Paramjit Singh Jaswal

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Professor (Dr.) Paramjit S. Jaswal
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SpouseProf. Nishtha Jaswal

Paramjit S. Jaswal is an Indian academician, education administrator and professor. Presently, he is Vice Chancellor of SRM University, Haryana. [1]

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Career

He is the former Vice Chancellor [2] of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law in Patiala, Punjab, India [3] [4] and the former Chairperson of Department of Laws, Panjab University, [5] Chandigarh. [6]

Jaswal is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. [7] In 2018, together with his wife Prof. Nishta Jaswal, VC of HP National Law University, they became the first couple to be Vice-Chancellors of the National Law Universities at the same time. [8] [9]

Books

He has written a book on environmental Law [10] published by the Alabad Law Agency [11] which the Supreme Court has made reference on three separate occasions. [12] He also wrote a chapter in the book 'Preventive Detention and Security Law: A Comparative Survey,' [13] 'Human Rights and the Law,' [14] Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in India,' [15] among other publications.

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  10. Share on FacebookShare on Twitter . he is accused on committing multiple financial irregularity during his term in the office https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/rgnul-under-govt-scanner-following-cag-reports-on-financial-irregularities-157355 (1 February 2011). "Professor Paramjit Singh Jaswal has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Patiala. Professor Jaswal is presently functioning as VC of national law university Raipur in Chattisgarh. - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); External link in |author= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. Environmental Law Paperback – 1 January 2017. ASIN   8189530305.
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  13. Harding, Andrew; Hatchard, John (19 October 1993). Preventive Detention and Security Law: A Commparative Survey. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN   978-0-7923-2432-4.
  14. Jaswal, Paramjit S. (1996). Human Rights and the Law. APH Publishing. ISBN   978-81-7024-729-6.
  15. "Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in India". bookstreets.com.