President to present degrees at National Law Univ, Odisha

At least 152 law students will receive their degrees at the 2nd Convocation of National Law University, Odisha here on Saturday in presence of President Pranab Mukherjee.
The University Vice-Chancellor Prof Srikrishna Deva Rao said 109 students would get LLB degrees, while 42 would get LLM degrees.
"We have decided to award PhD degree to one scholar," Prof Rao said, adding, the university had awarded PhD degrees to three scholars last year.
This would be the first visit of any President to attend a function of the Law University here, which was set up in 2008 offering five-year integrated courses on BA LLB, BBA LLB, two-year LLM and PhD programmes.

The convocation would be held at Odisha Judicial Academy as the University campus coming up at a nearby place was not yet fully equipped.
While President Mukherjee would deliver the convocation address, the function would be attended among others by Governor S C Jamir, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Supreme Court judge Justice Dipak Misra and Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Justice D H Waghela, who was also the Chancellor of the University.