Prof. R.Ventata Rao Appointed As Vice- Chancellor Of IIULER

Previously, Dr Prof. R.Venkata Roa captained (NLSIU, Bangalore ) to great success having taken it to superlative heights for 10 long years.

Prof R Venkata Rao was the Former Chairman, Board of Governors of Asia Law Institute (ASLI). Having served as as Vice Chancellor, NLSUI for ten years, He joined the office of Chairperson, Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies and Vivekananda School of English Studies (Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, New Delhi), before he joining IIULER as Director.

To date, he has 43 years of teaching and research experience.

He has the distinction of serving the Statutory Bodies of almost all the Law Schools in the Country. Besides, he is a member of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi. He also served as Member, Governing Council Indian Law Institute New Delhi and Member, Academic Committee, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. He has served as Independent Director in prestigious Public Sector Undertakings like, Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Bangalore, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Bangalore, Goa Shipyard Ltd, Goa. He is also a member of different committees in Bar Council of India and is associated with UPSC, State Service Commissions, UGC and NAAC among others.

He has been awarded Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award for the year 2018 under the aegis of Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training (MILAT) for outstanding services to the promotion of quality legal education. Prof. R. Venkata Rao has been awarded the Attorney General K. Parasaran Award in recognition of his Outstanding Scholarship in Legal Education by Capital Foundation Society, New Delhi on 1st September, 2019.

Not only has he authored 6 books and published more than 130 papers, but has also successfully guided 3 LL.Ds and 20 Ph.Ds.

IIULER is to carry forward its vision towards a focussed theoretical, research based, and clinical UG based program and specialised advanced research based PG & Ph. D. programs.

The National Law Academy (to be established by the B.C.I. through its Trust ) will also be running from the premises of IIULER, and Indian Institute of Law ( I.I.L. ), Bhubaneshwar. I.I.L. was established by B.C.I. in 2022 for the skill development of Lawyers & Law Teachers.

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, former C.J.I. and a legal luminary has been nominated as the Principal Director of IIULER. His luminous presence and legal acumen will be tremendously beneficial for all the students of Law in the country.