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    • PIO & Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005

    As per the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005, the prescribed application fee for an RTI request may be paid by any of the following modes:

    i. Demand Draft drawn in favour of National Law School of India University;
    ii. Banker’s Cheque drawn in favour of National Law School of India University; or
    iii. Indian Postal Order payable to the National Law School of India University.

    The Contact details of the PIO and Appellate Authority are as follows :

    Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy
    Vice-Chancellor
    Appellate Authority

    National Law School of India University
    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, Karanataka – 560 072
    Email :

    Dr. Saurabh Bhattacharjee 
    Registrar
    Public Information Officer (PIO)

    Under Section 5 (1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, Dr. Saurabh Bhattacharjee, Registrar has been appointed as the Public Information Officer (PIO) in respect of all matters concerning the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.

    National Law School of India University
    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, Karanataka – 560 072
    Email :

    Capt. K.S. Cariappa
    Chief Operating Officer

    The COO will act as PIO in respect of all RTI matters concerning NLSIU in the absence of Dr. Saurabh Bhattacharjee, Registrar.

    National Law School of India University
    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, Karanataka – 560 072
    Email :

    You can download a copy of the Right to Information Act here.

    You can download a copy of the Rules for the Right to Information Act here.