Cuttack: New law university takes shape

CUTTACK

: The 173rd birth anniversary of

Utkal Gaurav Madhusudan Das

was marked with the setting up of the Madhusudan Law

University

, here on Wednesday. Prof Kamal Jeet Singh has been named its first vice-chancellor. He has been appointed for a period of four years.


The new university was established by upgrading

Madhusudan Law College

. Prof Sukant Kumar Nanda, who was the principal of the law college, assumed office as the university’s registrar.

The new institution, which has been made an affiliating university, will have jurisdiction over all law colleges in the state except the constituent law colleges of the universities.

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