The State Government has appreciated efforts of the National law University Odisha (NlUO), Cuttack, which has been ranked third among India’s best law universities.
Higher Education Secretary Bishnupada Sethi has congratulated the NlUO Vice-Chancellor for the commendable performance and the ranking made by the “India Today”.
“This is the beginning of our recognition at the national level. We do hope to achieve many more goals in future.
There has been immense contribution by all my colleagues in imparting education and training and establishing atmosphere of healthy competition,” said NlUO VC Prof Srikrishna Deva Rao.
The university, established by the Act of IV of 2008 of the Odisha Government, started offering academic programmes in 2009. It offers five-year integrated BA llB (Honours) and BBA llB (Honour), llM and PhD programmes.
The university has also found place among 60 universities that were granted autonomy by the UGC in March 2018.
The NlOU has plans to offer Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on ‘law and Justice in a Globalizing World’ in UGC SWAYAM platform and other five courses under SWAYAM-IGNOU platform.
The university has got immense supports from Chief Justice India Dipak Misra, Orissa High Court Chief Justice Vineet Saran and the Odisha Government.