Former Luthra & Luthra Delhi corporate partner Anil Kumar Rai will be joining NLU Delhi as a visiting professor.
NLU Delhi vice chancellor Prof Ranbir Singh confirmed to Legally India that the law school sent Rai an appointment letter today. Rai is set to join as visiting professor for one year, with the option to extend for three years. His courses are yet to be decided but he will most likely teach business laws, said Singh.
“He was at NLS [Bangalore] earlier and we knew he is a good teacher, so there is a provision [in the NLU Delhi Act] that the vice chancellor can appoint a visiting professor on his own” without an interview through a selection committee”, commented Singh.
Singh said that if Rai’s one year term was extended and he would be asked to join full time at the Delhi law school, a selection committee would be set up to interview him.
Rai exited Luthra on 31 January and told Legally India at the time that he wanted to return to academia. He didn’t rule out NLSIU as an option, subject to its long statutory hiring process.
Rai’s phone was not reachable for comment at the time of going to press.
Rai joined NLSIU Bangalore as assistant professor in 1997 and left the law school as a professor in 2006 to join Luthra. Other former NLSIU faculty members who have joined NLU Delhi since 2012 include Dr A Jayagovind, Prof Babu Matthew, Prof Sitharamam Kakarala, Mrinal Satish, Aparna Chandra and RS Akila.
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NLU-D students will clearly benefit and the institute has been recruiting some very good faculty members
As the article mentions, NLSIU Bangalore has lost at least seven accomplished teachers to NLU-Delhi in recent years. The real damage will start when many more NLSIU alumni interesting in teaching will start picking NLU-Delhi. Mrinal Satish, Aparna Chandra and R.S. Akila have already started that trend.
As for NLSIU's claim to be India's top law-school, I am afraid that no longer holds good. In terms of teaching standards, NLU-Delhi, JGLS and NALSAR have clearly moved ahead. I say this with a heavy heart since I am also a alumnus of NLSIU. My friend Sidharth Chauhan has said this several times, but far too many people (including the school's governing bodies and fellow alumni) seem to be judging NLSIU by external markers such as moot court wins and recruitment statistics. All this has been used to cover up the absolute neglect of classroom teaching during Venkata Rao's tenure. The consequences of this will be seen in a few years.
I think it is best to just wait and see if what I am saying is true instead of attacking the messenger.
I appreciate your concern, but your ignorance peeps through your statements. I know it well that Prof. Rao is strict with his marking-policy, but NLUD already has had Professors like Mr. Anoop Surendranath (among others) who demand great standard in academics. So, studying under Prof. Rao is never going to be a new ball game for NLUD students, at least in terms of strict marking policy. So, please feel unworried about it.
Good luck! Hope you score well in all your forthcoming examinations. :)
Good luck to you, again. :)
And, you talk about succumbing to the pressure? LOL
Your comment reeks of insecurity and jealousy from the upcoming NLU Delhi. Had it been some random law college, you wouldn't have wasted a desperate wish for the students to suffer.
Btw, now that results of 2 of his courses are out, we can safely say that your sadistic wishes have not been granted. Perhaps it's just NLS students who weren't upto Rai's standards?
Get a life, and or seek psychological help. Schadenfreude is not the sign of a healthy psyche.