National Law University, Orissa

Prof. G. V. Ajjappa
Adjunct Professor of Law

A renowned academician and distinguished teacher of Jurisprudence, Prof. G.V. Ajjappa is serving National Law University, Orissa from its very inception. He previously served at National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, and Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur, as Senior Professor. He has also taught at the National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur and at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. He was Professor; Chaiman & Dean, Faculty of Law, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, for over 20 years.

Numerous students of Prof. Ajjappa have been appointed as District and High Court Judges and are highly successful practitioners at the Bar. During his stewardship in the Faculty of Law, Karnatak University, Prof. Ajjappa was instrumental in organizing the First Jurisprudence Workshop and a National Seminar on Criminal Law under the aegis of the University Grants Commission and Indian Law Institute, New Delhi (and Karnatak University), respectively, at which he was a Co-Director along with (Late) Dr. G.S. Sharma.

Prof. Ajjappa was one of the law teachers involved in the formulation and finalization of the prevalent five year integrated LL.B. programme.

He was recently given the prestigious award of Best Law Teacher of SAARC.