Sid Chu is leaving for NLS. He was at NLS a few weeks ago finalizing his move. AFAIK, he is joining from the next academic year here, so somewhere in June or July. Source: horse's mouth.
Let me give you a more holistic answer. There are a few good teachers left. Sidharth Chauhan is easily the best when it comes to classroom teaching and supporting student-run activities. But his range is limited to Constitutional Law and Legal Philosophy and is now showing signs of stagnation since he has under-performed when it comes to research. Amita Dhanda is easily our best when it comes to research output and publications, but has now largely withdrawn from teaching mandatory courses. Murali Karanam is the most competent when it comes to the Clinical Courses. There are a few others like Neha Pathakji and Sourabh Bharti who deserve honorable mentions for good classroom teaching, but most of the good younger teachers have left in the last two years. For the sake of the current students, I hope that some of the newly recruited teachers will perform well in the coming years.
Quite true. Dhanda has always been by far the best researcher/teacher at NALSAR. Chauhan is good but stagnating. A reason for this is that he had a good young group around him over the last decade that has been lost. From the top of my head I can think of Anshuman (Constitution and Admin, not at Jindal), Manav (Law & Lit and International, pursuing PhD in the US), Ajey (Property and Jurisprudence, pursuing PhD in Canada), Jagteshwar (International and Environmental, pursuing PhD in Canada), Sudhanshu (Corporate and Competition, now at NLS), Chinmayi (IP and Jurisprudence, pursuing PhD in Germany) as people who were all good young teachers that should have been kept hold of or replaced. None were.
That was Kalpana Kannabiran. Dhanda is a good teacher and an average researcher. Nalsar's initial faculty was excellent. Hopefully the new VC can build it up again.
Faculty are supposed to be specialists. Range isn’t as important as depth. Where Sid Chu lacks is production of original work. He has the capability, but not the sedateness needed. Hopefully as he ages he will improve on this. It would be a loss if he fails to be a serious scholar alongside being a serious teacher.
PS: Not a student post. I have been a colleague of his.
Wow that's a little sad. It's too bad Kalpana Kannabiran left. She was prolific. Chauhan's output will pick up. You can't write while also doing as much work with students as he does. Constitutional Law and Legal Philosophy is a very wide range. Once he gets a break, he will publish quality thinking.
Legal Methods & Law & Poverty: Amita Dhanda Ma'am (now she stopped teaching legal methods but her course is very well-designed and helpful).
Contracts & CPC: Varun Malik Sir(explains every concept very carefully and thoroughly)
History: Srijan Sir (new addition and extremely well-read and knowledgable
Sociology: Kannan Sir & Manisha Sethi Ma'am(I think the latter left however very experienced at the same)
Torts & Family Law: Aruna Venkat Ma'am (very well read, knows her subjects very thoroughly)
Evidence: Keshav Rao (was VC of NUSRL, now senior faculty at NALSAR, knows every provision every rule by heart and now I think is teaching criminal law as well)
Consumer Law: KVS Sarma (was recently inducted into NALSAR, has a strong background in Consumer law, haven't heard any feedback yet but still).
Tax Law: Neha Pathakji (very famous, recent SC (of Pakistan) judgement even cited her, explains very well)
Administrative Law: Sourabh Bharati (explains every concept so clearly and comprehensively
Constitutional Law: Siddharth Chauhan (the entire thread has already validated this)International Trade Law: Ishita Das Ma'am (knows her subject very well, very well-read)
A few good teachers left NALSAR in the last few years but NALSAR has held recruitment drives for replacements this year. The newbies are now being tested now, but it is slowly and steadily getting back on track.
PS: Not a student post. I have been a colleague of his.
Contracts & CPC: Varun Malik Sir(explains every concept very carefully and thoroughly)
History: Srijan Sir (new addition and extremely well-read and knowledgable
Sociology: Kannan Sir & Manisha Sethi Ma'am(I think the latter left however very experienced at the same)
Torts & Family Law: Aruna Venkat Ma'am (very well read, knows her subjects very thoroughly)
Evidence: Keshav Rao (was VC of NUSRL, now senior faculty at NALSAR, knows every provision every rule by heart and now I think is teaching criminal law as well)
Consumer Law: KVS Sarma (was recently inducted into NALSAR, has a strong background in Consumer law, haven't heard any feedback yet but still).
Tax Law: Neha Pathakji (very famous, recent SC (of Pakistan) judgement even cited her, explains very well)
Administrative Law: Sourabh Bharati (explains every concept so clearly and comprehensively
Constitutional Law: Siddharth Chauhan (the entire thread has already validated this)International Trade Law: Ishita Das Ma'am (knows her subject very well, very well-read)
A few good teachers left NALSAR in the last few years but NALSAR has held recruitment drives for replacements this year. The newbies are now being tested now, but it is slowly and steadily getting back on track.