About Us

About The University

The Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, an Institution with a students’ centric outlook, was established by the Government of Maharashtra in 2015. The University started its Academic activities from August 1, 2016 and currently in its fifth year of academic pursuits with five batches of undergraduate degree course [B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) Five-Year Integrated Degree Course]; fifth batch of postgraduate degree program [One-Year LL.M.]; and three batches of Ph.D. programme. The University is pursuing excellence in legal and justice education under the dynamic leadership of the Chancellor, Hon’ble Shri Justice S.A. Bobde, Chief Justice of India and Chancellor of the University. The University is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Bar Council of India (BCI), New Delhi. It is also a member of Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi and Consortium of National Law Universities of India. The University has launched the B.A.LL.B. (Honours in Adjudication and Justicing) Five-Year Integrated Degree Course, the first-of-its-kind in India; it aims to train and equip students for the entry level of Judiciary.

About DPIIT-IPR Chair

'The Scheme for Pedagogy & Research in IPRs for Holistic Education & Academia' (SPRIHA) was launched in the year 2016 by the Department for Promotion of Industries and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. The IPR Chair was established under the scheme at selected Universities in India and MNLU, Nagpur takes pride in being one of them. The chair was established to fulfil one of the objectives of the National IPR Policy of the Government of India which was to ‘Strengthen IP Chairs in educational institutes of higher learning to provide quality teaching and research, develop teaching capacity and curricula and evaluate their work on performance based criteria’.