Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University

Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University
Motto
Lex Supremus
Motto in English
Law is Supreme
TypePublic
Established1997; 27 years ago (1997)
ChancellorGovernor of Tamil Nadu
Vice-ChancellorN. S. Santhosh Kumar
Academic staff
50
Students3499
Undergraduates2765
Postgraduates734
Location, ,
13°0′59.92″N 80°15′50.33″E / 13.0166444°N 80.2639806°E / 13.0166444; 80.2639806
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUGC, AIU, ACU and IIPA
Websitetndalu.ac.in

Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU) is a public state university established in 1997 at Chennai, India by the Government of Tamil Nadu under The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University Act, 1996, which also brought all law colleges in Tamil Nadu under the control of the university. It was named after B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian jurist, social reformer and the architect the Constitution of India. The university was inaugurated on 20 September 1997 by K. R. Narayanan, former president of India. The university started a law school on its own campus in 2002 as the School of Excellence in Law, Chennai (SOEL).[1]

  1. ^ "About Us - TNDALU". www.tndalu.ac.in. Retrieved 27 February 2016.