University Law College, Waltair (Dr.B.R. Ambedkar College of Law), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Brief Profile of University Law College, Waltair (Dr.B.R. Ambedkar College of Law), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Law College was established in Andhra University in 1945 in order to meet a long felt need for a College of Law in this part of the country, which was then a part of the province of Madras. The College started functioning from 4th July, 1945 in a private building in Machilipatnam, belonging to one Sri JanakiRam Naidu. At that time the University was at Guntur due to exigencies of the Second World War.

For about a fortnight, Sri K.V.Gopalaswamy, M.A., (Oxon) Bar-at-Law, was “Interim Professor-in-charge”. In July, 1949 the College was shifted to the University Campus at Waltair. Since then the college had outstanding jurists and Legal Luminaries as the Members of the Faculty such as the venerated Prof. S.Venkataraman, Prof. G.C.V.Subba Rao, Prof. V.Balasubrahmaniam, Prof. D.Gopalakrishna Sastry, Prof A.S.Ramachandra Rao, Prof. V.Lakshmana Rao all of who also are no more Prof. B.S.Murty (Retired), Prof. K.Gupteswar (Retired) among others.

The College which was for quite a long time a Department of Arts, Commerce and Law College, has been reconstructed as a separate College of Law on 14th April, 1989. As a mark of respect towards the great son of India and chief architect of the Constitution of India Dr.BhimaRao Ramji Ambedkar, the College has been renamed as Andhra University, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar College of law with effect from 10-05-1991.

The college is support by Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), a World Bank funded project to develop technical education in the country. TEQIP necessitated autonomous status to the College. It is a matter of pride that AUCE stands at No.1 position in implementing the programme in the country. AUCE, is ever ready to help and support public and private organization whenever technical support or otherwise is sought. The successful conduct of the first ever recruitment examination of APCRDA is a feather in the cap of AUCE.

Within the limited resources available, the College has been endeavoring to improve the standards of teaching and research to prepare the students for advanced study and research to prepare the students for advanced study and research at LL.M., and Ph.D. levels as well as to help them in building up their careers at the Bar.

Website

https://www.andhrauniversity.edu.in/college/college-of-law/law-home.html

Affiliating University

Andhra University, Waltair

State

Andhra Pradesh

City

Visakhapatnam

Address

Andhra University, Waltair Junction, Visakhapatnam – 530003, Andhra Pradesh

Government/Private

Private

BCI Approval

Yes

Courses Offered

• BA LLB
• LLB
• Ph.D. in Law

Email/Phone

• Phone: 0891 2844000/2844197