Which professor of law was appointed the first Chancellor of the Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (established in 2008 as the Andhra Pradesh University of Law)?
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Which professor of law was appointed the first Chancellor of the Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (established in 2008 as the Andhra Pradesh University of Law)?
- N.K. Jayakumar
- N.R. Madhava Menon
- Chandrasekharan Pillai
- A. Lakshminath
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - A. Lakshminath
When the university was set up under the 2008 Act, the Andhra Pradesh government appointed Prof. A. Lakshminath as its first Chancellor. After a 2016 amendment, the Chief Justice of the High Court became the Chancellor. N.R. Madhava Menon is associated with other national law institutions, not as this university's first Chancellor.
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