A lawyer, Deepu moved to the teaching field to follow his aim of inspiring young students to pursue law. He believes in doing something that is beyond normal.

Deepu Krishna is the Dean at the School of Law, Vijaybhoomi University.

Deepu was born and brought up in Bhopal. His parents lived in Kerala but later on shifted to Bhopal where Deepu did his schooling from.

Talking about his journey, Deepu says that he belonged to a family of engineers and somehow convinced his parents to study law. He pursued law and got placed with Singhania & Partners, New Delhi. He further says that he practiced law in the Delhi High court, the National Commission for Consumer Affairs, and the Supreme Court of India. However, he opted for a teaching career just to follow his love for teaching.

Deepu says that he was part of the revolution that popularized the five-year law program in India. He says that he discovered that there were very few law aspirants in India, therefore, he had the aim to enlighten more students to pursue law. Thereafter, he joined the founding team of one of the best law coaching institutes known as LST (Law School Tutorials) to achieve his aim. That is where he started his teaching career and has been going ahead since then.

Recalling his childhood memories, Deepu says that his childhood was most memorable as he was a pampered child of his parents. He says that being the youngest, he always had guiding hands around him. He did his schooling at St. Xavier’s, Bhopal, and made very good friends there who are still connected with him. He says that he grew up in a very good environment and that gave him a good personality.

Talking about his challenges and mistakes, Deepu says that he faced a lot of challenges, however, they have only made him stronger. He says that the challenges he faced made him commit a lot of mistakes, one of which was starting his own venture with his partners. He adds up that without finding the solution to the issues, he just ended the partnership, which he considers his biggest mistake. Fame got into his head which made him arrogant and it cost him a lot, he says.

Regarding his achievements, Deepu says that materialistically, there are many achievements like at a young age he became the Country’s Youngest Director of Admissions. However, he always had opportunities knocking on his door without putting in the effort, which he considers his accomplishments. His biggest ever accomplishment was his father praising his work, he says.

When asked about his role models, Deepu says that he has been following many people throughout his journey. His parents have been his biggest role models, he says. During his law education, Prof. Madhav Menon - the father of legal education in India, and Prof. Moolchand Sharma were his inspiration. Further Dr. Sachin Malhan inspired him and actually invited him to teach, he says.

To deal with stress and attain peace, Deepu goes cycling or plays squash. He also sometimes listens to stand-up comedy to relieve stress or spends time with his family.

Deepu Krishna closely follows the line “Normal is Boring” as he loves to explore things that are not normal.