CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION
3.1
Promotion of Research
The University will be grateful if the responses to all the questions under Criterion III
3.1 are read together.
3.1.1
Does the university have a Research Committee to monitor and address
issues related to research? If yes, what is its composition? Mention a few
recommendations which have been implemented and their impact.
The University has a Research Committee, appointed by the Vice Chancellor and is
comprised of seven members:
The Deans of the five schools,
The Registrar
Member of Governing Body & Advisor to the VC.
The Research Committee receives applications for grants twice a year, considers the
applications and makes a decision on grants to be awarded. Based on its
recommendations, several research projects have been undertaken by faculty of
different schools.
The Research Committee also recommended to the VC the need for an Institutional
review process which led to a task force to draw up a review board to review all research
proposals involving human subjects. The terms of reference and composition of review
board are Annex 41.
The responsibility and arrangements for dealing with research matters in the five
Schools is noted below.
JGLS:
An Asst. Dean (Research) is responsible for monitoring and promoting research
activities in JGLS. Some of the recommendations to the Asst. Dean that have been
implemented include: (1) Faculty Workshops for faculty to present their research work
to colleagues and receive feedback; (2) Faculty Methodology Seminars, where experts in
various fields talk to the faculty about different research methodologies; (3) giving
incoming students scholarships that require them to assist faculty members with
research and then facilitating research-oriented relationships between students and the
20 different research centres on campus.
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JGBS: An Assistant Dean (Research) is responsible for research matters and for
assisting the Dean with matters which need discussion in the central Research
Committee.
JSIA & JSGP: In view of the small size of these schools, the Deans are themselves
responsible for promoting and monitoring research matters in these two Schools in
conjunction with the University’s Research Committee.
JSLH:
The University has a centralized committee on research, grants and ethics. JSLH has an
Assistant Dean for Research Facilitation who also sits on the University Research
Committee.
3.1.2. What is the policy of the university to promote research in its affiliated /
constituent colleges?
The University has no affiliated or constituent colleges.
3.1.3. What are the proactive mechanisms adopted by the university to facilitate
the smooth implementation of research schemes/ projects?
The University encourages and promotes research and strengthens the research culture
in several ways:
a) Every faculty member is entitled to a Staff Development Fund to attend
conferences and present research papers. Research goals are built into staffdevelopment programmes.
b) Research output is part of each faculty member’s yearly assessment and is
included in calculations of annual salary raises.
c) The University’s Research Grants Committee allocates funding to various types of
research projects. Faculty may apply for short-term research grants (5 lakhs
maximum for a period of 6 months or less); medium-term research grants (10
lakhs maximum for a period of up to 18 months); and long-term research grants
(20 lakhs maximum for a period of up to 24 months).
d) All committee decisions are contingent on itinerary, budget estimation,
methodology and time constraints of projects proposed.
e) Entering into collaborations with universities overseas to facilitate joint research.
f) Publishing in journals to provide outlets for research studies. In JGLS for
example, each Assistant Professor is expected to produce a minimum of two law
review articles and one book chapter per year; Associate Professors and
Professors are expected to produce full-length books in addition to 2-3 law review
articles each year.
g) University has instituted Research Excellence Award, given to faculty members
who publish in reputed international journals. In addition, monetary reward is
also conferred.
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h) Hosting conferences where researchers present papers, and network with local
faculty.
i) The University has vigorously pursued the idea of research clusters by setting up
research centres in each school. A list of these Centres is in Annex 42. Students
are encouraged to work in these Centres thereby helping the students to develop
research skills and also helping faculty with the extra manpower support they
need to carry on with research work. Please also see the response to 3.1.9. and
3.2.1.
j) The teaching load of faculty is deliberately low compared to other universities in
the country and confirming to international norms so as to allow a reasonable
amount of time for faculty to engage in research.
3.1.4 How is interdisciplinary research promoted?
∗ between/among different departments /schools of the university
and
∗ collaboration with national/international institutes / industries.
The five schools of JGU are all located in the same academic block. This facilitates
interdisciplinary research among faculty members of the various schools, including law,
business, international affairs, government & public policy, and liberal arts &
humanities. The University has gone to great lengths to promote interdisciplinary
research as is evident from the list of distinguished lectures, conferences and workshops
organized in the last few years, in which faculty members from all schools have
participated. Even students across all schools also participate, in addition to crossregistration of courses in other schools. Faculty members from different schools are
encouraged to collaborate with each other, leading to interdisciplinary publications. As
an institutional policy, faculty members from different schools share the offices, thus
encouraging creation of discourse between disciplines. The list offers a glimpse of the
wide range of interdisciplinary engagements that schools have undertaken. Faculty
members from various Research Centres in all the schools collaborate on a continuing
basis, thus encouraging interdisciplinarity.
A detailed list of research centers is provided in response to Section 3.1.3. of this
document. The list of collaborative arrangements we have with leading international
universities also provides evidence of our efforts in this respect. The list of collaborative
arrangements is provided in response to Section 3.2.6 of this document. JGU, notably,
organised a Conference on Higher Education Reforms in India, which was inaugurated
by the President of India, Dr Pranab Mukherjee in March 2013. This conference
dedicated an entire panel on Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education: Management,
Public Policy and International Relations. This panel reinforced JGU’s commitment
towards interdisciplinary research and teaching. Select individual efforts of all Schools is
noted below.
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JGLS:
JGLS has organized a variety of research conferences in collaboration with other schools
in JGU. JGLS also has a number of MoUs and other arrangements to facilitate research
with other universities, including Harvard Law School, the University of Chicago Law
School, Osgoode Hall School of Law at York University (Toronto, Canada), the
University of Michigan Law School, and Fordham School of Law.
JGBS:
When conferences are held, they are often on themes that invite scholars from different
disciplines. For example, the conference on “Competition Law and the Business
Environment: Challenges and Opportunities” addressed by the Competition
Commissioner held on 17th April 2014, had faculty from the law school and business
school participating it.
JSIA:
Interdisciplinary research is encouraged by means of cross-membership of the School’s
faculty in Research Centres of other Schools of the University. There are also joint
efforts of Research Centres among different Schools. For example, JSIA’s Centre for a
New South Asia works closely with JGLS’ Centre for South Asian Legal Studies.
JSGP and JSLH:
JSGP and JSLH have held joint events such as Professor Shiv Visvanathan of JSGP
lecturing on public policy and Dr. Manuela Ciotti on Art exchange in public places.
Future collaborative work with the Jindal Centre for Law and Humanities and Women,
Law and Social Change are in the pipeline.
JSLH hosts visiting speakers and academics through international grants (e.g.,
Fulbright). JSLH maintains close links with the University internship programme.
JSLH is hosting an International Conference with the Indian Society for Commonwealth
Studies on Postcolonial Literature.
3.1.5 Give details of workshops/ training programmes/ sensitization
programmes conducted by the university to promote a research culture on
campus.
Please also refer to 3.1.3 relating to the University’s efforts to encourage and promote
research and strengthen research culture in the university
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Staff development, promoting and monitoring research in general and interdisciplinary
research, organizing conferences, distinguished lectures, seminars, workshops,
promoting a research culture on the campus, and collaborating with other universities
are all linked and overlapping areas of work. University organizes Faculty Development
Workshops at the beginning of each year, where eminent scholars and teachers offer
invaluable guidance and help faculty members learn from their experiences.
The University hosts numerous distinguished lectures, conferences, seminars and
workshops throughout the year for staff development purposes, stimulating research,
promoting joint research and joint publications efforts, promoting networking of JGU
faculty with other eminent scholars and researchers, promoting applied and fieldwork
projects and inspiring students to higher levels of thinking and creativity.
Several schools of JGU have organized Student Research Colloquium, encouraging
culture of research and knowledge creation. JGU Faculty Workshop Series, where
faculty members share their working papers with their fellow faculty members, is a very
promising effort to develop a platform for sharing research ideas. It helps an open
platform for ongoing research of faculty members to receive critical feedback from other
scholars in the field.
Each School in JGU has institutionalized a research Journal, edited and managed by
faculty members. The Journals are bi-annual in nature, and have produced high quality
research articles in their thematic and non-thematic issues. JGU also published India
Public Policy Report, which was the outcome of a series of workshops, which were
cultivated in a fertile research culture.
The Vice Chancellor, Registrar and the Dean of the respective school hold Review
Meetings with the Research Centres, and associated faculty members, in furtherance of
their research agenda, offering support and guidance. Research Centres have published
a number of Research Reports and Policy Briefs, which are circulated widely across
stakeholders in country and abroad. For example, Centre for Human Rights Studies
published a report on ‘Right to Vote’ which made a series of recommendations. Most of
these recommendations have been subsequently implemented by the government of
India.
Every School has appointed significant number of Research Associates, who add great
value to ongoing research programme of each School. From time to time, University
offers research consultancy to various government and non-governmental organisations
in India and abroad, thereby furthering research output of JGU.
The University-wide effort is supplemented with efforts made by individual schools. For
example, JSLH hosts its own workshop on faculty research. Visiting Professor Stephen
Marks (Harvard University) has been developing University-wide initiatives alongside
the head of quality assurance and accreditation. The Assistant Dean for Research in
JSLH provides individual support and mentoring to members of School.
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3.1.6. How does the university facilitate researchers of eminence to visit the
campus as adjunct professors? What is the impact of such efforts on the
research activities of the university?
The University encourages the Schools to invite eminent scholars and researchers for
appointment as adjunct and visiting professors. JGU has institutionalized the culture of
organizing Distinguished Public Lectures, Faculty Seminars, and Research Conferences
where eminent researchers and scholars visit the campus.
Several eminent researchers, scholars and experts teach and have taught in JGU either
as Distinguished Visiting Faculty and/or Adjunct Professors. For example, presently,
JGU hosts Justice Markandey Katju, Mr. Gopal Subramanium as Adjunct Professor and
Justice Dalveer Bhandari as Emeritus Professor.
JSLH for example, has recently invited visiting eminent international speakers such as
Prof. Bruce Lawrence, Dr. Manuela Ciotti, Dr. Andrew K. Mitchell, Prof. Yudit
Greenberg. The research contribution to the University is immediate and impacting. It
highlights affinities of topic, approach, shared interest and stimulates further
communication amongst researchers.
3.1.7. What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give details
of heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization.
Approximately, 11% of the total university budget contributes to research every year.
3.1.8. In its budget, does the university earmark funds for promoting research in
its affiliated colleges? If yes, provide details.
The University does not have affiliated colleges.
3.1.9.
Does the university encourage research by awarding Post-doctoral
Fellowships/Research Associateships? If yes, provide details like number of
students registered, funding by the university and other sources.

JGU has commenced its Ph.D. programme in August, 2014 in 4 Schools. It was
decided that no fee shall be charged from Ph.D. Scholars. Eight students will be
admitted every year who will be given a fellowship of Rs. 25,000/- each per month,
besides providing food on campus, boarding and contingency expenses.

The University has institutionalised research associateship right from the beginning.
The University has always hired postgraduate students as research associates in
order to encourage research and scholarship. Cumulatively as of today, the total
number of research associates who have been hired is over 100. Presently, we have
these research associates who are paid an attractive remuneration.
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Research Centres of various schools in the University have institutionalized the
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research internships in which students are recruited for researching on specific fields
of query under the supervision of faculty members and are paid a monthly stipend of
Rs. 8000/-. This goes a long way in promoting research in the University.
3.1.10. What percentage of faculty have utilized the sabbatical leave for pursuit of
higher research in premier institutions within the country and abroad? How
does the university monitor the output of these scholars?
The University’s policy on sabbatical leave is that only those who have been with JGU
for at least four years will be eligible. As a young institution, this policy has yet to be
operationalized. However, many of our faculty have been invited by other leading
universities such as Harvard, Oxford, the Hebrew University, University of Chicago,
FGV Brazil and others.
3.1.11 Provide details of national and international conferences organized by the
university highlighting the names of eminent scientists/scholars who
participated in these events.
With the specific objective of providing a vibrant and intellectually stimulating
environment for both faculty and students, the University has organized numerous
national and international conferences since its establishment in 2009. The speakers
and those presenting papers at these events have been distinguished and eminent
persons in their respective fields. A partial list of participants at these events is noted
below. A full list together with conference brochures is in Annex 43
3.2
Resource Mobilization for Research
3.2.1 What are the financial provisions made in the university budget for
supporting students’ research projects?
JGU has made a provision of Rs. 70 lakhs in 2014-15 for research related expenses. Of
this amount, 20% is earmarked for students’ research projects. Every year, JGLS
organizes a student research colloquium which is funded by the University. JSIA is also
organizing research colloquium. JGU Research Grants Policy has a provision for
student research assistants for individual
projects undertaken by faculty members
(a copy of the policy is enclosed herewith, Annex 44. It consciously seeks to promote
research by students.
3.2.2 Has the university taken any special efforts to encourage its faculty to file
for patents? If so, how many have been registered and accepted?
The University is primarily focused on the study of humanities and therefore, no patents
have been filed by its faculty.
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3.2.3 Provide the following details of ongoing research projects of faculty:
Year
Wise
A.
University
awarded projects
Minor Projects
Consumer
Vunerabilty - Prof
Renu Emile
Bhuvaneswari
Raman: Governance
of Urbanization ….
Rajeev Malhotra, PI:
Reputations and
realities
2014
2014
2014
Number
Name of Projects
Consumer
1 Vunerabilty - Prof
Renu Emile
Bhuvaneswari
1 Raman: Governance
of Urbanization ….
1
Rajeev Malhotra, PI:
Reputations and
realities
Name of the funding
agency
Total grant
received
JGU
22,500
JGU
5,30,000
JGU
6,50,000
Major Projects
B. Other agencies national and
international
(specify
Minor Projects
Major Projects
BPRD ( Leadership Of
Police)
BPRD( Conflict
Management)
Suicide Case of Police
Personal
Cultural Policy for
Punjab
Int Economics &
Trade Law policy
Study Of urban
Transformation
2010
2010
2010
2012
2012
2013
BPRD ( Leadership Of
1 Police)
BPRD( Conflict
1 Management)
Suicide Case of Police
1 Personal
Cultural Policy for
1 Punjab
Int Economics &
1 Trade Law policy
Study Of urban
1 Transformation
Bureau of Police Research
and Development
Bureau of Police Research
and Development
Bureau of Police Research
and Development
Punjab Government
WTO
Punjab Government
12,00,000
3,32,222
3,32,222
14,70,000
16,60,000
7,70,000
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3.2.4 Does the university have any projects sponsored by the industry / corporate
houses? If yes, give details such as the name of the project, funding agency
and grants received.
Yes. The University’s vision includes a focus on institutional social responsibility. In this
context, the University actively seeks to engage with governmental agencies, NGOs,
industries and corporations to offer its services and expertise in a number of ways, one
of which is research projects. Information from Schools in the University is noted below.
JGLS: Research projects undertaken at JGLS include:

The Centre for International Trade and Economic Laws (CITEL) of JGLS has been
preparing the trade policy monitoring reports for the United States, European Union,
People’s Republic of China, Russian Federation, Japan and Brazil. The Center has
already submitted 12 quarterly reports in the current financial year (March- August,
2012).

CITEL conducted a detailed study on the Energy Security negotiations for the Ministry
of Commerce and Industry.

CITEL contributed to the Dispute Settlement Analysis Project of Centre for WTO
studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade CITEL staff conducted analysis of two recent
panel disputes.

CITEL conducted a major study on the Renewable Energy subsidy schemes for the
benefit of the trade policy unit of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Based on the
schemes, India’s WTO Mission raised consultations in the TRIMS and Subsidies
Committees of the WTO.

CITEL is conducting a study on the commitments undertaken by India’s FTA partners
under the Indo-Japan, Indo-Korea, Indo-Singapore and India- Malaysia FTAs. The
project will be undertaken by CITEL with NASSCOM.

The Michigan-Jindal Centre for Global Corporate Financial Law and Policy organized a
conference on “Corporate Governance under the Companies Act, 2013” in October 2013.

The Michigan-Jindal Centre for Global Corporate Financial Law and Policy established a
bi-annual, corporate and financial law newsletter and also operates a Corporate Law
Blog.
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
The JGLS Centre for Health Law, Ethics and Technology (CHLET) and JGLS Centre for
Public Interest Law (CPIL) have started a legal clinic that looks at the right to food and
education in Haryana and the rights of transgenders in Delhi. They will publish cuttingedge research reports on these topics to spread awareness of these issues and advocate
legislative solutions.

CHLET undertook a study on the right to contraceptive services and information for
women in Haryana. The primary objective is to delineate whether the state of Haryana is
fulfilling its obligations to provide women with access to contraceptive services and
information. It presents findings from a multi-stakeholder analysis and human rights
assessment of the various policy, social, and cultural barriers that impede women in
Haryana from realizing their fundamental right to contraceptive services and
information. By conducting both a multi-stakeholder analysis and a human rights
assessment, this report provides a nuanced depiction of the policy, social, and cultural
barriers to contraception. This analysis also contributes to a deeper understanding of
the state's obligation to ensure the right to contraceptive services and information.
JGBS:
Prof Saroj Koul carries out consulting / training courses on supply chain management to
the employees of Jindal Steel and Power Limited. The program is funded by JSPL and
till now she has conducted 6-7 training sessions over the last 3 years.
JSIA
PROJECT TITLE
FUNDING AGENCY
GRANT RECEIVED
Training of 40 Afghan civil
Government of Afghanistan (World Rs. 87,74,376
servants on Leadership, Strategic
Bank-funded Project)
Communication and Human
Resource Management (2014)
Field research project on ‘The
National Foundation for Communal Rs. 2,00,000
Challenges of Peacebuilding and Harmony-NFCH (Ministry of Home
Conflict Transformation:
Affairs), Government of India
Comparative Case Studies of Civil
Society Initiatives in Assam and
Nagaland’
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Field research project on ‘The
Situation of Children in Left
Wing Insurgency Affected
Regions of Chhattisgarh and
Jharkhand’
United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
Rs. 1,20,000
JSGP:
a) UNDP Bangladesh: Project Consultancy led a four member multinational expert
mission for project formulation on "Knowledge for Development Management"
(K4DM), Oct Nov 2014 and prepared a Report. The consultancy was entirely
funded by UNDP Bangladesh. A total of about USD 10,000 were allocated to my
part of the said project consultancy.
b) Prepared a background paper in 2012 for UN-OHCHR as a part of the post-2015
development agenda process and participated in consultation meeting related to
the issue at South Africa, New York, Germany and Dhaka between 2012-2014.
Funded by UN/ UNOHCHR and UNDP.
c) Currently engaged with UNICEF to prepare a paper /report with a view to
develop a user's guide to help mainstream human rights in the activities of UN
country teams. This is a UNICEF funded project.
d) Suburbin Research on the dynamics of Land Transformation in funded by IFP
(Pondicherry) and ARD (France) for the research on Land Transformation in
Tamilnadu (2.5 lakhs) and Conference Grant to present paper at AAG (2 lakhs)
between 2012-2013.
e) A review of RAY policy implementation in India. Funded by the University of
Amsterdam, Netherlands (3000 euros for field work or approximately 2.3 lakhs)
for 2012-2013
f) Land Titling Project funded by French Research Institute in Rabat, Morocco
(1500 euros -2.13 lakhs). (2012-2013)
g) ICCSR funded project on “Influence to Transnational Processes on the Coproduction of Urban Space in Indian and Chinese Cities" (joint project holder
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with Dr.Benjamin, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai).
lakhs (file no: 02/192/2012-RP and letter dated 30.4.2013).
Total grant = 8
h) International Expert (Gender), for evaluation of Global Alliance of Slum
Dwellers Movement in South Africa and India (approximately 536725.00 Rs)
JSLH:
JSLH was established recently and although our faculty are working on individual
projects, we have no grant-funded projects at present.
3.2.5 How many departments of the university have been recognized for
their research activities by national / international agencies (UGC-SAP,
CAS; Department with Potential for Excellence; DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR,
ICHR, ICPR, etc.) and what is the quantum of assistance received? Mention
any two significant outcomes or breakthroughs achieved by this
recognition.
Sl.No.
1.
2.
3
Name of the Organisation
University Grants Commission
Title of the Project
e-Postgraduate Pathashala
Sub: Human Rights &
Duties
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Mid-Career Training
National Police Academy
Programme Phase-IV
Ministry of Home Affairs
Five batches of IGs / DIDs
covered.
t
h
On
20
January
2013,
t h e Cultural Policy for
Government of Punjab signed a MoU with JGU Punjab ( institutional
and provided a s u m o f R s . 1 5 l a c s f o r mechanism capacity
preparing a Cultural Policy for Punjab development
(institutional mechanism capacity development assessment)
assessment) under the aegis of UNESCO
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Received funds from the Bureau of Police Research on Etiology of
Research & Development (BPR&D), Ministry of crimes relating to
Home Affairs, Government of India for terrorism and extremism
conducting research on Etiology of crimes
relating terrorism and extremism
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Received funds from the Bureau of Police
Research
&
Development
(BPR&D),
M i n i s t r y o f H o m e Affairs, Government of
India for conducting a study of suicide
Research on study of
suicide cases of state
Police personnel and
central
Paramilitary
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cases of state Police personnel and central
Paramilitary Personnel and suggestions to
contain the same
Received funds from the Bureau of Police
Research
&
Development
(BPR&D),
M i n i s t r y o f H o m e Affairs, Government of
India for c o n d u c t i n g R e s e a r c h o n conflict
Management and Conflict Resolution at Gross
Root Level
Received funds from the Bureau of Police
Research
&
Development
(BPR&D).
M i n i s t r y o f H o m e Affairs, Government of
India for conducting a Research Study to
identify
issues
for
Police
Leadership at District and SHO levels and
Develop Tools for their measurements.
Personnel
8
Received funds for a project on Trade
Policy Monitoring from Indian Institute of
Foreign Trade
Trade Policy Monitoring
Reports
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Ministry
of
Personnel
Government of India
6
7
10
Research
on
conflict
Management
and
Conflict
Resolution at
Gross Root Level
Research Study to
identify issues for
Police Leadership at
District and SHO levels
and Develop Tools for
their measurements.
and
Training, Three One-week Inservice Training
Programmes for
Senior Indian
Administrative Service
(IAS) Officers and
Officers working under
the Central Staffing
Scheme on
"21 Century Public
Policy Making:
Challenges of
Governance in India
December 10-14, 2012;
Corruption and
Leadership and Stress
Management
UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, Bangkok
Funded Centre for Human
Rights Studies for a
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Workshop on South Asian
Human Rights
Mechanism.
TWO SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES:


500 Senior IPS Officers of the rank of Inspector General of Police and Deputy Inspector
General of Police (DIG) have been trained in evidence-based policing in the Mid-Career
Training Programme Phase –IV, jointly conducted by the University of Cambridge and
O.P. Jindal Global University (Centre for Penology and Police Studies). This programme
received very positive feedback from participants and contributed to the development
and enhancement of police leadership across the country.
Publication of survey of Trade Policy Developments in Key Economies on behalf
Ministry of Commerce, Government of India (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade).
JSIA

National recognition
JSIA’s Centre for Study of Political Violence (CSPV) has been recognised as a research
partner of Doctors For You-Northeastern Regional Office (DFY-NERO), a registered
medical humanitarian organisation working in disaster response and emergency relief
in many parts of India.

International recognition
JSIA’s Associate Professor, Dr. Urvashi Aneja, who heads the Centre for Global
Governance and Policy (CGGP) has been selected as one of a group of 40 experts
worldwide to prepare and brainstorm for the World Humanitarian Summit 2016
called for by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, and being led by the UN office
for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (UNOCHA)
JSIA has been admitted into the prestigious Global Studies Consortium, a worldwide
network of graduate degree programmes on global studies/foreign affairs. This is an
indicator that the School is valued as a world class educational institution.
JSGP:
1. Faculty was selected by the government of Maldives for his advice in the
establishment of their country’s first Public Policy School
2. UNDP Bangladesh: Consultancy involved leading a four member multinational
expert mission for project formulation on "Knowledge for Development
Management" (K4DM), Oct 2014 and preparing a Report. The consultancy generated
a total income of about USD 10,000 of which 20% was deposited with the JGU as its
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share as per the university rules.
3. Cultural Policy of Punjab awarded to Prof Sudarshan in collaboration with UNESCO
by Govt of Punjab 2013-2014
3.2.6 List details of
a.
Research projects completed and grants received during the last four
years (funded by National/International agencies).
b.
Inter-institutional collaborative projects and grants received
i. All India collaboration
ii. International
The response to this question should be read in conjunction with the response to 3.2.3,
3.2.4 and 3.2.5.
JGLS:
Research projects undertaken at JGLS include:
1. The Centre for International Trade and Economic Laws (CITEL) has been preparing the
trade policy monitoring reports for the United States European Union, People’s
Republic of China, Russian Federation, Japan and Brazil. The Center has already
submitted 12 quarterly reports in the current financial year (March- August, 2012).
2. CITEL conducted a detailed study on the Energy Security negotiations for the Ministry
of Commerce and Industry.
3. CITEL contributed to the Dispute Settlement Analysis Project of CWS, IIFT. CITEL staff
conducted analysis of two recent panel disputes.
4. CITEL conducted a major study on the Renewable Energy subsidy schemes for the
benefit of the trade policy unit of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Based on the
schemes, India’s WTO Mission raised consultations in the TRIMS and Subsidies
Committees of the WTO.
5. CITEL is conducting a study on the commitments undertaken by India’s FTA partners
under the Indo-Japan, Indo-Korea, Indo-Singapore and India- Malaysia FTAs. The
project will be undertaken by CITEL with NASSCOM.
6. The Michigan-Jindal Centre for Global Corporate Financial Law and Policy organized a
conference on “Corporate Governance under the Companies Act, 2013” in October 2013.
7. The Michigan-Jindal Centre for Global Corporate Financial Law and Policy established a
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bi-annual, corporate and financial law newsletter and also operates a Corporate Law
Blog.
8. The Centre for Health Law, Ethics and Technology (CHLET) and Centre for Public
Interest Law (CPIL) have started a legal clinic that looks at the right to food and
education in Haryana and the rights of transgenders in Delhi. They will publish cuttingedge research reports on these topics to spread awareness of these issues and advocate
for legislative solutions.
9. CHLET undertook a study on the right to contraceptive services and information for
women in Haryana, India. The primary objective is to delineate whether the state of
Haryana is fulfilling its obligations to provide women with access to contraceptive
services and information. It presents findings from a multi-stakeholder analysis and
human rights assessment of the various policy, social, and cultural barriers that impede
women in Haryana from realizing their fundamental right to contraceptive services and
information. By conducting both a multi-stakeholder analysis and a human rights
assessment, this report provides a nuanced depiction of the policy, social, and cultural
barriers to contraception. This analysis also contributes to a deeper understanding of
the state's obligation to ensure the right to contraceptive services and information.
List of International Collaborations and Institutional Affiliations. Annex 45
JGBS:
Project Title
Leadership Of Police
Conflict Management
Suicide Case of Police
Personnel
Funding Agency
Bureau of Police Research and Development
(BPR&D)
Bureau of Police Research and Development
(BPR&D)
Bureau of Police Research and Development
(BPR&D)
Amount Received
12,00,000
3,32,222
3,32,222
JSIA:
PROJECT TITLE
Training of 40 Afghan civil servants on
Leadership, Strategic Communication
and Human Resource Management
(2014)
FUNDING AGENCY
Government of
Afghanistan (World Bankfunded Project)
GRANT RECEIVED
Rs. 87,74,376
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National Foundation for
Communal HarmonyNFCH (Ministry of Home
Affairs), Government of
India
Rs. 2,00,000
Field research project on ‘The Situation United Nations Children’s
of Children in Left Wing Insurgency
Fund (UNICEF)
Affected Regions of Chhattisgarh and
Jharkhand’
Rs. 1,20,000
Field research project on ‘The
Challenges of Peacebuilding and
Conflict Transformation: Comparative
Case Studies of Civil Society Initiatives
in Assam and Nagaland’
JSIA has partnered with National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) of Taiwan to establish
India’s first Taiwan Education Centre on the campus of JGU. This Centre is run through
an annual grant from the Ministry of Education, Government of Taiwan, and it trains
students of JGU in Mandarin Chinese language and offers courses on Chinese culture
and civilisation.
JSGP:
a) UNDP Bangladesh: Project Consultancy led a four member multinational expert
mission for project formulation on "Knowledge for Development Management"
(K4DM), Oct Nov 2014 and prepared a Report. The consultancy was entirely funded
by UNDP Bangladesh. A total of about USD 10,000 were allocated to my part of the
said project consultancy.
b) Prepared a background paper in 2012 for UN-OHCHR as a part of the post-2015
development agenda process and participated in consultation meeting related to the
issue at South Africa, New York, Germany and Dhaka between 2012-2014. Funded
by UN/ UNOHCHR and UNDP.
c) Currently engaged with UNICEF to prepare a paper /report with a view to develop a
user's guide to help mainstream human rights in the activities of UN country teams.
This is a UNICEF funded project.
d) Suburbin Research on the dynamics of Land Transformation in funded by IFP
(Pondicherry) and ARD (France) for the research on Land Transformation in
Tamilnadu (2.5 lakhs) and Conference Grant to present paper at AAG (2 lakhs)
between 2012-2013.
e) A review of RAY policy implementation in India. Funded by the University of
Amsterdam, Netherlands (3000 euros for field work or approximately 2.3 lakhs) for
2012-2013
f) Land Titling Project funded by French Research Institute in Rabat, Morocco (1500
euros -2.13 lakhs). (2012-2013)
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g) ICCSR funded project on “Influence to Transnational Processes on the Coproduction of Urban Space in Indian and Chinese Cities" (joint project holder with
Dr.Benjamin, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai). Total grant = 8 lakhs (file
no: 02/192/2012-RP and letter dated 30.4.2013).
h) International Expert (Gender), for evaluation of Global Alliance of Slum Dwellers
Movement in South Africa and India (approximately 536725.00 Rs)
National collaboration


India Public Policy Report-2014 (2013-14) funded by JGU and about 20 lakh were
allocated to the project
Cultural policies for the state of Punjab Project’, Inter-institutional collaborated
projected between JSGP, Government of Punjab and UNESCO
Grants of Rs 15 Lakhs was provided by Government of Punjab for the same
International collaboration
‘Cultural policies for the state of Punjab Project’, Inter-institutional collaborated
projected between JSGP, Government of Punjab and UNESCO
Grants of Rs 15 Lakhs was provided by Government of Punjab for the same
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

International conference on diversity, dissemination and social exclusion in India
and the US, October, 2012 (international participation)
Comparative prospection on democratic governance: transparency and
accountability, December, 2012 ( international participation)
Publics, Politics, and Techno-science in Contemporary Indian Contexts, 2014
(international participation
JSLH:
First batch of JSLH started in August 2014. International collaboration with Rollins
College, Florida. This is a 2+1 programme. In addition, there are frequent faculty visits
between Rollins and JSLH and Fulbright Fellow, Yudit Greenberg will spend the Spring
2015 semester at JSLH. JSLH will co-facilitate the forthcoming ‘Future of the Liberal
Arts’ conference with Ashoka University, Yale-NUS, Pomona and Claremont University.
JSLH is in consultation with Carleton University about a forthcoming visit of Jindal to
Carleton.
3.3
3.3.1
Research Facilities
What efforts have been made by the university to improve its
infrastructure requirements to facilitate research? What strategies have
been evolved to meet the needs of researchers in emerging disciplines?
The University has taken a number of steps to improve research facilities and
opportunities for faculty. The University offers unique programmes, the first of their
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kind in India, in a number of emerging disciplines such as, diplomacy, law and business,
liberal arts and humanities, government and public policy, etc. Before the launch of
these programme, the critical factor of library and research facilities are examined in
detail and provision is made as required. The steps taken across the board are as
follows:

JGU has institutionalized a policy wherein faculty members from time to time
review the collection of books and advise library for upgradation of journals, eresource/database softwares to facilitate their research. Indeed, the university is
100% wireless enabled, which further creates a research friendly infrastructure.
 The first and foremost action relates to the recruitment of faculty with research
experience and potential. During the recruitment exercise, attention is also given
to the specific manpower needs of the school and also the complementarity of
research backgrounds of candidates considered for appointment and how they
could contribute to ongoing research and
 JGU faculty members and students have access to all major online research
databases including JSTOR, HeinOnline, Manupatra, Westlaw, Lexis Nexis, etc
in the University Library. Please refer to section 4.2 relating to the facilities
available in the Library.
 By having regular research workshops, public seminars, and distinguished public
lectures, the University has sought to build a strong community of research and
scholarship on campus. Recent public seminars and workshops organized by the
University are noted below and a full list is given in Annex 34.
 Under the various collaborative arrangements the University has with leading
universities overseas, JGU has organized a number of joint international
conferences to stimulate research and scholarly work in partnership with
distinguished academics and professional colleagues, resulting in joint
publications. Examples of such conferences are noted below and a full list is in
Annex 43
 The University has facilitated the development of research clusters in the form of
Research Centres in every School. These Centres are a focal point for
collaboration between and among the faculty in the University opening up
immense opportunities for interdisciplinary research. A list of Research Centres
is in Annex 42.
 JGLS also hosts an annual student research conference, which invites young
scholars from across India to visit our campus, present their work, and receive
feedback from our faculty. A copy of the programme of this annual event for the
last 2 years is in Annex 34.
The amount of staff-development financial remuneration for research has been raised
progressively with an aim to fostering pro-active research. Appropriate weight is
assigned to ‘Research’ while assessing.
3.3.2
Does the university have an Information Resource Centre to cater to the
needs of researchers? If yes, provide details of the facility.
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The JGU Global Library functions as a hub for scholarship and has a dedicated research
librarian for consultation and response on all faculty research needs (databases,
journals, texts).
3.3.3
Does the university have a University Science Instrumentation Centre
(USIC)? If yes, have the facilities been made available to research
scholars? What is the funding allotted to USIC?
NA. JGU is focused on the study of humanities and social sciences.
3.3.4 Does the university provide residential facilities (with computer and
internet facilities) for research scholars, post-doctoral fellows, research
associates, summer fellows of various academies and visiting scientists
(national/international)?
The University provides residential facilities, besides 24-hour internet access all through
the campus for research, i.e. in the academic building, faculty and guest housing and
student housing.
3.3.5
Does the university have a specialized research centre/ workstation oncampus and off-campus to address the special challenges of research
programmes?
The University operates a myriad of research Centre clusters. A list of the research
centers has been provided in Annex 42. The University also maintains a Delhi Office
which can be accessed and booked by interested faculty to facilitate easy access to
seminars and workshops.
3.3.6 Does the university have centres of national and international
recognition/repute? Give a brief description of how these facilities are
made use of by researchers from other laboratories.
Yes; each of the five schools in JGU have established research centres which are engaged
in cutting-edge research. Given below is a non-exhaustive list of some centres which
have attained national and international recognition/repute.
Jindal Global Law School
Sl. Name of the Centre
No.
1
Michigan- Jindal
Centre for Global
Details
US-based Michigan Law School established this
Joint Research Centre with JGU to promote joint
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3
4
5
Corporate and
Financial Law and
Policy
Centre for Health
Law, Ethics and
Technology
Centre for Human
Rights Studies
teaching, research and joint conferences.
Centre for
International Trade
and Economic Laws
Centre on Public
Law and
Jurisprudence
Produced and issued Trade Policy Monitoring
Reports on China, EU, USA, Japan, Brazil and
Russia for the Govt. of India.
The CPLJ is an interdisciplinary research center
offering interdisciplinary expertise on questions of
justice, violence, accountability, and coercion on the
line between public law and private passion. The
CPLJ promotes a multi-disciplinary JGU. Produced
a report on delays in the Judicial System
The Centre for Women, Law and Social Change has
been established to advance the inter-disciplinary
approaches to feminism in teaching, research and
policy advocacy.
The Centre for Environment and Climate Change
(CECC) was established in March 2009, to develop
and implement a research agenda on issues of
environment, development and climate change with
specific reference to India and South East Asia.
University of Cambridge partnered with JGU to
arrange Mid-career Training Programme for senior
IPS Officers in 20XX – 20YY. A total of XXX officers
attended and completed the Programme
successfully.
The objective of the Center for South Asian Legal
Studies (CSALS) is to be a key focal point of research
excellence in the region. Broadly the disciplinary
interests of the Center include international law,
comparative law, constitutional law, trade law,
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Centre for Women,
Law and Social
Change
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Centre for
Environment and
Climate Change
Studies
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Centre for Penology,
Criminal Justice and
Police
Studies
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Centre for South
Asian Legal Studies
Started a legal clinic that looks at the right to food
and education in Haryana and the rights of
transgender in Delhi.
The Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Sub Regional
Human Rights Mechanisms was organized by this
Centre in collaboration with the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) and with the
support of South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation in Law (SAARCLAW) and the Asian
African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) on
8-10 December 2011. It took a leading role in the
advocacy for the abolition of death penalty by
organizing several national and international
conferences on this issue and publishing a number of
research reports.
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Centre for
Victimology and
Psychological
Studies
intellectual property right law, human rights law,
environmental law, legal education and legal
profession. It is endeavored to carry out activities of
the CSALS by conducting research on laws and legal
systems, theories and institutions of South Asia; and
to coordinate and promote activities relating to
South Asia by conducting public lectures,
conferences, research and scholarship with a
multidisciplinary approach. CSALS will also facilitate
scholarly exchanges among the JGU faculty
members and students, visiting scholars with a
specialization in South Asian studies.
Centre
for
Victimology
and
Psychological
Studies organized, among others, the National
Symposium on ‘Mental Health Act’ on 12th March,
2013 and International Conference on NGOs
Professionalism in Victim Assistance Programmes
on 22nd February, 2013 and, 23rd February, 2013
Jindal Global Business School
Sl. Name of the Centre
No.
1
Centre for Applied
Finance
Contribution
Centre of Applied Finance: CAF aims to define,
explore and promote a multidisciplinary
approach to research in all area of finance.
Currently, CAF is focusing on empirical finance,
the issues related to the emerging markets and
their implications to the profitability of
financial market intermediaries, the stability of
the financial system, and the welfare of
financial service consumers. Current research
projects include:
 Assessing effectiveness of Exchange rate
derivatives in India
 Understanding interest rate future in India
Recently presented paper at conference:
Brajesh Kumar and Harish Roa, 2014,
Commodity Futures Trading and Spot Market
Price Dynamics in India, Euro Working Group
for Commodities and Financial Modelling 54th
Meeting, The University of Milano-Bicocca,
Milan, Italy, December 4-6.
Organised guest lectures like “Acquisitions:
succeeding against the odds” by Mr AV Ram
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Mohan
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Centre for
Entrepreneurship
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Centre for Leadership and The Center aims to develop and foster research
Change
activities in the field of leadership and change
and train and develop young leaders. It also
seeks to explore innovative ideas in the field
and be the crucible from which all can benefit.
To meet these ends it will undertake organize
and facilitate, conferences, workshops on
current issues, clinics, seminars, working
papers by professors, cases studies seminars,
lectures and research on leadership and change.
Events carried out include:
 Public Lecture by Mr. Frank F. Islam on
“Doing the right thing: the essence of
leadership" on 1st Mar 2014.
Various management and leadership
development programs in association with
Jindal Institute of Leadership Development &
Executive Education like Leadership & Stress
management training of 1 week for IAS officers
(27-31 Oct-2014)
Centre for Supply Chain
The centre aims at excellence in research and
Management
education in the areas of supply chain and
logistics by offering research driven
consultancy, analysing implementation that
result in major savings, and benchmarking best
practices in organizations. Events organised are
1. Workshop by Mr. Karan Khosla and Dr.
Saroj Koul on "Practical Systems Thinking"
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The Center for Entrepreneurship (CoE)
facilitates creation and nurturing of the
entrepreneurial mindset amongst students by:
1. Conducting contests through the ‘Stratpreneur’ club like “JGBS Innovation Contest” in
2013&14.
2. Conducting workshops/ short duration
programmes that facilitate entrepreneurship
like Entrepreneurs’ Conclave on ‘Business
Opportunity Spotting’(29 Aug-2014)
3. Engaging in research that furthers our
understanding of social and commercial
entrepreneurship in the Indian context.
Arranged “15th National Management Summit”,
January 2014 in collaboration with Top
Rankers in Delhi.
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Centre for Resurgent
Enterprises
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Centre for Consumer
Research
on 29 Nov 2014
2. Research and published papers: Saroj Koul
& Mudit S. Desai, “Implementing Strategic
Project Management for Achieving
Organizational Goals”, pp. 339–348, in S.
Halim & IGA Widyadana (eds.), Logistics
and Supply Chain Management (2013),
published by the Institute for Research and
Community Service, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Saroj Koul and J. Joshuva Alexander,
“Enhancing Project Management – A
Quality Gate Usage”, Technology Innovation
and Industrial Management, 2013, pp.160 –
172.
This center will undertake studies on how
organizations respond to the demands of their
internal and external environments. In
addition, the center will organize conferences
and visiting speaker events. Organised a
seminar on “Competition Law & Business
Environment: Challenges and Opportunities, 17
Apr 2014.
The Centre for Consumer Research will give
vital insights into Indian consumers by being
the thought leader in understanding consumer
behaviour through research, education and
training programs, and industry collaborations.
The Centre will also undertake executive
development programs, and undertake market
research. Further, the Centre will work with the
industry to nurture a conducive environment
for consumer research and innovation
activities.
Organized two seminars last semester (Fall
2014) – The first titled - ‘Tracking Photo-Essay
journeys: Academic, Research, & Business
Perspectives’ - on Monday, the 29th of October,
2014.
The Second titled ‘Paper Writing: Doing the
Literature Review’ on Thursday, the 27th of
November, 2014.
Both these seminars link with students’ course
material and study.
The Research Center has also taken out two
newsletters featuring items of academic and
research interest within the field of Marketing
and Consumer Behavior.
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Centre for Quantitative
Methods and Information
Systems
The Centre aims to inculcate among the
students an appreciation for mathematical and
computational techniques as applied to
business though not limited to it. Seminars,
workshops and summer schools on topics from
areas such as Economics, Business, Statistics,
Finance, Social Sciences, and Current Affairs
which necessitate the application of
quantitative tools and techniques are planned.
In addition to raising awareness about the need
for quantitative methodology, these events are
also expected to help students learn various
quantitative techniques.
Sponsored workshop Excel Spreadsheet
Modelling during 2013/14.
Jindal School of International Affairs
Sl. Name of the Centre
Contribution
No.
1
Centre for Global
* CGPP organised an international conference on
Governance and Policy
South-South Humanitarianism on 26 & 27
(CGGP)
November. The conference had wide participation
with attendees from over 8 countries, and across
various disciplines. JSIA students were also engaged
to assist with conference preparation, scheduling,
and documentation. A JSIA student also presented a
paper for the conference.. Papers were also presented
by JGU faculty from other schools.
* CGPP student members have been working under
the guidance of centre for faculty as research
assistants on a project on the Changing Faces of
International Humanitarianism.
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Centre for Africa, Latin
America and Caribbean
Studies (CALACS)
* CGPP has hosted a number of guest lecturers and
speakers, in line with CGPP's goal to be a centre for
fostering southern voices on issues of global
governance
In 2011-12, CALACS will establish a JSIA minor in
African, Latin American and Caribbean Culture,
which will draw primarily from course work in JSIA.
In subsequent years, CALACS will establish a joint
JSIA/JGLS/JGBS
certificate
program,
an
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interdisciplinary program which will include coursework in the business, law, and international affairs,
and ultimately, on governance for the students of
Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, or
JSG. Whereas attaining a minor will introduce
students to the possibility of graduate school
specialization, the certificate will prepare them to be
regional ‘specialists’ upon graduation.
Founded in 2011, CES at the Jindal School of
International Affairs (JSIA) aims to establish plural
observers who will endeavour to study Europe,
Europeaness and its myriad identities as a reflexive
concern through three core research groups:
Centre for European
Studies (CES)



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Centre for Study of
Political Violence
(CSPV)
Anthropology of Europe
European Politics, Culture and Society
New Democracies of Europe
CES has coordinated and published the European
edition of the Jindal Journal of International Affairs
(JJIA) Volume 2 Issue 1. It was released by Cord
Meier-Klodt, Acting Ambassador, Embassy of the
Federal Republic of Germany, New Delhi. Through
its research networking, CES has coordinated and
concluded JSIA MoUs with Faculty of Social
Sciences, University of Wrocław, Poland; Centre for
European Studies, Katholieke Universiteit (KU),
Leuven, Belgium and Faculty of Humanities, Leiden
University, The Netherlands.
The Center for Study of Political Violence (CSPV) a
research center situated within the JSIA that
specializes in theoretical and empirical research in
conflict and peace studies. The CSPV is linked with
various institutions in furthering evidence based
micro-level level research. The CSPV has a core team
of student researchers who are involved in the
various projects. The CSPV is conducting the
following projects:


UNICEF-India: Child Welfare in Left Wing
Extremist (LWE) Affected Areas: An Emergency
Risk Informed Situation Analysis (Report
Submitted)
National Foundation for Communal Harmony
(NFCH)-Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)- Project
Research Scheme: The Challenges of Community
Based Peacebuilding: Comparative Case Studies
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from Assam and Nagaland (Ongoing)
Doctors For You (India): Public Health in
Complex Emergencies. This was a field action
project conducted by CSPV and funded by DFY.
DFY is an NGO that works with internally
displaced persons in Kokrajhar and Chirang
(BTC). The CSPV provided guidance on nutrition
programming, security risk management and
team resource management.
The events by the Centre include:







3rd- 4th October 2013, Joint Conference with
Sydney Law School, University of Sydney,
“Disaster Management: The Governance of Risk,
Disaster Response and Humanitarian Action.”
10th -12th September 2013: Jindal School of
International Affairs (JSIA) Workshop on
“Quality and Accountability in International
Humanitarian Action.” Venue: Tata Institute of
Social Sciences.
9th May-11th May 2013: JSIA-DFY “Lower Assam
NGO Forum Emergency Exercise” (LANF-EMex).
Chirang, BTAD (Venue: The ANT, Chirang).
3rd May- 8th May 2013: JSIA-DFY “Working as
Relief Teams in Disasters, Conflicts and Complex
Emergencies.” Chirang, BTAD.
2nd January-5th January 2013, CSPV First
Simulation Workshop “Conflicts, Conflict Analysis
and Humanitarian Consequences of Conflict”.
Venue: Tata Institute of Social Sciences: Mumbai.
India-Pacific Council – JSIA Joint Conference
‘India-Japan
Cooperation
on
Disaster
Preparedness, People’s Network and Human
Security’ Round 18th December 2012. Venue at
OPJGU.
Counter Terrorism Capacity Building Workshop,
Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) O. P.
Jindal Global University, India and International
Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism
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Research (ICPVTR)S. Rajaratnam School of
International Studies Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore. 17th-19th February 2012.
Special Journal Edition of the Jindal Journal
of International Affairs on Political Violence
http://www.jsia.edu.in/JJIA/JJIA_Journal2.html
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Taiwan Education
Centre (established in
collaboration with
National TsingHua
University)
JSIA has partnered with National Tsing Hua
University (NTHU) of Taiwan to establish India’s
first Taiwan Education Centre on the campus of JGU.
This Centre is operated through an annual grant from
the Ministry of Education, Government of Taiwan,
and trains students of JGU in Mandarin Chinese
language and offers courses on Chinese culture and
civilisation. It has been nationally recognised because
it has trained Indian Army officers in Mandarin
language on JGU campus so that our military can
negotiate with their Chinese counterparts on the
border dispute matters.
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Brandeis Centre for
Israel Studies
The field of Israel Studies is an important area of geopolitics. It merges studies of race, peoplehood,
culture, identity, history, regional conflict in the
Middle-East and spatial coexistence. Since August
2012 Jindal Centre for Israel studies in JSIA through
the initiatives of Dr. Rohee Dasgupta has been
engaging MA students in the study of modern Israel
and organizing academic conferences. It has fostered
institutional networks and exchange on Israel Studies
with the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies,
Brandeis University, USA and Tel Aviv University,
Israel. It has organized about nine international
seminars and workshops
(http://www.jsia.edu.in/content/jindal-centre-israelstudies-events).
JCIS aims to carry out research on race, ethnicity and
conflict; Jewish Identity, bilateral relations between
India and Israel, the American-Jewish Diaspora and
Israel as well as on Europe and Israel. It intends to
build a research colloquium of scholars pertaining to
modern Israeli politics, culture, society, and economy
and the betterment of Israeli-Arab relations
(including Israeli-Palestinian relations). It welcomes
students to write MA dissertations on Israel Studies.
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JCIS currently offers two elective courses in the
Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) and the
Jindal Global Law School (JGLS).
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Centre for International
Economic Studies
MADLB 364 Politics of Coexistence: Israel and WestAsia; Course Convener: Dr. Rohee Dasgupta and
Introduction to the Israel-Palestine Conflict;
Course Convenor: Dr. Khinvraj Jangid
In September 2014, when the Centre for
International Economic Studies (CIES) was initiated,
it started a research blog “Nickeled and Dimed”
(http://ciesjsia.blogspot.in/). The objective of the
blog in the last four months has been to
provide deeper insight into the global economic
systems from varied perspectives. The blog since
September 2014, has attracted several contributors
who have offered varying opinion and reviews on a
raft of matters for our readers across the board. The
editorial team of the blog has been pro-active in
inviting writers and young scholars from across the
country to write on different global issues.
Please find the entire list of research articles
published
on
the
Blog's
main
website
(http://ciesjsia.blogspot.in/). Beside these, a separate
themed category called the, ‘Ease of Doing Business’
looked at analysing the problems related with the
ease of doing business in India and other countries
(including those in the African continent).
Jindal School of Government and Public Policy
Sl. Name of the Centre
No.
1
Contribution
· Co-organised with the International
Development and Public Policy Alliance
(IDPPA, Beijing Secretariat) a panel on
Teaching Public Policy, at the international
conference on Public Policy in a Globalised
World, organised by the Istanbul Policy
Center, Sabanci University, on 28-30 Nov.
2014.
Will organise the Third IDPPA International
Conference in JGU campus
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· Collaborating in two research project teams,
under the auspices of the Law Schools
Global League, in the areas of anticorruption (corporations’ compliance with
anti-corruption laws and norms) and human
rights (property as both economic and social
right and also civil liberty).
· Lead role in the preparation of the State of
Justice in India Report, expected to be
published in early 2016.
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Centre for the Study of
Urban Transformation
A) Articles and Book /Book Chapters
I.
Published

Raman Bhuvaneswari, 2014. Patterns and
Practices of Transformation in small town in
Tiruchengode”, Review of Urban Affairs,
Economic and Political Weekly, May 2014. Vol
49, Issue 21,

Raman, Bhuvaneswari 2013. „Practices of the
City and Projections of a Transparent Plan‟ for
the SARAI Reader 9, Projections, New Delhi:
CSDS.

Raman B and E.Denis (2013). “Digital tools for
Planning Chennai Metropolitan Region:
(mis)Matching Virtual GIS Generated City and
Ground Realities”, Critical Planning, Volume 20,
Fall 2013. (peer reviewed journal published by
UCLA, US).

Raman, B (2013). „The Other Global City by
Shail Mayaram‟, Seminar 648 (August) .New
Delhi (Book Review)

Raman, Bhuvaneswari and Z.Bawa (2013). “ICT
enabled Governance and Citizens Participation”.
In Rajadhyaksha, Ashish (ed.) In the Wake of
Aadhaar: The Digital Ecosystem of Governance
inIndia. Bangalore: CSCS.
II.

Articles accepted and to be published
in 2014
Raman B (forthcoming). “Governance of
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Disaster: Implications for Land Tenure and
Gender Relations in Leh, Ladakh and Pasighat,
Arunachal Pradesh, India”. Bangkok: FAO-AIT
Press and Springer (Revision accepted and
finalized. Waiting for final reviewers
comments). (PDF online book to be published
by July 2014) and printed version of the book by
December 2014) – Both by Springer.

Background paper for the edited book of India
Public Policy Report on Land policies and
Impact on Urban poverty.
III.
Articles under review or to be revised

Background chapter on the

The Provision of Legal Land Tenure for Urban
Poor Everyday Experience of Relocated Squatter
Households and Traders in India, Cairo Journal
of Public Policy. (Draft under review)

Street traders‟ strategies for negotiating eviction
in a globalizing city‟. (Submitted to
development and Change)
IV.
Articles /books (Forthcoming)
Currently Finalizing the manuscript for the book on
urban governance and poverty (manuscript to be
completed for review by end July).
B) Conferences / Seminars (forthcoming)

IPDDC in December 2014

Authors workshop for the book on Nature to be
held at IDG in August

Resource person for the work on Urbanization
and Health for the workshop organized by
National Institute of Nutrition and London
School of Economics (to beheld in November
2014)
c) Ongoing Research Projects: Small grants

Connected Cities: Everyday Urbanism in Indian
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and Chinese Cities (India component funded by
ICSSR, India)

Land – Economy Transformation in Small and
Medium Towns of India: exploratory study In
Sonipat(Funded by the French Research
Institute)

E-Governance and Urban Poverty: The Case of
Rajiv Awas Yojana in Delhi (Collaboration with
Chance2Sustain programme funded under EU
Research Programme routed through University
of Amsterdam).
Completed Projects (till April 2014)

Practices of Claiming Land Tenure by Low
Income Households (Funded by French
Research Institute, Jordan and CNRS –
Paris) (Preliminary report submitted to Paris 1
University and CNRS – report under review)

Evaluation of Shack/Slum Dwellers
International Network in South Africa and
India. (specific focus on the impact of urban
land tenure and basic infrastructure provision
on livelihoods and health of low income
households). (preparing two papers based on
this work for conference presentations)

Transformation of Small Town: The Case of
West Tamilnadu (Field work Completed and
preliminary papers presented at different
conferences; one is published in EPW 2014 issue
and two are under discussion with Springer)
D) Forthcoming activities

Invited book chapter : Amitav Bhaviskar,
Institute of Economic Growth for a chapter in
the new book on Nature.

Invited paper at the workshop on Urbanisation
and health funded by DFID for a collaborative
workshop of the National Institute of Nutrition,
Hyderabad and London School of Hygiene and
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Tropical Medicine (To be held in Novermber
2014).

Raman B (forthcoming). “Governance of
Disaster: Implications for Land Tenure and
Gender Relations in Leh, Ladakh and Pasighat,
Arunachal Pradesh, India”. Bangkok: FAO-AIT
Press and Springer (Revision accepted)(online
version expected by August2014 an dprint copy
by December 2014 – both by Springer).

Paper presentation at the IPDDc, Turkey in
December 2014.

Book based on Tiruchengode Research under
discussion with ARD and Routledge.
e) Outreach : Working with NGOs and Young
India scholars to develop an alternative for
Kathputhli colony.
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Centre
For Professor Parkash Chander
Environmental
Economics and Climate  Published an article in the Straits Times of June
13, 2014 entitled "Tackling Haze by Cost
Change
Sharing".

Completed a draft of a book entitled
"Environmental Games and Climate Change" of
about 300 typed pages.

Presented a paper entitled "Self-enforcing
Agreements in a Dynamic Game of Climate
Change" at the International Conference on
Environmental Economics held at Nanyang
Technology University, Singapore, from May 2627.
Gave a seminar entitled "Solving the Regional Haze
Problem" at the Department of Economics,
Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, in
January 2014
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Centre for Development
and Finance
I. Research and Publications

The Centre completed the research on and
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released the India Public Policy Report 2014
on April 2, 2014. (Rajeev Malhotra and
Team IPPR)

India @ 100: Giving Wings to the Lumbering
Elephant’, Futures (Journal of Policy, Planning
and Futures Studies):56 (Februray 2014) page 821, Elsevier, (e-version Oct 2013). (Rajeev
Malhotra)

‘Implementing the Right to Development:
Towards Operational Criteria and Monitoring
Framework’, in (ed) Realizing the Right to
Development: Essays in Commemoration of 25
Years of The United Nations Declaration on the
Right to Development, UN Office of the High
Commission for Human Rights, Geneva, Oct
2013. (Rajeev Malhotra)

‘Human Rights Based Approach for the Post-2015
Development Agenda’, (Conference proceedings),
Vienna+20: Advancing the Protection of Human
Rights, International Expert Conference on the
20th anniversary of the World Conference on
Human Rights, Vienna, July, 2013. (Rajeev
Malhotra)

“Asset Ownership and Terms of Tenancy
Contracts: Caste and Class in a Village in Western
Uttar Pradesh”, in A. K. Singh & Santosh
Mehrotra (eds) “Land Policies for Equity and
Growth”, Sage Publication, 2014 ( Partha Saha)

“Land Issues Then and Now in India: New
Challenges and Policy Dilemmas”, in A. K. Singh
& Santosh Mehrotra (eds) “Land Policies for
Equity and Growth”, Sage Publication, 2014.
(Partha Saha Co-authored ).
II. Publications in pipeline:

A book, titled ‘Poverty, Hunger and
Malnutrition: Battles for India’s Development,
(edited), ‘to be published by OUP.

‘Delivering Development and Good Governance:
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Making Human Rights Count’ World Bank Legal
Review, 2014 (Forthcoming).
III. Planned research projects and Policy
Briefs:

Follow-up work on the second edition of India
Public Policy Report including possible
collaboration with identified research
institutions and think-tanks in different parts of
the country for bringing out subsequent
editions.

Short/Medium term project: ‘Reputations and
Realities: Exploring Policy Effectiveness at
State-level’, submitted for funding to JGU
Research Grant Committee. If approved to be
completed by March 2014. It will support the
publication of a book and a few Journal papers.

Senior Research Associate to work on
a research paper broadly related to land use
issues in selected states, the course of the year.
(Geetika Rathee)

The Centre will bring out three policy briefs in
2014-15.
IV. Engaging students in research:

The Centre involved five students on research
with a view to train them on data identification
and its application related to the MDGs and the
post-2015 development agenda during 2013.

Propose to take two students to work on the
short-term project submitted for approval.
V. Details of seminars, conferences attended
& papers presented:

Vienna +20 World Human Rights Conference:
Advancing the Protection of Human Rights,
International Expert Conference on the 20th
anniversary of the World Conference on Human
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Rights, Vienna 2013, plenary address. (Rajeev
Malhotra)

China: UNFPA International Meeting on
Monitoring and Implementation of the
International Conference on population and
Development Beyond 2014, 12-14 November
Taicang, China (Rajeev Malhotra)

World Bank Washington DC: Two talks on
human rights and development (session on
Human Rights and Service delivery) at the Law,
Justice and Development week of the World
Bank. Nov. 2013. (Rajeev Malhotra)

ILO Decent Work Debate, “Towards more
effective labour market regulations in India”,
15th May, 2014 (Partha Saha)

Ministry of Labour and Employment
Consultation on “New Employment Policy”,
25th June, 2014. (Partha Saha)

Presented paper titled “Withering Female
Employment: Evidence from Primary Surveys in
Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat”, in workshop on
Female Employment in India, organized by
International Labour Organization in Delhi,
18th November, 2013. (Partha Saha)

Training Programme for Young South Asian
Scholars on “Contemporary Issues in Labour
Economics”, organized by South Asian Research
Network, 2 – 13 December, 2013, New Delhi.
(Partha Saha)
Details of seminars and conferences
organized by the Centre:

Prof. Paul Anand, August 8. 2013: “Measuring
wellbeing: some aspects of the capability
approach” First Distinguished Lecture, Centre
for Development and Finance.
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3.4
3.4.1

Prof Aron Sept. 25. 2013: ‘The political Economy
of the Tax: Social Forces and Politica;
Institutions in India and Brazil’, Second
Distinguished Lecture, Centre for Development
and Finance.

Expert Consultation for the preparation of the
India Public Policy Report, IHC, Saturday 26,
Oct 2013.
Research Publications and Awards
Does the university publish any research journal(s)? If yes, indicate the
composition of the editorial board, editorial policies and state whether
it/they is/are listed in any international database.
With its focus on research and promoting a culture of research, The University has from
its very start embarked on work to produce research journals. The first issue of the
Jindal Global Law Review was in fact published even before classes started in the
campus in 2009. Further, details of the University’s work in this direction is noted
below:
JGLS:
Jindal Global Law Review (ISSN 0975-2498) is the flagship journal of Jindal Global
Law School (JGLS). It is published bi-annually and is indexed in the LexisNexis legal
database. From Vol.6, Issue 1 onwards it will be indexed by Springer Link. As a doubleblind peer reviewed journal, JGLR aims to publish inter-disciplinary scholarship at the
intersections of legal theory, critical theory, political economy, international relations
and the humanities. It lays emphasis on publishing work that is at the cutting edge of
doctrinal, theoretical and empirical research. Each issue of JGLR, edited by subjectexperts from the JGLS faculty, is themed on a contemporary topic to rigorously explore
its legal, political, social, economic and policy dimensions.
The inaugural issue of JGLR was published in September 2009. JGLR encourages
scholars and researchers from disciplines other than the law to contribute their work to
the journal. JGLR has published five volumes till date and has drawn contributions from
academics all over the world. Academics from prestigious institutions like the Harvard
University, the Yale University, and the University of Melbourne, etc. have published in
JGLR. It is pertinent to mention that 73 percent of the articles have been contributed by
academics working in foreign universities. This reflects the diversity of the contributors
as well as the global presence of the journal.
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The current and previous issues of JGLR can be
http://www.jgls.edu.in/JindalGlobalLawReview/CurrentIssue.htm.
accessed
via:
The Editorial Board consists of:
 Professor Stephen Marks, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University,
USA, and Distinguished Visiting Professor, JGU.
 Professor Armin Rosencranz, Consulting Professor, International Relations,
Stanford University, USA.
 Professor Peter Schuck, Emeritus Professor, Yale Law School, USA.
 Professor Jayanth Krishnan, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, USA.
 Professor Vikramaditya Khanna, Michigan Law School, USA.
 Professor Sital Kalanthry, Cornell Law School, USA.
 Professor David Wilkins, Harvard Law School, USA.
 Professor Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
 Professor Lawrence Sherman, University of Cambridge, UK.
 Professor Roger Hood, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford, UK.
 Professor Upendra Baxi, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick, UK.
How the Journal differs from other Indian Law Journals:
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Compared to other Indian law reviews, JGLR is unique as it has been readily
embraced by academics and students outside of India due it global outlook and
theme based issues. For instance, scholars in Griffith University, Harvard
University and other institutions have prescribed articles from JGLR as reading
material.
Further, publishers like OUP have expressed interest to republish articles of
JGLR [Vol.4 (1) & (2)] as an edited volume which highlights the quality of the
journal.
Within a short span of 5 years JGLR has become a leading Indian law journal.
JGLR is ranked as the No. 1 peer reviewed Indian law journal by Washington and
Lee University.
JGBS: JGBS publishes a bi-annual journal titled the Jindal Journal of Business
Research. The editorial board comprises of eminent academics across Business
disciplines, and is international in nature. The journal is published under the aegis of
Sage and so, follows standard SAGE policies. At this stage, the journal is not listed on
any international data base, however, the Business School is in process of making efforts
in that direction.
The composition of the Editorial Board of the JGBS Journal is as follows:
Editor-In-Chief
Renu Emile, Jindal Global Business School, India
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Review Editors
Brajesh Kumar, Jindal Global Business School, India
Manisha Mishra, Jindal Global Business School, India
Advisory Board
C. Gopinath, Dean, Jindal Global Business School, India
Sunanda Sangwan, Shantou University, China and Erasmus University, Holland
Pushkar Jha, Northumbria University, UK
Ashish Malik, University of Newcastle, Australia
Pawan Budhwar, Aston University Business School, UK
John C. Camillus, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of
Pittsburgh, USA
Ana Paula Mussi Szabo Cherobim, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba Patana, Brazil
Soumitra Dutta, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University,
INSEAD, France
Elizabeth Fife, Marshall School of Business, USA
David L. Ford, Jr, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Wayne Fu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Uma Kumar, Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada
Vinod Kumar, Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada
Murali Patibandla, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Sanjeev Sahni, Jindal Global Business School, India
Jeremy Williams, Knowledge University, Singapore
Harry Bouman, Abo Academy, Turku, Finland, and Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
Editorial Review Panel
Sumon Bhaumik, Aston University, UK
Patrali Chakrabarty, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Vinay Singh J. Chawan, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India
Saroj Koul, Jindal Global Business School, India
Anand Mishra, Louisiana State University, USA
Miguel Morales-Arroyo, National University of Mexico, Mexico
Samir Ranjan, Jindal Global Business School, India
Siddhartha K. Rastogi, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India
Priyanka Singh, Ernst & Young, Singapore
Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Ernst & Young, India
Dayanand Pandey, Jindal Global Business School, India
JSIA: Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) publishes the bi-annual Jindal
Journal of International Affairs (JJIA), which serves as a hallmark of quality research
and analysis on the world’s most pressing issues. This journal bears testament to the
strong culture of research on international issues that is being promoted along with
world class teaching at JSIA. The journal features contributions of serious scholars as
well as practitioners who wish to make crucial interventions about international current
affairs, float new ideas, and provide solutions to burning contemporary problems. It
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brings critical insights to major issue areas such as war and peace, diplomatic practice,
foreign policy analysis, comparative politics, international political economy,
international organisations, humanitarian practice, human rights and contemporary
world history.
The unique aspect of JJIA is its global coverage of issues and events. Although JSIA is
located in India, the breadth of its academic interests and knowledge-dissemination is
global. The articles in this journal cover the most pressing international problems from
various regions of the world, including North Africa, Central Asia, Europe, Southeast
Asia and the wider Middle East.
JJIA enjoys endorsement from some of the world’s most renowned scholars and
practitioners of international politics. JJIA will enter the must-read category for postgraduate students of international affairs schools, personnel of international
organisations, diplomats, business analysts, strategic affairs think tanks, and
governmental foreign policy brains trusts.
The current and previous issues of JJIA can be accessed via
http://www.jsia.edu.in/JJIA/JJIA.html. The International Editorial Board of JJIA
consists of:
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Professor Toshiya Hoshino of Osaka School of International Public Policy
(OSIPP), Osaka University, Japan.
Dr. Daniel Green, University of Delaware, USA.
Prof. Kosuke Shimizu, Ryukoku University, Japan.
Dr. Hugo Slim, Center for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford.
Dr. Walter Andersen, School of Advanced International Studies/Johns Hopkins
University.
JSGP:
The Jindal Journal of Public Policy (JJPP) is the flagship academic publication of the Jindal
School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP). JJPP is one of the crucial arms of JSGP
aspiring to publish and disseminate rigorous theoretical, applied and empirical research that
augments our existing understanding of public policies and their impact. It welcomes original
and unpublished essays from all social science disciplines and all shades of intellectual
persuasions. All essays published in the Journal are subjected to rigorous peer review, based
on initial editors’ screening and double-blind referring by independent experts.
The main areas covered by the Journal are as follows:
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Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of public policyc policy
Comparative study of public policy
Ethics and policy making
Democracy, citizenship, electoral politics and public policy
The interface between the state, multilateral bodies, private sector, and civil
society affecting public policy
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Public institutions, and models of governance
Law, economics and public policy
Science, technology, and sustainability
Human Development, capabilities and freedom
Diversity, equity, inclusion and public policy
Quantitative analysis and evaluation of development policies
Thematic review of literature
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editors-in-Chief
C. Raj Kumar, Professor and Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University
R. Sudarshan, Professor and Dean, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy
Executive Editors
Bhuvaneswari Raman, Associate Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy
Editorial Advisory Board
Daniel Bach, Professor & Directeur de recherche du CNRS Centre Emile Durkheim – Science
Politique et Sociologie comparatives, Sciences, Université de Bordeaux, France
Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Yale University,
USA
Sarah Cook, Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Switzerland
Leela Fernades, Professor of Women’s Studies and Political Science, University of Chicago, USA
Alfredo Saad Filho, Professor of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London, UK
Jean-Louis Halpérin, Professor of Law and Public Policy, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
Robert Jenkins, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College & The Graduate Center, City
University of New York, USA
Amitabh Mattoo, Professor & Director, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne,
Australia
Prachi Mishra, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, USA
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Mick Moore, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, UK
Peter Newell, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex, UK
Ifeanyi Prinuel ONYEONORU, Professor and Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Gustav Ranis, Frank Altschul Professor Emeritus of International Economics, Yale University,
USA
Sanjay G. Reddy, Associate Professor, The New School for Social Research, USA
Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard University, USA
Gita Sen, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India
Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R. Luce Director, The Whitney and
Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University, USA
T.N. Srinivasan, Professor Emeritus in Economics, Yale University, USA
Frances Stewart, Professor Emeritus in Development Economics, University of Oxford, UK
Arvind Virmani, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, USA
JSLH:
JSLH is in the process of developing its inaugural issue which should be in press
expediently. The evolution of the journal in this incarnation reflects an in-house culture
of the intellectual and infrastructural journey in establishing a Liberal Arts school.
Subsequent issues will be more thematically and inter-institutionally driven. The
publication is headed by the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, with support from
Senior Research Fellows and the Dean.
3.4.2 Give details of publications by the faculty:
∗
Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals
(national / international)
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∗
Monographs
∗
Chapters in Books
∗
∗
∗
Books edited
Books with ISBN with details of publishers
Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of
Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, EBSCO host, etc.)
∗
Citation Index – range / average
∗
∗
SNIP
SJR
∗
Impact Factor – range / average
∗
h-index
The faculty publications booklet - 2009-2014 is annexed providing detailed
information. Annex 46
3.4.3 Give details of
∗ Faculty serving on the editorial boards of national and international
journals
∗ Faculty serving as members of steering committees of international
conferences recognized by reputed organizations / societies
JGLS:
∗ Faculty serving on the editorial boards of national and international
journals
Professor Armin Rosencranz - Serving on the board of Enviro-Legal Defence Fund in
Noida since its founding in the 1980s.
Professor Susan Lamb - Serving on the editorial board of Global Governance for last two
years.
Professor Arun Sagar - Serving on the Editorial board of Federal Governance, an
international online journal run by the Institute of International Relations, Queen's
University, Canada.
Professor James J. Nedumpara – Serving on the Editorial Board of Global Trade and
Customs Journal published by Kluwer Law International, Netherlands, B.V since 2013.
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Professor Gudmundur Eiriksson – Serving on the Editorial Board, Inter-American &
European Human Rights Journal, Advisory Board, Nordic Journal of International
Law and Advisory Board, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Professor Gandhi Manimuthu – have been serving as a member of the Editorial Board
for the past several years in Indian Journal of International Law and AALCO Journal of
International Law (2012 & 2013).
Professor Dr. Vesselin Popovski – Serving as an Advisory Board member ‘Journal of
International Humanitarian Legal Studies’, Editorial Board member Journal
‘International Studies Review’ and Journal ‘Sustainability Science’. He is also serving
as an Expert Member of the UN International Working Group on ‘Human Rights of
Leprosy-Affected People and their Families’.
∗ Faculty serving as members of steering committees of international
conferences recognized by reputed organizations / societies
Professor Ajay Kumar Pandey has been a member of the Steering Committee of the
Global Alliance for Justice Education, GAJE, (www.gaje.org), representing South and
Central Asia since 2011. Since 2011, GAJE has organized two worldwide conferences –
(1) the 6th Worldwide Conference, hosted by the Institute of Human Rights of the
Faculty of Law at the University of València, Spain, July 2011; (2) the 7th Worldwide
Conference, hosted jointly by OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, and National Law
University, Delhi, India, December 2013. The 8th Worldwide Conference will be hosted
by Anadolu University Eskişehir, Turkey, July 2015.
Professor Susan Lamb was the co-convenor of a recent major international conference
about “Historical Origins of International Criminal Law” at New Delhi, 28 November
2014, spearheaded by a colleague at the Peking University Law School and Centre of
International Law and Policy Research (CILRAP).
JGBS:
∗ Faculty serving on the editorial boards of national and international
journals
Prof Renu Emile, Editor of Jindal Journal of Business Research
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∗ Faculty serving as members of steering committees of international
conferences recognized by reputed organizations / societies
-
None
JSIA:
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Dr. Urvashi Aneja, Associate Professor JSIA, has been invited to the advisory board of
international NGO - Save the Children for a fixed term project on Humanitarian
Effectiveness
JSGP:
JSGP is a member of the International Development and Public Policy Alliance
(IDPPA)—a network of global public policy schools—along with
• Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, Russia
• Beijing Normal University, School of Social Development and Public Policy (SSDPP),
Beijing, China
• American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Cairo,
Egypt
• School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP), Jakarta, Indonesia
• School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
IDPPA shares academic research, exchanges teaching resources and advocates policy
actions. It encourages new frameworks for understanding public policy and is
developing comparative case-studies.
JSGP will host the next IDPPA annual conference on its campus in Sonipat.
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Faculty was selected by the government of neighbouring country, Maldives for his
advice in the establishment of their country’s first Public Policy School

UNDP Bangladesh: Consultancy involved leading a four member multinational
expert mission for project formulation on "Knowledge for Development
Management" (K4DM), Oct 2014 and preparing a Report. The consultancy generated
a total income of about USD 10,000 of which 20% was deposited with the JGU as its
share as per the university rules.
Government of Rajasthan project to JSGP to identify indicators related to processes,
performance and results (outcomes) Principal Investigators: Prof. Rajeev Malhotra
and Dean Sudarshan
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Prof. Rajeev Malhotra was appointed as Commissioner on the Second Murdoch
Commission, constituted by Murdoch University, Western Australia and Centre for
Development and Finance is hosting the meeting of Second Murdoch Commission in
New Delhi in January 2014
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Dr. Parkash Chander has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the Annual
Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
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Dr. Parkash Chander, Professor is serving in the Editorial/Advisory of the following
journals:
 Journal of Public Economic Theory
 Journal of Economic Surveys
 Singapore Economic Review
 Eurasian Economic Review
JSLH:
Professor Kathleen Modrowski serves as a consultant to the Asia Girls Movement for
Human Rights alongside the People’s Movement for Human Rights Learning in
affiliation with the U.N.
Professor Dr. Bennett MacLellan has been an advisor to the Young India Fellowship.
Professor Yugank Goyal was the Junior Faculty, for Law and Development Stream at
Institute for Global Law and Policy Workshop, conducted by Harvard Law School, at
Doha, in January 2015.
Professor Dr. Andrew W. Hay has been an invited speaker at Oxford University for
Modern Languages and Aesthetic Theory and the invited keynote speaker at the NESSVB Group, Mumbai.
Professor Rahul Jayaram has been an invited moderator at the International Writers
and Readers Festival, Goa.
3.4.4. Provide details of
∗ Research awards received by the faculty and students
∗ National and international recognition received by the faculty from
reputed professional bodies and agencies
A select list of Research Awards and International Recognition is as follows:
Professor C Raj Kumar, Member, National Legal Knowledge Council
Professor Ajay Kumar Pandey, Legal Education Innovation Award, 2012 (by Society of
Indian Law Firms (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training (MILAT))
Professor Gudmunder Eiriksson is the Knight Commander of the Icelandic Order of the
Falcon
Dr. Sreeram Chaulia, Dean of JSIA, was awarded the first ever B. Raman Fellowship for
excellence in Geopolitical Analysis by the strategic affairs think tank. The Takshashila
Institution based in Bangaluru.
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•
Faculty
Career360 Education Magazine listed JGLS as the Number One Private Law School in
India in 2014, based on various teaching and research quality criteria. Specifically on
Faculty Quality, JGLS is listed third best among all – including national universities in India.
•
Doctoral / post-doctoral fellows
•
Students
Rosmy Joan (LL.M. 2011) paper on ‘Euthanasia: Good Death or Not?’ was
selected for presentation at the prestigious Second Annual Younger Comparativists
Conference organized by the American Society of Comparative Law at Robert H.
McKinney School of Law, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA. Rosmy successfully
participated in the conference at Indianapolis from 18 to 19 April 2013. She also
presented papers at other major national and international conferences.
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Presented ‘Eight Issues on International Commercial Arbitration’ in the discussion
on Complex Issues in International Arbitration in the symposium jointly
organized by the American Bar Association Section of International Law, the
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and the London Court of
International Arbitration at the George Washington University School of Law,
Washington D. C. held on 23rd April 2013.
Speaker in the Seventh Annual International Investment Treaty Arbitration
Conference on Investor-State Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector
organized by the Juris Conferences LLC at Grand Hyatt, Washington D. C. held on
22nd April 2013.
Presented a paper on ‘How to Make India as Arbitration Hub?’ in the
International Seminar on Institutional Arbitration and Online Dispute
Resolution Techniques organized by the Construction Industry Arbitration
Council in support with United Nations UNCITRAL, Planning CommissionGovernment of India, Asian African Legal Consultative Organization and
Construction Industry Development Council dated 31st January, 2013 at India
Habitat centre.
Mukul Rani Parajuli (LLM. 2012) and Pooja Terwad (LL.M. 2012) were
selected for a six months international student exchange programme at the Maurer
School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA under Jindal Global Law
School – Maurer School of Law Memorandum of Understanding. Apart from the
tuition fee waiver, they took a specialised coursework in Intellectual Property
Rights during their six months (August 2013 – December 2013) stay in
Bloomington.
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A team comprising of six research assistants of the Centre for International Trade
and Economic Laws (CITEL) JGLS, including Prem Raja Kumari. R. (LL.M.
2010) and Parth Shah (LL.M. 2012) worked on a study of the ‘Renewable
Energy Schemes in the United States’, which formed the basis for India’s recent
consultations with the United States in the WTO Trade Related Investment
Measures (TRIMS) Committee. United States has already challenged India’s Solar
Mission programme at the WTO and our students have done remarkable work to
analyse various state-wide RE programmes in the US, under a project awarded by
the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) to the CITEL.
Prasanth Narang (LLM 2010), Advocate Supreme Court of India, published a
paper on ‘Regulatory Barriers to Litigation in India’ in Asian Journal of Law and
Economics Volume 2, Issue 3, October 2011.
JGBS

Prof. Stephen Holden, Associate Professor, Marketing:Trade publications:- His recent article (https://theconversation.com/use-yourillusion-how-to-trick-yourself-and-others-into-eating-less-31304) was seen by
over 100,000 people (according to their counters), and was picked up and re-run
in The Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/10/01/how-to-trickyourself-into-eating-less/). His affiliation with OP Jindal is noted in both.

Prof. Saroj Koul, Professor, Operations Management:• Recipient of “AIMS-Great Lakes Outstanding Woman Management
Researcher Award” (awarded Gold Medal at the AIMS 2013).
• Recipient of National Education Award 2012 – Category ‘Best Professor in
Operations and Supply Chain Management’ (awarded by B School Affaire)
• Recipient of Best Paper Award. Paper titled ‘A Multi-criteria Decision Making
Approach for Selection of Suppliers’, AIMS International Journal of
Management, 4(1), pp. 57-71.
• Recipient of “Outstanding Editor 2010” (awarded by AIMS International
Journal of Management)
JSGP:
 Faculty: Nil
 Doctoral / post-doctoral fellows: Nil
 Students: One of the JSGP Batch 2014 student received Pradhanmantri Grameen
Research and Development Fellowship
Prof. Rajeev Malhotra was selected as a Commissioner on the Second Murdoch
Commission, constituted by Murdoch University, Western Australia and Centre for
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Development and Finance is hosting the meeting of Second Murdoch Commission in
New Delhi in January 2014.
JSIA
Dr. Sreeram Chaulia, Dean of JSIA, was awarded the first ever B.Raman Fellowship
for Excellence in Geopolitical Analysis by the strategic affairs think tank, The
Takshashila Institution, based in Bangaluru.
JSLH: None
3.4.5. Indicate the average number of successful M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars
guided per faculty during the last four years. Does the university participate
in Shodhganga by depositing the Ph.D. these with INFLIBNET for
electronic dissemination through open access?
NA as the PhD programme was inaugurated only in this academic year, 2014-15.
3.4.6 What is the official policy of the university to check malpractices and
plagiarism in research? Mention the number of plagiarism cases reported
and action taken.
The culture of ethics and academic honesty is strongly promoted among the faculty and
students. In particular, students are informed at the Student Orientation Programme of
each School about academic honesty and integrity and the consequences of not adhering
to these norms. Every course manual given to students contains detailed warnings
against academic dishonesty. Plagiarism awareness tutorials are conducted by faculty
members so that students learn basics of citation and avoid shortcuts to hard work.
Students who engage in plagiarism in their written work are penalised and even failed in
specific courses as a deterrent. Turnitin software is used extensively to vet take home
exams and written assignments of students.
3.4.7. Does the university promote interdisciplinary research? If yes, how many
interdepartmental / interdisciplinary research projects have been
undertaken and mention the number of departments involved in such
endeavours?
Please see responses provided in 3.1.
3.4.8. Has the university instituted any research awards? If yes, list the awards.
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JGU operates a research recognition award on an annual basis. Research Excellence
Awards are awarded to faculty members to recognize outstanding publications in
international journals. Please also see the response to 3.4.9 and Annex 48 below. There
is also an annual award for outstanding student researcher.
3.4.9. What are the incentives given to the faculty for receiving state, national and
international recognition for research contributions?
Faculty members are given financial rewards for international publications. The amount
of the award is based on the placement of the article within the top 200 universities of
the Times-QS World University Rankings. Rs. 50,000 is awarded for publications in
journals located at any of the top 50 universities in the world; Rs. 20,000 is awarded for
publications in journals at universities 51-100 in the rankings; and Rs. 10,000 is
awarded for any other international publication.
A list of those who were given Research Excellence Awards in the University is in
Annex 47
3.5
3.5.1
Consultancy
What is the official policy of the University for Structured Consultancy?
List a few important consultancies undertaken by the university during the
last four years.
On 5 September, 2012, JGU published its Policy on Compensation to faculty members
for taking consultancy and other assignments outside JGU and for conducting
management development programmes at JILDEE (a copy of the policy is attached
Annex 49)
3.5.2. Does the university have a university-industry cell? If yes, what is its scope
and range of activities?
JGU has a Career Development and placement division (CDPD) which is the interface
between all schools of JGU and industry. CD&P arranges industry visits, invites industry
experts from reputed companies as guest lecturers and also organizes seminars /
conferences on prevalent industry-academic issues. Some examples of the activities
organized are given in Annex 50.
3.5.3. What is the mode of publicizing the expertise of the University for
Consultancy Services? Which are the departments from whom consultancy
has been sought?
JGU website and websites of five schools of the university are the principal mode of
publicizing the expertise of the University for Consultancy Services. Consultancy has
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been sought from the Schools dealing with Law, Business, Public Policy and
International Affairs.
3.5.4. How does the university utilize the expertise of its faculty with regard to
consultancy services?
The University has created an enabling policy environment which permits a faculty
member to engage in a consultancy assignment with another institution, business house
or a public sector organisation for a period not exceeding 30 days in a year and
preferably during semester break.
The income generated from such consultancy assignment shall be shared between the
university and the respective faculty member; 80 per cent of the total income will go to
the respective faculty and 20 per cent to the university.
3.5.5. List the broad areas of consultancy services provided by the university and
the revenue generated during the last four years.
List of Important Consultancies
Sl.No.
1
Name
James J
Nedumpara
2
Aseem Prakash
3
4
5
Arnab K Acharya
Rajeev Malhotra
M Gandhi
Bhuvneshwari
Raman
Dipika Jain
6
7
Project
Centre for WTO studies, Indian
Institute of Foreign Trade
Centre for study of urban
Transformation
ITAD Ltd , UK (Impact Evaluation of
MVP-SADA Northern Ghana
Millennium Village IMPLEMENTATION PHASE)
UNDP Bangladesh
UNDP
Centre for study of urban
Transformation
UNDP
Total Amount
Received by JGU
45,000
43,185
1,21,440
1,18,100
42,959
6,60,191
36,688
3.6
Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR)
3.6.1
How does the university sensitize its faculty and students on its
Institutional Social Responsibilities? List the social outreach programmes
which have created an impact on students’ campus experience during the
last four years.
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JGLS:
The University organizes refresher courses for the faculty from time-to-time with a main
focus on developing capacities and exploring ways to promote social justice and public
service through teaching, research and community engagement. Clinical Programmes
of the University’s Law School has organized two national conclaves of law teachers,
students, NGOs, lawyers and others working on aspects of social justice and hosted the
7th Worldwide Conference of Global Alliance for Justice Education in 2013 at JGU
involving 300 participants from 60 countries.
JGBS:
The School arranges for action learning programs that can be taken up by students and
faculty. These programmes are treated as extra-curricular activities undertaken based
on interest. Activities undertaken include literacy training for contractual employees,
building awareness on saving electricity, supporting library in municipal aided schools,
etc.
JSIA:
The School hosts large groups of foreign students for short durations on campus and
organises youth dialogues to promote intercultural understanding and people-to-people
diplomacy. Youth dialogues between our students and their peers from Pakistan,
Australia, the US and Taiwan have already occurred and have impacted positively in
opening the minds of our Indian students.
JSGP:
JSGP offers students a well-grounded education and exposes them to the field and
actual institutional mechanisms. JSGP regularly invites academicians, activists, senior
officials, politicians, NGO-workers, policymakers from UN and other international
organisations to deliver lectures and interact with students and faculties
Recently, in association with PRIA(Participatory Research in Asia) students of JSGP
conducted Women Safety Audit. It was on Women Safety, and students (both males
and females) were asked to point out locations on a map where they felt they are safe
and where they felt unsafe. This exercise was followed by a discussion on women safety
and different forms of violence against women
Our students participated in “The Kadam Badao Campaign” it is a campaign led by
youth - boys and girls from schools, colleges, and the community. It recognises youth as
catalysts of change not only in bringing about attitudinal changes in the mindsets of
families and individuals, but in also holding their institutions accountable to their roles
in preventing and addressing gender based violence. They presented the agenda of
“Ending Violence against Women” to politicaI parties before the assembly
election to include the same in assembly election.
JSLH:
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JSLH is predicated on the local as a developmental iteration of the global. Service
learning facilities emphasize empirical field-work in Haryana and N.C.R. Delhi as a
touchstone for the study of Environmental Science, Sociology, Economics,
Interdisciplinary Seminar and Project Study. The University is taken as a microcosm
within a regional macrocosm. As part of the Interdisciplinary Studies seminar, students
interviewed University maintenance staff about their situatedness. They developed a
research project for the ID class from this interaction. Sociology is about to visit Sonipat
with a view to studying techniques of gender-based socialization. In confidential
communication, certain members of the Sonipat Police Force have expressed an interest
in Philosophy and the possibilities of studying this discipline. JSLH is thus in a process
of reviewing how its learning charter might extend to community-based
interests/actors.
3.6.2. How does the university promote university-neighbourhood network and
student engagement, contributing to the holistic development of students
and sustained community development?
Awaiting response from JSIA
In addition to our Vision to be a socially responsible institution par excellence, the
University has also adopted a logo from its very first day, “A Private University
Promoting Public Service.” True to our intentions in these Statements the University has
made conscious efforts to engage with local communities. Examples of our efforts are
noted below:
JGLS:
Clinical Programmes of the University’s Law School and student-run Clinical Legal Aid
Society at the University work in collaboration with NGOs like Navjyoti India
Foundation, SM Sehgal Foundation and Urja and others on various aspects of
community empowerment, legal literacy, paralegal trainings, citizen participation for
good governance and effective realization of various laws and government programmes
on the right to food, health, education, social security, legal aid etc. in Sonipat, Delhi,
Gurgaon, Mewat and Kurukshetra.
JGBS:
The school arranges for field visits in the neighbouring villages and interaction with
communities to sensitize the students on the key issues pertaining to the communities.
Thereafter students are encouraged to take up social work activities pertaining to those
issues on a voluntary basis.
JSGP:
Under “Policy Action Workshop” JSGP started a number of projects in Sonipat.
For rejuvenating schools in Jagdishpur and a policy brief on school in Akbarpur Barota.
Students of JSGP interacted with villagers in Lalheri Kalan village (Sonepat District).
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Students were also involved in safety audits conducted by PRIA. PRIA conducted a
similar kind of exercise (Safety Audit) in our campus as well. This Safety Audit was on
Women Safety, and students (both males and females) were asked to point out locations
on a map where they feel they are safe and where they feel unsafe, followed by a
discussion on women safety and different forms of violence against women.
JSLH:
The proximity of Ashoka University in the wider NCR, Delhi, JSLH is beginning to
investigate a collaborative programme with selected contacts so that students from both
institutions might participate in inter-institutional community ventures. This has also
extended to enquiries about the possibility of shared speakers. More widely, JSLH and
Jindal will participate in the trans-national conference on The Future of the Liberal Arts
in India, II, in March at Ashoka which makes Sonipat an evolutionary locale for Liberal
Arts anthropology. In terms of students, JSLH’s centralization of service learning
means that all students will have completed a project for personal-professional
development in service, with the diagnostic attention to community problems.
3.6.3. How does the university promote the participation of the students and
faculty in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and
other National/ International programmes?
JGLS: The Centre for Clinical Programmes facilitated students to undertake extension
activities in Mewat, Sonipat and Kurukshetra Districts. Mentored by faculty members,
the Human Rights Society and Social Service Society have also undertaken extension
activities in the neighborhood of JGU.
JGBS:
The school encourages students to participate in socially relevant activities. Bulk of
these activities is self-driven and interest based. The formal engagement promoted by
the school is in the form of mandatory social internship projects.
The University encourages students to undertake social service in many ways. One of
them is by making it mandatory to spend a summer on a project in this area. This is part
of the Integrated BBA-MBA Program in which it is undertaken in the summer after
second year. The learning objective of this project is for the student to participate in a
non-commercial activity in which he or she has a passion. The student may either
choose to work in an established NGO or design a new activity and participate in it. The
nature of these activities may range from teaching in a rural school, slum clearance
work, and so on. The student starts by outlining in a proposal what his/her dream of
ideal India is, plan a project on how to realize this dream and execute it by either
developing a new project or by joining any existing one on their own initiative. Students
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not only learn to think of building the country but also of planning and executing a plan
that may essentially be non-profit.
JSIA:
Graduate students were employed as Teaching Assistants in the Duke University-JGU
Summer School that was organised for secondary and high school students from across
India on the JGU campus.
JSGP:
We are a part of a select group of elite public policy schools in the world – Oxford
University, Harvard University, Sciences Po in France, Di Tella University in Argentina
and Tsinghua University in China – who have been selected by the Open Society
Foundations as a partner institution for the Open Society Internship for Rights and
Governance. Under this highly competitive and all-expense-paid internship programme,
selected students attend a 10-day clinical seminar in Budapest at the School of Public
Policy of the Central European University, after which they undertake a six-week
intensive internship at an organisation, which can be located anywhere in the world.
JSLH:
JSLH is predicated on the local as a developmental iteration of the global. Service
learning facilities emphasize empirical field-work in Haryana and N.C.R. Delhi as a
touchstone for the study of Environmental Science, Sociology, Economics,
Interdisciplinary Seminar and Project Study. The University is taken as a microcosm
within a regional macrocosm. As part of the Interdisciplinary Studies seminar, students
interviewed University maintenance staff about their situatedness. They developed a
research project for the ID class from this interaction. Sociology is about to visit Sonipat
with a view to studying techniques of gender-based socialization. In confidential
communication, certain members of the Sonipat Police Force have expressed an interest
in Philosophy and the possibilities of studying this discipline. JSLH is thus in a process
of reviewing how its learning charter might extend to community-based
interests/actors.
3.6.4. Give details of social surveys, research or extension work, if any,
undertaken by the university to ensure social justice and empower the
underprivileged and the most vulnerable sections of society?
JGLS:
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1. Clinical Programmes of JGLS has two main initiatives to promote social justice in the
vicinity of JGU:
(a) elective clinical courses on aspects of rural governance, democracy, citizen participation,
rule of law, legal aid, access to justice, poverty, and citizen empowerment – these
courses are designed to address the disconnect between what law, government policies
and programmes promise to the poor and their reality – these clinical course, harping
on “learning by doing” and “social justice” require students to engage with residents of
villages in the vicinity of JGU on aspects of right to food, social security, education,
health, sanitation, aaganwadis, panchayati raj, voting rights, right to information,
provisions for legal aid, legal literacy etc.
(b) Student run Clinical Legal Aid Society organizes legal literacy camps, works with
paralegal volunteers, works with District Legal Services Authority for legal aid and lok
adalats.
2. Clinical Programmes and Clinical Legal Aid Society work in collaboration with NGOs
like Navjyoti India Foundation, SM Sehgal Foundation, Urja on various aspects of
community empowerment, legal literacy, paralegal trainings, citizen participation for
good governance and effective realization of various laws and government programmes
on food, health, education, social security, legal aid etc. in Delhi, Gurgaon, Mewat and
Kurukshetra.
3. Clinical Programmes has organized two national conclaves of law teachers, students,
NGOs, lawyers and others working on aspects of social justice and hosted the 7th
Worldwide Conference of Global Alliance for Justice Education in 2013 at JGU involving
300 participants from 60 countries.
JGBS:
Rotaract club of JGU established by JGBS oragansies social work event in association
with Rotary club. Events include blood donation camps in nearby areas, recycling waste
in Akbar Barota and organizing Rotary Youth Leadership Awards for leadership
development of young Rotarians aged between 14 to 23 years.
JSIA:
“Public Health in Complex Emergencies Field Project”
Project Developments from: August 2012-March 2013
Prepared by Dr. Samrat Sinha,
Assistant Director, Centre for Study of Political Violence,


During September-October 2012 the CSPV developed a comprehensive
“Humanitarian Team Resource Management (HTRM) System” including security
procedures for medical and non-medical volunteers on-site in the Chirang field
office. The HTRM guidelines were based on Crew Resource Management (CRM)
applications in aviation safety; the core of CRM is the building of a cooperative
organizational culture between small teams in high pressure situations
In addition, CSPV along with a Research Associate of Centre for Enquiry into
Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT) assisted in field data collection on critical
indicators in the IDP camps.
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Research Outcomes: CSPV-DFY-NERO research report on Healthcare
Service Provision in Situations of Ethnic Conflict. In addition another
joint study of Household Recovery in the Aftermath of the 2011 GharoRhaba Ethnic Riots was also completed.
Launch of JSIA-DFY NERO “Joint Field Internship Programme in
Humanitarian Healthcare” (Started in January 2012 onwards and will be
continuing)

The pioneering programme which has completed its first cycle allows for students
of JSIA and now for other Schools of OPJGU to be placed in the field office of
DFY-NERO Guwahati and Chirang office for a minimum period of 1 month and
learn the following skills: Field Data Collection in Rural Areas, Report Writing,
Humanitarian Project Management, Conducting Rapid Assessments and
Working in Conflict Situations. The Second Cycle of the Program is to be
tentatively launched from May onwards depending on the security situation.

Research Outcomes: JSIA students participated in conducting assessments in
14 IDP camps and affected villages during their one month stay with DFYNERO’s field office. In addition, a Current Humanitarian Situation Report has
been compiled as of February 2013, which will become part of future joint
research project on Post-Conflict Household Recovery for Internally
Displaced Persons in the BTAD riots. Also a proposal is being developed
for Peacebuilding through Humanitarian Healthcare Provision.

Other Outcomes: In addition, an advocacy effort at matching child victims to
government victim assistance programmes has also been initiated. The
children suffered from serious firearm injuries during the onset of
violence and are now residing in the IDP camps in Kokrajhar without any
means of support.
JSIA and DFY-NERO Region Wide Field Training Programme held in
Guwahati and Chirang in 2013
The joint training program is an important component of planned outreach activities in
the region for OPJGU. Building on the experiences of DFY-NERO and CSPV the training
programme seeks to provide cutting edge curriculum to participants. The training
program is open to Government Officials, NGO personnel, Medical Professionals,
Medical Students and graduates from other disciplines. Participants were primarily
from the Northeastern region. However, the program is also open to participants from
outside the region as well. The training programme is innovative as it provides an
overview of theoretical and practical aspects of public health in disaster management;
combined with actual fieldwork, in rural areas affected by both disasters and conflicts.
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Through the training programme an alumni network of professionals and volunteers
will be built, who will contribute to the field of disaster management in the Northeastern
region. Some of the skills being imparted in the training include the following subject
areas:

Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis

Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction

Field Research Methods and Data Collection Strategies for Public Health

Project Management in Disaster Situations

Disaster Epidemiology

Conducting Rapid Assessments

Relief Camp Management

Gender Sensitive Project Planning

Concepts in Medical Relief and MISP

Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) Management

Medical Inventory Management

Monitoring and Evaluation

Security Risk Analysis and Conflict Risk Management

‘Organizational Culture’ and the Building of ‘High Reliability Organizations’

Humanitarian Team Resource Management (HTRM)

Team Building for Disaster Relief
JSGP:
1. The Kadam Badao Campaign
- In collaboration with Participatory Research in Asia
(PRIA) for our Policy Action Workshop in this ongoing semester. The idea is to work
along with local institutions and people, and contribute effectively in policy making at the
local level. Gender issues figure out prominently in this whole activity because despite
high economic growth, and being projected as an economic and educational hub,
Haryana has very low social development indicators, such as poor sex ratio (862 per
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1000 males), low female literacy rate (56 per cent) and high infant mortality rate (102).
Additionally, social evils like incidences of violence against women, rape, female
foeticide, dowry discriminations are also relatively higher in Haryana.
The Kadam Badao Campaign is a campaign led by youth - boys and girls from schools,
colleges, and the community in order to bring about attitudinal changes in the mindsets
of families and individuals. As a part of this campaign a consultation was jointly hosted
by OP Jindal University and PRIA on the 23rd November, 2014
2. Women Safety Audit: Students of JSGP interacted with villagers in Lalheri village
(Sonepat District). Students were also involved in safety audits conducted by PRIA. PRIA
conducted a similar kind of exercise (Safety Audit) in our campus as well. This Safety
Audit was on Women Safety, and students (both males and females) were asked to point
out locations on a map where they feel they are safe and where they feel unsafe, followed
by a discussion on women safety and different forms of violence against women.
JSLH:
JSLH envisages collaborative work with the Centre for Women, Law and Social Change
and the Director of Clinical Study at JGLS to integrate students into the efforts for
women’s education, human rights education and rural literacy expansion. To this end
we also plan to draw on our professional association with Ms. Jane E. Shuckoske and
the NGO (IIRD). This will form the crux of the interdisciplinary seminar in year two
while also allowing scope for individuated student interest in project form. Professor
Modrowski, the Dean of JSLH, also plans to develop the Environmental Science
component of the JSLH curriculum to explore agrarian depopulation and we plan to
draw on the scholarly work of colleagues including Professor Shiv Visvanthan and Dr.
Swagato Sarkar, JSGP.
3.6.5. Does the university have a mechanism to track the students’ involvement in
various social movements / activities which promote citizenship roles?
JGLS:
Yes. The Law School of the University offers elective clinical courses on aspects of rural
governance, democracy, citizen participation, rule of law, legal aid, access to justice,
poverty, and citizen empowerment. These courses are designed to address the
disconnect between what law, government policies and programmes promise to the poor
and their reality. These courses, harping on “learning by doing” and “social justice”
require students to engage with residents of villages in the vicinity of JGU on aspects of
right to food, social security, education, health, sanitation, aaganwadis, panchayati raj,
voting rights, right to information, provisions for legal aid, legal literacy etc.
JGBS:
The exemplary contributions of informally conducted activities are recognised on the
University Day. The formal engagement (mandatory social internship projects) undergo
due evaluation processes.
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JSGP:
The Policy Action workshop at JSGP has been established to participate in lively
intellectual debate. It seeks to engage in exploratory and experimental studies of policy
options. It is a ritually open space where scholars, citizens, policy makers and activists
participates to discuss and conceptualize small-size experimental projects which will
elaborate on better policy interventions. It aspires to construct newer conceptual tools
and intervention models, which can bring about a substantial change in people’s
everyday lives.
The JSGP’s curriculum incorporates Policy Action Workshop in the course structure
with specified credits supervised by faculty member in association with professional
NGO’s like PRIA.
JSLH:
JSLH is predicated on the intellectual-practical examination of citizenship within the
global and developmentally democratic contexts. The students are encouraged to
triangulate their interdisciplinary, sociological, historical, economic and political science
work into a far-reaching survey of the complexities of democracy, both historically and
in a globalized era. The ID field-work component and internship provide an ideal
opportunity to take academic or personal interests into an active role – full academic
credit is accorded to this in line with assessment-based documentation/evaluative
protocols. Service learning would be a pertinent example of JSLH’s commitment to
social justice education. In the future, more collaborative engagement with the law
school is projected in line with this goal.
3.6.6. Bearing in mind the objectives and expected outcomes of the extension
activities organized by the university, how did they complement students’
academic learning experience? Specify the values inculcated and skills
learnt.
The University strongly believes in pedagogy which promotes active, experiential and
collaborative learning and in following the precepts noted below:
“Learning takes place through the active behavior of the student; it is what he does
that he learns, not what the teacher does.” – Ralph W. Tyler (1949)
“If students are to learn desired outcomes in a reasonably effective manner, then the
teacher’s fundamental task is to get students to engage in learning activities that are
likely to result in their achieving those outcomes …… It is helpful to remember that
what the student does is actually more important in determining what is learned than
what the teacher does.” – Thomas J Shuell (1986)
On this basis, the five Schools in the University have ensured that what is learned in the
classroom has meaning in real life situations as well by organizing numerous cocurricular activities and encouraging students to participate in extra-curricular
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activities. These various activities provide learning and rich campus life experiences
which are intended to help a holistic development of students and strengthen their
lifelong learning skills. We expect that students graduating from JGU will be wellgroomed in many respects and will be well-prepared to take on their social
responsibilities successfully in their chosen area of work.
The efforts of Schools in this area of work are noted below.
JGLS:
The extension activities organized by the University have the two main objectives: (1)
“Learning by Doing” for students and (2) contribution to public service and social
justice. Through these activities, the students and faculty engage in practical
understanding of what they read and discuss in classroom settings. The method of
“learning by doing” has an empowering effect on students, faculty as well as
communities. Exposure of theoretical understanding to real life situations brings
transformation in academic learning and helps in making academics more inclusive and
closer to realities. The students who engage in community work are given a diary to
record their work, learning, and questions etc. The information in this diary has to be
recorded in different columns. Two of these columns specifically talk about values and
skills identified/developed/learnt/imbibed. Students are informed through the course
that they need to develop skills and imbibe values for effective community lawyering. In
addition to the general skills for research, fact-finding, interviewing, advocacy, drafting,
participating, group work etc., values of empathy, compassion, and upholding the truth
find prominence in students’ work and learning.
JGBS: The curriculum followed by the school has a considerable blend of classroom
and extracurricular learning. Students are encouraged to learn the essence of
managerial skills through extracurricular activities.
JSIA: Students who participated in the Public Health and Complex Emergencies
activity were able to connect the theoretical learnings about human rights and
humanitarian relief with real world experience of how these concepts are implemented
on the ground and what the gap is between the existing literature in international affairs
and the grassroots realities.
JSGP: Students develop quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, receive an
exposure to the real world policy making process, and enhance their managerial skills.
In a challenging and increasingly complex policy environment, students learn to solve
practical problems and find solutions conducive to the public good
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JSLH: Service learning is an integrated component of the pedagogy of JSLH. Civic
responsibility, ethical reasoning and reflective learning provide the substrates for
students to build their own projects for civic engagement with faculty advice. This feeds
into the second year research project, interdisciplinary seminar and, more widely,
academic options. Presently, JSLH students are developing a visit to Nizamuddin, Delhi
to work with Project Hope (which runs child literacy education programmes). Students
develop research-related, interview, interactive and interpersonal skills in this
community engagement that allows them to plan and evaluate just how their
community engagement works (some are working on issues of child literacy, socioeconomic deprivation and sanitation inter alia). From research to field-work and
evaluation alongside final presentations, community engagement provides the bedrock
for our pedagogical advancement of active learning through ethical citizenship.
3.6.7. How does the university ensure the involvement of the community in its
outreach activities and contribute to community development? Give details
of the initiatives of the university which have encouraged community
participation in its activities.
1.
JGLS:
Centre for Victimology and Psychological Studies (CVPS), under the Global law School
aims to work for holistic rehabilitation of victims. This centre was conceptualized with
an aim to reach out to various categories of victims and provide assistance and enable
them to integrate back in to the society and function normally. The centre is very active
right from the time of its conception with workshops, lectures and other activities. It
plans to handhold with NGOs and commenced a 24 hour helpline for victims (School
children in Sonipat District).
Areas of work
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Rape victims
Victims of domestic violence
Victims of abuse
Families of suicide victims and murder victims
Families of HIV/AIDS patients and prisoners
Clinical legal programmes
The Clinical Legal Aid Society has been a part of JGLS since its inception in 2009. The
society exists with the sole aim of bridging the gap between what law promises to offer
and the actual reality of law. It follows the model of good governance through citizen
participation, which believes that good governance will come about only when citizens
at all levels of our democracy effectively participate. The clinical legal education seeks to
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impart practical knowledge of law to students. The aim of starting the society was not
only to bring future lawyers face to face with the harsh realities of law, but also by giving
ourselves the opportunity to use and implement the law even before entering the
professional world. Since 2009, the members of the society have actively
participated/organized various awareness creating events and engaged effectively with
the rural communities. This is done by building a rapport with the communities, by
understanding their concerns, after which they are connected to the district authorities,
through the processes of law. This process engages communities on a weekly basis,
organizing conferences, conclaves, interventions within our surroundings and unique
creative methods (Eg: theatre performances).
Work relating to community service
a. Village adoption Program: - Five villages around the campus have been adopted. Each
village has a group of five to six students working in it, with a group leader. The issues,
which have been looked at, are, right to food, right to health, right to education,
sanitation, employment etc. Letters have been written to various Government
departments, villagers have been made to attend legal literacy camps with legal literacy
materials being provided and meetings have been held with the Sarpanch of the village.
The society is now expanding the activities within the villages well. Currently, most of
the members working in these five villages have been successful in bringing a positive
impact in these villages.
b. Labour Colony Project: There was a disturbing incident at our campus where children
from the labour colony were seen begging outside the convenience store. This is yet
another glaring example of the harsh realities of the society we live in. We took it upon
ourselves to admit them in the nearby school at Jagdishpur village. The members of our
society formed a team of ten, visited the labour colony, fixing up a meeting with all
residents the very next morning. We convinced the parents, about the importance of
education, and they agreed to get their children admitted to the nearby school. We then
spoke to the principal of the school; she refused to get them admitted. So, we met the
district authorities, got a written approval from them, and got the names of the children
registered in the Jagdishpur School. All of this was accomplished over one weekend.
c. Collaborative efforts – With Navjyoti India Foundation and Institute of Rural Research
and Development- Wide participation from members- The ‘Good governance through
citizen Participation’ model is being implemented in many villages of Mewat with the
help of the efforts of IRRAD in Mewat and has been instigated in the Abhaypur and
neighboring villages, with the help of Navjyoti India Foundation. JGLS has collaborated
with both these NGO’s to effectively work in the training sessions, being organized, for
villagers on a weekly basis in all these villages. Recently, a legal literacy camp was
organized in Mewat, wherein members of the society, visited this camp, actively
participated in the event and submitted a report. It is pertinent to note that, the
initiative by JGLS and IRRAD , in Mewat began with five villages and today, it has
reached more than two hundred villages, within Mewat. Similarly, the much recent
initiative by Navjyoti and JGLS has its presence in five villages with active participation
by our members.
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d. A Case Study of the Citizen Participation Clinic conducted jointly by Cornell
International Human Rights Clinic and Jindal Good Rural Governance and Citizen
Participation Clinic – This report seeks to encourage the development of robust clinical
legal education programs in India. This report was a joint class taught by
videoconference at Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat, India and Cornell Law School
in Ithaca, N.Y. from January to April 2012. This class was called the Cross-National
Rural Governance and Human Rights Clinic and was a joint project between the Citizen
Participation Clinic at Jindal Global Law School and the International Human Rights
Clinic at Cornell Law School. It was drafted by students who participated in a unique
collaboration between the Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School and the Citizen
Participation Clinic at Jindal.
Conferences/Conclaves:
1. First International Conference on Good rural Governance through citizen
participation, collaborative effort of Jindal Global Law School and Institute of Rural
Research and Development.
2. Second International conference on Good rural Governance through citizen
participation -Organised by formation of a student organising committee.
3. V.M. Salgaocar college of Law, Goa: This College organized a conference in Goa,
within its campus, on the study of practices followed by law school based legal clinics, in
collaboration with UNDP. It released the report prepared by it titled, ‘law school based
legal clinics.
4. NLU, Jodhpur: Jindal Global Law School along with the Institute for Rural Research
and Development organized four regional conferences in law schools across the nation,
in a span of one year, on the topic of good governance through citizen participation.
5. Conclave of Law Professors and Law Students: it was the First JGLS Conclave of Law
Professors and Law students.The conclave marked the release of the report titled,
‘Cross-National Human rights clinic and Rural Governance Clinic’. This report was
released after an extensive field survey and field visits over a period of four months. This
report highlights the visits to the Navjyoti India foundation every Sunday, for four
months. Two reports were submitted on Right to Food and Right to Education to the
Food Commissioner of the Supreme Court and the Member- Secretary of the National
Commission for Protection of Child Rights respectively. This conclave saw active
participation law professors, lawyers, and people from NGO’s and students from other
law schools as well.
Other programs taken up by the society
1. Training sessions within the campus for more than 100 women participants from
Kurukshetra.
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2. Organizing the annual conference by Global Alliance for Justice Education
3. Organizing an event on Gandhi Jayanti, within campus, ‘Revisiting the Gandhian
Era’.
4. Shadow Liberation- Theatre Group- Performances (under the mentorship of Prof
Latika Vashist).We formed the organizing committee, and successfully organized the
event.
JGBS:
 For last 2 years JGBS in association with Rotary club has organized “Rotary Youth
Leadership Awards (RYLA)” which is a forum for developing and nurturing youth
leadership development of Rotary. Students from over 80 schools ranging between
14 to 23 years participate in RYLA which helps them to connect and also learn key
aspects required for success in life. RYLA include sessions like Discover Yourself,
Tips on Public Speaking, Reach Out and Conquer, Sparkle as a Leader, Celebrate
your Life etc.
 Members of rotary club, JGU are also involved in social work in local area like
recycling waste in Akbar Barota area and organizing blood donation camps.
JSGP Policy Action Lab
Modern Politics is invariably bound up with the idea of intervention. Policy is seen as the
instrument through which the state attempts to moderate and reconstitute the social. As
the political domain becomes more contested, the consensus over what constitutes ‘wellbeing’, and more importantly, how that has to be secured is no longer a predictable
exercise. The Policy Action Lab at JSGP has been established to participate in lively
intellectual debate. It seeks to engage in exploratory and experimental studies of policy
options. It is a ritually open space where scholars, citizens, policy makers and activists
will participate to discuss and conceptualize small-size experimental projects which will
elaborate on better policy interventions. It aspires to construct newer conceptual tools
and intervention models, which can bring about a substantial change in people’s
everyday lives.
JSLH:
JSLH uses the local as a cornerstone of the curriculum in the form of social, political,
legal, aesthetic-cultural, economic and environmental life. This coming term will see
JSLH students interact with local merchants in order to study garment production. The
oncoming class in environmental science will see the visitation of local farmers and
agricultural producers to the Jindal campus. In order to sharpen their experiential
education skills, some JSLH students have volunteered to work with a local orphanageschool on child education. A Jindal campus visitation by this school is envisaged with
the aim of setting up a regular programme to facilitate educational
interaction. Professor Modrowski is currently investigating human rights education in
Sonipat in collaboration with the Jindal Centre for Women, Law and Social Change.
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3.6.8 Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities
and/contributions to social/community development during the last four
years.
The university has received various awards for extension of activities and/contributions
to social/community development as below:
(a) Best innovation award by a Private University, World Education Summit, 2012.
(b) Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE), shortlisted it among the top three
entries, for its award for clinics.
(c) V.M. Salgaocar College along with UNDP has recognized it as the best model being
followed by any law school in India.
(d) Awarded by the South Asian Association of Law Teachers.
(e) ASSOCHAM India National Education Excellence Award was presented to JGU in
the category of “Best University Serving Social Cause”.
(f) The National Haryana Education Summit & Awards in the Category of “Best
Education Institute for Promoting Global Education in Haryana’ was given to JGU.
3.7
3.7.1
Collaboration
How has the university’s collaboration with other agencies impacted the
visibility, identity and diversity of activities on campus? To what extent has
the university benefitted academically and financially because of
collaborations?
The University has collaborated with many universities, government agencies, NGOs
and other organisations to our mutual benefit. These collaborations has surely enhanced
the visibility of the University as is evidenced by the increase in the application to place
available ratio for admission in our degree programmes. Our visibility and identity is
now well – recognized. One notable outcome is that of the grants JGU has received from
various sources for research, projects and training programmes as noted in the section
on Research.
The responses on the 4 individual schools are noted below:
JGLS: The JGLS collaborates with a number of Indian and foreign universities,
industry bodies, think tanks and practitioners, giving students the opportunity to study
how the law effects society and industry and how it is used in practice. These
collaborations allow for joint research centres, faculty and student exchange, visiting
lecturers and joint workshops and conferences.
JGBS: JGBS hosted visiting group of students Binghamton University, USA in 2013.
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The visiting students were paired with JGBS students to build their network, interact
and understand each other’s learning environment.
JSIA: Active MoUs with a variety of foreign universities have brought exchange
students from different countries to the campus and enhanced the diversity of the
student body and classroom experience. International collaborations also bring in more
foreign faculty members, enhancing the visibility of the School. Training programmes
jointly conducted with foreign institutions on issues like Terrorism, Diplomacy and Civil
Service Capacity Building have also brought many government officials to campus for
short durations and exposed students to practitioners in different fields.
JSGP: JSGP has collaboration with Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) for our
Policy Action Workshop. The idea is to work along with local institutions and people,
and contribute effectively in policy making at the local level.
PRIA works on Gender issues and figure out prominently in this whole activity because
despite high economic growth, and being projected as an economic and educational hub,
Haryana has very low social development indicators, such as poor sex ratio (862 per
1000 males), low female literacy rate (56 per cent) and high infant mortality rate (102).
Additionally, social evils like incidences of violence against women, rape, female
foeticide, dowry discriminations are also relatively higher in Haryana.
Campaigns like “Kadam Badao Campaign” is a campaign led by youth - boys and girls
from schools, colleges, and the community in order to bring about attitudinal changes in
the mindsets of families and individuals. As a part of this campaign a consultation with
VC and Deans of the university, 3 MLAs, 20 sar panches, SHOs, protection officer, the
DC, youth group members, SWC, staff and students of JGU was organised by OP Jindal
University and PRIA on the 23rd November, Sunday in JGU campus.
We are a part of a select group of elite public policy schools in the world – Oxford
University, Harvard University, Sciences Po in France, Di Tella University in Argentina
and Tsinghua University in China – who have been selected by the Open Society
Foundations as a partner institution for the Open Society Internship for Rights and
Governance. Under this highly competitive and all-expense-paid internship programme,
selected students attend a 10-day clinical seminar in Budapest at the School of Public
Policy of the Central European University, after which they undertake a six-week
intensive internship at an organisation, which can be located anywhere in the world.
JSLH: JSLH offers its own three year programme (B. A. Liberal Arts and Humanities)
in collaboration with Rollins College, Florida - our ‘study abroad’ facilitator. The
foundations of this relationship rest on an interrelated pedagogy (civic life, personal
identity, professional responsibility alongside academics), close institutional interaction
and a commitment to trans-national liberal arts. Rollins assists O. P. Jindal Global
University with advertising its programme and both institutions are in very regular
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contact. The incoming class of JSLH’s B.A.(Hons.) degree had visitations from the
President for Student Affairs, Rollins, and will engage in tele-conferencing with Rollins
peers. Jindal is developing a platform for students to take a course online at Rollins
while also interacting with the ex-pat Indian community in the Winter Park region of
Florida. We will benefit from the academic visitorship of Prof. Yudit Greenberg from
Rollins College, a seasoned specialist in Liberal Arts curriculum and practice. Most
faculty members are in touch with their counterparts in Rollins College, Florida
regarding the interpolation of curricular material. JSLH is developing a program that
will bring JSLH students in communication with their Rollins peers to discuss a variety
of subjects.
3.7.2
Mention specific examples of how these linkages promote
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∗ Internship
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∗ Faculty exchange and development
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Student placement
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JGLS:
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Curriculum development
JGLS has hosted several eminent faculty members and Fulbright Scholars – a practice
that augurs well with the university’s ethos of developing a multi-cultural research
culture. Following faculty members have visited the law school, in their capacity as
fellows of host law schools, or as Distinguished Visiting Professors, teaching full time
courses for one or more semesters:
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Professor Peter Schuck, Simeon E. Baldwin Emeritus Professor of Law, Yale Law School
(Spring 2010)
Professor Vikramaditya Khanna, Professor, Michigan Law School (Winter 2011)
Professor Ratna Kapur, Professor, Geneva School of Diplomacy (Winter 2011 and Fall
2012)
Professor Sital Kalantry, Professor, Cornell Law School, (Winter 2012): as Fulbright
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Mr. Ashwin Kaja, Fellow, Harvard University and Faculty, Renmin University of China
School of Law(Winter 2012): as instructor for International Negotiation Workshop
Mr. Adam Israelov, Northwestern University School of Law (Fall and Winter 2012-13):
as Fulbright Fellow
Ms. Natassia Rozario, American University School of Law (Fall and Winter 2012-13): as
Fulbright Fellow
Through the use of video-conferencing, JGLS has successfully experimented to deliver
joint teaching courses to students from India and USA. Such initiatives are done to
encourage cross-cultural perspectives on issues that interest students from different
jurisdictions.JGLS invited and hosted faculty members who took classes at JGLS, which
were live-connected to their own home law school students, and a vibrant classroom
experience was witnessed. Two such programmes have been successfully delivered:
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Professor Vikramaditya Khanna, from Michigan Law School, taught a live course on
“Law and Economic Development in India,” in Fall 2010. The intense course covered an
array of interesting topics that generated very lively discussions between JGLS and
Michigan students through video-conferencing. The topics included, constitutional
constraints, personal laws, gender, caste, legal profession, corruption, judicial systems,
property rules, infrastructure, credit and stock markets in India, labor laws, IP, foreign
policies with reference to India. It was thoroughly enjoyed by both Indian and
American
students.
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Professor Sital Kalantry, from Cornell Law School, taught, along with Professor Ajay K.
Pandey from JGLS, a course on “Cross-National Rural Governance and Human Rights
Clinic,” in Spring 2012, as a joint project between Citizen Participation Clinic at Jindal
Global Law School and the International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School.
The course deliverables resulted in a very intense work on clinical legal education that
had profound impact on all students who attended the course, both at JGLS as well as
the class, live-connected, from Cornell Law School. A group of Cornell students came to
the campus during part of the course, and conducted their clinical research in select
villages that were part of fieldwork of the course. A Joint Report, entitled, “Promoting
Clinical Legal Education in India: A Case Study of Citizen Participation Clinic,” was
prepared by JGLS and Cornell
Knowledge creation through discourse has been the most fundamental sources of
academic inspiration throughout history. The idea of joint conferences materializes this
very concept. Joint conferences, symposia and workshops enable researchers, faculty
and even students to come together and discuss wide ranging topics on a decided theme,
sculpturing informed judgment on the issue. These conferences become the breeding
grounds for ideas that later change the world. As prolific agents of change, these
academic exercises help bring like-minded academics together and produce a rich array
of extensive literature on the relevant fields of inquiry. In addition, their utility is
marked by their potential to set out, and charter the agenda of new academic disciplines.
Policy prescriptions and questions of substantial issues emerge from such gatherings.
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Indeed, the nature of conferences attracts academic partnerships. This not only helps
build a strong multi-jurisdictional or inter-institutional dialogue, but also enables
critical perspectives to develop from ‘meeting of minds.’ JGLS has been mindful of the
benefits that such exercises in knowledge creation bring, and has therefore partnered
with several law schools around the world to produce intellectually stimulating
environment for research. JGLS is also conscious that the conferences should not
merely act as a discursive event, but should translate into some form of publication, so
as to disseminate the research that the conference explores.
Several conferences have been conducted by JGLS in collaboration with law schools,
worldwide.
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Seminar with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, on “Terrorism, Human Security and
Human Rights,” in January 2009.
Conference with Chapman University School of Law (Centre on Global Trade and
Development) and University of California Los Angeles (Emmett Center on Climate
Change and the Environment and Ziman Center on Real Estate) on “Climate Change:
Law Policy and Governance,” in June 2009.
Roundtable with Harvard Law School, on “Globalisation of Legal Profession in India
and Beyond,” in August 2009.
Conference with Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, on
“Globalisation of Legal Education and Legal Profession: Challenges and Opportunities,”
in August 2009.
Conference with Harvard Law School and Oxford University Saïd Business School, held
at the campus of Oxford University, on “Globalisation of Legal Profession,” in
September 2009.
First Conference with OsgoodeHall Law School (York University), Canada, on “Global
North and Global South Perspectives on Transnational Governance: An Indo-Canadian
Perspective,” in October 2010 (held in Canada).
Conference with Yale Law School, on “Globalisation in India and USA: Law, Governance
and Business,” in October 2010: published as a joint report, by Jindal and Yale.
Workshop with Michigan Law School and Columbia Law School, on “Responses to
Impediments for Doing Business in India,” in February 2011.
Conference with Australian National University, on “Feminisms of Discontent: Global
Contestations,” in Feburary 2011: papers to be published in a book (forthcoming)
Conference with Michigan Law School (alongwith White and Case LLP and Lexis Nexis),
on “Global and Comparative Corporate Governance,” in March 2011.
Second Conference with Osgoode Hall Law School (York University), Canada, on
“Global North and Global South Perspectives on Transnational Governance: An IndoCanadian Perspective,” in March 2011 (held in India): the coming issue of Osgoode Hall
Law Review is dedicated to select papers presented during the conference.
Conference with University of Baltimore School of Law (and Institute for Rural
Research and Development, Gurgaon, India), on “Good Rural Governace and Citizens’
Participation,” in March 2011.
Conference with Indiana University Bloomington, on “Globalization, Professional
Education and Knowledge Development in the 21st Century,” in September 2011.
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Conference with Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, and National
Law School of India University, Bangalore, on “Diversity, Discrimination and Social
Exclusion in India and the USA,” in October 2012 (forthcoming).
Conference with FGV, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Renmin University of China School of Law,
Beijing, China and HSE Faculty of Law, Moscow, Russia, on “Managing Growth in a
Changing World: What lessons can the BRICS learn from each other,” in December
2012 (forthcoming).
Conference with Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University,
Australia, on “Commercial Law and the Indian Pacific Region: Challenges and
Developments in the 21st Century,” in February 2013
* Internship
* On-the-job training
* Faculty exchange and development
Faculty members form the intellectual capital of any university. The programmes on
faculty exchange are one of the most exciting ways to develop diverse set of knowledge
sources. JGLS with its partners, very consciously develops programmes that aid to
bringing faculty members from abroad and send its own faculty members to the partner
universities to take up semester-long teaching exercises. These exchanges boost up,
immensely, the learning curve both for students as well as for faculty concerned. Such
inspiration stems not only from the new academic and cultural context that the faculty
finds herself/himself in, but also provides a new pedagogical experiment to students.
JGLS has signed MoUs explicitly mentioning clauses on faculty exchange with following
law schools:
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Cornell Law School, Ithaca, USA
Michigan Law School, Michigan, USA
Indiana University Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, USA
Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, USA
University of California, Berkeley Law, USA
University of California, Davis School of Law, USA
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, USA
York University, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada
Queen’s University Faculty of Law, Canada
Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany
EBS Law School, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
International University College, Turin, Italy
HSE Faculty of Law, Moscow, Russia
FGV, Sao Paulo, Brazil
City University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong
University of Arizona,James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, USA
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Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, USA (underway)
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, USA
JGBS:
1. JGBS worked with Rotract club to host the RYLA meet on campus in Dec-2013. This
connection with rotary enabled our students to be engaged in social projects such as
blood donation drive, recycling waste etc. We were also able to obtain consulting and
internship assignments for MBA students with small businesses in Sonepat during
spring 2014 semester.
2. JGBS has close relationship with Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. This has enable our
faculty (such as Saroj Koul) to conduct training programs for JSPL executives at
various plant locations. They also participate in placement activity and JSPL
executives are invited to deliver lectures as guest faculty in programs.
JSGP:
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Curriculum development
Activities with PRIA (NGO) have promoted curriculum development to the extent
that the MPP programme has linked issues within the curriculum to those in the
field i.e. villages community and urban space
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Internship
JSGP is among the select group of International Public Policy Institution on the Soros
Open Society Foundation's Internship for Rights & Governance Programme. Six of our
students have been awarded the prestigious SOROS fellowship since 2013
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On-the-job training
JSGP graduates typically get employed on social sector/development driven projects,
within the private sector, public sector and civil society organizations. The rigorous
course curriculum of the Public Policy Master’s programme imparts the necessary
research and writing skill that is both personally rewarding for the graduate as well as
essential and productivity enhancing for the hiring organization.
Students got on- job- experience in following organizations:
Azim Premji Foundation Bangalore
Directorate of Higher Education, Ministry of Edu. Mozambique
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Foundation for Revitalisation in local Health traditions, Bangalore
Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi
Sambhavna Trust Clinic, Bhopal
Society for Social Audit Accountability & Transparency Hyderabad, AP
Chaitanya Foundation, Vidarbha Maharashtra
Equal Education - Open Society FOUNDATION (SOROS), South Africa
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE-INDIA),New Delhi
South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Res Studies, Sec’bad.
Girls Not Brides ( OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION - SOROS) London
ameel Poverty Action Lab Delhi
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Faculty exchange and development
JGU has entered into a broad-ranging collaboration with the Indiana University, and
the University of Texas, A&M, USA to exchange students and faculty members, to
conduct joint research programmes, and share classroom teaching between both the
Universities via video conferencing facility.
• JSGP collaborates with universities abroad and international organisations to organise
conferences on current concerns. In 2013, JSGP organized a conference on “Diversity,
Discrimination and Social Exclusion in India and the USA” in collaboration with the
Indiana University and the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, and
another on ‘‘Democracy, Governance and Public Policy’’ in collaboration with the
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University of California, Berkeley, USA. Forthcoming conferences will be organized in
collaboration with the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International
Affairs, Murdoch University, Australia, and with the international journal, Governance
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JSGP is a research-driven school and is dedicated to generate ideas and knowledge
about, and practices of, democratised development. It conducts research through the
following dedicated research centres:
• Centre for Ethics, Law and Political Economy
• Centre for Science, Society and Sustainability
• Centre for Development and Finance
• Centre for the Study of Urban Transformation
• Centre for Environmental Economics and
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Jindal Journal of Public Policy: This is the in-housejournal of JSGP. It publishes
and disseminates rigorous theoretical, applied and empirical research. Each issue of the
journal carries original peer-reviewed essays.
India Public Policy Report: This is the flagship publication of JSGP which seeks to
contribute to policy advocacy and to improve policy making and implementation
process in India. IPPR anticipates and highlights issues that have a bearing on the
development prospects of the country. It aims to strengthen evidence-based policy
making anchored on normative principles. The India Public Policy Report-2014, besides
introducing a framework to measure policy effectiveness at state-level in India focused
on the theme of ‘Poverty, hunger and Malnutrition’.
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Any other (please specify)
JSLH:
The entire JSLH curriculum was examined by a committee at Rollins College Florida
and feedback was gratefully received.
JSLH will use its own career/internship programme but will develop ties with Rollins
College career services further down the line.
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Rollins College hosted a day-long conference and weekend session for immersive
experience in liberal arts curriculum shaping.
Rollins College plans to send more faculty members to visit Jindal as a prelude to
sending students. Jindal plans to schedule another faculty visitation to further calibrate
the exchange culture of our institutions.
JGU is hosting Dr. J Greenberg to facilitate her evolving interests in Indian religious
communities. Rollins has hosted Professor Vik Kanwar (JGLS). We plan to host
progressively as the programme develops.
3.7.3
Has the university signed any MoUs with institutions of national/
international importance/other universities/ industries/corporate houses
etc.? If yes, how have they enhanced the research and development
activities of the university?
JGLS:
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JGU has an secured an international reputation as a widely respected institution
External Agencies know us for our high standard of professionalism and for being
a leader in global, inter-disciplinary education in India
This has attracted an international student body to campus as full-time, exchange
and visiting students as well as advanced students holding prestigious
scholarships and fellowships
JGLS is a founding member of the Law Schools Global league – an international
network of Universities working towards globalization of legal education
JGBS:
The Business School has a number of MoUs in place with Universities of repute. These
include the University of Texas, Dallas (UTD), EBS (Germany), Goethe (Germany),
Suffolk (Boston), and QMUL (Queen Mary’s University, London). We are currently in
process of talking to more. At this stage, the Business School has a greater focus on
Student Exchange and Study Abroad programs via these MOUs. It is hoped that such
student exchanges will build possibilities for networking and further development of
partnerships in other areas.
JSIA:
In terms of European Studies there has been four international MoUs signed - KU
Leuven, Belgium; University of Leiden, The Netherlands; Universities of Warsaw and
Wroclaw, Poland. Thus far six students from JSIA have participated in student
exchanges with MA prgrammes in European Studies at KU Leuven and University of
Leiden.
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In terms of Israel Studies international MoU have been signed with Tel Aviv University
and a forthcoming one in February will be with Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC),
Israel. Additionally there's been international pedagogical network established with
Schusterman Centre for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, USA (faculty has been
provided with teaching training, teaching materials and pedagogical development
workshops; students have been provided recommended digital readings, international
workshops and webinars). JSIA is sending two Mozambican students to Tel Aviv next
semester.
JSGP:
Yes University has signed MoUs with Indiana University, USA and Queen Mary
University of London.
Open Society Foundations as a partner institution for the Open Society Internship for
Rights and Governance. Under this highly competitive and all-expense-paid internship
programme, selected students attend a 10-day clinical seminar in Budapest at the
School of Public Policy of the Central European University, after which they undertake a
six-week intensive internship at an organisation, which can be located anywhere in the
world.
JSGP is a member of the International Development and Public Policy Alliance
(IDPPA)—a network of global public policy schools—along with
• Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow,
Russia
• Beijing Normal University, School of Social Development and Public Policy (SSDPP),
Beijing, China
• American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Cairo,
Egypt
• School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP), Jakarta, Indonesia
School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
IDPPA shares academic research, exchanges teaching resources and advocates policy
actions. It encourages new frameworks for understanding public policy and is
developing comparative case-studies.
JSGP will host the next IDPPA annual conference on its campus in Sonipat.
JSLH:
JSLH’s MOU with Rollins College Florida provides the trans-national and pedagogical
intersection between schools which, more widely, pertains to the curriculum in all of the
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aforementioned ways. Furthermore, O. P. Jindal Global University has a wide range of
MOUs with myriad institutions. Aside from the possibility of faculty visitation, should
research interests progress in a particular geographical direction, MOUs provide a
platform for JSLH to explore collaboration regarding (further down the line) visiting
students and faculty. Of particular pertinence to JSLH are MOUs with the University of
Southampton, Carleton University, Montgomery College, Maryland, and Indiana
University. All of these Universities have strong interests in global humanities and
experiential liberal arts. We have hosted visitations from delegates at the
aforementioned Universities and continue to explore how our programmes might
intersect.
3.7.4
Have the university-industry interactions resulted in the establishment /
creation of highly specialized laboratories / facilities?
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We host several conferences annually on a range of topics with participation from
overseas institutions
Through the academic year we host visiting faculty members from our partner
Universities for meetings, lectures, faculty seminars
Our faculty members participate in conferences held around the world each year
resulting in publication of papers in national and international journals
Some of our research centres are established jointly in collaboration with an overseas
partner universities
The Careers Department has visited close to 100 organisations in the past 18 months, we
expect to sign up MoUs with organisations for a better and more stable arrangements
for internships and placements.
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