Kolkata : The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (“W.B.N.U.J.S.“), one of India’s premier national law schools, has launched India’s only one-year, online Post Graduate Diploma in Business Laws (“P.G.D.B.L.“), in collaboration with Rainmaker (www.rainmaker.co.in).

The nature and practice of Indian business is rapidly changing. Indian business laws are also becoming more complex to keep up with the changing business scenario, and the professional of tomorrow needs to be able to grasp and keep pace with new areas such as competition law, securities laws and much more. The P.G.D.B.L has been designed to address this need and to help professionals skill themselves for the career challenges of the 21st century.

The programme has been designed using industry expertise, to provide a comprehensive understanding of Indian business laws and is structured to provide access to both its practical as well as theoretical components. The programme covers areas such as company law, securities laws, competition law, property law, foreign investment laws, as well as an introduction to the Indian legal system and laws covering organisation of business in India.

Its unique design methodology complies with international instructional design standards and is aimed at maximising interactivity of the programme with videos, rich downloadable content, faculty support, access to expert lectures, news analysis, and industry talks on myLaw.net – the world’s first contextual network focused on the law and lawyers.

The P.G.D.B.L. provides working professionals and final-year degree students, from any discipline, with an opportunity to study at their convenience, and will use a unique continuous evaluation system to benchmark performance and identify areas of interest or expertise within the context of Indian business laws.

The programme begins on March 15, 2011 and enrolments for the programme are open till March 15, 2011. Admission is open to working professionals and final-year students from legal and non-legal backgrounds, in India and internationally.