D.M. Harish School of Law is a fitting tribute to the Late Mr. D.M. Harish, the legal luminary who believed so fervently in the ethics of advocacy, painstaking study, thorough research and singular application of mind to the case on hand. He was a pioneer of legal education and legal profession in India. The essence of D.M. Harish School of Law is to structure the constructs of best pedagogy, reinforced by assignments, law cases, internships and inputs by the best legal league.

Late Mr. D.M. Harish was a distinguished advocate and a renowned authority on Income-tax Law in India. Mr. D. M. Harish had an outstanding academic career. He completed his early education in Sindh and obtained the first rank in his Matriculation Examination in the Sindh Province. He then joined D. J. Sindh College, Karachi, Sindh where he completed his B.Sc. and B.A. and was later appointed asa fellow of the college in recognition of his exceptional academic career. After the partition of India, he came to Mumbai and joined the Government Law College where he completed his LL.B. examination with a first class. He has made an immeasurable contribution to the field of law through the publication of his magnum opus, an eight-volume treatise on Income- tax Law, "D. M. Harish on Income-Tax". It was the first law book in India on CD-ROM and the internet.

Mr. D. M. Harish believed his personal success could be directly attributed to education and hard work. In his lifetime, he set up D. M. Harish Foundation as an educational trust to spread his vision. D. M. Harish Foundation has sponsored hundreds of underprivileged students at the School and University level in India and abroad, since its inception in 1991. The Foundation has particularly concerned itself with improving the quality of legal education.

Mr. D.M. Harish founded the well-known firm “D.M. Harish & Co”. The firm specialises in taxation, property law and corporate law. He was the director of several public and private limited companies and a trustee of many philanthropic organisations. He was also a member of the Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee and the President of the Chamber of Income Tax Consultants. He was invited to speak at numerous seminars and conferences conducted by various organisations and wrote innumerable articles on legal subjects.

The late Mr. D.M. Harish is also remembered for the many battles he fought on behalf of taxpayers. The cause of education was always very dearto him and he was conscious of the fact that his personal success could be directly attributed to his education and hard work. In his lifetime, he instituted a fund for educational grants for the needy and deserving.

He is truly an inspiration to all of us and we hope to follow his footsteps and achieve our higher purpose.