was cash-rich on account of the largesse showered on it by the so-called leader helming the state", well don't you think that its the duty of the state to ensure the sustenance of the university if it goes ahead and launch one?Schools like DSNLU are a reminder to not join the NLU bandwagon without doing your homework. Joining a new NLU can be a risk (which is fine) but it should not become a mistake. Even when there was a political change in UP, RML never suffered through any setback and continued to grow. AP govt too must make sure the same regarding DSNLU so that students do not face any adverse situation.
Moot-judge 2 Aug 2013, 05:42
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Joining a new NLU may be a mistake in terms of [not] getting placements, but even the new NLUs are better places to learn the law than many traditional universities, barring a few. Learning the law does not really depend on faculty alone, but on the culture and pedagogy, including moots, projects, presentations, etc. It is about learning to think like a lawyer.

Let us not dishearten the kids who have joined the new NLU. It is up to them what they make of their 5 years there. I hope the new NLU has a couple of decent faculty members to teach legal methods, contracts, con law and IPC in the first 2-3 semesters. The rest of the learning will take care of itself, especially in a new NLU where some kids will be "hungry".
Rival 30 Jul 2013, 17:57
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Kian pls do a story on the fate of NALSAR because of Telangana. If it goes to Telangana it will decline and nobody will want to go there. Please inform this to CLAT aspirants as they should strike off the college from their preferences.
Nalsar Alum 1 Aug 2013, 05:14
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I have 8 letters and one punctuation mark for you - bahahaha!
BPS 31 Jul 2013, 03:11
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Haha, people will come to NALSAR no matter which state it falls in. DSNLU, on the other hand, has no future. This mushrooming of law schools all over the country is a phenomenon that ignores the fact that there is a lot more supply in the market than there is demand. While everyone may not want a law firm, most students turn up for those big-bucks job. [...]
Guest 1 Aug 2013, 07:49
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[quote name="BPS"]Haha, people will come to NALSAR no matter which state it falls in. DSNLU, on the other hand, has no future. This mushrooming of law schools all over the country is a phenomenon that ignores the fact that there is a lot more supply in the market than there is demand. While everyone may not want a law firm, most students turn up for those big-bucks job.

In short, na modda DSNLU! thoo![/quote]
you are spot on. But, nothing vituperative of the college is expected on a forum like this.
KAMESH 31 Jul 2013, 14:48
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IN THE OPEN MARKET WHEN HUGE TALENT OF LAW FACULTY IS AVAILABLE THE VC HAS PREFERED HIS SON AND HIS FRIENDS AND HIS SCHOLAR. HOW CAN THEY EXCEL ACADEMICALLY.
subhros 31 Jul 2013, 19:01
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I dont understand this - how can there be two NLU's in one state?
Queriest 1 Aug 2013, 05:46
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"[...] unless it manages to get its infrastructure in place it will not receive central funding"

What funds? I thought the older NLUs did not accept funds and grants in order to remain independent?
th 1 Aug 2013, 07:50
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[quote name="subhros"]I dont understand this - how can there be two NLU's in one state?[/quote]

There is no law stating the otherwise. Hence, the present situation.
ikra 1 Aug 2013, 01:00
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We also have the same doubt. How come 2 nlus can exist in the same state? But whatever it is the truth has now popped out. Frankly speaking DSNLU has the worst kind of scenario. Hostels are situated in different locations. And more importantly breakfast is not served at hostels it is served in the main building i.e. the university. There is huge lot of inconveniences and on the top of it horrendous faculties.
th 1 Aug 2013, 07:51
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[quote name="ikra"]We also have the same doubt. How come 2 nlus can exist in the same state? But whatever it is the truth has now popped out. Frankly speaking DSNLU has the worst kind of scenario. Hostels are situated in different locations. And more importantly breakfast is not served at hostels it is served in the main building i.e. the university. There is huge lot of inconveniences and on the top of it horrendous faculties.[/quote]
RGNUL, for example, was in no better situation. The Univ. was super far from the univ.
pi 1 Aug 2013, 07:24
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if one investigates the matter a bit deeper (or may be look into the website of dsnlu) one would find that dsnlu was actually known as ap law uni or something like that, they changed their name recently to get the nlu branding (which in business parlance is known as barnacle marketing). there is no definition of what means nlu, it is not a special category, dsnlu is taking this loophole into account and using it to promote a 4th rate college as a nlu to lure students. i remember a similar incident where a pvt college called itself IIT - indra institute of technology, hightime that clat council protects its nlu brand and new sites like li etc, educates aspirants about these kinds of overtures
Hari Krishna 4 Aug 2013, 08:16
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It is obvious none of you kids have ever bothered to acquaint yourself with the history of NLSIU, which - horror, horror - hadno premises of its own until its first set of students graduated. NLS operated out of premises essentially donated by the University Law College, Bangalore until it was able to afford its own premises - also effectively donated by Bangalore University.

Andhra University has an enormous amount of wasted space, including fully equipped classroom buildings. Perhaps it should be magnanimous and help this new law school get off the ground.

What I don't understand, however, is: who on earth is Damodaram Sanjeevayya??!
Ayush 6 Nov 2014, 01:52
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Damodaram Sanjivayya was the Chief Minister of A.P.
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