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NLSIU 33rd Convocation: The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, held its 33rd convocation on Sunday, where 1,557 law students graduated, with 26 students received gold medals for their exceptional academic performance. As many as 43 students from the third-year LLB (Hons) programme, including a Rhodes Scholar for 2025, graduated for the first time. From the total number of graduating students, 287 graduates opted for on-campus programmes and 1,270 graduates from off-campus programmes.
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The convocation ceremony was also attended by several Supreme Court judges, including Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Sanjay Karol, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vibhu Bhakru, other senior members of the judiciary, and other legal dignitaries.
The graduating cohort included six PhD scholars, 26 students from the Master of Public Policy programme, 114 from the Master of Laws programme, 43 from the inaugural class of the 3-year Bachelor of Laws (Hons) programme, 98 from the 5-year BA LLB (Hons) programme, and 1,270 students from the Online and Hybrid Education programmes, encompassing the Master of Business Laws degree and nine postgraduate diploma courses.
Certificates were awarded to the top-performing students from each postgraduate diploma course. Additionally, Niharika Mukherjee, a BA LLB (Hons) student at NLSIU, received the gold medal for the 28th Annual HM Seervai Essay Competition in Constitutional Law.
Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant was the chief guest of the convocation event, who gave a presidential address. During his address, he said, “Today, as you graduate, the question isn’t whether you have learned the law. It’s whether you are ready to reshape it, to bend the arc of justice toward the communities that need it most, and to transform legal practice from a mere career into a force for societal change.”
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He advised the new graduates to surround themselves with people whose character they trust, write down their non-negotiables, and always take time before making difficult decisions. “Rushed choices in ethical matters often become lifelong regrets. When you know your standards in advance, you respond from conviction rather than confusion,” Justice Kant added.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Prof Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor of NLSIU, said the university is on course to erase the infrastructure deficits that have persisted since its founding in 1988. “We will fundamentally reshape the public university education experience in India,” he added.
