The name of the institute is Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL), named after the late PM of the country. Its first academic session has commenced in July 2006. RGSOIPL is the first is the first law school in India whose students will be able to practice as Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) attorneys.
RGSOIPL is promoted by joint efforts of IIT, Kharagpur and Vinod Gupta, who is CEO of InfoUSA and Life Fellow of IIT Kharagpur. It’s because of Vinod Gupta’s untiring efforts that the institute has come into being. He also contributed USD 1 million for setting up the law school.
A big plus for RGSOIPL is technical assistance in terms of curriculum, faculty, learning materials and exchange programs from The George Washington University, US, whose law school is considered as the best in the world.
More information is there at IIT, KGP website.
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