NLU Delhi confirms Ranbir successor: ‘Critical time’ ex-registrar Srikrishna Deva Rao to return as VC post 6 years of heading NLUO

Wednesday, 23 September 2020 By Legally India Law schools

We can reveal that NLU Delhi’s governing council (GC) has just confirmed the next VC with Prof Srikrishna Deva Rao, the current vice chancellor (VC) of NLU Cuttack in Odisha, according to two authoritative sources.

As we had reported yesterday, the final shortlist had been between Rao and RGNUL Patiala VC Prof Paramjit Jaswal and dean of USSLLS (GGSIPU) Prof Afzal Wani.

Update 18:13: We have reached out to Rao for comment. He said: “Naturally I’m happy because I’ve been with the National Law University Delhi in 2010-14, that was a critical time when professor Ghanshyam Singh, the first registrar, had passed away [while serving in the office of the registrar].”

Rao added that Singh was a great institution builder and he hoped to continue along this path.

Before joining NLU Cuttack as its VC in 2014, he had been at NLU Delhi for four years as a professor of law and, as he had explained above, also as registrar.

Before 2010, from 2004, he had been professor at Indira Gandhi National Open University in Delhi and GNLU Gandhinagar.

Additionally, between 1995 and 1997, he had been lecturer at Delhi University, followed by just over a year at NLSIU Bangalore as assistant professor and nearly six years, until 2004, at Nalsar Hyderabad as assistant and associate professor.

Rao holds an LLM from Kakatiya University, Warangal, a masters in philosophy and law from NLSIU Bangalore and a PhD from Delhi University.

NLU Delhi now finally has a confirmed new VC, after founding vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Ranbir Singh’s 12-year-tenure (and a search process that lasted nearly a year).

And while Prof Singh will remain at NLU Delhi as professor emeritus, the hunt for a successor at NLU Cuttack in Odisha will now have to start.

Prof. Srikrishna Deva RaoWork history From: Aug 2014: Vice Chancellor, NLU Odisha, National Law University, Odisha (Cuttack) Aug 2010 - Aug 2014: Professor of Law and Registrar at National Law University , National Law University, Delhi (Delhi Area) May 2007 - Jul 2010: Professor of Law & Director, School of Law, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi. , Indira Gandhi National Open University (New Delhi Area) Jun 2004 - Apr 2007: Professor of Law and Dean, Gujarat National Law University. , Gujarat National Law University (Gandhinagar) Nov 1998 - Jun 2004: Assistant & Associate Professor, NALSAR, University of Law, Hyderabad. , Nalsar Law University (Hyderabad Area) Jun 1997 - Oct 1998: Assistant Professor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore., National Law School of India University (Bengaluru Area) 1995 - 1997: Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. , Delhi University (New Delhi Area)Education - undefined: Kakatiya University, Warangal,  Master of Law , Criminology - undefined: National Law School of India University,  Master of Philosophy in Law, , Philosophy in Law - undefined: Delhi University, Ph.D, Human Rights

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Comments

Aggs 23 Sept 2020, 12:42

+22 -32

Not sure about this. Don't think this is good news for nlud people. Wish they'd chosen someone better to guide nlud to the number two spot in the country. Doesn't look like it will happen now

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 12:59

+26 -6

Such as whom? An untested raw candidate with no prior admin xp but good academic credentials like SR?

Guest 999 23 Sept 2020, 13:01

+4 -5

You've been commenting on this quite frequently. Care to explain the reasons for your opinion?

Joystick 23 Sept 2020, 13:41

+11 -9

Why people at NLSIU, B'lore are happy about Rao's appointment? Now, Bangalore can retain NIRF no. 1 spot.

Shitman 23 Sept 2020, 13:54

+8 -3

They are indifferent frankly. But you seem to be. Care to explain?

Good 1 23 Sept 2020, 14:26

+11 -16

Guide to the number two spot?
Already happened a few years back. Guess the internet in Shamirpet is a bit slow.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 15:11

+21 -28

He is talking about the real world, not NIRF. NLUD students are still not considered to be overall better than those from NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS etc.

CLATian 23 Sept 2020, 15:42

+15 -16

They (of NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS, NLUJ etc.) are better than the NLUD students because they are selected through 99% fair CLAT.

Name None 23 Sept 2020, 17:32

+23 -10

LOL. Fair CLAT? Gimme a break. CLAT has arguably been the most controversial and ill-conducted All-India entrance exam for the past decade only recently surpassed by the NLAT. It has been screwing over thousands of aspirants year after year with its inefficiency and lack of effective management (including in this year until the SC stepped in). Unlike CLAT, AILET has never had any controversy of paper leakages, random syllabus changes and lousy online tests with power outages. It has always been conducted more efficiently. The AILET has indeed served NLUD very well in attracting better students. In fact, it's still more transparent than CLAT considering that the Merit Lists continue to be made public every year.

Most of you older NLU people who've been displaced from your imaginary glory days of private magazine rankings can't seem to digest the fact that behind all the publicity and optics, NLUD is actually a top law school with bright students (who've achieved more than you could've ever imagined in such a short period of time) and a very well-run administration compared to most other public universities in India. You can make baseless allegations about non-meritorious candidates getting in all you want but if you want to be taken seriously, I challenge you to provide even one name with even an iota of proof. I guarantee that none of you keyboard warriors will be able to do so.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 18:22

+17 -10

For someone defending an university that fleeces students every year by holding a separate exam just to get more money, you are remarkably hung-up on fairness it seems.

Name None 24 Sept 2020, 01:25

+10 -6

You guys here keep saying fleecing as if NLUD is illegally forcing students to sit for the AILET.
If a college has a good reputation then it’s more than free to charge for its entrance test which it takes the trouble to conduct. For the record, the fees at NLUD are one the lowest amongst the top NLUS.

Fact Check: CLAT isn’t binding on any NLU. If they wanted to do so, let the relevant persons get an order from the court and make it so.

Besides, CLAT has always been a poorly conducted exam. Let’s see if that’ll ever change. I’ll see you next year when NLS quits CLAT. Let’s see you come up with excuses then.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 04:30

+7 -7

If NLSIU does, then that should attract criticism towards it, not a vilification of NLUD's stance. You made the argument whether NLUD is legally free to conduct an exam. Sure it is. Morally, it is still reprehensible. So accept that criticism.

Alias 23 Sept 2020, 15:58

+14 -2

They're not considered worse either. The only advantage the older ones have now is their established alumni bases in corporate firms which help in terms of placements. It's a fact that Partners everywhere have a bias towards their own alma mater's students even if they're objective in most other respects.

Besides, if you're talking about individual merit of students, there are few from even lower tier NLUs and other law colleges who'd be better than an average lazy/entitled student of a top-tier NLU. Rankings denote the overall superiority of the University, not that of individual students per se (even though it is a very important metric).

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 16:23

+13 -5

Idk why you seem to hold that opinion. In my experience there are considered on par. There are perception based tiers amongst NLUs and NLUD is undoubtedly part of the highest tier. They do get disadvantaged due to lack of a solid alumni base but that's something which will be fixed in due course.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 17:54

+10 -10

Whose perception are you talking about? Law school aspirants? Because in no metric other than UPSC exams have NLUD students matched the performance of the others. Assuming your comments about other aspects of the university being much better are accurate, then it stands to reason that despite having all those advantages, if the students aren't being able to do better than other NLUs, then the fault lies with them only. Take your pick.

Guest 2 23 Sept 2020, 18:35

+16 -7

Sorry, but as someone who's actually kept an eye on the achievements of law grads over the past decade, I have to disagree with your assertion that NLUD students "haven't matched the performance of others". It's clearly very uninformed (or malicious) and biased.

Disregarding their obvious achievements in the UPSC exam, even in terms of higher education offers, vacation schemes, scholarships and mooting/ADR/debating achievements, NLUD students have matched (if not surpassed) almost every other law school. The fact that this has been done in around 10 years without an established alumni base and with the intense level of competition from the other older NLUs post-CLAT makes it all the more commendable.

If your angle is on placements, then, again, their placements haven't been poor by any standard even if they haven't been as high as the older three-four NLUs. In any case, it is worth remembering that placements are often influenced by alumni preferences (and the older NLUs have a very established base in the top law firms) and NLUD doesn't have this as an advantage even today.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 19:46

+4 -7

No, they have not. Use data and stats to back up your claim. Including number of scholarships won over the years, moots won etc.

Aggs 23 Sept 2020, 21:08

+3 -7

If that person would actually bother pulling out data then he / she would realise that the numbers for nlud in every possible metric ie vac schemes, moots, scholarships etc are lower than the top 3.

Guest 2 24 Sept 2020, 04:17

+7 -4

I did pull out numbers. You would realise it’s ahead of even NALSAR and NUJS in a number of metrics.
The only thing you NUJS folks really have left is absolute placement numbers. And these are much easier to increase if you have alumni as Partners.

Ummm 24 Sept 2020, 04:33

+2 -3

Moots? LLM admits? Other top co-curriculars?
Buddy did you even bother opening the link in 15.3.....

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 04:37

+4 -5

Only thing where NUJS students are ahead? Why don't you check the overseas LLM seats and scholarships every year? Or the number of successful entrepreneurs? Or litigators and senior advocates? Or judges (though there's only one HC judge who is an NLSIU alumnus, in the lower courts across different states, there are at least 50-60 NUJS alumni). Exactly which metric are NLUD students ahead in apart from UPSC?

Guest 500 24 Sept 2020, 05:50

+3 -2

Can someone tell me about the succesful litigators from NUJS? Don't all of them only love being corporate lawyers? There is not a single designated Senior Advocate from NUJS, which is a function of the fact that the first batch graduated in 2005 (only 15 years practice max is still less time to be designated) and that most grads choose Firms. Same logic applied to HC judges where there's a minimum age, the first batch of NUJS grads are not even 40 years old, so I don't think that can be held against them.

NLS has judges (yes, plural) on the Karnataka HC (Bangalore & Dharwad Bench) and the Calcutta HC and SEVERAL Senior Advocates. Designation as a Sr. Adv. is more often than not a true recognition of merit as opposed (come at me nepotism trolls) to being promoted to Partner which is largely a function of time put into the profession. Although I hope that the other good NLUs will also yield several designations in the years to come as they hit the 20 year mark.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 06:44

+1 -3

There are plenty of successful litigators and AoRs from NUJS practising at the SC, Delhi HC, Cal HC etc. Not very sure about Bombay HC.

Guest 2 24 Sept 2020, 01:15

+11 -3

Merely reversing the burden of proof doesn’t make you correct. But since you’re so adamant, I’m happy to put you in your place.

As far as international moots go, NLUD has the 4 international moot wins (ICC, Ox-Price, Man Lachs and Henry Dunant) which is second only to NLS in absolute numbers and equals NUJS (4 Vis wins in total). Not to mention, they’ve won nearly every national moot from NLS Arb to DM Harish, KK Luthra, etc.

In terms of scholarships, there have been people who’ve got the Rhodes, Inlaks and Chevening apart from DAAD and Pratibha Singh Cambridge, etc.

If you want to talk about debating NLUD has also won Mukarji Memorial and NLS Debate, NALSAR IV apart from numerous other wins. For ADR, they’ve also won YIMC and been finalists at Warsaw NR.

Check the NIRF details for the number of higher education offers in each batch. There are atleast 2-3 folks every year going to Oxbridge and couple going to one of the Ivy Leagues or good US colleges. Till 2020, NLUD has had atleast 2 vacation scheme offers every year apart from 4 for the 2019 batch.

These are just a small list and there are other achievements as well but this is more than enough to put you in your place with respect to your claim of not matching up. Perhaps, you should accept that it is indeed superior in many respects compared to whatever institution you’re from and learn what made this possible in such a short period rather than spreading false assertions as facts under the unaccountable veil of anonymity.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 04:27

+5 -7

The stats that you cite are easily matched and surpassed by any of NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS students, in terms of scholarships and higher education offers in any given year. As for moots, you are displaying your ignorance to club every moot in the same league. And if you are including all of those, then the numbers of all the other 3 NLUs would also increase. You simply haven't bothered checking the stats for others. There was a Legally India comment few months back that had compiled all international moot wins for all NLUs. You may check that out.

NLUD cyber cell 24 Sept 2020, 04:43

+2 -7

Completely agree
Based on the way people fanboy/girl over NLUD in LI comments (and bash all other top colleges) using highly flimsy grounds really makes me think if the best thing in that college is their gang of cyber trolls???

Guest 2 24 Sept 2020, 04:52

+10 -1

I do remember reading that and I have included those numbers. Perhaps, you should check that properly first. Even there NLUD is second only to NLS and maybe NUJS following its recent Vis win.

My argument isn't that folks from the other NLUs haven't achieved as much or more. It is simply to state that NLUD has its own list of student achievements which are as good as the others. You can nitpick on numbers and keep arguing but do remember that it is almost 10 years younger than Nalsar and NUJS. Even NLS hadn't managed this much in its first decade despite the fact that it had no competition.

What I don't quite understand is why every article on any other NLU on this website becomes a d*ck-measuring contest thanks to the army of NUJS internet trolls who keep proclaiming themselves as "the top 3". Does it really feel that fulfilling behaving like the little sister of NLS and Nalsar and classifying yourselves as a tier 1 NLU despite obvious evidence to the contrary? You aren't anymore so you might want to start getting used to it.

Whattt 24 Sept 2020, 05:24

+4 -5

NUJS trolls? As much as I can agree with many of your criticisms of NUJS and other NLUs (as a nalsar grad myself)
I have to say the only college which seems to have an ARMY of trolls and enters into a d**k measuring context at the top of a hat is NLUD
And beta please enter the real world once, trust me NUJS is still very much top3......
Not saying NLUD isn’t doing well for itself, but HIGHLY exaggerated claims in life

Guest 2 24 Sept 2020, 05:59

+6 -1

Oh, I forgot that some NALSAR folks seem to have something against NLUD displacing it from its "permanent" number 2 spot. In any case, why don't you take a look at the above comments and see who started the whole process of shi*ting on another NLU and claiming that it has no real achievements. I only wanted to respond to that in a clarificatory manner.
Having been put in place on that front, the usual line of argument on this by all you "over-achievers" is that the numbers are less, the moots are not as good, etc. and then claiming that more resources must automatically translate into the best outcomes, otherwise it's all a scam. The outcomes will improve, and it takes time to materialise, so be patient.

Also, for the guy that says people didn't crack CLAT and only got through AILET, I'd like to remind you that most General category people in NLUD have in fact dropped NUJS and ones like NLUJ, NLIU, GNLU etc., in their final preference. Anyone who's given AILET and CLAT will admit that AILET is of a higher standard between the two standardized tests.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 05:32

+4 -4

Just as much satisfaction as you get by hugging your NIRF certificate to sleep or gazing at its framed form lovingly throughout the day, I guess. You yourself admit that NLUD students are at best (and a highly contested best) only at the same place as NUJS students are, and you call yourself a 'top 3' university and still say NUJS is no longer one. Logic like this might be enough to crack AILET, but probably wasn't enough to crack CLAT. Now you would start saying that there are 'other things' that a university is about apart from student quality. Well, all those other things are there to improve student quality only. So if using all that, you still can't produce better students, then either your raw material is much worse courtesy AILET or your other things are quite the gilded lily regardless of your claims. It took you a whole year to get a VC, there are multiple documented instances of your campus not being a safe place for girl students and instances of recorded misogyny and harassment, your faculty members are filling lawsuits against the admin, your star teachers are leaving. You are not better than any other NLU. All of these places suffer equally now.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 04:48

+1 -4

A. Henry Dunant doesn't count as an international moot actually.
B. If we are considering all more or less known international moots, then this is the tally:
NLSIU: 7, NUJS: 5, NLUD: 3, NALSAR: 2.
Moots included here: Jessup, Vis, Vis East, Oxford IP, Price Media, ICC, Stetson, Man Lachs. I don't believe all these belong to the same category/class though. I believe most moot enthusiasts would concur.

Woah 24 Sept 2020, 05:41

Troll

+3 -6

Actually, even in UPSC, Law School still outdoes NLUD (in addition to all other fields). For all of NLUD's recent successes at UPSC, the most recent result has a Law School grad getting the all-time highest rank (as far as NLUs are concerned) of 5. The closest NLUD ever came is Rank 8. Both NLS and NALSAR have achieved Rank 6 at different points in time.

So this myth of the NLUD-UPSC bubble has been exposed to be nothing more than that, a myth.

Guest 2 24 Sept 2020, 06:07

+5 -0

I agree that the highest ever law optional rankers might be from NLS/NALSAR. But to call NLUD's achievements a myth is again misinformation. I don't believe anyone in their right mind thinks that a few marks which separate Rank 5 from Rank 10 or ranks 30-40 automatically makes the latter more inferior.

From 2013 till this year, there's been atleast 2-5 UPSC rankers every year from NLUD, apart from the fact that barring 2013 (which is when the first batch graduated) and 2015, NLUD has had around 1-2 people in the IAS/IFS in every other year. NLS hasn't displayed this level of consistency. Not to say that their achievements in UPSC are any lesser. But to brush NLUD's UPSC achievements under the carpet by saying that it's a myth is just spreading false information. If your uninformed/biased against the college, then maybe you shouldn't comment false facts.

Guest 3 24 Sept 2020, 08:17

+1 -3

You started off with "NLUD has dominated UPSC in recent years, don't count pre-2013". To that, the reality is that the MOST RECENT result of the UPSC has Law School topping, that too all time highest from any NLU (Rank 5). Now if you say "don't look at THIS year, look at the year before", its perfectly fair to retort with a count of the number of Law School grads who have cleared the UPSC to get into top services (only counting IAS/IFS/IPS, maybe IRS). This count would leave NLUD in the dust. And not just Law School, even NALSAR (and possibly NUJS) would be well ahead of NLUD.

So please, just as NLUD's false claims about most NLU-faculty have been clearly busted (and made worse by recent migrations of Aparna, Mrinal etc to NLS), this UPSC hype needs a reality check.

Guest 2 24 Sept 2020, 08:57

+4 -1

What the heck are you even saying? NLUD's first batch graduated only in 2013. That was the first year that NLUD grads were even able to sit for the UPSC exam. And since then, there are rankers in every UPSC final merit list. So for you to claim that this is hollow is simply false.

If your point is to compare it with pre-2013 results, I never said that NLUD was dominating then because it wasn't even competing. On that metric, NLS, Nalsar, NUJS and even NLUJ and NLIU, etc. might have more absolute numbers who have cleared the exam than NLUD. Do check your logic before you argue.

Guest 3 24 Sept 2020, 09:07

+1 -3

There are 3-4 NLS grads in UPSC ranklists every year, even post 2013. NLUD goes around pretending its just them dominating this exam, when that's far from the truth. So on a narrow comparison as well, NLUD is maybe at best, at par with Law School since 2013. Obviously, in absolute terms, Law School is miles ahead. Even NALSAR and NUJS are ahead of NLUD on that count.

Guest 2 24 Sept 2020, 09:59

+3 -0

I disagree with you because I have seen that since 2013 there have been a couple of years where there wasn't a single NLS grad in the final merit list and ones where none had gotten a rank in the top 100 (which is required for the IAS, atleast). Again, this doesn't take away from the fact that NLS grads have also performed equally well in the UPSC exams and have been doing so even before NLUD began.

And as far as NALSAR and NUJS are concerned, looking purely in terms of absolute numbers since 2013, NLUD has produced more rankers in the final merit lists. Go check it for yourself from all the previous articles on this and other websites, if you're so doubtful, and get your facts straight. No doubt, both these colleges have produced top rankers before 2013 and that is equally commendable.

Guest 2 24 Sept 2020, 09:07

+1 -0

Also, this year in 2019 there was an NLUD grad getting AIR 35 which allots one the IAS. So, I never said don't consider 2019. Oh, but I guess when you run out of arguments, you tend to go into minor details to nitpick on every possible iota of "superiority" that you can find. The marks which separate rank 5 from rank 35 isn't more than some 10-15 marks max. But I guess that does put NLUD in its place according to genuises like yourself.

Enola H. 23 Sept 2020, 12:45

+8 -0

"We can reveal" - Curious choice of words, Kian. Does this mean that your source had told you about the decision earlier, but you had been holding on to it till now to avoid a canary trap that could have compromised your source?

book of revelation 23 Sept 2020, 13:03

+0 -1

It must mean that LI's the first to report, don't think Kian can mindread the judges and GC...

Nothx 23 Sept 2020, 12:45

+5 -1

[i]Former[/i] dean of USLLS*, please Kian. Good to know he's not wanted in either of the Dwarka law schools.

NLUD disappointment 23 Sept 2020, 13:03

+17 -2

As an NLUD student, this is bittersweet. PSJ and BW would both have been a complete disaster, because both are [...] etc. SKD is better, but still not looking forward to his NLUO legacy of [...] unending construction, unfulfilled promises and 5 pm curfew!

Really 23 Sept 2020, 13:27

+2 -4

More bitter than sweet though....

NLUO 23 Sept 2020, 13:38

+24 -0

Just a fact check – we don't have a 5 pm curfew anymore. However, other concerns are valid.

Ecstatic 23 Sept 2020, 13:45

+10 -3

Do not worry. RS will still be there. SKD would take directions from RS. Balle! Balle! Only Jeetu bhaiya is sad as he cannot regain his lost paradise.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 13:58

+1 -2

Mrinal and Aparna weren't happy either. Which is why they moved out.

Ex NLUOite 23 Sept 2020, 14:38

+11 -6

I was in NLUO for sometime during his tenure as VC. it was a terrible experience. They have a makeshift library (two classrooms converted into a library) and terrible hostels. The new hostels and designated future library building are laying incomplete and in ruins, possibly coz of audit [...] (anyone who will visit the campus will know it's a fact).
Going by his weak hold over the teachers , staff and academic activities of the University he lacks leadership and/or administrative skills.
This is the worst administrator for NLUD. And the least transparent as well. Probably that's how he scored this appointment as well.

Ecstatic 23 Sept 2020, 15:06

+10 -0

Do not worry. In NLU-D, RS will be there to take policy decisions. RS had always been a good guide and mentor of SKDR.
Rao would have a very smooth sailing at NLUD. He would be working with his former boss and he has seen a lot of NLU-D as Registrar.
The only issue can be if he does not upgrade himself from the Ex-Registrar of NLU-D to the de facto VC of NLU-D.

NLUD Alumni 23 Sept 2020, 13:27

+22 -1

While SKD is no [...] exemplar of institution building, he was there during the RS years. He knows the "secret sauce" that made NLUD what it is: managing optics, attracting smart and young profs with good research; ample funding and a certain laissez-faire attitude to student excess and demands. Here's keepings fingers crossed.

NLUO Student 23 Sept 2020, 13:48

+18 -2

There is a PIL pending before the Odisha High Court which accuses SKDR and the Registrar of embezzling funds (Penukanta Ota v. State of Odisha, Secretary Law WP(C) 9445/2018).

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 13:52

+4 -3

Correct choice. Retention of NIRF #2 spot assured, #1 also possible.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 13:59

+12 -2

McDowell's?

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 13:54

+4 -1

Varun Bhagat was a 16 year old school student. All it takes is for someone similar to file a PIL seeking CLAT for NLUD.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 13:55

+12 -21

Next NIRF: NLUD>NLSIU>NALSAR

Wow 23 Sept 2020, 15:09

+5 -2

What good have we done that you have blessed us here at LI with such amazing predictions. #GodIsReal

Hmmm 23 Sept 2020, 13:56

+8 -3

SKD would be reasonable, I think. I know for a fact that he was the preferred choice of the internal permanent faculty during Law School‘s VC hunt. Srividya would have been worse than Sudhir [...]

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 13:59

+4 -9

Kian, pls do an article comparing faculty of the top NLUs. Post Sudhir NLSIU has max alumni faculty and best in terms of quality too.

Assumptions assumption 23 Sept 2020, 14:25

+30 -4

NLU alumni as faculty does not always imply best faculty. Most of them are young and do not know how to teach. In other cases, TLC professors are just better. For example, Nalsar has Prof. Vasanthi (TLC) and Sidharth Chauhan (NLS alum) teaching constitutional law 1 and 2. Sidchu is great, but Vasanthi is just fabulous and is probably the best teacher at Nalsar. Same for other TLC professors like Dr. Neha Pathakji who can make even Taxation seem like the most interesting subject, and Prof. Amita Dhanda who teaches subjects which change your perceptions. We do have Sahana Ramesh, Chinmay Deshmukh, and Niharika Salar (NUJS, NLUJ, NUSRL grads with fancy foreign LLMs) who are also amazing teachers, but they'd need a bit more experience before they can be compared with older TLC faculty.
My point: Looking down on TLC professors and just assuming more NLU teachers = better teaching quality, is just strange. Keep in mind that Chimni etc. are all from TLCs.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 14:54

+8 -1

As an NLU alumnus currently teaching at another NLU, I completely agree with 11.1. I have seen some amazing teachers from both NLUs and non-NLUs, both as a student and a teacher. The same applies to the other end of the spectrum. NLU degree is not a guarantee of teaching quality either. Most of the NLU alumni teaching at present have been taught at their alma mater by exclusively faculty from traditional law colleges and universities.

TBH 24 Sept 2020, 08:20

+1 -1

Well, to be honest. This tag of "NLU-alumnus as faculty" is so misleading. I mean, I have seen graduates from CNLU Patna, HNLU, NLU-Assam etc give themselves this label of "NLU alumnus". In my experience, a solid GLC/ILS grad with a good masters degree is more often than not, leagues above this kind. So, we should be careful - when we mean to say top-tier-NLU graduate, don't mix it up with the rest.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 09:07

+5 -0

I have seen graduates from 'top tier' NLUs too doing a pretty bad job while teaching. 11.1.1's point is actually true.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 16:57

+4 -9

I agree with 11.1 about NALSAR faculty. Probably the best faculty among all law schools at the moment.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 17:56

+7 -2

How would you know? Been taught by the faculty of all other law schools? This propensity of d**k measuring without being in a position to make an informed opinion is typical of an anon LI commentator.

Alumna 23 Sept 2020, 17:52

+4 -3

Geez- NALSAR students do not know how good they have it that SC is teaching constitutional law. Easy is not always good. There’s a wealth of literature other consti law professors don’t even cover, and you discover soon after graduation that their knowledge of the subject is quite limited.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 18:21

+4 -2

11.1 didn't say that SidChau isn't good. Why is it that everyone would have to have exactly the same impression of teachers as you did? You apparently haven't discovered even after your graduation that there is something called relative experience. I have heard several students of Sid tell me that he is amazing, and several others who said otherwise (nobody said he's bad). That's just how the world works. Broaden your mindset by using that same wealth of literature that you refer to.

Assumptions assumption 23 Sept 2020, 18:31

+7 -0

I quite clearly mentioned Sidchu is a great teacher. I also never mentioned Prof. Vasanthi's classes were easier (or that was the reason we liked it). She will teach you a topic for 3 weeks around questions that might seem random, but then she ties everything (concepts, questions etc.) up in one mind-blowing lecture. Both Sidchu and Vasanthi go way beyond constitutional law basics and have set interesting reading material others may not.

My original point only was: just because he is an nls alumnus, one cannot assume he is the best. He may be the best, or a TLC professor may be the best. Just because someone has graduated from an NLU, does not automatically make them more competent. Both TLCs and NLUs have their share of terrible and great teachers, and one can't look down on TLC profs just because they don't have the "nlu tag"

Hmm 24 Sept 2020, 08:22

+5 -2

Sudhir and Aparna teaching Consti, Mrinal teaching criminal law, Raag teaching International Law, Kunal teaching evidence, Yasho teaching administrative law, Nagaraj teaching labour. Not even going into the caliber of electives and seminar teachers. But sure, NaLsAr HaS bEsT fAcUlTy. How do you think you're kidding?

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 09:08

+7 -3

You are honestly counting Raag as an established IL faculty already? Okay then.

Assumptions Assumption 24 Sept 2020, 10:10

+4 -1

Lol I didn't even claim Nalsar has the best faculty. I claimed you can't judge faculty from whether they have more professors from NLUs. To make myself more clear, I used examples of TLC professors from nalsar who are better than some NLU grad teachers at nalsar. Boy, as someone who claims they're from the best law school, you'd think you can read better.

Guest123 24 Sept 2020, 04:04

+6 -0

Is this the same Prof. Vasanthi who used to teach Labour Law earlier? She's now a celebrated Consti Law prof? When did that happen?!

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 14:00

+1 -11

Srividhya was the best candidate hands down.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 14:04

+1 -5

Three NLSIU alumni are heading NLUs now: VCV, Sudhir and Rao.

Telugu 23 Sept 2020, 15:00

+9 -6

A fellow doing PhD or just a Diploma is entitled to be called alumnus of that institution. But, in the context of IITs and NLUs, the term alumni is attached to those who earn Bachelor's degree. In that sense, SKDR is alumnus of Kakatiya. Please don't rob Kakatiya of its pride possession.

Arjun Pandit 23 Sept 2020, 14:40

+7 -14

This is so unfair to Dr. Jaswal

Alum 25 Sept 2020, 03:24

+4 -0

Yes very unfair he should not have been even shortlisted.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 16:52

+8 -6

The people saying NIRF doesn't matter are ignorant. The "real word" is very much influenced by NIRF. NLSIU>NLUD>NALSAR is considered by all to be the ranking, to the extent that many now reject NLSIU for NLUD. It's possible the NALSAR placements may be at par with NLUD, but rankings depend a a lot on faculty quality and research (publications), which puts NLUD ahead. Then, there is the issue of UPSC success, which impact the perception rank Regarding NUJS, it has ceased to be in the top 3 since post Ishwar Bhat and post Mamata Banerjee. Doesn't matter if placements are decent or if 1 or 2 people got the Rhodes scholarship. Moots is a factor too.

LOL 23 Sept 2020, 17:16

+4 -9

Okay so idk where to start
Legit what are you smoking bro
1. Please tell me who’s rejected NLS for NLUD? (And in case you can point out one odd instance at best, which is also doubtful, - trust me that person reallyyy needed better advice)
2. NUJS has “decent” placements
UNDERSTATEMENT AF
Last year 33 tier-1 ppos and 30-32 tier-1 dayz jobs - EASILY THE BEST IN TBE COUNTRY - NO COMPARISON
3. YES moors matter - I’m sorry but don’t it NUJS which just won Vis Vienna and won Vis East in 2017????? (Also broke at jessup this year and has don’t quite well at it and other intl/natl moots otherwise)
4. Isn’t NUJS so’s the college with the BEST credit courses? Some top practitioners have been teaching here
Justices CHELAMESHWAR and RUMA PA took a full multi-day cc here btw recently
5. Inshwara Bhat is OLD NEWS buddy... the new VC has been quite proactive
3. And yes ofc it’s not like getting 2 Rhodes scholars in 3 years and 5 Harvard llm admits in just one year is a big deal at all.....
So please think many many times before you write off NUJS
And don’t worry about the “highly reliable” NIRF rankings....even there we’ll come back up... this VC has been proactively working for it

Namey 23 Sept 2020, 17:56

+9 -5

I don't want to engage in a squabble over this. But over the past 10 years, atleast 2-3 people drop NLS for NLUD apart from a 3-4 who drop NALSAR. I believe there were some 4-5 who did drop NLS last year. This is not some misinformation and it's simply a fact. This isn't some one-off and it happens every year and the numbers are increasing. Another point to note is that only some 30-40 students in the top 100 ranks in CLAT even crack AILET to make it through the merit lists. So not every student who gets NLS gets into NLUD and vice-versa.
It's still much more than the numbers who drop NLS for NALSAR (forget NUJS). You can check for yourself using the merit lists, if you're so interested. I don't need to reveal names here.

So far as NUJS is concerned, it's no doubt a good law school and its alumni are doing very well but you should accept that it has been poorly administered over the past decade and from this year on, it's going to have a generous domicile quota apart from its pre-existing huge NRI-sponsored quota. Perception-wise, it definitely isn't very appealing any more, even discounting the NIRF ranking. I do hope it improves and its recent achievements are still very good.

UPSC??? 23 Sept 2020, 17:17

+2 -3

Buddy as much as it’s commendable
It has NOTHING to do with law and legal studies
Why should a law college be considered good if it’s grads decide to leave the legal field altogether after graduating??

Name None 24 Sept 2020, 01:29

+2 -1

This like saying that the IITs are all shit since most of their Alumni go into Management or Finance and don’t become Engineers (for instance, the former Governor of the RBI).
Don’t kid yourself, buddy, UPSC is very prestigious and much more so than some law firm placement which is helped by alumni who work there.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 04:32

+2 -3

Still has got nothing to do with law. IITs are not famous for their MBA alumni, but for their engineer ones. To claim that most of their alumni shift streams is to reveal your colossal ignorance. Do all the NLUD trolls have this tendency to make random claims without stats? Like back when you used to claim of having the highest number of NLU alumni faculty without ever having it? Maybe it's something in the water.

Name None 24 Sept 2020, 05:28

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Name atleast 5 IIT alumni that are famous for their achievements in engineering alone. Have any IIT alumni every won the Nobel Prizes in Physics or Chemistry or for that matter, even the Fields Medal? You won't be able to even though I'm sure there are many talented IIT engineers we haven't heard of. Similarly, there are many NLUD grads who don't write UPSC and go into litigation, judiciary, etc. and just because you haven't heard of it on some website doesn't make it untrue and doesn't dilute the quality of the law school.

First, I would like to say that I'm no troll since I'm not claiming absolute bullsh*t without facts. Secondly, this is not anything with respect to claims of NLU faculty. You seem to internalize all NLUD information and spew the same thing against any comment in favour of NLUD. In any case, NLUD does not have the highest number of NLU faculty and there are other professors like AK Rai, etc. who are very good teachers in any case.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 06:11

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ISRO Chairperson K. Sivan,
Prof. Sarita Adve for her memory consistency models,
Infosys founder Kris Gopalakrishnan,
Ramnathan Guha, creator of Schema and VP research at Google,
Sudhar V, founder of Zoho.

And I used just two IITs for this, off the top of my head. Seems AILET doesn't cover GK, current affairs either, just like logic. Simply because you haven't heard of people or their achievements, that doesn't mean they don't exist. It just means you are a frog in the well. If you are from NLUD, then you are making me lower my respect for that institution which I have otherwise believed to be a fine one.

Name None 24 Sept 2020, 06:53

+1 -1

Sorry, pal, you can take low blows at AILET all you want but it doesn't change the facts. I already accepted that there are many talented IIT alumni who are engineers/academicians. However, none of the ones you've cited are as famous as their alumni from the field of Business/Finance/Management, atleast for a layman who isn't aware of memory consistency modelling (yeah, AILET doesn't test that). Also, K. Sivan did his doctorate from an IIT, and in this argument, I'm looking at the UG aspect.

And whatever you're saying in your second paragraph, I've already stated previously in the preceding comment.
I doubt you had fine feeling about NLUD if you assume that any comment in favour of it is trolling. In any case, your opinion on it doesn't really matter to me because my main goal is to stop the random misinformation on NLUD's quality and not convince some anon commentator about its merits. So go ahead and lower your respect.

Interesting 24 Sept 2020, 20:12

+2 -0

Agree. IIT's most famous alumni are Arvind Kejriwal and Chetan Bhagat

Name None 24 Sept 2020, 05:30

+1 -2

And btw, the UPSC exam has a lot to do with law since the Law Optional papers are very crucial for a final selection. And not every Tom, Dick and Harry can tackle the questions asked there without a proper understanding of the law. It's also a fact that law overlaps a lot with many of the papers in the UPSC exam so being a lawyer does help.

Arrey 24 Sept 2020, 05:44

+2 -1

Arrey yaar ok
You guys crack UPSC relatively frequently
Wooohoo
Seriously let’s move on from this one thing

Arey2 24 Sept 2020, 08:23

+1 -4

Bhai, that is also not true. As in, they hype it so much, when on that one metric also, NLS, NALSAR etc are actually doing as well or better.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 06:12

+4 -3

You are also apparently unaware of the fact that a lot of law students sit for UPSC taking Pub Ad instead of law. Including NLU students. You are making it certain that you aren't even a Tom or a Harry, but definitely a Dick.

Name None 24 Sept 2020, 06:54

+2 -0

Not the ones from the NLUs. Ever since 2013, when they shifted to the one optional scheme for the Mains, no NLU grad takes Pub Ad. Name one if you really have proof.

WOW 24 Sept 2020, 07:14

+0 -2

Can we move in from upsc?
I think both sides have made enough points
Let’s actually talk about the legal field?

Ummm 24 Sept 2020, 04:35

+2 -3

No, this is like saying the Delhi College of Engineering is a great insti cause SSR studied there...

Name None 24 Sept 2020, 05:37

+2 -1

No, it's not. DTU is very good irrespective of whether SSR studied there or not. There is quite a wide gulf between pursuing acting after engineering as compared to going after management/finance which involves a degree of data science. This is quite similar to going for the IAS, etc. after law since there are considerable overlaps between the subject areas. There is no overlap between engineering and acting, except for you, it seems.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 06:52

+1 -3

Actually, going for UPSC is not at all the same as going for management stream after law. You are choosing a profession in the first case, and a new area of study in the second. Having said that, anyone who says that their NLU is great because it produces UPSC rankers is probably trying to bask in the reflected glory of individuals. NLSIU or NLUD or any other place. The law school training rarely puts one in any kind of obvious advantage other than mugging up and covering a lot of material in a short time. Purely individual credit. NLUD on an average produces more UPSC rankers because I believe that a significant proportion of their students sit for the exam every year, compared to other NLUs. The students are obviously decent ones, whoever succeeds, be it from any NLU. However, law firm placements have got way more to do with institutional rep than any competitive exam. So comparing the two would be like chalk and cheese.

Name None 24 Sept 2020, 07:25

+2 -0

I don't think you understood what I'm saying. I compared going for management after engineering vis-a-vis going for IAS preparation after law school. Engineers find management/finance easier due to their mathematical background.

Also, you are wrong to say that NLUD produces more UPSC rankers since more students sit for the exam compared to other colleges. On an every, in every batch, not more than 9-10 people take the exam and even fewer (maybe 4-5) do so very seriously. These numbers are the same in NUJS (around 12) and even NALSAR and NLS.

If law firm placements are purely based on institutional rep (and I agree to a certain extent with that), then that rep is influenced by alumni who've worked in that firm and that takes time to fructify so then comparing NLUD with the older NLUs in absolute terms isn't as fair.

Real guest 24 Sept 2020, 08:25

+1 -3

This. Plus being in Delhi, they are in the hub of the coaching industry. Plus, the fact that their placements aren't at NUJS/NALSAR/NLS level, more people chase this.

MUST READ 23 Sept 2020, 17:45

+7 -4

http://sja.nujs.edu/newsroom/2020/08/19/nujs-setting-the-record-straight-anshuman-panigrahi-batch-of-2021-,-avnish-kumar-singh-batch-of-2021-,-and-balraaj-singh-chhatwal-batch-of-2023

PLEASE PLEASE read this for anyone who wants to doubt NUJS as a top-3 college

Idk why @Kian doesn’t do an article about this??

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 21:14

+3 -5

SJA has bitten the dust. Kian, was wise to stay away from this. True it gives useful data but to sings paeans of praise for NKC needlessly and that too just before SJA election is worrisome.

I don't mean that NKC being a "TLC" shouldn't be praised. But the grounds cited are pretty manufactured. Maybe the authors, [...] should have checked with EC records before engaging in sycophancy. [...]

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 18:03

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Of course, it doesn't matter if 1 or 2 people got the Rhodes scholarship even when the closest you have been to Rhodes is watching Roadies. Moots is a factor, you are very right. Heard of Vis? NUJS won it. Twice, once recently. Two of the Rhodes scholars have graduated from the place in last 3 years. All your info are factually wrong. NLUD placements are way behind NUJS, NALSAR, NLSIU etc. Law firm placement wise NUJS has been ahead of the other NLUs for several years now. Moot-wise their performance is still behind none. NLUD faculty being way ahead in research publications? Please show the list of all your faculty publications and compare with those from other NLU faculty. Instead of hiding behind questionable NIRF data and methodology. With Mrinal and Aparna gone too now, NLUD faculty isn't anything better than any of the other NLUs. To the extent you are keeping RS as a 'professor emeritus'. Dude has not taught properly for over a decade now, though he is a very canny and efficient admin. UPSC and funding are the only fronts where NLUD is demonstrably ahead.

randomisers 27 Sept 2020, 08:49

+3 -2

Hi, I am not trying to get into a fight or arguing on whether Nlud is better or nujs is better. In terms of research work, however, a bunch of centres, like Anup's P39A, Arul and YP's CIIPC, Sarvjeet's CCG, Punj and Danny's Centre, are doing pretty well. Sophy is also fantastic, although she does not run a centre (afaik). While there are concerns with Bajpai's CCV, they do get great work. Harpreet's Corp Law centre, the kind of training she does for people from NCLT etc is also fantastic. And just in terms of faculty, Danny (when he teaches), AK Rai, etc... are also pretty good. With all due respect for Mrinal and Aparna, it is not like NLUD is done and dusted after their exit. Centre wise, so many students are actively involved in different projects and know so much about their subject area. I don't think you can learn to that extent merely by being taught by a great prof in class. There is no point measuring internships, as most students from the premier schools do pretty much the same internships.

Guest 27 Sept 2020, 12:14

+3 -1

That Corp law centre is nothing more than a joke, sorry to say. If that's what your idea about 'quality research' is, then one starts to wonder about the rest of the centres too. CIIPC and 39A actually do credible work from what I know.

randomisersY 27 Sept 2020, 14:43

+0 -0

Hi, Was not trying to say that Happy's centre does great research or anything. But she does manage to get in good people, so it enables students to work on fun projects outside of college, imo. CCG is also fantastic, I think. So top tier would be p39a ciipc ccg. Others, at the very least are not scam centres.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 17:00

+4 -4

NIRF stans should remember that JGLS still has best faculty and infrastructure hands down. I challenge anyone to do a subject-wise comparison of your professors vs JGLS.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 18:06

+5 -1

Yes, please do. You have been hiding behind your marquee faculty and using RAs to teach for quite some time. With 300 plus faculty, your research output and publications proportionally is no better than any NLU. And what good are all such excellent faculty and infra when their collective efforts fail to produce better students even at 20 times the cost?

Institution building 23 Sept 2020, 18:40

+8 -1

That may be, but the good professors also take classes with small sizes. Most of the electives are bid for within 30 seconds of the opening of bids because we have too many people. We can't even audit or access the recordings of the CLAIMS and Lead courses that are being taken by Tier-1 legal practitioners (which is what Jindal has been advertising like crazy). If someone even just sends another person a link to the aforementioned classes, they might have disciplinary proceedings instituted against them. Because of the batch size and the 7 sections in my year, I've also only had 3 good teachers across the first 2 years of university (one of whom taught sociology and not a law subject). A lot of the professors are just here to do their research and barely put in effort into classes. Advertisement is one thing, reality is another.

Jindal Student 23 Sept 2020, 19:43

+3 -0

16.2 is bang on in his assessment. Doubtless we have some very good teachers, but I won't say that they are more than say 25-30% of the faculty. And even some of them have little time for student-teaching away from their own research. There are a lot of junior faculty who handle bulk of the teaching load. While some of these junior people are also quite good, some are merely average, and some are quite shabby and lack confidence or subject knowledge.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 17:02

+3 -3

Kian, please ask Rao if he will target QS world rankings. That has to be the next step for NLUD.

Serious? 23 Sept 2020, 17:23

+1 -3

You know I legit cant make out many times if the NLUD stooges on LI are joking or serious? at least try to maintain some semblance of seriousness man

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 18:07

+2 -0

Intergalactic Federation Clone Army Medal comes before that. You should definitely try for that. QS is just an afterthought.

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 17:06

+1 -3

LiveLaw has published a tribute to Ranbir Singh that surpasses all levels of bhakti.

https://www.livelaw.in/columns/professor-ranbir-singh-an-appreciation-163387?infinitescroll=1

Guest 23 Sept 2020, 18:07

+9 -1

Dude got a completely new place to become a top level institution with funds and infra in a decade. Some credit is due.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 00:01

+1 -2

PJ tenure will be ending soon at RGNUL. GSB?

Full-time VCs required in NLU Assam, Patna and Odisha now. Nandi is definitely going somewhere. Maybe NLUO? What about Mary? With elections due in Assam, have a feeling a son/daughter of the soil will start. That's what killed NUJS which has truly entered BhaatGhoom.

Observer 24 Sept 2020, 03:40

+2 -1

If given a chance, this year many students will prefer nlud and nalsar over nls. Nlat was just the last attempt of showing superiority or exclusiveness, which backfired badly. nls now in term of students quality is at per other 5 top nlu.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 04:33

+2 -0

The preferences have already been taken long back before the NLAT fiasco happened. NLUD might still get the advantage due to having a separate exam. NALSAR won't.

Well well well 24 Sept 2020, 05:46

+4 -1

Actually, NALSAR stood to gain the most from a separate (and bungled) NLAT. Most people would have taken CLAT more seriously, and would probably have been a better indicator of merit. If Law School was out of that exam, then the best of the 2020 batch would have been in NALSAR (minus some minority that do well in both NLAT and CLAT). Faizan Bhai has ensured that best of the 2020 batch will remain in Nagarbhavi rather than Shamirpet.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 06:44

+1 -2

Kian, since NIRF is the official govt ranking please treat any comments which propose alternative ranks as fake news and block them. Law aspirants must be guided by NIRF and nothing else.

randomisers 27 Sept 2020, 08:51

+1 -0

Boss, calm down. All rankings are a scam anyway

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 06:47

+4 -4

Lots of butthurt trolls from NALSAR and NUJS attacking NLUD. They can't get over NIRF.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 07:10

+2 -4

The only people who have an NIRF obsession are NLUD trolls. Even when NIRF itself has admitted in this year that they can't vouch for the data that they collect. Spend the time that you obsess over ranks to ensure that your good faculty stay on and your students keep doing well. Had NIRF not been there, you would have been obsessing over India Today rankings. You should also seek professional help for your OCD. The trolling tendency seems to be inborn insofar as you are concerned, doubt you can get any help for that.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 07:09

+2 -3

JGLS easily deserves top 4 status, along with NLSIU, NALSAR and NLUD. Leaving the obvious parameters of faculty and infra, if you look at placements and moots then they are top notch --- regular TCs at White & Case, HSF etc + large numbers at Big 7 firms + Vienna second place, Oxford Price win etc.

In terms of ranking, a proper ranking (such as QS) combines the parameters of faculty, infra, placements and moots. The result is there for all to see: JGLS #1, NLSIU #1, rest don't even rank.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 07:54

+5 -1

Top notch trolling. A university that manages to place less than 10% of its batch every year is apparently offering 'top notch placement'. In placements and moots, you don't even come within the top 10. In infra, definitely one. In faculty, once again in numbers yes, in proportion, not really.

Real guest 24 Sept 2020, 08:27

+1 -1

I too might have gone to Jiggles instead of NLIU/NLUJ/NUJS if I knew I was getting a free ride, plus great investment of time and money by the admin in my success because they know that 350 batch strength subsidises the investment in 5-6 good students. But that in no way reflects well on Jiggles as an institution.

Curiouskid 24 Sept 2020, 09:17

+1 -1

How does JGLS happen to have a dual study programme with Cornell University? Is it not mandatory as per BCI rules that a student has to complete 5 years of study to be eligible for bar exam? They have a programme whereby a student goes to cornell university after 4 years if education at JGLS and spend another 2 years at Cornell to become eligible for bar exam both in India and US.

PA 24 Sept 2020, 17:37

+1 -0

Is it really true? I doubt if it cañ be true

Institution building 24 Sept 2020, 08:40

+5 -2

Regular TCs = 0. There was a total of 1 hsf vac scheme in a batch of 420 which wasn't converted to a TC last year. All the white and case "TCs" were just internships, not even vacation schemes where students could interview for TCs. The college career cell didn't even update when A&O and Linklaters' apps opened. 20 people got jobs on day zero out of a batch of 420.
Don't fall for it kids.
- sincerely, batch of 2016.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 09:05

+4 -1

This seems like a real student from JGLS with data, unlike 23. At times, I really believe JGLS IT Cell is active here (they can and do actually have dedicated 'law' faculty doing only PR).

Institution building 2 24 Sept 2020, 13:23

+2 -1

Well, if you paid more attention to the number of people who sat for official day 0 placements, you'll find that that number was a small one to begin with as it is. It can't be helped if you couldn't score more than a certain CGPA. Don't blame your incompetence for failing to secure you a day zero job. And as far as vac schemes etc are to be concerned, I'd suggest you keep your own eyes and ears open too. Don't expect the university to spoon feed you everything. JGLS students have a reputation of being super entitled, I suggest you don't contribute to the same.

- sincerely, batch of 2014

Institution building 24 Sept 2020, 15:14

+4 -0

I actually did sit for day zero, thanks for assuming. The only reason the university has a GPA cutoff is to ensure that it can say 20% of those who sat for placements got a job. This doesn't correlate to the number of people who wanted a corporate job in the batch is it? If you count all those who wanted to, placements fall to around 5%. And my comment was more directed towards the OG who stated regular TCs. The college doesn't even update when apps come out, you think students will regularly get TCs? Please. If you know better than I do, name everyone who has gotten a TC. I can't name anyone, can you?

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 15:41

+7 -1

Jindal has a CGPA cap for sitting on day zero? WTF! Who are they to judge whom the firms might like? This is the sign of Raj Kumar's progressiveness? NLUs have seen people halfway down the rank list secure day zero jobs plenty of time. Hell, my own batchmates have got such jobs. If true, then this is a very dubious practice.

NLU O not NLU Cuttack 24 Sept 2020, 09:51

+5 -3

Hey Kian, why does LI keep writing NLU Cuttack in Odisha, when it is in fact NLUO? Seems right for NLU, Jodhpur or NLU, Delhi because those ARE their names but you don't call NALSAR as NLU Hyderabad in Telangana or RGNUL as NLU Patiala in Punjab. NLUO's founding Act and its website mention NLUO, even colloquially NLUO is used. Calling it NLU Cuttack just seems very very off.

WTF 24 Sept 2020, 11:09

+1 -3

Rondu much!!!

NLU O not NLU Cuttack 25 Sept 2020, 03:13

+2 -1

If you haven't ever been associated with NLUO, of course you would reduce this point to being 'Rondu'. If you have been associated with NLUO and this point doesn't irk you, I'd be surprised.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 12:48

+2 -1

LI is censoring news of faculty exits at NLUD. A report is needed so that we can bust their claims of having best faculty.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 15:46

+3 -0

NLUD website has rendered the faculty page inaccessible currently it seems. That's strange, because their website is usually a well designed one. Might be they are updating it after the recent departures.

Tauji 24 Sept 2020, 19:10

+1 -0

Hi, recently, only Aparna mrinal and chinmayi have left. Chinmayi wasn't teaching for the last couple of years anyway, so it's not like a tectonic shift or something.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 04:35

+1 -0

MP Singh has also left NLUD for Jindal.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 12:50

+1 -2

Which NLU has most alumni faculty? It is NLSIU. Which has least? NLUD.

WRONG 24 Sept 2020, 15:27

+1 -4

I don't think the likes of RML, NUALS, NLUO, CNLU and other such esteemed institutions have any NLU faculty. So NLUD is clearly ahead of the likes of them.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 16:04

+8 -1

If Mrinal and Aparna are both gone, then does NLUD have any NLU alum faculty left at all among its permanent faculty? If so, who?

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 18:38

+2 -2

NLUD trolsl would downvote 26.1.1, but won't actually respond to the question because even they don't have any answer other than none.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 16:56

+0 -1

Still no response to this question. Looks like NLUD trolls can't dream up faculty members in their roster any more.

Guest Zero 26 Sept 2020, 03:03

+1 -2

Lol. NLUD trolls? Quite ironic coming from someone who's looking for a troll fight. Can't seem to get over your desperation to compare, can you? Don't make NLUD out-troll you like it does at everything else.
For the record, NLUD still has NLU alums as part of its faculty but I won't be putting out names here to convenience you. Go check the website if you're that interested. In any case, some of the non-NLU faculty there are still pretty decent.

Fact Finder 26 Sept 2020, 06:24

+0 -0

The website was down yesterday, at least the faculty part. It is functional now. However, as a visitor, I found that most of the faculty profiles do not actually mention the institutions where people have got their degrees from. Some do.
Another thing is that it needs to be updated. Even people like Chinmayi who have not been teaching for the last two years are still named as faculty (not even mentioned to be on study leave). That's a misrepresentation, though I do not think it is deliberate.
Among the permanent faculty members (I am not counting the research associates), I could only see Anup as an NLU LLB alumnus. I do not think that there is any other NLU LLB alumni among the permanent faculty at NLUD at present with the departure of Mrinal and Aparna. This is not to say that they still do not have good faculty. Arul, Daniel etc. are as good as any.
p.s. I have not posted any comment earlier in this thread.

randomisers 27 Sept 2020, 08:54

+0 -0

Please refer my comment above on other faculty at NLUD.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 15:36

+2 -1

How many does NLSIU have now? Honest question, not sure because they never officially confirmed whether all the new ones have joined yet. Sudhir himself, Kunal, Rahul, Sarasu, Mrinal, Aparna, Raag. Am I missing anyone? That's seven in all.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 17:06

+2 -1

You missed Rashmi, Sanyukta, Shreyashree. All NLS alum.

Aggs 24 Sept 2020, 18:13

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Rashmi as well. Honestly, regardless of them being alums and considering the feedback so far, NLS indeed has the best faculty now amongst all law schools. And this is not even counting all the amazing professors who take the seminar courses.

Inexplicable 24 Sept 2020, 20:56

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We can also count Atreyee Majumdar (2006 batch) who will be joining for Sociology and Srijoni Sen (2009 batch) who recently joined in a contractual position for Law. So that is twelve in all after including the new hires.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 04:38

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A law graduate is joining to teach Sociology? That is quite an interesting experiment. Of course, she might have since then obtained degrees in Sociology too. I do not mean this comment to be snarky or somehting like that. If we are including contractual positions, then there should be other NLU alumni too, no? Quite a few were teaching contractually even before Sudhir joined.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 06:01

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She had since gone on to get a PhD in anthropology from Yale.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 15:47

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Genuine question to NLUD people here who might have the info: Are there any NLUD alumni currently working as an academic in India? 7-8 batches have passed already, so I'm assuming there would at least be a few?

Guest X 24 Sept 2020, 16:25

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Non-NLUD guy here, but there are some 2-3 of them teaching as faculty at JGLS.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 16:53

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Can you name any? I actually want to know, not sure why people are downvoting my comment.

Guest Name 25 Sept 2020, 11:35

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2 from the first batch (2013) are teaching at APU, 2 from the first batch are teaching at JGU along with one more from the 2014 batch.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 12:52

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That's not a bad output for 7-8 batches. Hope more people join academia eventually. Every NLU should ideally on an average produce one person per batch who goes into academia. There is no other way of reforming legal education in India on a long term basis.

nlu daily 24 Sept 2020, 19:35

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jiggles is sham. They just need anyone with foreign llm as faculty. ofcourse oxford, ivy league is great but they will take any random university also. maybe these 2-3 would have also done some random foreign llm by paying some hefty amt of money.

NLU Daily 27 Sept 2020, 07:07

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Ya, all the three of them paid hefty money to go to the random universities called Oxford and LSE and get the degress. (though on a more serious note, all three had scholarships and should be great academics over time). For those looking for Jigles names its John Sebestian, Apoorva and Tanvi Nandan.

At APU its Anushman and Kanika Gauba.

randomisersY 27 Sept 2020, 08:57

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Yeah, Tanvi Nandan from one of the early batches is at Jgls. Maybe one or two more or there.Shreya Shree NLS LLB who is now moving to NLS as Asst Prof has an llm from NLUD, so depending on whether we count that or not, that is another person from Nlud. 1 or two of the people who went to Oxford are probably in teaching roles there, but this will have to be verified.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 19:54

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What we need in India are guidebooks similar to the ones for US colleges, published by the Princetown Review, US News, Kaplan etc.They tell you everything about colleges, from faculty to the party scene. Law aspirants, parents and the wider public will benefit from such guides.

Guest 24 Sept 2020, 20:00

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NLUD continues to have best faculty despite two people leaving recently. In addition, there are lots of big names teaching very interesting credit courses. In fact, credit courses are rarely discussed on LI. These courses are very important and it is a big advantage that NLUD has by virtue of being in Delhi. Let us include credit courses when we compare faculty.

No more 25 Sept 2020, 04:06

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Tbh all credit courses have started happening virtually this negating any locational advantage NLUD had.....
For eg, senior practitioners from Sisley Austin based in Geneva are taking an intl dispute resolution course (full semester elective course not just cc) virtually

Yaa 25 Sept 2020, 05:28

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True this Sidley Austin course thing is happening at NUJS this sem
Amongst other courses
One full credit course was taken by Latham and Watkins people - with GARY BORN himself taking virtual classes

You Nincompoop 25 Sept 2020, 17:00

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He was from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, at least get your facts right. Mr. Gary Born took a 45 minute session at the tail end of the course.

It was largely taught by an advocate practicing in Dehradun (NLS '11) & an SA from the above-mentioned firm.

Nincompoop who?? 26 Sept 2020, 04:23

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See let me now school you about facts

There are TWO DIFFERENT courses that happened at NUJS (YESS)

1. The currently ongoing Sisley Austin full semester elective taught remotely from Geneva

2. The Wilmer Hale credit course (14 hour) that was taught in January - not by a SA but by a COUNSEL from the firm
- along with support from Gary Born himsef

So YOUU please get your facts right before you try and troll NUJS baselessly

You Nincompoop 26 Sept 2020, 11:37

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I am well aware of everything you just said, I never confused the two, I was only referring to the Arbitration Credit Course.

The Counsel you are referring to was an SA when the course was bought to the notice of the students, but I do conceded that he was Counsel in the month of the teaching. Also note, that YOU made the mistake of saying he is from L&W.

It's Sidley Austin, you're studying at such a prestigious university, at least get your spellings right.

Guest Reply 27 Sept 2020, 07:10

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Apart from Anup (who is after three years coming back to teach consti, though only part of it), and Arul and Daniel, and to an extent Maheshwar and Yogesh - who are these people who make it the best faculty?

Yes, a lot of other teachers are horrible like at a lot of other places, but again they are also not anything to be written about or highlighted.

randomisersY 27 Sept 2020, 08:59

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NLUD has fantastic people offering seminars (5 credit courses). For example, this semester there are a bunch of fantastic people offering courses on tech law and policy.

RandomisersY Reply 29 Sept 2020, 01:55

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Absolutely agreed, but that's a maximum of eight courses out of 50. What about the rest.

Also while the seminar faculty is pretty good, again they are mostly people between 2010-2015 batches. Not to say that some of them are not fantastic, but being in Delhi maybe need to tap a wider pool. Also as with most year the better elective course are mostly public law related.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 03:45

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This is how to rate faculty:

1. Years of experience in academics or industry: 0.5 point per teacher for every 5 years of experience

2. Publications: 0.5 points per teacher for every article published in a Scopus journal or a journal indexed in Hein/Westlaw/JSTOR + 0.5 points per teacher for every chapter in a book by OUP/CUP/Sage/Routledge/Springer/Elgar etc

3. Quality of LLB degree institution: 0.75 points per teacher for a top 10 NIRF law school/ 0.5 points for top 20/0.25 for top 30

4. Quality of LLM degree institution: 0.75 points per teacher for a top 100 QS law school/ 0.5 points for top 200 QS/0.25 for top 300 QS/0.25 for top 10 NIRF

4. Quality of PhD degree institution: 0.75 points per teacher for a top 100 QS law school/ 0.5 points for top 200 QS/0.25 for top 300 QS/0.15 for top 10 NIRF

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 05:16

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Full list of NLSIU alumni teaching at NLSIU. This settles the debate of who has best faculty.

Sudhir, PhD Oxford (Rhodes)
Mrinal, SJD Yale
Aparna, SJD Yale
Atreyee, PhD Yale
Sarasu, PhD NLSIU
Rahul, LLM Harvard
Raag, BCL Oxford (Rhodes)
Srijoni LLM Columbia
Kunal, LLM Berkeley

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 05:43

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Actually, it doesn't. You can say that you have people with good credentials. I've been taught by at least one person in this group, and I would rank several people from traditional law college background who have also taught me the same subject ahead of that person as a teacher. Judging who is a good teacher only by looking at where they might have done their own studying from will not give anyone any accurate picture. There is really no reason to compare your faculty with those from other law schools, since you couldn't have been taught by them all. If your students are happy being taught by these people, then that's all that counts. I've worked with a couple from this list too since graduation, they are certainly good academics.

Aggs 25 Sept 2020, 09:54

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Most of them have continuously received excellent feedback from the students. No one's saying they're better than each and every tlc faculty. Most of them are also really well regarded in the academic circles.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 11:33

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Then that is what should be used as evidence of them being good teachers, not where they have got their degrees from.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 06:06

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Add: Rashmi, LLM SOAS, Sanyukta, LLM, NUS, Shreyashree, LLM, NLUD.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 07:20

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So that makes 12 NLSIU alumni teaching at NLSIU. Best faculty by far.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 05:44

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Jindal has just published a university-wise breakup of their faculty.

https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/jgls-expands-law-school-faculty-to-425-nationally-internationally-qualified-academics-with-appointment-of-103-new-full-time-faculty-163471?infinitescroll=1

https://www.barandbench.com/news/lawschools/jgls-appoints-103-new-full-time-faculty-members-faculty-strength-now-at-425

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 06:16

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The problem with Jindal PR releases like this is that it would never give you the complete picture and gloss over the facts such as several of the marquee hires won't teach, those who do won't offer courses that more than a fraction of the batch can enroll in, the bulk of the younger faculty are completely unproven both in terms of research and teaching, but they are the ones handling a lot of teaching workload etc. They still have several very good teaching faculty though.

Kidher Dekh Raha hai ? 25 Sept 2020, 06:03

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*mandela*, *mandela*

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 07:21

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The fact that Shreya Shree did an LLM from NLUD after NLSIU shows that NLUD is considered almost at par with NLSIU. The NIRF second spot is totally justified.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 07:54

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You don't say! Such a piece of logical deduction, much wow!

Professor 25 Sept 2020, 07:27

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JGLS NLU faculty breakup:

NUJS- 26
NLIU - 20
NLSIU - 19
NALSAR - 17
GNLU - 14
NLUJ 13
RGNUL - 8
CNLU - 7
RMLNLU- 4
NLUD - 3
NUALS - 2
NUSRL - 2
NLUJA - 2
NLUO - 2
HNLU - 1

Total: 143
Total from Big 7 NLUs (NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS, NLUD, NLUJ, GNLU and NLIU) = 112

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 07:53

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How many of these can actually teach?

Teach 25 Sept 2020, 09:31

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143-112= 31

randomisersY 27 Sept 2020, 09:01

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Hey, who are the 3 Nlud people? I am just curious. I heard Tanvee Nandan teaches there. Would love to know who the other 2 are.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 07:33

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If JGLS reduces batch size to 60 and reduces faculty size to the 30 best profs, it can genuinely rival the top NLUs. Yet, to make more it increases student intake and is forced to hire more profs to teach them, which dilutes both student and teacher quality.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 07:56

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You cannot reduce batch size to 60 and hire 30 excellent faculty members and maintain a decent enough infra. Where exactly is the money going to come from? It is a private university after all, cannot get government grants. Then each student would have to pay like 20 lakhs p.a. as fees.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 07:36

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By hiring star faculty Sudhir will make NLSIU enter the QS top 100 and secure INI status from the government. After that, Claxit for good and KSLU replaces NLSIU in CLAT.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 07:57

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What makes some of these people stars? They stay really far away and their light takes years to reach us?

Aggs 25 Sept 2020, 09:52

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I know you're trying to be funny but most of them have constantly received excellent feedback from the students and are generally really well regarded in their respective areas. Please do some research before making snide remarks

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 11:38

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Do away with the hyperbole and I will do away with the snide remarks. "Really well regarded" in their respective areas is an overreach. Most of these people are too junior for that. Nor is the research that most of them have provided added much value yet in their areas. Some have got 4-7 years of actual teaching experience only. Calling them 'star faculty' gives a misleading impression. MP Singh, Chimni, Baxi, Pande, these people if any are actually worthy of such a title.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 12:26

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[quote] Calling them 'star faculty' gives a misleading impression. MP Singh, Chimni, Baxi, Pande, these people if any are actually worthy of such a title.[/quote]

But then if I say that JGLS has the best faculty (all the 4 you named) then you will dispute that as well! Just a case fo sour grapes, that's the truth.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 12:49

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If you say JGLS has got these four, then I won't dispute. That's a fact. JGLS' problem lies elsewhere, too many students, and these marquee names as of now cannot teach a lot. They have got the actual teaching workload covered by a lot of junior faculty with very little experience. Now these people at NLSIU are certainly going to teach all or most of the NLS students. That's different. You call them good teachers based on their student feedback, research profile, I have got no issues with that (at least one is way too junior for that too). Putting all of those up on some elusive pedestal based on their degrees is not necessary for that. That's an unhealthy academic practice.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 08:44

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NLUOites are celebrating Rao's departure on Twitter. It seems NLUD may now slide downhill.

NLUD Alumnus 25 Sept 2020, 09:49

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I'm quite excited for SKD's return. Don't remember much from his tenure, but he seemed nice-ish. Quite a soothing interview of his, this: https://glasnostnludelhi.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/the-musings-of-a-registrar-with-prof-dr-srikrishna-deva-rao/.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 12:53

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Right now, the faculty ranking is undoubtedly: 1) NLSIU, 2) NALSAR, 3) NLUD. Leaving JGLS out as it is not clear how many of the students are exposed to good faculty because of large class size.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 13:22

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There you go again. Expert rankers who couldn't have been taught by over 60% of the people whom they are ranking. There should be some sort of psychological case study of this kind of obsession.

Aggs 25 Sept 2020, 14:05

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Yes, clearly. Before people get all riled up, no one's saying nlud and nalsar have terrible faculty. There's good and bad at every place but nls currently has the best amongst all. Credit should be given to Sudhir where it's due. He has taken a lot of questionable decisions but hiring all these people is going to be huge for nls in the long term.

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 14:39

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There are two ways in which the faculty can actually exhibit their worth. One is by ramping up the institutional research profile, and the other by contributing to better graduate outcome. NLS is ahead in the latter at this point as it is, though difficult to know exactly how much credit for that goes to existing faculty, how much to the student quality, and how much to alumni network. The former is the one area where it can show demonstrable improvement.

Breaking: Update 25 Sept 2020, 17:35

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Prof. (Dr.) S.K.D. Rao has joined as the Vice Chancellor on 24th August (the University website already seems to reflect that https://nludelhi.ac.in/pep-fac.aspx).

Guest 25 Sept 2020, 17:53

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https://theprint.in/india/education/common-entrance-tests-for-all-undergraduate-courses-across-india-likely-from-next-year/509849/

If this the dominant philosophy or orientation of the GoI, then will NLUD join CLAT? Will RS Tau allow?

Insider 2 26 Sept 2020, 03:07

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You are right Tau will not allow but SKD Rao will buckle under the pressure of the high ups. Moreover, SKDR will have no axe to grind by continuing to hold separate entrance test.

Guest 26 Sept 2020, 06:35

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The first impression that I have had after going through NLUD's current faculty profiles is that apart from Anup and Arul, I really did not come across any particularly impressive profile as such. Rai is of course a person having a lot of industry experience, but I doubt he actively engages in research anymore. Daniel is also a decent teacher. However, I've been reading a lot about NLUD faculty in LI for quite some time now. With Mrinal, Chinmayi and Aparna not being there anymore, I honestly think this group is as good/bad as any of the other NLUs that they are competing with. There are good people and ordinary people both. This isn't meant to be a trolling post, if students are happy with the teachers, then that's what matters above all. But in my opinion, this isn't worth shouting for the 'NLU with best faculty' tag.

Guest 26 Sept 2020, 08:17

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NLUD has never claimed to have lots of NLU alumni in the faculty. The college's strategy has always been to involve alumni as visiting faculty. These days the quality if visiting faculty is more important, since they teach super-specialised courses. NLUD is at the top the it comes to top-notch super-specialised courses by visiting faculty (both NLU and non-NLU alumni). It is totally irrelevant to look at how many faculty have NLU degrees.

Guest 26 Sept 2020, 08:49

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So you claim. All the top NLUs have visiting faculty with 'super specialised' lectures and credit courses these days. NLUD isn't an exception by any stretch of imagination. And plenty of people from NLUD have claimed their faculty to be the best, without mentioning guest lectures. Comment 43 didn't talk about NLU alumni faculty only.

Guest 28 Sept 2020, 04:56

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NLUD still has great faculty despite Mrinal and Aparna leaving, but it is still #2 after NLSIU because of the new hires by Sudhir. So NIRF is accurate in this sense.

Guest 28 Sept 2020, 09:17

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The sort of faculty that NLUD has now, several other NLUs do too on an overall basis. But NLUD has got an advantage over the others in terms of a proactive administration that provides facilities, funding for research etc. That allows the people who are there to do good work with less hassle.

legalx 28 Sept 2020, 11:52

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The NLUD emerged forcefully on the scene in last five year. To my understanding, it is largely due to thoughtful planning. I would credit to the administration- and to Prof Bajpai- especially who himself is a marvelous researcher and author - faciltted acdemics in most liberal ways which other law schools even can not think of. Even if you have beriliant resaerchers and academics if they are not given resources and respect, nothing would emerge. The nuanced thing is vigrous persuasion to resaerch. NLUD has some 80 plus researchers only working in research projects and centres. If you add 45 research scholras and some 50 faculty members. NLUD has a whopping 175 plus active academics. Which law school has this kind of number? NLUD is of curse not much in publicity mode which they must do as they are far better than many. NLUD provides unlimited air travel and full funding to its teachers attend domestic conferences, it provides fund to attend 2 international conferences in three years and this can be incresed. This list is really long. Leadership and administration is therefore crucial which can upscale average faculty to the best and downgrade the best to its worst.

Guest 28 Sept 2020, 12:32

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#46 = NLUD IT cell PR man.

Guest 28 Sept 2020, 13:56

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50 faculty members? Do you count ev everyone who has ever stepped inside those hallowed gates at Dwarka? There are around 30 permanent faculty as assistant and associate profs and profs.

Lol 28 Sept 2020, 14:17

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“Hallowed” haha reacts only

Guest 28 Sept 2020, 12:34

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NLSIU>NLUD>NALSAR is the ranking and will remain the ranking. So stop crying.

Sapnaaa 28 Sept 2020, 13:30

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Dream on buddy!
#NLUDITCell

Sapnaaa 28 Sept 2020, 13:31

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This hashtag sums up the comments in this post and several other LI posts on the past.....

Guest 7 Nov 2022, 05:45

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Dr Krishna Dev Rao is a meticulous hardworking professor whom I have known since 2002. When will National Law schools learn that leadership is not all shine and no actual ploughing work. There are many mediocre who have basked in mere contacts. Krishna is a man of detail and we need someone like that.

Guest 8 Nov 2022, 04:18

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He has done nothing to improve NLUD during his tenure and allowed their best faculty to leave. Hard work isn't enough, capability and smart work count more.

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