Executive Council

    Executive Council

    MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (UNDER SECTION 15(1))

    (As Updated on February, 2025)

    The composition of Executive Council is provided under Section 15 (1) of the Maharashtra National Law University Act, 2014. The composition and present member of Executive Council of MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, are as follows:

    Sr. No.Section of the University ActProvisionName and Designation of the MemberEx-Officio/ Nomination based
    1Section 15 (3) (i)The Vice-ChancellorProf. (Dr.) Bindu S. Ronald
    (Vice-Chancellor, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    Ex-Officio
    2Section 15 (3) (ii)A member of the General Council, who is a judge to be nominated by the ChancellorHon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge 
    (Judge, High Court of Bombay Bench at Aurangabad)
    Ex-Officio Cum Nomination
    3Section 15 (3) (iii)The Secretary or Principal Secretary or, as the case may be, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Maharashtra, Higher and Technical Education DepartmentShri O. P. Gupta
    (Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Finance (Expenditure), Government of Maharashtra)
    Ex-officio
    4Section 15 (3) (iv)The Secretary or Principal Secretary or, as the case may be, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, Finance DepartmentShri B. Venugopal Reddy 
    (Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra)
    Ex-officio
    5Section 15 (3) (v)The Secretary or Principal Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, Law and Judiciary DepartmentSmt. Suvarna Kishor Keole
    (Principal Secretary and RLA, Department of Law and Judiciary, Government of Maharashtra)
    Ex-Officio
    6Section 15 (3) (vi)A member of the General Council, who is an eminent person in the legal field Prof. (Dr.) Sadhana Pande
    (Former Professor of Law and HoD, Dept. of Law, Dr. B.A.M.U., Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    Nomination
    7Section 15 (3) (vii)A member of the General Council, who is an eminent person in the educational fieldProf. (Dr.) Durgambini Patel
    (Dean, Kirit P. Mehta, School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai and Senior Professor of Law (Retd.), S. P. Pune University, Pune)
    Nomination
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    Section 15 (3) (viii)

     

     

     

    Five Professors or Associate professors of the University to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor

    Prof. (Dr.) A. Lakshminath
    (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    Nomination
    9Prof. (Dr.) A. Subrahmanyam
    (Professor of Law, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    Nomination
    10Prof. (Dr.) M. Sarojanamma
    (Professor of Law, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    Nomination
    11Dr. Ashok P. Wadje 
    (Associate Professor of Law, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    Nomination
    12Dr. Tanaya Tarai
    (Associate Professor of Law, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    Nomination
    13Section 29 (2) (viii)The Registrar shall be the ex officio Secretary of the Executive Council, the Academic Council, the Finance Committee and the faculties, but shall not be deemed to be a member of any of these authorities.Prof. (Dr.) Dhanaji M. Jadhav
    (Registrar, MNLU, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
    Ex-Officio