VIT-AP School of Law signs MoU with Birmingham varsity

PNS|Vijayawada

The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the VIT-AP School of Law (VSL), VIT-AP University and the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom was held on Thursday.

Dr. SV Kota Reddy, Vice-Chancellor of VIT-AP University, and Prof Paul McConnel, Head of Global Engagement, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom signed the MoU and addressed the gathering. The Vice-Chancellor in his address highlighted the importance of MoU with the University of Birmingham and informed the students that the agreement and collaboration will enhance visibility and opportunities for the students of VIT-AP School of Law and other departments in the university.

Further, he added that the University has committed to making VSL a global law school and encouraging students to be global legal professionals.

He also highlighted that the university is committed to establishing Centres of Excellence in various subjects of law, which include International Law, Human Rights, Business and Commercial Laws, Intellectual Property Laws, New Emerging Technologies and Law and other contemporary areas of law to encourage the clinical, research and practical application of law to the future legal professionals Prof Paul McConnell, after signing MoU, said that VSL and the University of Birmingham recognise the value of mutual cooperation and are desirous of entering into this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate academic collaboration between the two organizations to promote academic research, capacity building, academic collaborative activities and to develop the professional courses and leadership development programs and other academic and research collaborative activities in the field of law.

He also emphasised that the University of Birmingham is open to have more collaboration with other disciplines of the VIT-AP University in future.Dr. Jagadish Chandra Mudiganti, Registrar, VIT-AP University and Dr Benarji Chakka, Dean of VIT-AP School of Law, students, faculty members, and staff of the university witnessed the MoU signing ceremony.