Sunday 9 October 2022

Legal Aid Society of V. M. Salgaocar College of Law Signs MOU with the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), New Delhi

Devi Sharvani Education Society’s V. M. Salgaocar College of Law (VMSCL), Miramar, Goa signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), New Delhi on 17th August 2022 for sensitising and providing legal assistance and awareness of Cooperative Law to needy people. The marvelous work performed by the Legal Aid Society of VMSCL for the last 25 years is instrumental in choosing VMSCL for this collaboration by NCUI, New Delhi.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two organisations aims to spread awareness of Cooperative laws, to initiate ‘Campus Cooperative’ to create awareness about the benefits of cooperative societies, to organize awareness camps to sensitise about the cooperative form of business, to organise training programmes for members of Cooperative societies, to mobilise support for Cooperative societies and to provide internship opportunities for the students of the Law College.

Dr. B.S. Patil, Director of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the Law college welcomed the dignitaries for the MoU Signing Ceremony held in College Conference Hall. The authorised signatories, Dr. Sudhir Mahajan, IAS (Retd.), Chief Executive of NCUI, Delhi, and Dr. Shaber Ali G, The principal of VMSCL delivered the Congratulatory Address. Mr. Sumit Singh, Advisor – Strategy and cooperation, NCUI proposed the Vote of Thanks. The function was compered by Miss Gautami Kamat, Student In-charge of Santa Cruz Free Legal Aid Cell. The other attendees were Shri. D.P. Pednekar, Administrator of the college, faculty members and members of 26 Free Legal Aid Cells of the Legal Aid Society of VMSCL.




Press Release:

https://livenewsgoa.com/cooperative-law-salgaocar-college-of-law-signs-mou-with-national cooperative-union-of-india/









Online Legal Awareness Drive of Flag Code of India- an initiative of the Legal Aid Society


The Legal Aid Society V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar, Panaji, Goa launched an Online Legal Awareness Drive of Flag Code of India, 2002 from 13th to 15th August 2022. This drive was undertaken

in light of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav which was to

encourage people to bring the Tiranga home and hoist it to mark the 75th year of India’s

Independence.

The 308 members of the 26 different Free Legal Aid Cells and the faculty members of VMSCL joined

the drive by uploading the e-pamphlets on their social media platforms in the following order:

a. Dos

b. Don’ts

c. Method to be followed while disposing of the National Flag


The Online Legal Drive was a great success as we received appreciation from local community members for the same.