NLU Delhi 2012 Results Announced Conversation with the Topper Ashwij Ramaiah

The results of the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) conducted on May 6, 2012 by National Law University, Delhi (NLU-Delhi) were declared on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 4 p.m. The exam was conducted for admissions into the undergraduate and post graduate courses in law offered by NLU-Delhi for the session commencing from August, 2012..The results were declared on the NLU website and Ashwij S Ramaiah from Karnataka topped the entrance by scoring 113 marks followed by Sarthak Gupta, Anwesha Choudhury and Gaganjyot Singh with 108 marks each. The candidates of General Category who have cracked the NLU-Delhi entrance exam have scored between 113 and 99 marks. Admitted scheduled caste reservation marks for 11 candidates ranged from 97 to 82, while five candidates gaining admission from the scheduled tribe reservation have scored between 80 and 78 marks. Also, the selected candidates of Persons with Disabilities Category have scored 92 and 91 marks and one candidate of Kashmiri Migrants Category who has made through NLU Delhi has scored 81 marks..The AILET exam consisted of 150 multiple choice objective type questions and the duration of the exam was 1 hour and 30 minutes testing English, General Knowledge, Legal Aptitude, Logical Reasoning and Elementary Mathematics of the candidates..The entrance exam saw 10,543 students competing for 70 seats. Out of 70 seats, 52 seats are for admission in General category, 11 seats in Scheduled Caste category, 5 seats in Scheduled Tribe Category, 2 in Persons with Disabilities Category and 1 seat is (over and above the 70 seats) reserved for the Kashmiri Migrants category. Also, 10 seats are under Foreign National Category for admission on merit whose results will be declared later by NLU Delhi..The Postgraduate course and Ph.D. results will be declared in the first week of July, 2012. Also, the Question Booklet and Answers Key will be available at the University website from today May 21, 2012..Download the AILET 2012 results here..Bar & Bench spoke to Ashwij S Ramaiah¸ AILET 2012 topper. Below are the excerpts of the conversation with Ashwij..When did you find yourself interested in law? Why Law? .I seriously began scurrying for a career choice in my Eighth standard, the whole year was spent on buying and browsing brochures of IIT, CLAT, AIIMS and many other streams; trying to make up my mind what exactly I wanted to do. Then when I seriously consolidated my personal strengths, compared the brightness of the stream when it comes to providing employment and opportunity for growth, I was sure by the middle of my Ninth standard that law is going to be my career choice..Reasons for opting law:.The very first reason is that I have always been extremely interested in debating and public oration. I have been on the oration and debating team ever since I was in my primary school, I also had a sharp analytical brain and reasoning skills which was probably developed by reading a plethora of military related novels which dilated on the battle strategies of Alexander, Napoleon and other great army generals. And I felt that the profession which would help me utilize my skills would be law..After globalization, with the advent of many foreign companies a new corporate culture got established in the Indian economy which was accompanied by frenzied mergers and acquisitions. This created a huge demand for a legal career..These days the career of law is inviting with very attractive pay package at times comparable to an M.B.A. graduate from a reputed B school. Legal education helps a lot in U.P.S.C. and other civil services examinations. Also the grapevine is that a new All India Service by name I.J.S. (Indian Judicial Service) might also be introduced by the time we graduate, a powerful government position seemed attractive to me..Opinion on Law as career:.Gone are the days when a proverbial legal eagle used to get recognized by a black coat and a load of lies on his head. These days law is finding ground to operate in a wide array of fields including business, forensic medicine, international affairs, air space and sea and the hottest use is in the unearthing of black money. As opposed to the conviction in common parlance, law is not limited to the corridors and rooms of courts; as the society grows more complex and organized, the need for law (and lawyers) gets stronger and stronger. Moreover a law degree in India is recognized in many Commonwealth countries these days which extends unprecedented opportunities for lawyers to grow beyond territorial borders..Did you follow any coaching centre or a particular guide?.I followed a coaching centre. I was a student of LST, Sriram and team Satryam. I owe my success in AILET 2012 to all of them. I think it is always wiser to rely on an institute than one particular person..Who has been your inspiration?.I believe in setting goals for a specific period and concentrate on accomplishing them step by step. The entire year my goal had been to do exceedingly well in CLAT. So until I crack CLAT 2012, my inspiration had always been AIR 1, CLAT 2011 – Padmini Baruah..Who are you thankful to?.First and for most to Almighty God, who has been kind to bestow me with something I craved for the past two years, then I need to thank my parents who always stood by my side providing me constant support. Then my teachers who never made me feel the absence of personalized classroom training with their cooperation and support. I also have to thank all my friends who helped me boost my preparation (voluntarily or involuntarily)..The various groups I joined on facebook and the mentors who administered them also deserve sizable credit for my achievement for it had always been a readymade source of doubt redressal. I also need to thank Mr. Raman Kumar, Principal of Vaishnavi Chetana College of Commerce where I studied my 11th and 12th for extending indescribable cooperation towards my CLAT preparation..Your advice to Law aspirants?.Like all other exams, CLAT entails hard and rigorous toil. But along with that, it also requires smart study, since ClAT includes subjects like GK and vocabulary where preparation can never be complete, so we need to make a note of things to study and things to skip. I would say students should set a time table which goes right upto the hour they write ClAT, and should stick to it. And to be completely at home while writing the exam, one has to take as many live mock exams as possible, at least hundred mock exams in a year is must. I personally think one live mock is equivalent to ten online mocks. And going by my experience in ClAT 2012, I think students should be clear with the concepts relevant to law even if the pattern explicitly says it is not required. It will prevent a student from being stumped on seeing an unexpected paper. .NB: We would like to thank Nikhil Varshney, GNLU student for his contribution to this story.