Former administrative judge, Madhya Pradesh High Court and Chief Justice of the Guwahati High Court, Justice Ramesh Garg has taken over as Mentor of Oriental University as well as the Oriental School of law, Indore.
Borne on June 18, 1948 in Mhow tehsil of Indore district justice Garg besides giving services as senior judge of the Madhya Pradesh/Chhatisgarh, Bihar and Gujarat High Courts, has also served as Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court, Assam. He also established Chhatisgarh High Court and became its first acting Chief Justice in 2000.
In the capacity of a Mentor, he will give his regular services to Oriental University, especially the Oriental School of law and will help in establishing it among best institutes for law education in the country.
After assuming his charge, justice Garg said compared to last decades, law has emerged as one of the most promising courses with huge career potential among students and a reference to this effect has also been made in a recent survey report appeared in a national English daily recently wherein students after their 12th standard have expressed maximum interest for pursuing law courses.
He said as a Mentor of Oriental University, especially the Oriental School of law, his priority would be to run those law courses which have maximum demands in corporate and other sectors.