[Commons-Law] IIT law school opens doors
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IIT law school opens doors
July 23: The countrys first intellectual property rights law school
opened at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, today, with
authorities promising more in the days ahead.
The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law will also operate
from the IITs Calcutta campus at Salt Lake before moving to the
institutes new complex at Rajarhat, scheduled to come up in 2008.
While the law school will kick off its current session with 55
students in its two programmes, it plans on ramping up the headcount
to 800 by 2011, with the Calcutta campus accommodating at least 300 by
2009.
Once we start introducing new courses, the student headcount will go
up sharply, said project leader K. Chakravarti.
There is a tremendous demand for lawyers specialising in intellectual
property in India and, therefore, we are confident there will be a
tremendous response to programmes on these lines, Chakravarti said.
The law school now offers two programmes: a six-semester, three-year,
full-time residential course for a bachelor of law degree with
specialisation in intellectual property rights, and a three-semester,
one-and-a-half year, part-time non-residential programme for a
postgraduate diploma.
We are currently offering the postgraduate diploma programme at
Calcutta only, but will introduce it in our Bhubaneswar campus next
year, as we feel that the demand is quite high in that part of the
country. Kharagpur, too, will have the diploma programme shortly,
Chakravarti said.
Next in line is an integrated six-year, dual degree B.Tech LL.B
programme, for which the human resource development ministry has
already given its approval. The law school also plans to introduce
LL.M and PhD programmes in the near future.
The funding for all the initiatives, including creation of physical
infrastructure, will come from the Union government, which has
promised to match (alumnus) Vinod Guptas pledge of $1 million. They
have been extremely enthusiastic about the project and have
fast-tracked it to its completion, said S. K. Dube, director, IIT
Kharagpur.
The IIT also signed a technical collaboration agreement (TCA) with
George Washington University (GWU) in January to facilitate student
and faculty exchange, joint research and curriculum development.
The TCA with GWU will soon place the Rajiv Gandhi School of
Intellectual Property Law among the top law schools of intellectual
property in the world.
No other institute teaches IPR law as a full-fledged course. We will
also teach law related to technology, which is also not taught
anywhere in India, said Probir Kumar Gupta, the law schools head.
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IIT law school opens doors
July 23: The countrys first intellectual property rights law school
opened at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, today, with
authorities promising more in the days ahead.
The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law will also operate
from the IITs Calcutta campus at Salt Lake before moving to the
institutes new complex at Rajarhat, scheduled to come up in 2008.
While the law school will kick off its current session with 55
students in its two programmes, it plans on ramping up the headcount
to 800 by 2011, with the Calcutta campus accommodating at least 300 by
2009.
Once we start introducing new courses, the student headcount will go
up sharply, said project leader K. Chakravarti.
There is a tremendous demand for lawyers specialising in intellectual
property in India and, therefore, we are confident there will be a
tremendous response to programmes on these lines, Chakravarti said.
The law school now offers two programmes: a six-semester, three-year,
full-time residential course for a bachelor of law degree with
specialisation in intellectual property rights, and a three-semester,
one-and-a-half year, part-time non-residential programme for a
postgraduate diploma.
We are currently offering the postgraduate diploma programme at
Calcutta only, but will introduce it in our Bhubaneswar campus next
year, as we feel that the demand is quite high in that part of the
country. Kharagpur, too, will have the diploma programme shortly,
Chakravarti said.
Next in line is an integrated six-year, dual degree B.Tech LL.B
programme, for which the human resource development ministry has
already given its approval. The law school also plans to introduce
LL.M and PhD programmes in the near future.
The funding for all the initiatives, including creation of physical
infrastructure, will come from the Union government, which has
promised to match (alumnus) Vinod Guptas pledge of $1 million. They
have been extremely enthusiastic about the project and have
fast-tracked it to its completion, said S. K. Dube, director, IIT
Kharagpur.
The IIT also signed a technical collaboration agreement (TCA) with
George Washington University (GWU) in January to facilitate student
and faculty exchange, joint research and curriculum development.
The TCA with GWU will soon place the Rajiv Gandhi School of
Intellectual Property Law among the top law schools of intellectual
property in the world.
No other institute teaches IPR law as a full-fledged course. We will
also teach law related to technology, which is also not taught
anywhere in India, said Probir Kumar Gupta, the law schools head.
Top
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060724/asp/nation/story_6516590.asp
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