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C. Raj Kumar

Chockalingam Raj Kumar is an Indian academic administrator who is the founding vice-chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University [1] [2] in Sonipat, Haryana, India, and the dean of the Jindal Global Law School. [3] [4]

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He was a faculty member at the School of Law of City University of Hong Kong. Previously, he has consulted United Nations University, Tokyo; United Nations Development Programme; and the International Council for Human Rights Policy (ICHRP), Geneva, National Human Rights Commission of India. [5] [6]

Kumar works in the fields of human rights and development, comparative constitutional law, terrorism and national security, corruption and governance, law and disaster management, legal education and higher education. [7] He has nine books and over two hundred publications to his credit and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, law reviews in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, UK and the US.

Education and career

Kumar received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at University of Oxford, [8] where he obtained his Bachelor of Civil Law degree; a Landon Gammon Fellow at the Harvard Law School, [9] where he obtained his Master of Laws degree. [10] He was awarded the Doctor of Legal Science by the University of Hong Kong. He also obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the University of Delhi, India; and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Loyola College of the University of Madras, Chennai, India. [11] [12] He also was a research fellow at the NYU Law School. [10] [8]

He was appointed as the vice chancellor in 2009 when the university was established. Kumar conceived the idea of establishing India's first global university and with the philanthropic support (US$100 million) of Mr. Naveen Jindal, established JGU in Sonipat, Haryana, in 2009.

Books

Articles in newspapers and magazines

  1. "Transforming India’s higher education sector”, The Indian Express, May 31, 2024. [23]
  2. "Happy Birthday Kapil Dev: Leader in Cricket, Leader in Life”, The Indian Express, January 13, 2024. [24]
  3. "Reimagine Universities to tap India’s Youth Bulge”, The Hindustan Times, January 04, 2024. [25]
  4. "Protecting Basic Structure from Judicial Arbitrariness”, The Indian Express, December 11, 2023. [26]
  5. "UGC proposal: Why India should not outsource higher education to foreign universities”, The Indian Express, January 10, 2023. [27]
  6. "India at 2047: Building the Future of Legal Education and Legal Profession”, The Daily Guardian, January 03, 2023. [28]
  7. "A letter to the new CJI, D Y Chandrachud: Five important tasks confront the 50th Chief Justice of India as he assumes office”, The Indian Express, November 08, 2022. [29]
  8. "Building a Globally Respected Legal System by 2047”, Education World, November 2023. [30]
  9. "Resisting attack on judiciary’s independence”, The Tribune, October 10, 2022. [31]
  10. "Livestreaming Supreme Court Proceedings: A step closer to a stronger democracy”, The Indian Express, October 04, 2022. [32]
  11. “India-UK ties at 75: Looking back, moving forward”, The Asian Age, June 14, 2022. [33]
  12. “India’s National Education Policy: Rhetoric and the reality”, The Times Of India, July 30, 2021. [34]
  13. “New education panel will help implement NEP more effectively”, The Deccan Chronicle, July 30, 2021. [35]
  14. “The vision of the National Education Policy must be served by its implementation”, The Indian Express, July 29, 2021. [36]
  15. “The way forward for implementing NEP”, The Tribune, July 28, 2021. [37]
  16. “NEP, one year later: Promises to keep and miles to go”, The Deccan Herald, July 28, 2021. [38]
  17. “Indian universities need immediate vaccination”, The Hindu, April 14, 2021. [39]
  18. “A university is not supposed to be a profit-driven corporation”, The Indian Express, April 3, 2021. [40]
  19. “Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar: An outstanding legal mind imbued with a vision”, The Tribune, March 31, 2021. [41]
  20. “The role of the university: Nation needs it, and it can only thrive with academic freedom and institutional autonomy”, The Times Of India, March 22, 2021. [42]

References

  1. ↑ "Open the windows for Indian universities". Hindustan Times. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ↑ www.ETEducation.com. "OP Jindal Global University inks MoU with United Nations University to foster academic exchange - ET Education". ETEducation.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Prof C Raj Kumar". QS India Summit. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Professor C. Raj Kumar – Institute for Australia India Engagement (IAIE)" . Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. ↑ "SPEAKER SERIES: December 5 India's Challenges for Globalizing Legal Education: Role of Faculty, Research in Institution Building". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  6. ↑ PR, ANI (2024-04-26). "O.P. Jindal Global University's Vice Chancellor, Prof. C. Raj Kumar Addresses the Japanese Parliament". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. ↑ "Legal education has witnessed transformation in India, says OP Jindal Global University VC Professor C Raj Kumar". Financialexpress. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  8. 1 2 "Institution Building - Cover Story". Edutech. 4 (4): 20–23. March–April 2013.
  9. ↑ Bacon, Katie. "Build It and They Will Come". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  10. 1 2 "Build It and They Will Come Raj Kumar LL.M. '00 wants to reform India's legal system—one law student at a time". Harvard Law Bulletin. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "O.P. Jindal Global University" . Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  12. ↑ "Prof C Raj Kumar Blog". Times of India Blog. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  13. ↑ Corruption and Human Rights in India: Comparative Perspectives on Transparency and Good Governance. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2012-03-15. ISBN   9780198077329.
  14. ↑ Raj Kumar, C.; Sreejith, S.G., eds. (2022). Legal Education and Legal Profession During and After COVID-19. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-2568-9. ISBN   978-981-19-2567-2.
  15. ↑ Raj Kumar, C.; Mukherjee, Mousumi; Belousova, Tatiana; Nair, Nisha, eds. (2022). Global Higher Education During and Beyond COVID-19. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-9049-5. ISBN   978-981-16-9048-8.
  16. ↑ "The Future of Indian Universities". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  17. ↑ Pustak, Meri. "The Education President: Institution Building For Nation Building". www.meripustak.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  18. ↑ "Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment". global.oup.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  19. ↑ Raj Kumar, C.; Goyal, Yugank; Srivastava, Anamika; Ramaswamy, Kavana; Ramanujam, Padmanabha (2016). President of India and the governance of higher education institutions. New Delhi: Universal law publishing. ISBN   978-93-5035-626-5.
  20. ↑ Raj Kumar, C.; Chockalingam, D. (21 October 2010). Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment. ISBN   978-0198068860.
  21. ↑ "Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World's Legal Bookshop : Home". www.wildy.com. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  22. ↑ http://www.pbookshop.com/php/products_info.php?id=451%5B%5D
  23. ↑ "Transforming India's higher education sector - EducationTimes.com". www.educationtimes.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  24. ↑ "Happy Birthday Kapil Dev: Leader in cricket, leader in life". The Indian Express. 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  25. ↑ Kumar, C Raj. "Reimagine universities to tap India's youth bulge".
  26. ↑ "Protecting Basic Structure from judicial arbitrariness". The Indian Express. 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  27. ↑ "UGC proposal: Why India should not outsource higher education to foreign universities". The Indian Express. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  28. ↑ "India at 2047: Building the Future of Legal Education and Legal Profession". TheDailyGuardian. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  29. ↑ "A letter to the new CJI, D Y Chandrachud". The Indian Express. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  30. ↑ "Building a globally respected legal system by 2047". EducationWorld. 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  31. ↑ "Resisting attack on judiciary's independence".
  32. ↑ "Livestreaming Supreme Court proceedings: A step closer to a stronger democracy". The Indian Express. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  33. ↑ Singh, C. Raj Kumar and Amarjit (2022-06-14). "India-UK ties at 75: Looking back, moving forward". www.asianage.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  34. ↑ Kumar, Prof C. Raj. "India's National Education Policy: Rhetoric and the reality". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  35. ↑ Kumar, C. Raj (2021-07-30). "C Raj Kumar | New education panel will help implement NEP more effectively". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  36. ↑ "The vision of the National Education Policy must be served by its implementation". The Indian Express. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  37. ↑ "The way forward for implementing NEP".
  38. ↑ Kumar, C. Raj (2021-07-28). "NEP, one year later: Promises to keep and miles to go". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  39. ↑ Kumar, C. Raj (2021-04-13). "Indian universities need immediate vaccination". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  40. ↑ "A university is not supposed to be a profit-driven corporation". The Indian Express. 2021-04-03. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  41. ↑ Somers, Herb (2007). "ICC in 2006: Year One: Legal and political issues surrounding the International Criminal Court/2006, l'An 1 de la CPI: Les enjeux judiciaries et diplomatiques de la Cour pénale international. No. 1 in the International Justice Tribune Series. By "International Justice Tribune editorial staff and correspondents." Paris: Justice Memo Publishers, 2006. Pp. 254. ISBN 978-2-9529221-0-4. €7.80" . International Journal of Legal Information. 35 (3): 581–583. doi:10.1017/s0731126500002584. ISSN   0731-1265.
  42. ↑ Kumar, Prof C. Raj. "The role of the university: Nation needs it, and it can only thrive with academic freedom and institutional autonomy". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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