The State Government has accorded its concurrence to a proposal to appoint well-known academician Prof (Dr) Srikrishna Deva Rao as the Vice-Chancellor of the National law University (NlU), Odisha.
The proposal for Prof Rao’s appointment had come from the Chancellor of NlU and the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.
Higher Education Secretary GK Dhal informed the NlU Chancellor the State Government’s concurrence to the appointment of Prof Rao, who is now the Registrar of NlU, Delhi. Rao would replace Prof Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi.
Prof Rao, who has received his PhD degree in law from the Delhi University, was the founding Director of School of law, IGNOU and headed the institution from May 2, 2007 to May 1, 2010. He was also the founding faculty of NAlSAR, Hyderabad and the Gujarat National law University, Gandhinagar.
He has worked with three National law Schools in India, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, in addition to a short stint at the DU and the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
The State Higher Education department sources said the Government would notify about Rao’s tenure within a few days.