The University of London has established a prestigious scholarship named the B. S. Chimni Scholarship. This is not an endowed scholarship named after the funder (such as the Pratibha Singh scholarship at Cambridge) but a scholarship named in honour of someone's scholarly contributions.

It's not just an honour for Professor Chimni, but an honour for Jindal and and for the Indian legal academic community as a whole.

https://london.ac.uk/bs-chimni-scholarship

It's so nice to see the OP trying to squeeze in Jindal to misappropriate someone else's honour, when the latter has been acknowledged for the work that he has done throughout his life while associated with other institutions (and for the bulk of which period Jindal was not even in existence). That's the spirit!

Prof Chimni joined JGLS 1.5 yrs ago (sadly, most of which has been Covid-time).

BUT the "award is named the B. S. Chimni Scholarship to celebrate the achievements" of Prof BS Chimni over his illustrious career, which was primarily at JNU.

After his PhD at JNU, he spent decades pursuing academics at the Centre for International Legal Studies, JNU. He was the NUJS VC between 2004-07. Post his retirement in 2017, he joined JGLS in 2019.

So, while Jindal indeed has the honor to have him... It's not right to say that "it's not just an honour for Professor Chimni, but an honour for Jindal" ... it most certainly is not an honour bestowed upon Jindal...

Alas, only if our Government universities knew how to market themselves better (or as well as JGLS)!

But, we're instead busy calling JNU "anti-national"...!

Sorry, if you think Jindal had anything to do with this. BS Chimni is a man of International Law in his own regard, not propped by an institute. At Jindal, he is just an ornamental appointment. As the other comments so correctly says, its about giving recognition to his life long work.

I sincerely hope you are a student who is trolling here. Either that, or you are from the marketing team from JGLS. Prof Chimni's achievements have happened BEFORE he joined JGLS as an eminent jurist. Raj in his email to the university also made it clear that the achievements are from his time in JNU and other places and that JGU is lucky to have him. Please stop acting as if the prof made his name from Jindal. And stop giving others a reason to hate on the institution.

In the interests of transparency, I am sharing the full email sent by the JGLS VC today (below). It can plainly be seen that Jindal is not hijacking anything and giving due credit to JNU and NUJS. However, I also want to make other point. The current JNU establishment (which is pro-BJP and anti-Left) denied Chimni (who is pro-Left) an extension of service, according to the tweet below. Also, the current NUJS establishment (which is pro-TMC and also anti-Left) has not invited Chimni to be on the NUJS EC, or instituted any honour in his name. The University of London honours Chimni before NUJS!!! So what right to NUJS/other NLU people have to abuse Jindal here? Jindal has given him a post-retirement position and a lot of respect which neither JNU nor NUJS has.

I openly challenge NUJS students to counter what I have said. Is Chimni in your EC?

https://twitter.com/UmmerSameer/status/852816869178302464

Quote:

GREAT NEWS: THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ENDOWS SCHOLARSHIP TO HONOR A DISTINGISHED FACULTY MEMBER OF JGU-JGLS, PROFESSOR (DR) BS. CHIMNI

I have great pleasure in announcing that the University of London has instituted the B.S. Chimni Scholarship in recognition of the accomplishments of our outstanding colleague and an internationally renowned legal scholar, international law expert and Distinguished Professor of International law at the Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Professor B.S. Chimni.

JGU has always been committed to increasing the global footprint of Indian higher education, and this is truly representative of the same. We are indeed honoured to have Professor Chimni as a part of JGU family who has been advancing our vision to create a global impact.

The prestigious scholarship for M.A. in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance learning, which will be awarded in October 2021, has been created with a vision to support outstanding students who otherwise might not have access to the programme otherwise. This will create a wonderful support system for the prospective students in pursuing their aspirations in higher legal studies, which is a true embodiment of Professor Chimni and his contributions to higher education worldwide across the last few decades.

You may read about this at:
https://london.ac.uk/bs-chimni-scholarship.

This endowed scholarship is a celebration of the achievements of Professor Chimni. His years of experience and contributions to the academic community have enabled our nation to reach greater heights. Professor Chimni has always taken on positions of leadership to bring his rich body of knowledge and experience to various roles in the past, including his role as the Chairperson of the Centre for International Legal Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Vice Chancellor of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata. He has also been elected Associate Member, Institut de Droit International. He is the former Vice-President and at present Member of the Advisory Council of Asian Society of International Law, and has served as a member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Professor Chimni has always been the kind of person who expands his reach to youth across the globe, and has worked across leading institutions around the world. He has been a Visiting Professor at various prestigious universities including Brown University, American University at Cairo and the Graduate School of International Studies, Geneva. He has also been a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Nantes, France; a Senior Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, a Visiting Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Public International Law, Heidelberg, Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge University, UK. He is also a member of the Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard University. He has delivered several prestigious lectures including the Eighth Grotius Lecture at the Centennial Meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington and the first Harrell-Bond Lecture at Centre for Refugee Studies, Oxford University. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the International Center for Comparative Law and Politics, Tokyo University, and a Visiting Scholar at the Refugee Studies Centre, York University, Canada.

Professor Chimni's profound impact on research and knowledge building is demonstrated by his position on the editorial board of several national and international journals like American Journal of International Law, Asian Journal of International Law, Indian Journal of International Law, International Studies, International Refugee Studies, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal & Refugee Survey Quarterly. He is also part of a group of scholars who self-identify as the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) scholars. His most recent publications include ‘International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches’ (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017), ‘Customary International Law: A Third World Perspective’ American Journal of International Law (2018).

Professor Chimni's contributions and accomplishments have begun to contribute to the teaching, learning and research environment at JGU. He has created impact in the diversity of roles he has taken on during his academic career whether it is in positions of leadership, or teaching, or research. To have such an eminent and distinguished, and yet such a humble and down to earth, faculty member with us is truly an honour and this scholarship is indeed a wonderful recognition of his accomplishments across a life-time.

On behalf of the faculty members, students, and staff of JGU, I would like to congratulate Professor B.S. Chimni for this prestigious recognition and thank him for paving the way for and inspiring generations of legal scholars especially in the field of International Law. I would like to conclude this note in the words of Robert John Meehan that indeed best describe Professor Chimni, “A gifted teacher is not only prepared to meet the needs of today’s child, but is also prepared to foresee the hopes and dreams in every child’s future.”

Best regards
Raj