Department of Law, Saurashtra University Rajkot

The Department of Law was established in 1979. It has full-time faculties, besides practicing legal luminaries as visiting faculties. Department has been one of the first in the country to implement the new UGC Model Curriculum. The vision of the de he new UGC Model Curriculum. The vision of the department is to nourish the demand in the field of Law. The mission of the department are 1.) To achieve excellence in teaching and research, 2.) To relate learning with the highest human values & 3.) To improve the quality of life in harmony with our heritage, culture and environment. The Department offers a two-year (4 Semester) LL.M. course with an Intake capacity of 3O seats (out of which 15 are self-financed Seats). The two specializations group offered here are Business Law and Constitutional Law. Besides LL.M., the Department offers self-finance PG Diplomas in Legal Process outsourcing, Forensic Science, Banking Law, Exim Laws with an intake of 15 students in each of these courses. Presently 16researchers are pursuing their doctoral work in the Department & 84 have been awarded their Ph.D.s till date. The Department has its own 1.) Interactive Boards & Smart Boards, 2.) Computer Lab, 3.) Multimedia Projectors connected with Internet, 4.) Wi Fi, 5.) Legal Data Base – e-Jurix, 6.) Departmental Library with seating capacity of 20 students, 7.) Seminar Hall with seating capacity of 114 students/participants & 8.) Moot Court. The Saurashtra University was created on a rigorous demand, for a separate university out of Gujarat University (Ahmedabad), from the eminent educationists and freedom fighters of the Saurashtra region. The demand was more prominent after the creation of Gujarat state on May 1, 1961. The Saurashtra University Act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat in the year 1965(Gujarat Act No. 39 of 1965). Saurashtra University, established on 23rd May, 1967, having two headquarters in the initial stage i.e. Rajkot and Bhavnagar. After the incorporation of the Bhavnagar University, Rajkot became the sole headquarters of the Saurashtra University. The campus of the University is spread over 363 acres of land. The present jurisdiction of the University includes Amreli, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surendranagar, and Morbi districts. It has 29 Post Graduate Departments on its campus and 238 affiliated colleges. The University has important seats of learning spreading knowledge in the respective fields i.e. Nehru Chair, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Chair, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Chair, Swami Dayanand Saraswati Chair, Gulabdas Broker Chair, etc. The University runs a centre of learning and research in the name of Shri Zaverchand Meghani i.e. Meghani Lok Sahitya Kendra. The University in collaboration with Commissionerate of Industries, Government of Gujarat, and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has started National Facility for Drugs Discovery (NFDD) in the year 2009. The NFDD is a state of art centre of research and innovation. Later in the year 2014, the NFDD was transformed into Centre of Excellence (COE). COE is actively involved in generating funds from industrial consultancy. The Saurashtra University is vibrant in terms of organising youth festivals, cultural programmes, job fairs, e-Tab distribution fairs, Ranji Trophy tournament, Pro Kabaddi League, Saurashtra Premier League (SPL), inter university championships, etc. The Saurashtra University students are performing well in various events at state and national levels. ...view more