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SCHOOL OF LAW WELCOMES YOU

ABOUT SASTRA • Founded as Shanmugha College of Engineering in 1984

• Renamed as Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research

Academy (SASTRA) on 6th April 2001

• Conferred the status of Deemed University on 26th April 2001

• The University offers various UG, PG & Ph.D. programmes

• Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre has been established at Kumbakonam

– Notified by MHRD as an off-campus centre under the ambit of

SASTRA

• The University has been re–accredited by the NAAC with “A” grade

• Recognised as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation by

Government of India

• BCI approval in July 2008 SCHOOL OF LAW, SASTRA

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MISSION & VISION Mission

To impart value based higher education turning out good engineers, scientists and researchers who are at the same time good individuals and good citizens in order that they may become useful members of an enlightened humane society

Vision

To be a world–class University engaging in meaningful research & development offering quality education to the students and other learners

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GUIDING MODEL

“Seeds of knowledge need a sound academic soil for germination”


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SCHOOL OF LAW • Started in 2008 with BCI Approval

• Offering 3 programmes – B.A./B.Com./B.B.A., LL.B.

• Admissions on merit based on +2 marks

• Committed faculty team headed by Prof.(Dr.) Ravisekhar Raju

• Excellent facilities – dedicated building with galleria type classes, moot court, hi-tech auditorium, excellent library, etc.

• Entire library collection of Legendary Jurist Shri G.Ramaswami with more additions and subscriptions to online databases like Lexis Nexis, Manupatra, etc.

• Research Chair on Legal Anthropology

• Encouragement to students in all forms

• Legal education in a comprehensive university ecosystem


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•Compliance with BCI Education Rules 2008 – Fully complied and all the 5-year programmes offer 56 Courses (36+20) which is more than the required 42 (28+14). Utilized the University Autonomy for the benefit of the students

• Student Uniform – Dress Code for students as per norms

•Legal Aid Cell - Regular conduct of Free Legal Aid Programmes

COMPLIANCE TO BCI CONDITIONS (while granting approval)


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INFRASTRUCTURE • Chanakya – Two storeyed building measuring 1758.73 sq. m.

with galleria type lecture halls, Moot Court, a fully air-conditioned auditorium with hi-tech multimedia facilities, rich library, faculty & HOD Rooms, Legal Aid Clinic besides tutorial and adjunct faculty rooms

• The Land and the building are University owned


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LIBRARY Total Books – Print & E-books

Law 16,157

Engineering 53,932

MGMT,H&S 21,564

Education 3,212

General 7,768

E-books 89,279

Law E-books 2,201

Total Books 1,94,113

Total Law books 18,358

Online Databases – Lexis Nexis

Manupatra, JSTOR, Springer, Oxford,

Cambridge, Taxmann (Taxation)

Journals – In addition to 1,200 e-journals

95 full-text print journals in areas like

Company, labour, tax, criminal, etc. along

with AIR.

Total investment in Law Books and Journals: Rs.44,97,600


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IT INFRASTRUCTURE • A 350 Mbps exclusive internet bandwidth provided on a campus wide Wi-Fi and

LAN network with desktop access also

• Online access - campus wide ,free & concurrent usage

• PVC – Professional Virtual Community on a cloud infrastructure for effective teaching-learning

• Class rooms are equipped with multi-media LCD projector

• Provision to record classes and create digital archives


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CURRICULUM DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT • Members of Board of Studies

Shri. G. Raajagopalan, Senior Advocate

Prof. N. Manohar, Former Special Officer, Tamil Nadu National Law University

Prof.O.V.Nandimath, Associate Professor, National Law School, Bangalore

Smt.Anitha Sumanth, Advocate

Shri. R. Shankaranarayanan, Advocate

Shri V.Niranjan, Advocate, Office of Arvind Dattar, Chennai besides SASTRA faculty

• Promotes the spirit of quality jurisprudence

• Changing paradigms in legal education and profession

• Develop Multi-dimensional intelligence

• Fully leverage the status of being a university

• Address demands from various stakeholders

• Open for change

• Meets the requirements for BCI and offers a rich-mix of law, clinical and interdisciplinary courses


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ACADEMIC CALENDAR & VALUATION

• Each semester – 17 weeks & 90 working

days

• Grade Point Average (GPA) System

• Continuous Internal Assessment and end

semester evaluation

• Special classes for slow learners


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FACULTY DESIGNATION LAW SUPPORTING

Head of Dept. & Professor 1 5

Associate Professor 1 1

Senior Assistant Professor 4

Asst Professor 7 8

Adjunct Professor 3


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STUDENTS’MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS WINNERS - K.R.Ramamani Taxation Moot Court – 2013 &

Best Memorials

The team comprising A.G.Sweta, Akshaya P Sachin, Aishwarya K. Iyer from

SASTRA University beat ILS, Pune in the finals of the Taxation moot court. A total

26 teams from all over the country participated with SVKM and GLC, Mumbai being

the other two semi-finalists. SCHOOL OF LAW, SASTRA

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1st Runner’s Trophy in the National Moot Court

Competition held at Balaji Law College, Pune

The team comprising of Kum. Smrithi S of IInd year B.B.A., LL.B., Chi. Adarsh S, IInd year

B.A., LL.B. and Kum. S. Varsha of IInd year B.A., LL.B., students of School of Law, SASTRA

University, Thanjavur won the Ist Runner’s Trophy in the 8thNational Moot Court Competition

held at Balaji Law College, Pune between 17th - 19th January, 2013. A total of twenty two

institutions from all over the country including three National Law Schools participated in the

competition.


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WINNERS –National Moot,34th National Moot, Dr. Ambedkar Govt. Law College, Puducherry

A team of students from School of Law, SASTRA comprising Shri. T. Kabilan, IV

year B.A., LL.B., Shri. A.K. Krishnaswamy and Kum. R. Niranjani of I B.B.A.,

LL.B. was adjudged winners of the 34th ALL INDIA MOOT COURT COMPETITON SCHOOL OF LAW, SASTRA

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Students of III year B.A., LL.B. Mr. Puneeth Gowda, Ms. Radhika Vasudevan and Ms. Akshaya P Sachin

won the 33rd All India Moot Court Competition, held at Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College,

Pondicherry.

WINNERS –National Moot,33rd National Moot, Dr. Ambedkar Govt. Law College, Puducherry


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WINNERS- Raja Lakhan Gauda National Moot Court Competition, Belgaum in March 2012

Chi. Puneeth Gowda, Kum. Radhika Vasudevan and Kum. Akshaya P Sachin won the Raja Lakhan

Gauda National Moot Court Competition held in Belgaum in March 2012. Twenty six teams

comprising of 3 members each from various regions of the country participated in the event.


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WINNERS – Best Memorial, S.C.Javali Moot

Ms. Cynduja Crishnan, Mr. Veerabadhran Prashanth and Mr. Senthil Kumar

won the Best Memorial Award in the Fifteenth S.C.Javali Memorial Moot Court Competition Dharwad held between 20 to 21st October,2012.


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SASTRA Law Student adjudged best delegate in Global Ethics & Values Convention

B.Amrith Bhargav, a student of the first year BA;LLB, School of Law, SASTRA University was

nominated the Best Delegate at the First Global Ethics and Values Convention, 2012, held at

the Ishaan Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida, from 16th to 18th

December 2012. The forum was a fully residential programme organised by Alexis

Foundation, in partnership with the Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi, Alexis Foundation is

also a participant of the United Nations Global Compact..


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INTERNSHIP

• AZB & Partners

• Crawford Bailey

• Ernst & Young

• Dua Associates

• J Sagar Associates

• King & Patridge

• Luthra Law Offices

• Fox Mandal Little & Co.

• Poovaiya & Co

• ATMD Bird & Bird, Singapore

• Immigration Stamp Office, Maryland, USA

• HSB Partners

• Aiyar & Dolia

• Guru & Ram

• Aravind Dattar

• Sriram Panchu

• G. Rajagopal

• Nalini Chidambaram

• P.H. Parekh

• S.Ramesh

• H.S. Dwaraknath

• Satish Parasaran

Law Firms

Senior Counsels &

Noted Advocates


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• Reserve Bank of India

• Indian Overseas Bank

• State Bank of India

• The Hindu

• New Indian Express

• 5th Pillar

• International Foundation for Prevention of Crime and Victim Care

• Institute of Mental Health

• Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance & Co

• CB – CID

• AID India

• National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi

• National Commission for Women, New Delhi

• Legal Department, Airport Authorities of India

• People’s Council for Social Justice (PCSJ)

• People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)

• Human Rights Law Network

• Citizen’s Civic and Consumer Action Group (CAG)

• People’s Watch

• Centre for Education and Communication (CEC) , New Delhi

Institutions and NGOs


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CAMPUS PLACEMENT The First batch of B.A., LL.B placed in Tata Consultancy

Services (2) and City Union Bank Ltd (4)

Highest Pay: Rs.6.01 Lakhs p.a.

Lowest pay: Rs.3.8 Lakhs p.a.


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STUDENT OUTBOUND ACTIVITIES Supreme Court & Other Educational Visits

• The Students are taken on a visit to the Supreme Court of India, NHRC, Competition Commission and other appellate courts, trial courts, etc. Apart from that historical and educational visits are organized. Visitis to understand Environmental IPR issues are being organized. Internship opportunities are provided to all the students at the end of every semester.


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TARKA SASTRA (LAWGICALLY SPEAKING…)

SASTRA’S ANNUAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION

ATTRACTS 40 TOP LAW SCHOOL ACROSS THE COUNTRY


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NANI PALKHIVALA MEMORIAL LECTURE • Conducted in memory of the Legendary Jurist Shri Nani A.

Palkhivala since 2002

• Lecture delivered by eminent people like: Shri.S.Gurmurthy, Eminent Columnist . Dr.W.Selvamurthy, Chief Controller of R&D, DRDO.

Dr.Y.S.Rajan, Principal Advisor, CII . Dr.R.Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India. Dr.A.Sivathanu Pillai, CEO, Brahmos Aerospace and Distinguished Scientist. Dr.Subramanian Swamy, Economist & Harvard University Professor. Dr.Swapan Das Gupta, Senior Journalist & Public Policy Analyst. Mr.N.Chandrasekharan, CEO & MD, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Shri K.Parasaran, Senior Advocate & Former AG of India.


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STUDENT SUPPORT & PROGRESSION

• Merit-based scholarship & incentives

• No capitation fee or donations

• Students given free access to all facilities

• Financial aid during contingencies

– Insurance cover

– Fee waiver

• Student Counselling

• Each student is given a free copy of “Nani Palkhivala - The Courtroom Genius”

• Vibrant Student Clubs to encourage soft skill and extracurricular activities


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STUDENTS’ & FACULTY WELFARE • Students

– Merit scholarships to top 10%

– Free education to students if they loose their bread-winning parent during study

– Insurance cover under ‘Janata Policy’

• Faculty

– VI Pay Commission + 72% DA + 10% HRA + PDA

– Faculty, their spouse and two kids provided with medical insurance

– Medical expenses reimbursed up to Rs. 3 lakh

– Fee-waiver for wards of SASTRA employees

– Pension fund SCHOOL OF LAW, SASTRA

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THANK YOU


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