JGLS Sonepat has hired 75 new faculty for this academic year growing its total full-time faculty strength to 230 from 163, as at the same time last year, growing the proportion of LLB graduates from all national law schools in its faculty to 30%.
Only 8 of JGLS’ faculty had left over the last academic year, according to figures supplied by the university.
And, according to a full break-down of the 75 new hires provided to us on request (see list below), out of the national law schools, the greatest numbers of the new hires hold undergraduate law degrees from NUJS Kolkata and Nalsar Hyderabad:
- NUJS Kolkata: 5
- Nalsar Hyderabad: 4
- NLIU Bhopal: 2
- RGNUL Patiala: 2
- NLSIU Bangalore: 1
- NLU Jodhpur: 1
- CNLU: 1
- GNLU Gandhinagar: 1
- Nuals Kochi: 1
- RMLNLU Lucknow: 1
- TNNLS Tiruchirappalli: 1
- NUSRL Ranchi: 1
- DSNLU Visakhapatnam: 1
Total NLU LLB representation at JGLS: 30%
This increases the number of various national law university (NLU) graduate faculty (who are nominally perceived, at least in some Legally India comments, as a possible yardstick of the quality of younger gen-professors) at JGLS to 76, according to a university press release.
Out of those 76 faculty members with an NLU background, the breakdown (including LLB, LLM or other NLU degrees) is as follows:
- NUJS: 20 faculty (including 1 LLM, 1 MPhil)
- Nalsar: 15 (including 2 LLMs)
- NLSIU: 8 (including 3 LLMs)
- GNLU: 7
- Other NLUs: 6
- NLU Jodhpur: 5
- RGNUL: 5
- NLIU: 5
- NLU Delhi: 3
- CNLU Patna: 2
In other words, 69 out of JGLS’ 230-strong faculty - 30% - have LLB degrees from NLUs.
Other non-NLU stats
While cracking the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) could be taken at the very least to be a yardstick of a minimum level of competence, an NLU LLB does not seem to be the be-all-and-end-all in getting a JGLS job: more than 85% of faculty members have some sort of international degree, according to the university.
Also, its latest hiring spree has lifted its faculty gender ratio to 50% women (after 60% of its 75 new hires are women). A total of 40% of its “leadership positions” at JGLS are apparently held by women, it said.
Its faculty student ratio currently stands at 1:12 (up from 1:15 when it was established in 2009, with a much smaller student cohort, which has now expanded to more than 2,700).
These 75 new hires include the hire of four senior professors - Prof Upendra Baxi, Prof BS Chimni, Prof Mahendra Pal Singh, and Prof BB Pande - that we had first reported last week.
The average age of JGLS full-time faculty member is 35 years.
Founding JGLS dean Professor C Raj Kumar said in a press release: “The only way to build a world class law school is to be able to hire a world class faculty. JGU offers its faculty members a competitive salary, research benefits comparable to the top international universities along with comprehensive health and accidental insurance coverage, accommodation near the University Campus, staff development allowance, research grants, research rewards for publications and other benefits.
“Most importantly, JGLS has created an academic ecosystem and an intellectually vibrant environment that fosters academic freedom, intellectual autonomy and research independence while providing adequate resources to fulfill the individual and institutional objectives. Our aim has been to provide the faculty members quality time to pursue research and the students to have greater interaction with the faculty members.
“Though, we have achieved a number of milestones in such a short time span, however, we need to set our own standards and work towards promoting gender and other forms of diversities among JGU faculty. This will always be our institutional commitment and we will continue to take sincere efforts in the years to come.”
Full list of new faculty hired for this year
Name | Designation | LLB | LLM | Other Qualifications |
Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal Singh | Research Professor of Law, Distinguished Scholar in Public Law & Comparative Law, Director – Centre for Comparative Law and Chairman of the Law School Doctoral Committee | University of Agra | University of Lucknow; Columbia University | LL.D. (University of Lucknow) |
Prof. (Dr.) Upendra Baxi | Research Professor of Law and Distinguished Scholar in Public Law & Jurisprudence | University of Bombay | University of Bombay; University of California, Berkeley | J.S. (University of California, Berkeley);Ph.D. (NLSIU, Bangalore);Ph.D. ( University of La Trobe, Melbourne) |
Prof.(Dr.) B.S. Chimni | Distinguish Professor of International Law Member, Law School of Doctoral Committee | Panjab University | University of Bombay | Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) |
Prof. B.B. Pande | Research Professor of Law and Distinguished Scholar in Criminal Law & Criminal Justice | University of Lucknow | University of Lucknow | B.Sc. (University of Lucknow) |
Prof. (Dr.) Kenneth Holland | Professor & Dean (Academics, Research & International Affairs) | University of Virginia | _ | B.A. (Furman University); M.A. (University of Virginia); Ph.D. (University of Chicago) |
Prof. (Dr.) Adithya Krishna Chintapanti | Associate Professor | NALSAR, Hyderabad | University of Warwick | Ph.D. (University of Warwick) |
Prof. (Dr.) Rajeev Kadambi | Associate Professor | NALSAR, Hyderabad | Boston University | M.A. (Brown University); Ph.D. (Brown University) |
Prof. Federico Jarast | Associate Professor | University of Buenos Aires | Tufts University | _ |
Prof. (Dr.) Tony George | Associate Professor | Kerala Law Academy Law College, Trivandrum | University of Kerala; Dalhousie University, Canada | M.Phil. (WBNUJS, Kolkata); LL.M. (Dalhousie University, Canada); Ph.D. (Dalhousie University, Canada) |
Prof. Deborshi Barat | Assistant Professor | WBNUJS, Kolkata | Harvard University | Ph.D. candidate (Tufts University) |
Prof. (Dr.) Gagan Kumar | Assistant Professor | _ | _ | B.A. (University of Delhi); M.A. (University of Delhi); M.Phil. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi); Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) |
Prof. (Dr.) Sangseok Ha | Assistant Professor | Kyungpook National University | Kyungpook National University; Indiana University | Ph.D. (Kyungpook National University) |
Prof. Suraj Girijashanker | Assistant Professor | London School of Economics, London | SOAS University of London; Columbia University | _ |
Prof. (Dr.) Kaushalya Bajpayee | Assistant Professor | _ | _ | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Calcutta); M.A. (University of Calcutta); M.Phil. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi); Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) |
Prof. (Dr.) Aishwarya Subramanian | Assistant Professor | _ | _ | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Delhi); M.Phil. (University of Dublin, Ireland); Ph.D. (Newcastle University, U.K.) |
Prof. Krishna Deo Singh Chauhan | Assistant Professor | NLIU, Bhopal | National University of Singapore | _ |
Prof. (Dr.) Mizanur Rahaman | Assistant Professor | University of Calcutta | University of Warwick; University of Pune | Ph.D. (University of Kent) |
Prof. (Dr.) Moiz Tundawala | Assistant Professor | WBNUJS, Kolkata | University of London | Ph.D. (London School of Economics, London) |
Prof. Debolina Dutta | Assistant Professor | Bharti Vidyapeeth University | _ | B.A. (University of Calcutta); M.Phil. (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences , Kolkata); Ph.D. candidate (University of Melbourne) |
Prof. (Dr.) Joel Bonilla Blondet | Assistant Professor | _ | Indiana University | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Puerto Rico); MBA (University of Sungkyunkwan); J.D. (Indiana University); Ph.D. (Indiana University) |
Ms. Devyani Tewari | Senior Research Associate | NALSAR, Hyderabad | London School of Economics, London | _ |
Mr. Rakesh Singh | Senior Research Associate | CNLU, Patna | Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; Queen Mary University of London | _ |
Ms. Maneka Nair Sastharam | Senior Research Associate | University of Kerala | University of Cambridge | _ |
Ms. Kaberi Basu | Senior Research Associate | Banaras Hindu University | University of California, Berkeley | B.Sc. (Hons.) (University of Delhi) |
Ms. Aakriti Malhotra | Senior Research Associate | University of Delhi | University of Oxford; Leiden University | B.A. (University of Delhi); BCL (University of Oxford) |
Ms. Ajita Sharma | Senior Research Associate | O.P. Jindal Global University | University of Illinois | _ |
Mr. Amalesh Prasad | Senior Research Associate | University of Delhi | Cardiff University | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Delhi) |
Ms. Chhaya Bhardwaj | Senior Research Associate | CCS University, Meerut | University of Vermont | _ |
Ms. Debolina Basu Bhatt | Senior Research Associate | Law College, Dehradun | University of Glasgow | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Calcutta); M.A. (Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University) |
Mr. Mayank Suri | Senior Research Associate | O.P. Jindal Global University | Swansea University, U.K. | _ |
Mr. Sachin Sathyarajan | Senior Research Associate | NUALS, Kochi | Queensland University of Technology, Australia | _ |
Ms. Varsha Gaikwad | Senior Research Associate | Government Law College, Mumbai | Queen Mary University of London; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | _ |
Ms. Haifa Peerzada | Senior Research Associate | University of Delhi | _ | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Delhi); M.A. (University of Birmingham, U.K.) |
Mr. Ylli Dautaj | Senior Research Associate | National University of Ireland | University of Pennsylvania; Uppsala University | Ph.D. candidate (University of Edinburgh) |
Mr. Nikolaos K. Voutyrakos | Senior Research Associate | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | University of Cambridge; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | _ |
Ms. Andrea Marilyn Pragashini Immanuel | Senior Research Associate | The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University | Utrecht University | _ |
Ms. Shraddha Chaudhary | Senior Research Associate | NLSIU, Bangalore | University of Cambridge | _ |
Ms. Ira Chadha - Sridhar | Senior Research Associate | WBNUJS, Kolkata | University of Cambridge | _ |
Ms. Maria Eleni Pouliasi | Senior Research Associate | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | University of Cambridge | _ |
Ms. Radhika Goel | Senior Research Associate | O.P. Jindal Global University | University of Pennsylvania | _ |
Mr. Ashwin Mishra | Senior Research Associate | NLU, Jodhpur | Pepperdine University, California | _ |
Ms. Hamsini Marada | Senior Research Associate | ILS Law College, Pune | University of Cambridge | _ |
Ms. Ishana Tripathi | Senior Research Associate | NALSAR, Hyderabad | University of Hamburg and Erasmus University, Rotterdam | _ |
Ms. Prama Mukhopadhyay | Senior Research Associate | KIIT University, Bhubaneswar | King’s College, London | _ |
Ms. Kirthana Singh Khurana | Senior Research Associate | University of Delhi | University of Cambridge | B.Com. (Hons.) (University of Delhi) |
Mr. Siddhanth Prasad | Senior Research Associate | University of Edinburgh | University of Cambridge | _ |
Mr. Mathews P. George | Senior Research Associate | WBNUJS, Kolkata | University of Munich | _ |
Ms. Prajakta Kale | Senior Research Associate | Dr. Baba Ambedkar Marathwada University | Queen Mary University of London | B.E. (Dr. Baba Ambedkar Marathwada University) |
Ms. Radhika Saxena | Senior Research Associate | University of Delhi | University of Pennsylvania | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Delhi) |
Ms. Pankhudi Khandelwal | Senior Research Associate | NLIU, Bhopal | London School of Economics, London | _ |
Ms. Isha Bansal | Research Associate | RMLNU, Lucknow | Queen Mary University of London | _ |
Ms. Ruby Panchal | Research Associate | RGNUL, Punjab | Queen Mary University of London | _ |
Ms. Soumya Singh Chauhan | Research Associate | Panjab University | University of Washington | _ |
Mr. Mukesh Arora | Research Associate | North Cap University, Gurgaon | Queen Mary University of London | _ |
Ms. Samudyata Sreenath | Research Associate | O.P. Jindal Global University | University of Oxford | _ |
Ms. Swati Bisen | Research Associate | Gujarat National Law University | Tufts University | _ |
Ms. Aditi Singh | Research Associate | University of Delhi | London School of Economics, London | B.Tech (YMCA) |
Mr. Akash Gupta | Research Associate | TNNLS, Tiruchirappalli | Stockholm University, Sweden | _ |
Ms. Chetna | Research Associate | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi | Pennsylvania State University | _ |
Ms. Sanjini Jain | Research Associate | Nirma University, Ahmedabad | University of Washington | _ |
Ms. Yashmita Bhalla | Research Associate | Panjab University | Pepperdine University, California | _ |
Ms. Ankita Gandhi | Research Associate | University of Delhi | London School of Economics, London | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Delhi) |
Ms. Arushi Bajpai | Research Associate | NUSRL, Ranchi | University of Kent | _ |
Mr. Atharva Sontakke | Research Associate | GNLU, Gandhinagar | London School of Economics, London | _ |
Ms. Vinitika Vij | Research Associate | O.P. Jindal Global University | University of Cambridge | _ |
Ms. Oieshi Saha | Research Associate | WBNUJS, Kolkata | University of Cambridge | _ |
Ms. Aneela Fatima | Research Associate | Amity University | Queen Mary University of London | _ |
Ms. Navdeep Kaur | Research Associate | _ | _ | B.Sc. (Hons.) (Panjab University); MBA (Panjab University); Ph.D. candidate (Punjabi University) |
Ms. Rubanya Nanda | Research Associate | DSNLU, Visakhapatnam | Uppsala University, Sweden | _ |
Ms. Aishwarya Pagedar | Research Associate | Savitribai Phule Pune University | Northeastern University, Boston | _ |
Ms. Chithra P. George | Research Associate | University of Pune | National University of Singapore | _ |
Ms. Kanika Jamwal | Research Associate | RGNUL, Punjab | London School of Economics, London | _ |
Ms. Lakshmi Srinivasan | Research Associate | NMIMS, Mumbai | King’s College, London | _ |
Ms. Nimisha Thomas | Research Associate | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi | Queen Mary University of London | P.G. Diploma (Indian Society of International Law, Delhi) |
Mr. Aashish Yadav | Research Associate | University of Delhi | London School of Economics, London | B.A. (Hons.) (University of Delhi) |
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1) Delaying their applications and instead hiring their own pets from unknown colleges.
2) If inviting external guest lecturers , asking whether they have LLM. If inviting a lawyer with an LLM, then some other excuse. Now we hear NLSIU is asking for money for using lecture halls!
3) Waiving UGC NET for some people, not for others. Pleading ignorance about a new UGC rule saying colleges have to waive UGC NET for candidates with PhDs from top 200 QS ranked colleges.
4) If they hire alumni, bullying them and humiliating them (as happened with a popular prof at NLSIU).
Jindal is just benefitting from the apathy of NLU VCs.
[Ed: Now published, needed minor redaction, sorry for the delay]
NLSIU and NALSAR: Andhra University, Mysore University
NLUD: Kurukshetra University
NUJS: North Bengal University, Calcutta University
I would guess Dr. Balakrishna and/or Dr. Mallikarjun. They joined NALSAR in 2007/8. This means that the current incumbent, or his predecessor, hired no one from Andhra Uni. in their respective tenures.
But why bother with facts, after all? Not to mention that this sort of comparison is done simply to show one's contempt for traditional university grads, whereas almost every student who has graduated from any NLU and has already established themselves in the real world have teachers graduating from traditional universities only to thank for when it comes to their own education.
I did not flame anyone, or disparage anyone, or write anything remotely negative. Why then is my comment in moderation for 6 hours while others have been posting here since then?
[Ed: Sorry for the delay, now published below]
1 Sudhanshu Kumar - CNLU
2 Sidharth Chauhan - NLSIU
3 Vivek Mukherjee - NLIU
4 Sahana Ramesh - NUJS
5 Chinmay Deshmukh - NLUJ
6 Anindita Jaiswal - NLUJ
7 Akanksha Kumar - HNLU
8 Prerna Bijoy - NUSRL
9 Foreign degrees
1 Jagteshwar Singh Sohi - Osgoode Hall
2 Rajesh Kapoor - King's London
3 Sidharth Chauhan - UPenn
4 Prerna Dhoop - Duke
5 Utkarsh Leo - UCL
6 Sahana Ramesh - LSE
7 Chinmay Deshmukh - Goethe
8 Anindita Jaiswal - Edinburgh (PhD)
9 Akanksha Kumar - NUS
Note-1: Details and order as per university website.
Note-2: These are all full time faculty members/researchers at NALSAR. Guest faculty not included.
www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/phd-holders-from-top-foreign-varsities-are-now-eligible-for-direct-recruitment-as-assistant-professors-says-ugc-1398533-2018-11-29
It is not dependant on the college, but what happens is that certain NLUs give you a head start because they have good in-house journals which give an outlet to publish + a good mooting culture + student exchanges.
Now I teach at a top European law school out of compulsion, but JGLS also offered me a place. I will never go to teach at any NLU even if they offer me twice the amount of money JGLS or any other university offers just by virtue of the treatment I received being an alumnus.
1. The point was not regarding 'special treatment' by any NLU, but whether there were avenues for foreign-qualified people to actually contribute back to education in India. Had I not been an NLU alumnus, my comment stays the same as well. The comment I replied to suggested that it was mostly by choice that foreign-qualified people do not go to teach at NLUs and that NLUs accept all faculty applications with wide open arms. That is not the case is what I wanted to convey. Of course no one is entitled to 'special treatment', but the administration is not quite accepting of most people, unlike JGLS.
2. That also brings me to the point about favouring own people. No, I do not want special treatment from anyone, but an outright disqualification because foreign-qualified people are unable to give UGC-NET seems a bit odd. JGLS fully capitalises on the situation and recruits people while they are pursuing their LL.M. without regard for UGC-NET qualifications. To say that that is wrong either for JGLS or for the (prospective) employees is not a fair statement.
JGLS hires RAs and SRAs and then promotes them to Assistant Professors, but we also do not know whether that promotion is subject to a UGC-NET qualification. Maybe an insider can shed light on this. I certainly do not know enough to comment on that.
Also, it is kind of inconvenient to appear for the UGC-NET while pursuing a foreign LL.M.. Again, sure, it is possible and there have been people who have done that, but it certainly is a costly affair if you are not studying in places like Singapore. It is definitely burdensome for people that have gone abroad only with financial assistance.
The JGLS style of appointing RAs at a pay-scale of (more than) UGC-Assistant Professor level gives people time to clear the UGC-NET once they come back. So, again, fair points. Agreed.
The focus on NET has been led primarily by conservative and insecure older faculty with worthless degrees and even more worthless IQ who stand to get bypassed badly if the younger lot with better experience and degrees from reputed law schools both in India and abroad are allowed to freely join NLUs. Others supporting them are the bottom-rankers from the NLU LLB batches who choose to stay behind, do their LLM& PHD from their alma maters and then bask in the adulation of being an "NLU alumni" who's teaching (or "giving back") to his alma mater. [...]. Ironically none of the good younger teachers who ever stayed or remain at these NLUs had NET.
At JGLS there are a few headaches in the HR policy and admin issues but none centered around presence or absence of NET. That's why theres such a diversity of talent in the faculty. Whatever one may say about the fees or student quality, theres simply no place like JGLS for a galaxy of well qualified, modern, broad-minded faculty.
1. How many years of teaching/work experience?
2. How many publications of good quality?
3. Any fellowships, awards etc?
1: NLUD: A very good mix of young and experienced faculty, who also publish and do interesting research.
2 I would have ranked JGLS as joint 1 but one problem keeps it to 2: the large batch size means not all students will get the best teachers.
3: NALSAR. As similar mix like NLUD, but the focus is too much on human rights and public law subjects.
From NLUs
(1) Mrinal Satish - NLSIU (on leave)
(2) Aparna Chandra - NLSIU
(3) Anup Surendranath - NALSAR
(4) Chinmayi Arun - NALSAR (on leave since last year - she is doing another LL.M at Yale this year)
(5) Ankita Sangwan - NALSAR (Research Associate - but she doesn't teach)
Foreign degrees
(1) Mrinal Satish - Yale (LL.M, SJD)
(2) Aparna Chandra - Yale (LL.M, SJD)
(3) Anup Surendranath - Oxford (BCL, D Phil)
(4) Chinmayi Arun - LSE (LL.M - see comment above)
(5) Arul Scaria - Max Planck (Phd)
There are other people from NLUs/foreign degree holders who work in research centres but do not teach. They are not considered part of the faculty. There are some other teachers who are considered good, but don't have foreign degrees - Yogesh Pai and Daniel Mathews (LLM from NLSIU) amongst them.
Most of their other faculty are mediocre to horrible. The ones mentioned here are considered to be very good. But two of them are on leave and are not expected to return. Aparna Chandra is on leave this semester and is supposed to be leaving very soon too (another big catch for Jindal perhaps?).
Don't fall for NLUD PR that easily please.
1 Sudhanshu Kumar - CNLU - Corporate law, Cap Markets, Competition Law
2 Sidharth Chauhan - NLSIU - Constitutional Law
3 Vivek Mukherjee - NLIU - Environmental Law, Animal Law, International Law.
4 Sahana Ramesh - NUJS - Arbitration
5 Chinmay Deshmukh - NLUJ - Jurisprudence, IPR
6 Anindita Jaiswal - NLUJ - Corporate Law
7 Akanksha Kumar - HNLU - Arbitration, IPR
8 Prerna Bijoy - NUSRL - Jurisprudence, Legal Methods
9 Foreign degrees
1 Jagteshwar Singh Sohi - Osgoode Hall - Environmental Law, International Law
2 Rajesh Kapoor - King's London - Arbitration, Contracts
3 Sidharth Chauhan - UPenn
4 Prerna Dhoop - Duke - Administrative Law, LGBTQ & Law
5 Utkarsh Leo - UCL - Law & Eco, Blockchain Tech & Law
6 Sahana Ramesh - LSE
7 Chinmay Deshmukh - Goethe
8 Anindita Jaiswal - Edinburgh (PhD)
9 Akanksha Kumar - NUS
^ HR and Public Law focus?
1. For JGLS: What is the batch size in relation to the star profs? Does every student get taught by the star profs? For example, sections A and B can have an excellent and experienced tort law professor hired at a big salary and publicised to the world, but sections C and D can have a mediocre person hired at a low salary who JGLS will hide from the world.
2. For both : Which star profs are on leave for more than 2 years? 1.5 to 2 years of leave is ok, but for longer than that please state on your website that they are on leave. One is entitled to take leave for even 10 years, but please make it clear that they are on leave and doing only research, no teaching.
3. For both: Which star profs teach subjects other than human rights, consti law, juris etc? In other words, are the students getting good education in commercially relevant subjects or just one set of subjects?
4. For NLUD: Why are publications, grants, fellowships etc not listed for most people?
5. For both: When you say NLU-qualified faculty, please also say which NLU they are from.
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