Law varsity: Aiming for a slice of LPO pie
DH News Service
GULBARGA: The Karnataka State Law University to be set up in Hubli-Dharwad within the next one year will aspire to produce law graduates capable of snatching a significant portion of the world’s nearly $ 50 billion worth ‘legal process outsourcing pie’. Also, the University would strive to bring about total legal consciousness in the State.
At least, that is the dream of Gulbarga University Law Faculty Dean J S Patil, who has been appointed by the State government as the full-time special officer towards establishing this law university. He will now continue to be the special officer of the university until a vice-chancellor is appointed.
It was thanks to the efforts of former law minister H K Patil, Home Minister M P Prakash and Primary & Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti that the law university was sanctioned. The Cabinet gave its approval for establishing the University when N Dharam Singh was the chief minister.
The government, on March 28, 2006, appointed Prof Patil as special officer temporarily and sought a detailed report on the proposed law university. Prof Patil submitted the report on May 10.
Speaking to Deccan Herald about the new University on Friday, Prof Patil said he would strive to make this a premier law university in the country, as globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation had opened new vistas for the legal profession in the country.
He pointed out that the global legal process outsourcing sector was now worth $ 50 billion, and India now claimed around $ four billion of this. Thanks to the IT revolution, there is scope for the country to increase this share significantly. Knowledge process out-sourcing and business process out-sourcing would come in handy for the law graduates.
After the law university comes into existence, all law colleges in the State would come under its jurisdiction. All colleges will have a uniform syllabus and examination system. Moreover, students will be allowed to change colleges mid-term.
Facilities
The University will have state-of-the-art classrooms with LCD projectors and other facilities. Also, the University library would go digital and have online connections with libraries of all the law colleges in the State (inter-library browsing scheme). This would help students browse for information and knowledge, sitting in any of the law colleges. Prof Patil pointed out that as this would be a unique law university, the establishing charges too would be more. Nearly Rs 50 crore was needed towards establishing and running the University. “The proposal has already been sent to the government,” he added.
The University would work for a minimum of 12 hours a day, with a lunch recess, and the time-table would soon be chalked out, Prof Patil said.
At present, three sites in Hubli-Dharwad have been proposed for the law university: the premises of the Walmi building on the outskirts of Dharwad City on Belgaum road, the site near the Police Training Centre between Hubli and Dharwad and the site near Rayapur opposite the RTO.
DH News Service
GULBARGA: The Karnataka State Law University to be set up in Hubli-Dharwad within the next one year will aspire to produce law graduates capable of snatching a significant portion of the world’s nearly $ 50 billion worth ‘legal process outsourcing pie’. Also, the University would strive to bring about total legal consciousness in the State.
At least, that is the dream of Gulbarga University Law Faculty Dean J S Patil, who has been appointed by the State government as the full-time special officer towards establishing this law university. He will now continue to be the special officer of the university until a vice-chancellor is appointed.
It was thanks to the efforts of former law minister H K Patil, Home Minister M P Prakash and Primary & Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti that the law university was sanctioned. The Cabinet gave its approval for establishing the University when N Dharam Singh was the chief minister.
The government, on March 28, 2006, appointed Prof Patil as special officer temporarily and sought a detailed report on the proposed law university. Prof Patil submitted the report on May 10.
Speaking to Deccan Herald about the new University on Friday, Prof Patil said he would strive to make this a premier law university in the country, as globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation had opened new vistas for the legal profession in the country.
He pointed out that the global legal process outsourcing sector was now worth $ 50 billion, and India now claimed around $ four billion of this. Thanks to the IT revolution, there is scope for the country to increase this share significantly. Knowledge process out-sourcing and business process out-sourcing would come in handy for the law graduates.
After the law university comes into existence, all law colleges in the State would come under its jurisdiction. All colleges will have a uniform syllabus and examination system. Moreover, students will be allowed to change colleges mid-term.
Facilities
The University will have state-of-the-art classrooms with LCD projectors and other facilities. Also, the University library would go digital and have online connections with libraries of all the law colleges in the State (inter-library browsing scheme). This would help students browse for information and knowledge, sitting in any of the law colleges. Prof Patil pointed out that as this would be a unique law university, the establishing charges too would be more. Nearly Rs 50 crore was needed towards establishing and running the University. “The proposal has already been sent to the government,” he added.
The University would work for a minimum of 12 hours a day, with a lunch recess, and the time-table would soon be chalked out, Prof Patil said.
At present, three sites in Hubli-Dharwad have been proposed for the law university: the premises of the Walmi building on the outskirts of Dharwad City on Belgaum road, the site near the Police Training Centre between Hubli and Dharwad and the site near Rayapur opposite the RTO.
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