Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University (DBRANLU) is a

National Law University National Law Universities (NLU) are public law schools in India, founded pursuant to the second-generation reforms for legal education sought to be implemented by the Bar Council of India. The first NLU was the National Law School of India Univer ...

located at

Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat Rajiv Gandhi Education City is a planned education city in Sonipat in the Indian state of Haryana. The city comes under the National Capital Region, Delhi and also under the Municipal Corporation and Urban Agglomeration of Sonipat City. It is ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

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. It is the 23rd National Law University established in India by the State Government of Haryana in the year 2012 by the State Legislature Act No. 15 of 2012. By an Amendment in 2014, the name of the university was changed from 'The National Law University Haryana' to 'Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University Sonepat', in the honour of

B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served a ...

, social reformer and the architect of the

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. The

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or his nominee, who shall be a sitting Judge of the

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, shall be the Visitor of the University. Hon'ble Bandaru Dattatreya, The Governor of Haryana is the Incumbent Chancellor, and Prof. (Dr.) Viney Kapoor Mehra, was the founder Vice Chancellor of the University. Prof. (Dr.) Archana Mishra is the incumbent Vice Chancellor of the university. DBRANLU started its first batch for B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Five Year Integrated Course from the academic year 2019-20. The total number of seats for the B.A. LL.B (Hons.) Five-Years Integrated Course are One Hundred and Twenty (120). Subject to admission test results, at least 25% of the admissions will be reserved for people who live in Haryana, and a fifth of the reserved positions will be held for persons whose land was purchased for the site of the school.

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