“MOU To Establish PAIF Signed by Odisha Police and NLUO”
26 Nov 2022
On 19th November 2022, in a one of its kind initiative The Odisha Police has entered into a memorandum of understanding with National Law University Odisha, Cuttack to establish a Police-Academia Interaction Forum (PAIF). The forum would focus on facilitating a mutually beneficial interaction among the police officials and academics and students. The students of NLUO can participate in internships with the Crime Branch of Odisha Police and other wings of Police Department additionally Police officers can also attend training courses at NLUO. It would provide the students practical exposure to workings of police and real life exposure to investigation and law enforcement through academic interactions and internships in various departments of the state police such as the Crime Branch, Crime Investigation Department (CID-CB), Economic Offence Wing (EOW), State Forensic Laboratory (SFSL), Prisons and others. The PAIF would facilitate in updating the knowledge of police officials regarding various legal issues, developments in the field of law and different legal aspects. Thus, benefiting both the students and the police officials, this would immensely contribute towards the practical aspect of law enforcement and enrich legal education in the country. In the august presence of DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal, the chief guest of the ceremony, Vice Chancellor of NLUO Prof Ved Kumari, ADG Arun Bothra of Crime Branch and IG Safeen Ahmed K, the MOU was signed by IG CID-Crime Branch Amitendra Nath Sinha and Registrar of NLUO Prof. Rangin Pallav Tripathy, at the State Police Headquarters of Odisha Police in Cuttack. Faculty and students of NLUO and Senior Police Officers attended the signing of the MOU.
