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Some people here have posted queries about the online LLMs at Columbia, King's etc. Certainly, the courses and profs at such places are better than what one will get in India, while the costs are cheaper than going abroad. Working professionals also have flexibility. But the UGC notification means that such degrees will probably not be recognised here. The Indian government obviously wants to save foreign exchange and promote "Study in India", so they want to make people enrol for online courses in India. They would prefer if one enrols for an online LLM any Jindal or an NLU (those that offer online LLMs)
You may agree or disagree with the UGC's decision, but in view of this development I think people should only enrol for online LLMs in India. If you don't want to spend on Jindal, wait a few years and I am sure all the top NLUs will start one and offer courses at prices cheaper than Jindal.
Please move beyond your bubble of “Cyril Shroff will only select those from NLU X with 7 GPA, so I will enrol for banking law by Galgotia Sir and Gender and Law by Mukherjee Ma’am as they like me and will give me good grades. Then I will get a PPO from CAM and impress Devina from 2nd year who doesn’t look at me and only hangs about with Karan Oberoi”.
Actually my law school really does have a gender/feminism prof who gives high grades to her chelas. This comment is true!
1. The article talks about Indian universities teaching the course, and you receive a foreign degree. The article clearly states that the same is not allowed unless and until some pre-requisites are met, like physically visiting the country of the university offering the degree. For example, X is an Indian university. Y is a foreign university, in US. X will teach Y's course to 10 students in India (maybe because they have some sort of a joint MOU). Now, these 10 students will get degree from Y university, NOT X University. The article states that, for such degree from Y (obtained through X) to be valid in India, pre-requisites like visiting US (place where Y university is located), etc. is imperative.
2. Online LLMs – If the LLM is taught by the foreign university and the degree is offered by the SAME foreign university, there should be no problem because the same is still recognized as: (a) it is governed by that country's regulations; and (b) the UGC does not expressly bar such foreign LLM taught and AWARDED by the same foreign university.
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