CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JHARKHAND(A Central University Established by an Act of Parliament of India in 2009)

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His Excellency

Shri Pranab Mukherjee

The President of India

Our Vice Chancellor

The President of India gave assent to The Central Universities Act, 2009 that

envisages establishing and incorporating universities for teaching and research in

various states. The Central University of Jharkhand came into being under this

Act on the First of March, 2009. The then Visitor of the Central University of

Jharkhand, the Hon'ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil

appointed Dr. Darlando T. Khathing, an Internationally renowned scientist and

a distinguished academic administrator, as its First Vice Chancellor.

Central University of Jharkhand came into being on 1st March 2009 under the provisions of Central Universities Act, 2009 with Prof. D.T. Khathing as its first Vice-Chancellor appointed by the then President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil. CUJ is a non-affiliating University and has been established with the vision to promote innovations in teaching-learning process and inter-disciplinary studies and research and to disseminate knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in various disciplines of Humanities, Social Sciences and Science & Technology with an overall objective of improvement in the social and economic condition and welfare of the people, i.e. to bring about their intellectual, academic and cultural development. Within a very short spam of just over four years, the University has established a beautiful make-shift campus with lush green trees at Brambe, a 25 km drive from Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand with high quality infrastructural facilities which include air-conditioned class rooms with multi-media tools and well equipped laboratories. The State Government of Jharkhand has allotted 500 acres of land for the permanent campus of University at Cheri-Manatu, Ranchi. In the first phase; 319.28 acres of land has been handed over to the University upon which work is already underway in creating a campus that shall make its students as well as their guardians proud, not only at the national but at the international level as well.

ABOUT RANCHI

Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand, is located at 23o. 23’ N and 85o. 23’ E at a height of 2140 feet above mean sea level. Winter temperatures range from 5o C to 25oC and summer temperatures vary from 20oC to 42oC. The average annual rainfall is 1530 mm. In Jharkhand people speak English, Hindi, Nagpuri, Mundari, Oraon and Kurmali etc.

The city of Ranchi is the educational hub of Jharkhand with many prestigious schools, colleges and institutions of higher learning like Ranchi University, Indian Institute of Management, National University of Study and Research in Law, Birla Institute of Technology-Mesra, National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, ICFAI University, Sai Nath University, Jharkhand Rai University etc. spread around the city.

Visitor (The President of India) Shri. Pranab Mukherjee

Chancellor Justice (Rtd.) V.N. Khare

Vice-Chancellor Prof. Darlando. T. Khathing

Dean (Academics) Prof. Arunabha Datta

Dean (Mass Comm. & Media Technologies) Prof. S.K. Tewari

Dean (School of Natural Resource Management) Prof. A.C. Pandey

Dean (School of Natural Sciences) Prof. A.N. Misra

Chairperson (School for the Study of Culture) Prof. Jeuti Barooah

Dean (School of Management Sciences) Prof. T. Ghoshal

Dean (School of Engineering & Technology) Prof. S.K. Samdarshi

Registrar Prof. A.K. Sharma (in-charge)

Controller of Examinations Dr. J.N. Nayak

OSD (Planning) Prof. D.K. Banerjee

OSD (Project) Mr. N.P. Garg

Finance Officer Dr. J.N. Nayak (in-charge)

Chief Proctor Dr. Shreya Bhattacharjee

Deputy Registrar Dr. K.P. Mohanta

Internal Audit Officer Mr. S.K. Gupta

Assistant Registrar Mr. A. Praveen Kumar

Hindi Officer Mr. Abdul Halim

System Analyst Mr. Anupam Kumar

Librarian Mr. R.V. Prasad (in-charge)

Medical Officer Dr. L. B Singh (in-charge)

Chief Communication Officer Mr. Prasanta Bora

Security Officer Mr. K.K. Sharma

as on 1st February 2014.

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The tribal people(s) constitute a substantially important part in the rich and diverse conglomeration of Indian population. They have their unique socio-cultural mechanism and ordered behaviour pattern for the maintenance of equilibrium, social order, tranquillity and peace. These mechanisms constitute taboos, social sanctions, ritualistic faiths, obeyance to super-natural powers, public opinion, good sense and ethics. These practices constitute the Customary Laws of the tribal society.

However, non-recognition of these customary laws, discrimination and plundering of their culture, customs and values; are some of the grave crimes being done against them by the so-called modern civilized society. Apart from this, exclusion and forceful implementation of policy decisions without keeping in mind the tribal sentiments has further aggravated their anguish. Therefore, there is an imperative need to develop the understanding of tribal, culture, customs, philosophy, laws and issues affecting them.

Until recently, there hadn’t been any formal education in this field in India. At this backdrop and to fill-up this much needed gap, the Central University of Jharkhand in the month of August 2012 established the Centre for Tribal and Customary Law.

The Centre holds the prestige of being the first Post-Graduate Teaching and Research Centre in India dedicated exclusively for research and teaching concerning the Customary Laws, Legal and Governance aspects of Tribal People of India.

The present location of the Centre is at Brambe, a 25 kilometre drive from Ranchi City, the capital of Jharkhand (India). Placed in the new Academic-Block section of the lush green and beautiful campus of Central University of Jharkhand, the Centre shall move to its permanent location at the Sukuruhutu-Cheri-Manatu region of Ranchi in the forthcoming times.

A total of 500 acres of land has been earmarked for the construction of the University. In the first phase, the State Government of Jharkhand has handed over 319.28 acres of land to the University on 13th January 2012. The construction of the splendid permanent campus is already underway.

Centre for Tribal and Customary Law, Central University of Jharkhand, Ratu-Lohardaga Road, Brambe, Ranchi - 835205, Jharkhand, India.

Well Qualified Faculty Class rooms with equipped Audio-Visual teaching aids. Safe and secure hostels for male and female students with mess facility and 24

hours water and electricity supply. Wi-Fi Internet Campus. Round the clock medical facility with dispensary. Availability of Computer Lab, Canteen, Playground, Gymnasium, Bank, ATM

and Library inside the campus. Lush green and healthy campus.

1. To provide intricacies and insight about the culture of tribal people(s), theirphilosophy of life and prevailing customary laws.

2. To impart specialized knowledge of law influencing tribal people(s), eitherdirectly or indirectly.

3. To provide an inter-disciplinary perspective on the study of tribal people(s) byintroducing the basic concepts and debates on their governance, policy framing,development and administration within the national as well as globalframework emanating from the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, politicalscience, public administration, economics and law.

4. To develop a comprehensive understanding about tribal peoples such that theprospective students involve in adjudication of cases concerning tribal people orcontribute to policy framing or get into multifaceted research or pursue anyground-work concerning the tribal peoples.

5. To add to the academia by means of doctoral research and documentation ofcustomary laws and practices of the tribal people.

The Centre offers the following three courses : M.A. in Tribal Law and Governance (Duration - Two years)

LL.M. with specialization in Tribal & Customary Law (Duration - Two years)

Ph.D. (Duration 2 - 5 years)

The M.A. (Tribal Law & Governance) and LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law) courses offered under the aegis of Centre for Tribal and Customary Law will be full time courses of study spreading over a period of four (4) academic semesters each of 6 months duration. (Total - 2 years)

ADMISSION SCHEDULE

Admission to the M.A. (Tribal Law & Governance) and LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law) courses shall be ordinarily made in the first semester at the beginning of each academic year. The admission advertisement for the same is usually available in the 1st week of March every year in all leading newspapers and University’s website through Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) or any other exam notification as decided by the University.

Details regarding Admission Notification, Mode of Application, Last Date for Receiving Application Form, Application Fee, Entrance Examination Syllabus, Exam Date, Test Centres, Publication of Result, Counselling, Admission Date/s and commencement of Classes shall be followed in accordance to the schedule and guidelines of Central University of Jharkhand for the concerned year.

For latest updates, keep visiting the University’s Website - www.cuj.ac.in

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION

Candidate seeking admission to M.A. (Tribal Law & Governance) course must possess a Bachelor Degree or equivalent in any discipline with a minimum of 55%marks or equivalent grade/CGPA. The same for SC/ST/PH candidates shall be 50%. Rounding off of marks will not be allowed.

Candidate seeking admission to LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law) course mustpossess a Bachelor Degree in Law (LL.B.) with a minimum of 55% marks orequivalent grade/CGPA. The same for SC/ST/PH candidates shall be 50%. Roundingoff of marks will not be allowed.

Appearing candidates or those awaiting for result, are also eligible for applying.

ADMISSION PROCESS

Admission to M.A. (Tribal Law and Governance) and LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law) shall be made purely on the basis of candidate’s performance in the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) or any other exam as decided by the University.

NUMBER OF SEATS

The number of candidates to be admitted in the M.A. (Tribal Law and Governance) and LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law) shall be Fifteen (15) for each course.

As per the directives of Government of India and UGC, the following percentage of total seats in each course shall be reserved for the below mentioned category of Indian students on production of relevant documentary evidences :

Scheduled Caste - 15 %

Scheduled Tribe - 7.5 %

OBC - Non Creamy Layer - 27 %

Differently Abled - 3% (horizontal)

Supernumerary seats can be provisioned for foreign nationals.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

The medium of instruction, examination, viva-voce, interview or any other academicactivity relating to M.A. (Tribal Law & Governance) and LL.M. (Tribal andCustomary Law) programmes shall be English.

A student admitted to any of the above-mentioned two courses, must attend aminimum of 75% of the lectures, seminars and tutorials conducted in the Centre. Apartfrom these, field work and library visits also form a mandatory part of the course.Failure in fulfilling these requirements, nullifies the entitlement of a candidate forappearing in the written examination or viva-voce or both.

If at any time, it is discovered that a candidate has made false or incorrect statement(s)or any fraudulent means have been used for securing admission his/her name shall beimmediately removed from the rolls of the University. The Centre may alsorecommend for removal of the name of a student from the course on the basis ofunsatisfactory performance or indiscipline or on grounds of medical unfitness or anyother activity deemed unsuitable or erroneous.

Ragging is totally banned at Central University of Jharkhand including its centres, allits premises (academic, residential, sports, canteen etc.) whether located within thecampus or outside and in all means of transportation of students whether public orprivate, and anyone found guilty of ragging and/or abetting ragging is liable to bepunished including immediate cancellation of admission or suspension.

COURSE STRUCTURE AND SCHEME OF EVALUATION

The M.A. (Tribal Law & Governance) and LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law) programme shall consist of 18 theoretical courses along with compulsory submission of a research dissertation at the end of the final semester.

THEORETICAL COURSE

For every theoretical course, there shall be an End Semester Exam at the completion of every semester. Prior to that, there shall be three sessional tests for every course of which the performance in the best two would be taken into consideration. The sessional tests would carry 40% weightage whereas the End Semester Exam will account for the remaining 60% of the evaluation.

End Semester Exam : There shall be a 3 hours duration written examination carrying60% weightage for each theoretical course. It shall cover the entire syllabus prescribedfor the course.

Sessional Tests : There shall be three sessional tests. 1

st Sessional Test : The first sessional test will be held during the fourth week

of the semester. It will include writing of a Book Review and its presentation.The review shall be of any one book covering the syllabus or anything relatedto the same.

2nd

Sessional Test : The second sessional test will be conducted during theeighth week of the semester. It will be a written exam covering the syllabuscovered till that period.

3rd

Sessional Test : The third sessional test will constitute of writing a TermPaper of 2500-3000 words on any topic covering the syllabus or anythingrelated to it along with its presentation. It should be submitted by the twelfthweek of the concerned semester.

DISSERTATION COURSE

Every student enrolled in the M.A. (Tribal Law and Governance) or LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law) programme, shall mandatorily submit a concise research dissertation on the topic assigned to him/her (not exceeding 150 pages) at least a fortnight, before the commencement of the end semester examination of the 4th semester. The dissertationalong with its presentation and viva-voce, shall carry weightage equivalent to two theoretical papers. Before final submission of dissertation, every student shall present a synopsis of the research topic at the centre.

Dissertation shall be completed under the supervision of any assigned faculty of Centre for Tribal & Customary Law and the same shall be evaluated jointly by the supervisor and one external examiner. In the course of evaluation 60% weightage will be awarded for assessing the quality of dissertation, 20% for its presentation and 20% for viva-voce/interview concerning the topic of dissertation.

COURSE STRUCTURE AND CREDIT DISTRIBUTION

SEMESTER - I

Sl. SUBJECT

CODE NAME OF THE COURSE

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION TOTAL

Lecture Tutorial Practical

1. Introduction to Tribal India 3 1 0 4

2. Tribal Society and Culture 3 1 0 4

3. Jurisprudence - I 3 1 0 4

4. Research Methodology - I 3 1 0 4

5. Ideas and Issues in Public Administration 3 1 0 4

GRAND TOTAL 20

SEMESTER - II

Sl. SUBJECT

CODE NAME OF THE COURSE

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION TOTAL

Lecture Tutorial Practical

1. Tribal Administration 3 1 0 4

2. Jurisprudence - II 3 1 0 4

3. Family Law and Natural Resource Legislations 3 1 0 4

4. Research Methodology - II 3 1 0 4

5. Public Policy : Concept and Theories 3 1 0 4

GRAND TOTAL 20

SEMESTER - III

Sl. SUBJECT

CODE NAME OF THE COURSE

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION TOTAL

Lecture Tutorial Practical

1. Tribal Welfare and Development 3 1 0 4

2. Tribal Customary Law and Justice 3 1 0 4

3. International Law, Globalization and Peoples 3 1 0 4

4. Human Rights Law and Tribal Peoples 3 1 0 4

5. Environment, Tribal Peoples and Law 3 1 0 4

GRAND TOTAL 20

SEMESTER - IV

Sl. SUBJECT

CODE NAME OF THE COURSE

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION TOTAL

Lecture Tutorial Practical

1. Customary Laws in Jharkhand 3 1 0 4

2. Tribal Peoples and Intellectual Property Rights 3 1 0 4

3. Multi Level Governance 3 1 0 4

4. Library Study / Field Work based Dissertation* 0 2 6 8

5.

GRAND TOTAL 20

* Every student enrolled in the M.A. (Tribal Law and Governance) or LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law) programme, shallhave to mandatorily submit a concise research dissertation (not exceeding 150 pages). The dissertation shall be prepared by the student under the guidance of any assigned faculty of the Centre for Tribal and Customary Law. The dissertation along with its presentation and viva-voce, shall carry weightage equivalent to two theoretical papers.

FEE STRUCTURE

M.A. ( Tribal Law and Governance ) and LL.M. ( Tribal and Customary Law )

One Time Payable Fees Nature of Fees Amount (INR)

1. Admission Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 500 2. University Registration Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 500 3. University Caution Deposit Refundable Rs. 2000 4. Library Caution Deposit Refundable Rs. 1000 5. Identity Card Non-Refundable Rs. 100 6. Security Deposit Refundable Rs. 1000

TOTAL (I) Rs. 5,100/-

Recurring Fees ( Payable per Semester) 1. Tuition Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 2000 2. Test and Examination Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 1000 3. Library Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 300

4. Computer Laboratory/Moot Court Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 2000

5. Medical Fees Non-Refundable Rs. 600 TOTAL (II) Rs. 5,900/-

Hostel Fees

1. Hostel Caution Deposit (one-time) Refundable Rs. 2000 2. Room Rent (per semester) Non-Refundable Rs. 1200 3. Mess Fee (per semester) Non-Refundable Rs. 12000

TOTAL (III) Rs. 15,200/-

Note :

Visually impaired students shall be exempted from payment of all fees other than the CautionDeposit.

The Vice‐Chancellor shall have the power to grant full/partial free‐ship to a student on therecommendation of a Committee constituted by him/her for the purpose. However, total free‐ship shall not exceed 5% of the total student strength in the course. The free-ship would besanctioned on year to year basis.

The academic record of the students, financial position of the parents/guardian of the students and any other factor deemed fit, shall be taken into account while making recommendation on the applications of the students for grant of free-ship.

The syllabus of M.A. (Tribal Law and Governance) and LL.M. (Tribal and Customary Law), was e-mailed for review to international and national scholars. The work was appreciated in general. Some of the exclusive opinion and comments about the course syllabus were :

1. “…I am most interested in innovative educational and research initiative like this one. I likethe policy and law approach…”

Prof. (Dr.) Paul Havemann James Cook University, Australia.

2. “…description of your new programme looks very impressive. I believe it will make animportant contribution within your country and beyond…”

Prof. (Dr.) John Borrows University of Minnesota, USA.

3. “...Thank you very much for bringing this important Program to my attention. I wish youevery success with it. I have also forwarded it to my colleagues here in indigenous legalorders at University of Victoria, University of Minnesota and Dartmouth College, NewHampshire. I am sure they will be interested as well...”

Prof. (Dr.) James Tully University of Victoria, Canada.

4. “…Central University of Jharkhand is taking a significant step. Your team deserveskudos…”

Dr. Aditya Raj (Ph.D, McGill Univesity) Faculty, IIT Patna, India.

5. “…The comprehensive syllabus is not only a guideline for the faculties and the students butit also reflects the prospect of immediate employability of the students after completion ofthe course. Moreover, this type of education on tribal issues will lead the society at policylevel…”

Dr. Jeuti Barooah Former, Director, Law Research Institute

Gauhati High Court, Guwahati.

The Ph.D. course offered by the Centre for Tribal and Customary Law shall be in areas related to socio-legal, governance, policy and customary laws of the tribal people(s). It shall be strictly in accordance to the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulation, 2009.

ADMISSION PROCESS AND SCHEDULE

Admission to the Ph.D. programme shall be ordinarily made at the beginning of each academic year for which the admission advertisement shall be tentatively flashed in the 1st

week of March every year in all leading newspapers and University’s website through Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) or any other examination notification as decided by the University.

The application forms received against the admission notification are processed and eligible candidates are required to appear in the Ph.D. Entrance Test.

However, candidates having JRF obtained through national level test conducted by bodies like UGC or any other similar recognized body, in the concerned/relevant discipline are exempted from appearing in the Ph.D. Entrance Test.

The selection of applicants for admission in Ph.D. programme shall be purely on the basis of performance in Ph.D. Entrance Test, Past Academic Record and Personal Interview.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION

Admission to Ph.D. programme shall be open to candidates who have obtained Master Degree in Tribal Law and Governance / LL.M. (Tribal & Customary Law) / Anthropology / Tribal Studies / Law / Sociology or any other relevant discipline of Social Science with 55% marks or equivalent. (50% for SC/ST/PH applicants).

Appearing candidates or those awaiting for result, are also eligible for applying.

NUMBER OF SEATS

The number of candidates to be admitted in the Ph.D. course shall be decided by the Centre on year to year basis depending on the manageable number of vacant seats available with the eligible supervisor/s of the Centre. The reservation policy as per the directives of Government of India shall be followed at time of admission. Supernumerary seats may be provisioned for foreign nationals.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

After admission, every Ph.D. student shall be mandatorily required to undertakeCourse Work for at least one semester. However, students having regular M.Phil.degree in concerned / relevant discipline having the content of Research Methodologyalong with submission of Dissertation as a part of their study, shall be exempted fromthe requirement of the course work. However, if the doctoral committee feels thatcourse work would be helpful to a candidate for his/her Ph. D. work, it may ask thecandidate to do the course work.

The medium of instruction, examination, viva-voce, interview or any other academicactivity relating to the Ph.D. programme shall be English.

A student admitted to the Ph.D. programme must attend at least 75% of the lectures,seminars and tutorials conducted by the Centre during the Course Work. Apart fromthese, field work and library visits also form a mandatory part of the programme.Failure in fulfilling these requirements, nullifies the entitlement of a candidate forappearing in the course work examination or submission of thesis or viva-voce or anyother form of evaluation.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Every full-time Ph.D. student who is not in receipt of financial assistance from anyrecognized external source shall be entitled for CUJ Research Fellowship for amaximum tenure of five years or till the submission of Ph.D. thesis (whichever isearlier). At present, the CUJ Research Fellowship is Rs. 8000/- per month.

Applicants who have qualified for JRF from bodies like UGC / CSIR / ICMR or anyother recognized external source such as RGNF / MANF etc. shall also be in receipt offellowship. Their terms and condition along with amount of fellowship shall begoverned by the concerned body. At present, the amount of such Fellowships is Rs.16,000/- per month + HRA + Contingency of Rs. 10,000/- per year.

COURSE DURATION

After successful completion of Course-Work, every Ph.D. student will be required to submit his/her Ph.D. thesis within a minimum time of 2 years and maximum of 5 years from the date of admission failing which his/her admission shall be cancelled.

FEE STRUCTUREPh.D. offered by the Centre for Tribal and Customary Law

One Time Payable Fees Nature of Fees Amount (INR)

1. Admission Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 1000 2. University Registration Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 1000 3. University Caution Deposit Refundable Rs. 2000 4. Library Caution Deposit Refundable Rs. 1000 5. Identity Card Non-Refundable Rs. 100 6. Security Deposit Refundable Rs. 5000

TOTAL (I) Rs. 10,100/-

Recurring Fees ( Payable per Semester) 1. Tuition Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 2000 2. Test and Examination Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 1000 3. Library Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 500 4. Computer Laboratory/Moot Court Fee Non-Refundable Rs. 7000 5. Medical Fees Non-Refundable Rs. 600

TOTAL (II) Rs. 11,100/-

Hostel Fees

1. Hostel Caution Deposit (one-time) Refundable Rs. 2000 2. Room Rent (per semester) Non-Refundable Rs. 6000 3. Mess Fee (per semester) Non-Refundable Rs. 15000

TOTAL (III) Rs. 23,000/-

FACULTY MEMBERS

Centre for Tribal & Customary Law

Professor - cum - Chairperson, School for the Study of Culture Ph.D. (Anthropology) M.A. (Anthropology) LL.B. Former Director, Law Research Institute, Gauhati High Court, Assam. E-mail : jeutibarooah @ gmail.com Mobile : 09435118448

Prof. (Dr) Jeuti Barooah

Centre Co-ordinator and Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Anthropology) UGC-NET M.A. (Anthropology) E-mail : walter.beck @ cuj.ac.in, Mobile : 09973670503

Dr. Walter Beck

Assistant Professor Ph.D. pursuing UGC-NET-JRF M.A. (Anthropology) - Gold Medalist B.A. (Anthropology) - University Topper Bachelors of General Law (pursuing) E-mail : shamsher.alam @ cuj.ac.in, Mobile : 09334230506

Shamsher Alam

Assistant Professor Ph.D. pursuing (JNU) UGC-NET-JRF (Human Rights), UGC-NET (Law) M.Phil. (International Law) LL.M. (Human Rights) E-mail : rashwetshrinkhal @ gmail.com Mobile : 08797803956

Rashwet Shrinkhal

Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Anthropology) UGC-NET-JRF M.Phil. (Social Medicine and Community Health) M.Sc. (Anthropology) LL.B. E-mail : debendra.biswal @ cuj.ac.in Mobile : 09973579387

Dr. Debendra Kr. Biswal

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Conceived by Shamsher Alam, Assistant Professor.