Maj Gen P.K. Sharma (Retd) has been working as the Director of Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana from Sept, 2015. He is a fourth generation Lawyer and Alumni of Rajasthan University Jaipur from where he acquired his Law Degree in 1978. He also holds Post Graduate Diplomas in Information Technology and Human Rights. He was commissioned in the Judge Advocate General’s Department of the Army on 30 August 1980 where he served dedicatedly for nearly 35 years. Apart from this, he has tremendous experience in the legal and judicial functioning domain, General Administration and Legal Training. As Judge Advocate General he worked in the position of Legal Advisor to Chief of Army Staff on all disciplinary matters, service conditions, issues involving application of Civil, Military and International Laws and entire litigation relating to the Army.

Apart from this, he has also been part of the Raising Team of the Institute of Military Law, Kamptee, which is a premier Category ‘A’ Institute, one of its kind in Asia, for the training of officers of Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, BSF and even foreign Armies, in the field of law.

While serving in the Army, he was specifically selected to head the Indian Team of 4 Officers to attend 23rd Annual International Law Military Operations Conference which was organized by United States Pacific Command at Big Islands, Hawaii, USA in 2010 which was attended by 100+ delegates from nearly 24 countries. He also represented Indian Army at the, ‘Practical Orientation of International Law in Contemporary Armed Conflicts’, at Israel which was attended by nearly 80 delegates from 15 countries including Australia, New Zealand, UK and Malaysia.

Under his able guidance, the Law School successfully organised various National and International Events like Moot Court Competitions, Conferences, Seminars, FDPs etc.. The Law School commenced publishing a news-based Journal Amilawyers and ALSG Law Journal, biannually. Due to his exemplary guidance and supervision, the Law School has achieved excellence both in Academics as well as Sports and Co-curricular activities.

General Sharma is on the Advisory Board of a few UGC Refereed Journals and has a number of Publications to his credit.

Amity University, Gurgaon

Being the Director of the Amity Law School, how do you ensure holistic development of students?

As Director of Amity Law School, I believe that our ambitious students should not only be drowned in the sea of academics but should also be exposed to various kinds of real world challenges and practical activities so that their holistic development could take place and they can be industry ready on time. Hence, we conduct various activities like Moot Court Competitions, Mock Parliamentary Debates, Field Visits, Internships and Military Training Camps etc. from time to time to keep our students updated with the latest happenings of the outer world.

How do you bring in a practical and industry-oriented approach towards subjects?

For the purpose of ensuring that students get the best possible practical exposure and experience, our Law School regularly organizes an extensive range of events and activities. We are also shifting from traditional to andragogical teaching methodologies so that students stay motivated by their own innate need to learn and develop instead of relying only on the Teachers for every information. In other terms, we remain more focused on providing Clinical Education, wherein the students get hands-on experience in providing Legal Services to Clients. 

Which Teaching techniques are followed by ALS to help students gain necessary skills?

We are following the blended approach of various teaching methodologies and our very first practice is that we are following the concept of flipped classroom, where we first provide pre-recorded video lectures to students and after that are conduct in-person lectures and discuss with them about whatever they have understood after watching that video. 

Along with this, ‘role plays’ are conducted on a regular basis and the think-pair share concept is also used where Teachers throw a question and students are allotted some time to think, post which, they have to discuss about the given topic with their peer student. We also use real life case studies while teaching the students so that they can easily relate the theoretical concepts with its practical applications.

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How do you prepare your students to deal with the outside competitive world?

I strongly believe that through discipline and dedicated hard-work every student can cope up with the competition prevalent in the outside dynamic market. In today's world, everyone, be it any individual or any big Corporate House, needs top class Lawyers, not only to be tech savvy and prompt but also to be able to represent them in all jurisdictions and forums.

Hence, our focus remains on incorporating emerging technologies in our multidisciplinary courses in the best way possible and equal efforts are put in by our Teachers while taking lectures or conducting events.

What do you see as the greatest strengths of your Law School and how it helps students to excel?

The greatest strengths of our Amity Law School lies in the competence of its highly educated and experienced Teachers and friendly relationship between students and them.

We are also providing best opportunities to our young minds for organizing both national and international level events, hence the administrative skills and competence and confidence they develope over time also adds to our strength.

Kindly share success stories of some of your brightest students and Alumni?

While each of my student who has acquired a Bachelor's or Master's Degree from the Law School, is well placed and working with reputed organizations, I would specifically like to mention about some of our shining stars who have excelled in various fields of Law:

Mr Raghav Sharma: He was a student of first batch (2012) of our Law School’s BA LLB (H) Course. From the day he joined the Law School, one could feel the fire in his belly and the resolve to be a Judicial Officer. With his hard-work and dedication, he finally passed the Delhi Judicial Services Exam and is now working as a Judicial Officer in Delhi for last 5 years.

Mr Akash Nandolia: He was also a student of 2012 Batch in BBA LLB (H) Course. With 6 years of hardwork and dedication, he achieved his dream job profile and is now working as an Advocate on Record in the Supreme Court of India. 

Mr Mayank Shekhar: Mayank was a student of the 2013 Batch of BA LLB (H) from our Law School. From the time he joined us, his aim was crystal clear that he wanted to do something for students by making their mode of study easy and helping them to prepare for competitive exams. To make his goal a reality, he launched a Web Site called Legal Bites in 3rd year of his Course. Today Legal Bites is one of the best e-portal for legal learning in the Country.

Mr Manmay Mirdul: Manmay was a student of BBA LLB (H) Course in the Batch 2015-2020. At present, he is employed as a Corporate Lawyer with one of the finest Law Firms, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Delhi.

Mr Sidhant Beniwal: He joined us in 2015 and pursued BA LLB (H) Course. Sidhant was always keen to join the Armed Forces, hence he worked hard towards achieving that goal. He is now working as Flying Officer in the Indian Air Force and is flying British Aircraft HAWK MK-132.

Ms Gauri Dabas: Gauri was the student of BBA LLB (H) Course of Batch 2017-2022, topping the Course. She always wanted to pursue higher education abroad, and she worked very hard and practically got selected for all the best Universities where she applied. She joined University College of London for LL.M in 2022. She not only excelled in the Course but also secured Distinction in International Arbitration.

What valuable advice would you like to give to the students for a prosperous career ahead?

I firmly believe that discipline, dedication, hard work and confidence are the four key aspects to a successful life. Hence, I would advise my dear students and youth of our society to stay focused and committed towards their life goals because sky is the only limit. We all know that human body and mind have tremendous capabilities and capacity. You must learn to utilize your potential upto full extent.

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