Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University

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Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University
DSNLU Logo.png
Motto
Yato Dharmastato Jayah
Motto in English
Act Dharma - Thus get victory
Type National Law University
Established2008
Affiliation UGC, BCI
Endowment ₹35 crores
Chancellor Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
Vice-Chancellor Dasari Surya Prakash Rao
Location
Nyayaprastha, Sabbavaram, Anakapalli district
,
Andhra Pradesh
,
India

17°44′15″N83°20′19″E / 17.73738°N 83.338519°E / 17.73738; 83.338519
CampusSubbavaram
Colors   Azure
  Cyan-lime Green
Website dsnlu.ac.in

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) is a National Law University located at Sabbavaram, Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh, India constituted by the DSNLU Act, 2008. It offers 5 year integrated B.A LLB. (Hons.) course to eligible Undergraduate students based on the Common Law Admission Test centralized admission process. The University offers postgraduate courses also, including the one-year LL.M. programme and, PhD and LL.D. programmes. The university is housed at Nyayaprastha in Sabbavaram with 75.5 acres built up area in the first phase. The establishing Act of 2008 of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Act No. 32 of 2008), had provided the main campus at Visakhapatnam. [1] It is named after the second Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Damodaram Sanjivayya.

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Academics

DSNLU is one of the National Law Universities of India in the National Law University system of legal education in India. It has a similar academic structure as other National Law Universities within the system. It regularly organises seminars and conferences, with distinguished guests and experts both for academic audiences and policy-setting audiences.

DSNLU conducts teaching in law and allied disciplines, with emphasis on practical training of the students in technical skills of the profession through Moot Courts, Seminars, Project Reports, Expert Lectures, work and internships in law chambers, Court visits and conducting Legal aid and Legal literacy camps in parts of the country, with one being "Abhyeti" conducted in Bhopal. [2]

Admissions

Admissions to DSNLU are made through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), which serves as the qualifying examination for the university. Out of a total of 120 seats, 60 are reserved for students from the state of Andhra Pradesh, 48 for all India General category and 12 for NRI and foreign national candidates. [3]

Moot court

The first national moot court competition of DSNLU was held on 15 & 16 February 2014. [4] [5] [6] The second national moot court competition was held by the University on 6 to 8 March 2015. [7] The third national moot was conducted in the last week of February, 2017. [8] Along with the national moot, the University conducted a statewide moot for the students of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the 1st D.V. Subba Rao Memorial Moot Court competition on 11 and 12 April 2015 in honour of D. V. Subba Rao, an advocate and legal luminary of Visakhapatnam. [9]

Administration

The government appointed Prof. A. Lakshminath as the first Chancellor, Y. Satyanarayana as the First Vice-Chancellor and Amancherla Subrahmanyam as the first Registrar of the university. After the DSNLU Amendment Act, 2016 had been notified, the Hon'ble Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the University. The current chancellor of DSNLU is Hon'ble Justice Dheeraj Singh Thakur and Vice-Chancellor is Prof. Dasari Surya Prakash Rao.

Vice chancellors

No.Vice chancellorTook officeLeft officeMilestones during term as VC
01Y. Satyanarayana20082011Founder VC of DSNLU
02R. G. Babu Bhagavath Kumar20112015Founded DSNLU National Moot Court competition • Established MoUs with other NLUs • Started overseeing construction of new campus at Sabbavaram • Presided over first convocation in December 2014
03G.S.N. Raju20152016
04E.A. NarayanaFebruary 2016June 2016
05V. Kesava Rao2016December 2018Made the shift to the new campus at Nyayaprastha • Established Centre for Advanced Research in Dispute Settlement (CARDS) • Conducted first placement drive
06S. Surya PrakashDecember 2018June 2023
07Dasari Surya Prakash Rao2023Incumbent

Faculty

The faculty of DSNLU includes faculties from various National Law Universities like National Law School of India University, Gujarat National Law University, [10] NALSAR, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, National Law University, Jodhpur, Chanakya National Law University, Hidayatullah National Law University, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University.

In addition to the permanent staff, eminent jurists, judges, lawyers and academics serve as guest faculty. Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization, [11] Tata Institute of Social Sciences and many other eminent personalities take guest lectures.

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  2. ↑ 'Campus Notes' - Times Of India dt. 29-12-2013 & 'Bhopal and beyond' - Hindustan Times dt. 29-12-2013
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