NATIONAL LAW
SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY (NLSIU), BANGALORE AND SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW,
CHENNAI HAVE ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING(MOU)
Signing the MoU on Saveetha University premises
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU),
Bangalore, premier law school in India and Saveetha University, Chennai entered
into a Memorandum of Understanding. (on Wednesday, 14/10/2015). The MoU was
signed recently at Saveetha university premises by Vice-Chancellor of NLSIU Prof. Dr. R. Venkata
Rao and the Vice-Chancellor of Saveetha University Dr. Mythili Bhaskaran in the
presence of Dr. N.M. Veeraiyan, the Hon’ble Chancellor of Saveetha University,
Dr. Rajagopal, Advisor of Saveetha University and Prof. Dr. R. Anita Rao,
Director, Saveetha School of Law.
NLSIU situated in Bangalore was established in the
year 1987 under the National Law School of India Act (Karnataka Act 22 of 1986)
with the Chief Justice of India as its Chancellor. It is the first and the only
law university fully supported by the Bar Council of India and the Bench.
Saveetha University situated in Chennai was declared as “Deemed to be
University” under Sec. 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 in the year 2005 offers various
Medical and Technical Courses namely Dental, Medicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy,
Engineering, Management and Law.
Saveetha University has desired to establish
academic collaboration with Institutions of Excellence in Law in India and
NLSIU is one among such recognized institutions for the purpose of Academic
Collaboration that will encompass exchange of students and members of faculty
between both the universities besides other academic activities, research and
publication.
The Memorandum of Understanding ensures co-operation
in building intellectual, teaching, training and research capacity and research
scholarship in Law, whereby faculty members from each of the universities would
be invited for important seminars, conferences and for teaching at doctoral
level and Ph.D. Scholars would be able to make use of the library resources of
each other and to have academic interaction with the faculty.