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National Law University, Orissa
National Law University, Orissa
Established	2009
Type	National University
Chancellor	Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Vice-Chancellor	Faizan Mustafa
Students	120
Undergraduates	120
Location	Cuttack, Orissa, India
Campus	Cuttack
Website	www.nluc.org.in

National Law University, Orissa (NLUO) is the newest addition to the list of the National Law Universities. It is located at Cuttack, Orissa, India. The University offers courses for undergraduate and graduate legal education. NLUO has been established to be a national level institute of excellence in higher learning of law in the state of Orissa by the Government of Orissa by virtue of the Act 4 of 2008. The university is offering integrated B.A. LL.B. and B.B.A. LL.B. courses. Its first Session has begun from the year 2009. The classes started from the 20th of july 2009. The first batch of students is of 120, which consists of 60 each in BBA LLB and BA LLB. The university offers to have streams of BSc LLB and BCA LLB in the following years. The present temporary buildings of the University consist of a six storey hostel and a three floor academic building. The university plans to shift to its new campus till the next session. The new campus has an area of 30 acres already sanctioned and 20 more acres to be given soon by the Orissa government. The formal inaugural function of the University was on the 31st of October, 2009. It was inaugurated by the the Chief Justice of India, Justice K.G.Balakrishnan in the presence of the Chief Minister of Orissa, Shri Naveen Pattnaik.The Orissa government's law minister and the higher education minister were also present along with the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Mr. Quddusi and the former Vice chancellor of National Law Schools of Bangalore and Jodhpur Mr. N.L. Mitra. The first Vice Chancellor of the NLUO is Prof.Dr. Faizan Mustafa.

FACULTY OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ORISSA

Prof. (Dr.) Faizan Mustafa Vice-Chancellor, NLUO Prof. Faizan Mustafa is currently the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University Orissa. Before joining NLUO as Vice Chancellor, he was the founder Director of KIIT Law School. He has also served as Dean of Faculty of Law, AMU and Registrar of AMU for a period of two years. He is also Honorable Director, RLEK, Human Rights Centre, Dehradun and visiting faculty to several reputed institutes in India and abroad. Prof. Mustafa is a gold medalist in LL.M. from Aligarh Muslim University. He completed his Ph.D. in Intellectual Property Law. He also has a diploma in International and Comparative Human Rights from International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. He has been decorated with several accolades which include Renne Cassin Gold Medal (1999) of International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France and International Educator of the Year Award (2004) by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. As a keen researcher and avid academician, Dr. Mustafa has authored eight books and about hundred national and International papers to his credit.

Prof. N.L. Mitra Prof. N. L. Mitra received his M.Com, LL.M. and Ph.D. from Calcutta University. He holds certificate in Human Rights from International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. Prof. Mitra has been formerly the Vice-Chancellor of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore and National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur. He has been the Chairman of several important Government of India committees and has advised Reserve Bank of India and other important bodies.

Mr. Yogesh Pratap Singh Yogesh Pratap Singh has earned his LL.M. (with specialization in Human Rights Laws) from National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore and M.A. in History from the University of Allahabad. He has worked as a “law trainee” in the Supreme Court of India under the guidance of Hon'ble Justice S. B. Sinha, Senior Judge, Supreme Court of India. He has also worked as a Legal Researcher in the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK), Dehra Dun. He has participated in the 39th Annual Session on International Human Rights Law organized by International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. Mr. Yogesh has also been a part of Ciedhu programme in France conducted for the University Teachers.

Mr. Abhik Majumdar Abhi Majumdar did his LL.M from National University of Singapore and B.A.LL.B from National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore.

Mr. M. L. Shankar Kaarmukilan Mr. Mukil earned his B.A.;B.L. from Government Law College (GLC), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He pursued his Master of Law (LL.M.) in the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. He has worked as an intern in the Securities and Exchange Board of India, Mumbai and in the Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. He did his dissertation titled Compensation, Securities and Stakeholding – The Way Forward under the supervision and guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, NUJS, Kolkata. He taught at NUJS as Junior Lecturer and Lecturer in Law at KIIT Law School before joining NLUO. Mr. Tapan R. Mohanty Tapan Mohanty has completed his M.A. in Sociology and M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has worked as Research Officer in Centre for Rural Studies, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. He was awarded Junior Research Fellowship from the Wildlife Institute of India, Ministry of Environment and Doctoral Fellowship from Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. He has published widely in many journals on various topics including Primary education, Social Dynamics of Economic Principles, Reproductive Rights, Caste and Economic reforms, Environment, Indian Politics etc, and is a regular contributor in National and Regional dailies. At present he is the Global Adviser, Poverty Advisory Group, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, U.K.

Mr. Pinaki Nandan Pattnaik Pinaki Nandan Pattanaik has earned two MBA degrees, one in International Business from University of Saskatchewan, Canada and the other in Marketing and Communication from Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands. He has been associated with Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology, Canada as a professor. As a part of the business department, he has advised and participated in several pre-business initiatives. Pinaki has a multicultural knowledge of business ethics, operations and strategies spanning to three continents. During the last 7 years, he traveled, learnt and spent quality time researching and assimilating the intricacies of doing business in Europe, North America and Asia (Japan). He has had the opportunity to visit Sendai, Japan in June/July, 2005 to develop a regional economic development project that would involve exploring linkages among various stakeholders in Canada and Japan.