Orientation 2025!
June 26, 2025
Welcome to Orientation 2025!
We are excited to welcome our new cohort of undergraduate and postgraduate students for the Academic Year 2025-26. This year, we welcome over 500 students across our on-campus academic offerings. We also welcome our largest cohort of the BA LLB (Hons) programme so far with as many as 310 students.
This year, we are excited to welcome our very first cohort of the NLS BA (Hons) programme who will be studying the History, Politics, Economics and the Sociology & Anthropology disciplines under the programme.
Over the weekend, the campus will be abuzz with activity as our new students and their families complete their registration and onboarding process at the University. As our students transition to university, we are proud to welcome them into an inclusive academic community—one that is dedicated to rigorous scholarship, holistic development, and a vibrant culture of free and open inquiry.
Orientation Programme
We kickstart this academic year with our orientation programme on June 30, 2025 to introduce our new students to various aspects of the NLS community. These sessions will give our new students the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the various academic and social activities at NLSIU. The orientation schedule is provided below.
Orientation Programme Anchors: Dr Akhila Basalalli, Dr. Debangana Chatterjee, Dr Rahul Hemrajani, Dr. Ashna Singh, Ammel Sharon and Dr Joel Xavier.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Venue | Program | Brief | Resource Persons |
| Day 1 of Orientation |
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| 30 Jun | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Library Basement | Inaugural Address and University team Orientation | VC’s Address to Parents and Students- Welcome to NLSIU. Important things to note as you enter the University. Introduction of key members of the University Team – Registrar, Chairs, COO. | Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Chairs, COO. |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Tea Break | ||||
| 30 Jun | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (Mandatory) | Library Basement (BA LLB), NAB 201 (LLB), NAB 202 (LLM), NAB 101 (BA), NAB 102 (MPP), NAB-CC-GF (PHD) | Address by Respective Program Chairs – Program and Academic Orientation | Programme overview, Academic requirements. AER guidelines. Minimum requirements, etc. | Respective Programme chairs |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch | ||||
| 30 Jun | 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Library Basement (Mandatory) | Caste Sensitisation, EOC Orientation + Disability Sensitisation | Caste Sensitisation, EOC Orientation,Disability Sensitisation | Prof Sanjay Jain (EOC chair) and committee |
| 30 Jun | 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM | Library Basement (Mandatory) | Gender Sensitisation + SHARIC Orientation | Gender Sensitisation + SHARIC Orientation. | Siddharth Saxena and Nikita Ahalyan |
| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Tea Break | ||||
| 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Library Basement (Mandatory) | Campus and Residence Life Orientation | Campus life overview (co curricular, extracurricular, sports), RLDC orientation. | Dean-Students, Chief warden, DCRL, Wardens | |
| 30 Jun | 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM | Library Basement (Mandatory) | Code of conduct, Disciplinary Actions and DARIC | Orientation about Code of conduct, Disciplinary Actions and DARIC. Slide on Process. | Prof. Somashekar (DARIC chair) |
| 30 Jun | 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Library Basement (Mandatory) | Orientation Speaker | Justice A. S. Oka | Justice A. S. Oka; VC/Registrar |
| Day 2 of Orientation | |||||
| 2nd July | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Online (Mandatory) | AAD – LMS, IT – digiicampus | AAD, IT dept. | Coordinators – Swati Sao, AAD/ Shailesh Agarwal, IT |
| 2nd July | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Amphitheatre | SBA Orientation – Introduction to student life at NLSIU, Colleges, committees, collectives, Sports, etc. | SBA, DCRL (Coordinator – Joel Xavier) | Coordinator – Joel Xavier |
| Tea break | |||||
| 2nd July | 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Amphitheatre, library grounds | Stalls put up by the Colleges, SBA, Committees, journals, etc. | Coordinated by SBA. Colleges, Committees, Collectives, Journals, etc (Coordinator – Joel Xavier) | Coordinator – SBA, DCRL |