National Law University, Orissa is located in Cuttack, a city dating back to over a thousand years, and also boasting a rich legal heritage – not only is the Orissa High Court situated here, but also some of the finest lawyers and judges of the country trace their roots back to this city. The University is presently situated in temporary premises along the river Mahanadi. It is scheduled to move to a new purpose-built campus at Naraj in August 2011.
The ongoing construction of sprawling 50 acre campus will house about 1500 students and staff over the next 3 years creating a vibrant learning environment with all the experience gained from interacting with several students, industry leaders, judges, thinkers, policy makers, philosophers. Backed by experienced faculty, excellent academic and co-curricular facilities, NLUO boasts of an educational environment with a touch of world class. In tune with its basic aim of knowledge creation, the hostels for both the boys and girls provide for single seated accommodation, overlooking the beautiful Kathjori flowing through the Naraj barrage.
The infrastructure shall include air-conditioned lecture halls, language lab, multi gym, auditorium with seating capacity of over a thousand, an Open Air Theatre and multi-cuisine food court. The state-of-the-art library representing Odia culture and architecture in its design, will be centrally air-conditioned and can accommodate 2,00,000 books, 500 learners and over 1000 journals. Complete with Wi-Fi, rain water conservation and plantations, the NLUO campus shall leave fond memories of sustainability alongside knowledge creation. Other facilities on the campus include gym, football and cricket grounds.
The serenity of the new campus gets its beauty from the rivers flowing on the front and the back, the hills as its backdrop and the Naraj reservoir at a leisurely walks’ distance. This lush green eco-friendly campus would be a walk to remember forever.