Bhubaneswar: In a significant achievement, five students of SOA National Institute of Law (SNIL), faculty of legal studies of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here, have come out with flying colours in the Odisha Judicial Services Examination 2023.
While Payel Atta, a LLM student who passed out from the institute in 2024, claimed the third place in the state, Swati Samal, a 2023 pass out having studied the BA LLB (Hons) integrated course, finished in the 15th place.
Rahul Vikram Pathy, a 2021 BA LLB (Hons) pass out, Debadatta Jena, a 2022 LLM pass out and Smruti Pattnaik, a 2022 BA LLB (Hons) pass out, were placed in the 16th, 21st and 27th place in the examination respectively.
Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak, Founder President of SOA, has congratulated the students on their success.
SNIL, which has emerged as a prominent institute for legal education in eastern India, was ranked 9th in the country by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. SNIL has been ranked in the top ten such institutions in the country continuously for the last three years.