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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Legal luminaries from India, Bangladesh and Nepal visit LPU : Interacted with international students

The campus of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara,was specially visited by distinguished International Judiciary Personalities from the world of Law & Legislature and of immense repute to personally have an impression of the success story of the University. Among those who visited were Dr. Adish C Aggarwala (Sr. Additional Advocate General of Haryana, Supreme Court), Justice Gauri Dhakal (Judge , Supreme Court - Nepal) and Justice Shamshudin Chaudhury (Judge Supreme Court, Bangladesh). Dr. Adish C Aggarwala also has other coveted titles to his name viz. Additional Advocate General of Punjab, Supreme Court; Senior Central Govt. Counsel, Supreme Court; President- International Council of Jurists; Chairman- All India Bar Association and Ex Vice Chairman- Bar Council of India.

The team visited laboratories, Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Botanical Gardens and Law Department to have a first hand experience about the new initiatives undertaken by the University. Dr. Aggarwala applauded the efforts of the University management in putting up wonderful facilities for the students and said, “It is a positive sign that the Indian Universities are aligning their practices and structure with the best in the business, and this is a healthy sign for higher education in India. We need to push the accelerator continuously, till the day India regains the position of International Knowledge Hub.”

Justice Chaudhury (Judge Supreme Court, Bangladesh) stressed the need for closer cooperation between universities of India and Bangladesh for the betterment of students of both countries and expressed hope that more students from Bangladesh will benefit from the emerging developments of Indian higher education. While interacting with Justice Dhakal (Judge , Supreme Court - Nepal) Narayan P. Patel – a Nepali student of M Sc Micro-Biology said: “Staying in India, I never felt out of place. For the nice hospitality I have received from native students, coupled with high quality education; I think India is a wonderful destination to go for higher studies.”

The three dignitaries also had an interaction with the international student community of the University and had a free wheeling discussion with them. They inquired about the experiences of the international students, with discussion revolving around the concepts such as cultural assimilation, curriculum adoption and extension of specialized facilities. Their discussion with LPU management was concentrated on feedback to augment the effectiveness in imparting education to students from foreign countries and possibility of giving more opportunities to students from Nepal and Bangladesh to study at LPU. Furthermore, they interacted with the Law students studying in the University campus and addressed them to uphold the moral ethics associated with the professions of a lawyer and an adjudicator.

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