Estd. 1989 An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Institute
With the ever increasing number of legislation covering every aspect of human life, the importance of modern legislative drafting hardly needs any further emphasis.
Legislative Drafting has its own challenges and expertise is required for drafting precise and clear legislation. The prospective Legislative Counsel needs orientation and training to develop the aptitude and skill in legislative drafting. With a view to increasing the availability of trained Legislative Counsel in the county, the Institute of Legislative
Drafting and Research (ILDR) was established as a Wing of the Legislative Department,
Ministry of Law and Justice in January, 1989 on the initiatives of Mrs Ramadevi, former
Secretary, Legislative Department and ex -Governor. Since then, ILDR has been imparting theoretical as well as practical training in Legislative Drafting. The following courses are conducted by ILDR:
(i) Basic Course in Legislative Drafting of 3 months’ duration for the Law Officers of the State Governments/Union territory Administrations;
(ii) Appreciation Course of 15 days’ duration for the officers of the various Central
Government Ministries/Departments/attached offices/subordinate and autonomous bodies who are dealing with, or likely to deal with, legislative proposals.
ILDR is functioning under the Legislative Department having a Course Director who is the controlling officer of ILDR Section. Dr. Sanjay Singh, Additional Secretary is functioning as the Course Director who can be reached at Room No.421 ‘A’ Wing, 4 th
Floor, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001.
Tel: + 91 11 23384404 and Fax + 91 11 23384064
Email: drsanjay.singh@gmail.com
The Course Coordinator is Mr K. R. Saji Kumar, Additional Legislative Counsel who can be reached at Room No. 431 ‘A’ Wing, 4 th Floor, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001.
Tel-fax: + 91 11 23383210
Email: ildr.ld@nic.in / krs.kumar@nic.in
ILDR is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institute. Plan is underway to improve and enhance the status of ILDR as an institution of national importance as this is the only institute of its kind in the country.