Dr. Asha Sundaram has been working as the Principal of Saveetha School of Law, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has done BA LLB (Hons.) from School of Indian Legal Thought, Mahatma Gandhi University of Kerala and LLM in Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence from School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology as part of her academics. She has also qualified the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET) in 2001 and did her Doctoral Studies in Health Care Law from JJT University of Rajasthan. Apart from this, she completed the Post-Doctoral fellowship from Centre for Human Rights Research at Mediterranean University Italy in the year 2022. Also, before joining SSL, she has taught law at many prestigious institutions like The School of Legal Studies of Kannur University, School of Legal Studies of Cochin University of Science and Technology, School of Indian Legal Thought, M.G University, Pravin Gandhi College of Law, SVKM of Mumbai, School of Law Rights and Constitutional Governance, TISS, Mumbai, School of Legal Studies Central University of Kerala and in SNGCLS Kollam. She has also organized several National and International level conferences, seminars and workshops and has presented and published papers at numerous National and International Conferences and Journals. And she is a member of the Global Alliance for Justice Education, World Commission on Environmental Law. 

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What unique programs are available at Saveetha School of Law for law aspirants?

"Our college offers integrated BA LLB, BBA LLB and B.Com LLB courses followed by PhD and LLM program"

Our Saveetha School of Law started its journey of delivering quality education in 2009. And we are offering courses like 5-year integrated BA.LLB Hons., BBA LLB Hons. programs followed B.Com LLB Hons. Apart from this, 1 and 2-year Postgraduate programmes in disciplines like Criminal Law, Constitution Law, International Law, Labour and Commercial Law and IPR. And last but not the least, we have LLB and LLM PhD integrated programs, full-time and part-time Ph.D courses followed by a 2-year Master of Business Law program. 

How does the curriculum of your Law School ensure the future preparedness of students?

"Our college is using CBCS methodology and have given freedom to students to study courses of their choice"

We have adopted Choice-Based Credit System, where our students can choose the faculty, courses and subjects of their choice and study freely. And every year we offer 16 papers to students through which they can choose to do the compulsory or elective papers or internship.

How do you prepare your students for the outside competitive world and how your institute courses would be useful for them?

"We prepare them for outside world by providing rigorous training programs and internships"

As far as I have observed the outside world, I can confirm that tremendous job opportunities are present for the outside world for competent law graduates. And we have compulsory moot courts, training programs and 18 months internships for students to make them efficient in the particular areas of their interests and our PG courses are well designed to help them achieve new heights of success by developing their communication, presentation, analytical, research and argumentation skills. Apart from all this, we assign research based assignments to them on a regular basis so that they can draft right arguments and improve their soft skills.

What makes your Saveetha School of Law unique and different from other Law institutions?

"Apart from delivering Law education, we have firms to prepare students for competitive exams"

We have a separate law firm which we call as Saveetha Law Firm and the main aim of this form is to offer best internship opportunities to students. Also, we do have a Saveetha Judicial Training Academy and Saveetha IAS Academy to train and prepare students for the competitive exams. And we have opted for Choice Based Credit System as mandated by UGC to deliver education to students and it's been made mandatory for students to attend at least 4 moot courts to develop their writing and research skills. Lastly, we have established a highly disciplined atmosphere in our college and organize various national and international level co-curricular activities to make students ready for the outside competitive world. And our 11 Alumni are serving as Civil Judges in several districts of Tamil Nadu, so I firmly believe all these factors together makes us unique and different as compared to others.

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In your opinion, what should be the goals and future plans of SSL in upcoming years?

"Our goals for upcoming years should be on expanding our Library and establishing good research facilities in college"

We should focus on developing an amazing library for students with 5000+ books and a Research Center in our college and attracting an international crowd. Apart from this, we should give emphasis on conducting more conferences and expert lectures and arranging the best training programs for our students so that we can prepare them for National and International Moots.

When you joined SSL as a Principal, what was your vision for it?

"Delivering socially relevant and job oriented education to students was my main aim"

When I joined SSL as a Principal, my aim was to excel in imparting quality, socially relevant and employment oriented legal education to our students for human and society development. Apart from this, my goal was to widen the intellectual skills of our faculty members and also to nurture personality and leadership traits of our young generation by promoting their analytical skills together with research.

How do you establish a healthy relationship and environment in your college?

"By providing appropriate opportunities to them to showcase their skills and develop new one"

We have established different kinds of clubs including Music Club, Dance Club and Yoga Club who organize a wide variety of events and competitions to give a healthy learning environment to students and also gives students a platform to showcase their unique skills. Apart from this, we conduct Orientation Sessions and Faculty Development Programs to inform everyone about the healthy life habits and Counseling Sessions through Mentee-Mentor system to help students come forward and share their issues with us where they can open their issues without any hesitation or fear. And this is how I ensure a good environment for everyone in college.

Which best practices are offered by your school to students to enhance their skills and make them industry ready?

"Events like seminars, conferences, workshops and legal awareness camps are regularly conducted by us"

Our Law School regularly organizes events and activities like conferences, seminars, workshops, orientation programs, ELS Legal awareness camps in collaboration with various emnlineny agencies, NGOs, education institutions and law firms to educate our students about the latest trends and developments of the industrial world and also to keep ourselves updated with outside world happenings so that we can offer best opportunities to students. 

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Why should students join Saveetha School of Law to pursue their dream courses?

"We provide best Law courses, training programs and industrial exposure to students"

We offer intensive moot training, amazing research facilities and opportunities and best internship opportunities to students. Hence our Saveetha School of Law would prove to be the best place for turning their dreams into reality.