l'he following Members were present: i

1. Prof. I(. Elumalai, Director, SOL,IGNOU _ Chairman2' Prof' Madhava Menon, Fromer Member, cclmmission on centre-State Relations (GoI), MILALTrivandrum3' ProflR'GB Bhagavath l(uurnal, vice-Chancellor, Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University,Visakhapatnam4. Prof. RavindraKumar, profqssor, School of Social Sciences,IGNou5. Prof. S.R. Jha, prol'essor, Sihool of Sciences,IGNOU6' Dr' o'P' Dewal, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and New Media Studies , IGNOU7 ' Mr' Akshav Kumar; Associate Professor, school

"f c;;;il;ili;f;"rr", srrr,irrl,i6frouI' Dr' suneet I(ashyap, Assistant professor, school oriaw,IGNou

9. Dr. Gurmeet Kaur, Assistant professor, school of Law, IGNou10. Mr. Anand Gupta, Assista't professor, School of Law, IGNOUI1. Ms. Mansi Sharma, Assistant professor, School of Law, rcNou

I)rof'v'B'coutiniro, Director; Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Delhi and Mrs. cha'dralfislura Murthy, vice-churcellor, National Law university Cuttack could not'attend this meeting. Also,ivh: R' venkata itarnani, Aclvocate, supreme court of tndia and Former Mernber, Law commission ofl'dia co'lcl not attend the rneetirig on hbalth grou-nds "nJl"]o.*.*dtr".,elt "-*"ril"irr"

jt "l#-?ilrrn,school Board' lt was br:o_'ght 1o the notice of all that h4rs. chandra tirirhou Mil;hj"ffi;""j ||i:office of Vice-chancellor, central university of Pondicharf after co-opting her as Member of the SchoolIJoard of sol' 'fhe chair'ran of school Board was requesied to ascertain Trer r*".ri"r.l * .#irlr,,. u,fi'Iember of school Board for the remaining period (Action -Director, sol.)

At the outset, the chairman welcomed all the Members of the School Boarcl. The chairman congratulatedthe newly appointed External Members of the School goatJ of SoL and introduced them to the, internalmembers of the School Board.

T'he'eatter, the Agencla items were taken up for discussion.

ltem No. 14.1 confirmation of Minutes of the Thirteenfh school Board Meeting held on9.11,2012

Tlre Thirteenth Meeting ol'the school Board of school of l-aw was held on Friday, 9 November, 20rz at12'00 Noon at the conference Room of school of Law, Gglock, IGNou, New Delhi-l1006g and theminutes wele circulate<i among the members on 23 January, 2013. The minutes are enclosed atAnlrexure-1.

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The Minutes of the i3th school Board Meeting were confirmed with aboveoDServatlons.

fcjittl t1k.o report on the minutes of the Thirteenth School Board Meeting ofSchool ofLaw

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The Action Takenbelow: '

Report on the Minutes of the Thirteenth Meeting of the School Board is given

The'Vision Document pleryre{ in two parts i.e., Part-I containing the programmes and otheracademic activities ,9r

s.or -Jrtttu'iri" ruu drr. yrur, *r,o p*t-il containing in brief agloRosed plan of action for the neit two/thr." yrurc was placed urrop t1. iihool BoardMembers (Annexure-2). r --- r

P,|:0,,* the infonnation pertaining to the programmes on offer, the Director, so1, madethe tollowing observations.

As on date, the school offers 13 programmes as detailed below:

o Master of Intellectual property Law(Online) (MIPL). fg Diploma inLegal proiess'ourr"*.*i'o)rii".ifocot.Bo)

o PG Diploma in Intellectual property Righis (pGDfpR). !9 Diplomain Inlilory_.ntal Law conrl pcoeutw) & (online) (pcDENLWOr,)o PG Diploma in Criminal Justice (PGDCJ)

o Diploma in Paralegal practice (DIpp)r PG certificate in cyber Law (oDL) & (online) (pcccL/pGCCL-oL)o PG Certificate in Patient practice (pccpp)r Certificate in Consumer protection (CCp)o Certificate in Human Rights (CHR)o Certificate in Anti-Human Trafficking (CAHT)

,o Certificate in International HumanituiA fu*iCIHL)o ceftificate in cooperation, cooperative Law &Business Laws (ccLBL)

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T" deliberate upon the preparation of Future Road Map for School of Law:forthe Next Five years

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zlction Taken

Item No.13.2 fheMinutes of the Thirteenth School Board

Necessary action has b6nliitiated.

Item No.13.+ ro deffi?ocrm*tofSchool oflaw

Action has been inltiateOT$aratea item (14.3 has beenItem No.13.10 To conffi

LLM ProsrammeWill be placed before the next meeting.

Item No. i3.l 1 To considei@on Laws governing police Officials

Action has been initiated and theresponse awaited.

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Three MOIJ based (online) programmes i.e., MIPL, PGDLPO and PGDENLWOL of theabove list are put on hold by the University.

The averagrt enrollment per cycle per programme during the last three years exceeded above100 in the case of four programmes i.e., CHR, CCP, CAHT and PGDIPR.

The same is below 100 in the case of CCLBL, PGCPP, PGCCL, DIPR CIHL, ?GDCJwhich is a matter of concern. Hence the Programme Coordinators concerned have beeirrequested to initiate immediate steps so as to ensure enhancement of the enrollment tr 9rcycle at least above 100 (Action - concerned Programme coordinators).

One of the main reasons for the low enrollment in Programmes offered by SOL is due tonon-activation of Study Centres.

The Director informed tLe Members that steps have already been taken to identify LawColleges furactioning within the territorial jurisdiction of each IGNOU Region and the samehad already been mailed to them through RSD. The IGOU Regional Centres have alsb beenequally distributed among the Faculty Members with the specific purpose to take necessarysteps to ensure activation of Programme Study Centres for the Law Programmes inrespective Regions allotted to them.

After detailed deliberations about the reasons and causes for low enrollment and consequentresult of closure of such programmes, the Director, SOL was authorized to constitute atluee-Member Committee to look into all the aspects of and suggest measures to enhancethe eruollment in the Programmes in offer or closure of such programmes and also suggestpotential areas for development of new programmes. Meanwhile, Faculty Members havebeen requested to undertake Need Assessment Survey for the Programmes mentioned underPart-il ofArurexure-2. (Action -All Faculty Members).

L4,4 To considerand approve the names of Evaluators for the Specific Programmesoffered by SOL.

Dr.Suneet Kashyap, Dr. Gurmeet Kaur, Mr. Anand Gupta and Ms. Mansi Sharma AssistantProfessors of 5OL submitted the names of the following Evaluators for PGCCL, PGDIPR,

CHR,PGDENLW and PGDCJ Programmes (specific programmes offered by SOL) for considerationand approval ofthe School Board.

L Pankaj BhauLecturer Guest Faculty112, Subhash Nager, UdaipurRajasthan -313001Mobile: 09414934250Office: 2418A72

2. Ashutosh PitaliyaLecturerBN Law CollegeUdaipur (Rajasthan)

Tlre School Board considered and approved the names as propose d at I4.4 (Mr. PankajBiratt and Mr. Ashutosh Pitaliya) as Evaluators for PGCCL, PGDIPR, CHR, PGDENLV/and PGDCJ,Frogrammes of SOL. (Action - Concerned Programme Coordinator).

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i Item No' 14'5 To consider and approve the names of paper setters and Evaruators for\ pcDIpR programme lrevised)_ _- _--._, j

sB t4'5'1 Dlfuneet Kalhyap' Assistant n.of"rro., lol Td the programme coordinator of pGDIpRProgramme

'uutitt"o tt " narnes";;ffi:' $i";;i;;;ilrtors ror pcDrpR (Revised)

r?XTffi:.Ttontiot*tion-#"i#pifl: of Schoor Board. rhe risr of narnes are rur,ishedisB 14'5'2 The school Board

::::]d:t'g ald apprved the above nam-es of paper serters andEvaluators r"t pc biploma in Intellectu'i-l**is6;r"{,.dDlpR) progiamme

irevised;as proposed at Annexure-3' (Action - ilo.*"nea prolramme coordinator).I - --

Itern No' 14'6 To conside" un9-upq"ove the names :lT:q." setfe.so paper Evaruators andproject Evaruatori io" r*;u.tilJp roorl i;; pd;ffi programmeSB 14.6.1 Dr. Suneer Kashyap, o.rrrr"", #;;'r"L_anrl^the programme Coordinator of pGCppprogramme ,uuriti.j,r_,. nurnrr';i;iiJr"S.tters, paper prirtuutor. and project Evah.ratorsffi#"fi #f JT*$t:?iii*TiJHTl*,1.loi*'derationandapprov"i;rSchoo\

sB 14'6'2 The School Board consillered and approved the names of papr:r setters, paper Evaruators*o etlttt ffi;;; ;r rro;eci niipiooll for pGcpp effirre as proposed in', Annexure-4. (Action - c;r*;;; il;;rme coordinuro";.*r as proposed in

Item No' t4'7 To consider andapplove additionar names of supelvisors for Research projectwork (MIRP 003) oiVnpf, f"og"utrrr.sB 14'7'1 Dr' Gurmeet Kaur, Assistant P-rofessor, so!, ya thb^programme coordinator of MI'LProgramme informed the,Board na.nol"* tit uurt".

"rrrr"?r,i.iual property raw (MIpr_) isthe online programme' Tit it " t*" tr*, lo*r.. one of the courses is Research projecttitled "MIRP- b03"' Dr' Gurme* r*i r"iriirr"o ilr" iiri"re*i..nut supervisors and theirBio-data for the itt*..rt Project rvrinp-otii; for considl*1", ila approval of the scrroorBoard' The rist of names are fumished in Annexure-S.

sB 14'7'2 It was brought to the knowledge of the Members that this pro**amme is put on hold by the ,

University o:t pr.r.ni. -..^"

sB 14'7'3 The school Board considered TlrTo::ted additionar na,res of supervisors for Resear.chproject work (MIRP 003) of rraipi-p.og*,irn. u, proposed in dnnexure-S. (Action -oncerned programme ioordinai"l.

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ffi H3;;#:r:i.t*ve the n ames of paper serters/nnoderators/Evatuarors for

sB 14'8'1 Mr' Anand Gupta, Assista't Professor, SoL ,a-n! the pr.ogramme coordinator of DIpp! Programme plaied the names for Paper's"1tov Moderators ?rrJ-r*p* Evaluators for DIpp

iJffiffi??Tonsideration *a uppio'J

"ib"r'""r e*"i: iT* iir, of names ar.e fu'rished

sB 14'8'2 The school Board considered and approved the names of paper setters/Moderators/Evaluators folDIPP Progrurn*., as proposed in Annexure-6. (Action - concernedprogramme Coordinatir).

Item No. 14.9

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To consider and approve change in eligibility criteria for cAHT progrannme.

Ms' Mansi sharma, Assistant professor, sol and the programme coordinator, cAHTProgrammt: has informed the s"rrooi go*o that she rru, ,""ri*d an email from sRD andRegional centre Shimra to r"-.onrloJ'*:-gtgiu'itv-rriiia of cAHT programme. Atpresent the erigibility criteria to enroti in CAHT programme is as under :

sB 14'9'2 - A'1' graduate or 10+2 with 5 years of experience in the related field or l0th standard(after doing bridge course r.o"t ibNou irr"y *iil iL "j*irr"o in this programme)

sB 14'9'3 Rls are receiving mailS from prospective learners and porice personnel to enroll the poriceoflicers.at the rank of constaties ;J#;,:rr., conrtuurr;;, were employed earlier areonly l0th Pass' so thev a'e not able to enroll ir ,rri, pr"gru*-r. secondly, there is a doubtthat whether the prospectiue t.arne*;;;;r". acquired-ttu.. v9* Bachelor,s degree basedil:J,T#:';uni

v,ersi tY examinati o"' ai i ;' ;;,#; ;;" !i fi; ;;;;,:d' Y.o"r,

sts 14'9'4 l\'ls' Mzursi sharmua proposed for a change in the eligibilify criteria for enrolring in GAHTPt'ogramme as lOth pltt ror trr.;;;rtd"#;n and appio""l;f ,h; schoor Board.sB 14'9'5 The membe'1s deliberated upon the issue .Tj ft* of the members commentedlriru, u

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prosr:mm: is developed for certain tevei and if we neeJd;;;:T:Tr,:l#*:*-1have to make changes in the *ur..iut t-nil"r., it to *r, r.uri;;%tlrtJlflliyrf# ;#?;:able to stlrdy. -'---Er !v .rqa

sB 14'9'6 After detailed deliberations and keeping_ in view the observations and theremarks/cornments mentioned at 14.g.;'-;ie-schoor gourJ .u*J ,o the concrusion that thethere is no need to t.tu* .tigiuiiity"."rit*i"-fbft;ffi"rrour*. u, proposed.Accordingly, the proposal *u.- noi"rup!.u.0. (Action _ Conce"ned frogrammecoordinator). *vvrvvuu' \Astron

Item No' 14'10 To consider and approve the change in Evaluation Methodology for pGccl(Online) programme. .t,

sB 14'10'l Dr'Gutmeet Kaur, Assistant Professor, sol- and the programme coordinator of pcccl(online) Programme submitted ; &fi; note. regarding the Change i, Evaruationmethrtdologyt for Post Graduare Crr;,fi;;; in cyberiaw intine (pGccL_oL) from Jan2011 fot consideration and approuul'oi'tir's.iroor noara. '"irr"

same is enclosed arAnnexure-2.

sE 14'10'2 The school Board considered.the proposal and approved the change in evarpationmethodology of PGCCL - oL ptogtu*il" iro* n.rr*h p"p* to Term-End (pen andPaper) fi.om January,2014 u, propor.d. (Action _ Corr.."rr.U pfi"o.me Coordinator).

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To consider and approve the offer of MIpL (Crn[ne) programme inro ODLProgramme (MIPL _ ODL M;dt-' "

Dr'Gurnreet Kaur, Assistant Professor, SoL and the programme coorclinator of NdIpLprogramme has submitted a proposal to offer the MIti programme (at present offeredthrough On-tine) through ODd#J;

The Programme coordinator stated that tlie Master of Intellectual property Law is two yearsprogramme offered by school ;i il in coltaborati""'*itr, eur and Rainrnaker frornschool of Law' The-programm" "*.., an introcluction to rruriou, forms oirp, in depthanalvsis and studv or facf, fo; "r ip, ur.^ ilffiffi io tr and issues r.elating ro triecommercialisation of rp. The programme.was ,nr;k;rd ierivered and ma'aged by M/sRainmaker through their onlin"-g-i.*oing pilil;*qr-mentor;. The Mou betweenrainmaker and IGNOY !ry "*pir.d on roth bctouei zitz, The License Agreement of

::Hir"rril',f'T,".y-H,t1Ji;;;pi'J"loiiiiriit'iA";;";i":fi?isarsoputThe matter has also been discussed in last school council Nleeting and it was decided th{the school should independe'tiyl"*"rt rralpl- programmeln oor mode as well.The 4tt' school Board Meeti'g held on l4th Decem ber 2007has also approved offering ofMIPL programme through opi rra.i"oo, of phasel

"n"ror.o;.The school Board after deliberations on the issue, considered and approved the offer ofMIPL (online) Programme into ooi programme as weil (MIPL - oDL Mode) as proposedlatest by January, 20r4. (Action - concerned programme coorcninator).

To consider and approve the minutes of the Doctoral committee Meeting heldon24th May,2013

Prof'. K'Elumalai, fh.D Programme coordinator and Director, sol informed the.members of school Board that the Doctoral committee Meeting was held on 24ttMay, 2013 to discuss the Agenda Iiems circurated along with the agenda andbackground papers.

The Minutes containing the deliberations held in the said meeting was placed for thc-'consideration and approval by the School noari anir"i*, gl

The school Board considered and accorded approval ollthe said Doctoral committeeMeeting held on Z4tt, March,20J3.

To consider and approve the ph.D. programme progress Reports of Ms. preetiGu_pg_for the period Jan.-June, 201r, Jury-n...*i"i 20fi, Jan.-June, 2012and July-December, 2012

Prof.- K.Elu6alal, Ph.D programme Coordinator and Diiector, SOL informed themembers, Ms. Preeti Gupta is registered for Ph.D in Law with School of Law sinceJanuary, 2009. The,.progress report for the period upto December, 2010 wasapproved in the 11"'school Board Meeting held orr 11tl'November 2011. Theprogress repoft for the remaining period as detailed below submitted by Ms. preeti

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Gupta and duly seen and recommendedDeva Rao is submitted for consideration,of School of Law,IGNOU.

by his Ph.D supervisor, Prof. Sri Krishnareview and approval ofthe School Board

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Jarnuary to June,2011 January to June,2012

July to December,20ll July to December,2012

The School Board Members considered the said reports and accorded approval for\the same.

To consider and.approve the list of candidates for admission into Ph.D. (LawPnrgramme)

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Prof' K.Elumalai, Ph.D Programme Coordinator & Director SOL, informed the Members ofthe School Board that SOL has received in all 13 applications for Ph.D Programme in Lawthrougir Research Unit. .lnitial screening was eanied,out with the help of a ScreeningComn:rittee Meeting constituted for the purpose held on 7'h & llth March, 2013 wherein it wasdecided to call 1 1 students out of 13 candidates (2 candidates were rejected on the ground ofnon-conforming the eligibility criteria (LLM cornpleted in 2011 only) for defenJing theirresearch- proposal before the Doctoral Committee. The Doctoral Committee Meeting wis heldott24tr' May,2013. 09 out of 11 students (listed below) defended their proposal"before theDoctoral Committee. The obsprvations/recommendations made by the doctoral Committeeagainst each candidate is given below in two categories: i.e. (A) Candidates Recommendedand (B) Candidate not recommended

a. CanOtOates necom

sB. 14.14.3 n. eanOia+tes Not necommendeO

S.Na Name of lheCuttdidate

R esearclt Topic (sub mift ed) O bs ematio ns/RemnrkilRecommendatio ns of t h e D octoral Committee

IvIr. Rahul Verrna Human Rights of Refugees - ACritical Study : .:

Tlte candidate can be recommended for admission in pttA.progrumme subject to the cltange in title of the thesis and conJinlng itinto Intlia ht consultation wiil, the supemisor, if available. Thirefoie itis recommended for odmissiott.

2 Mr. Ii.akesh Kumar Constitutional Philosophy ofItight to Education in India -AnEmpirical Study with SpecialRe1'erence to Girl Child in NCR.Delhi

The candidate can be rccomtnended for admlssion in' ph,b,Prcgramme. The topic needs to be changed toD Enlorcunet of Rightto Erlucation of Girl Child in Delhi - An Empifical &udy. ThemodiJied topic along with necessary changes in terms of sample sizeelc,, need to be laken care oJ Therefore it is recommeided foru!tnjssion

3 Mr. Sali Mathew Intornational Humanitarian Law- .4,n Insight into the ChildSoldiers in India

The candidate can be reeommewled for admission in ph.D.progrflmma Tbpic needs to be rcfraued as " Chlld Soldlerc as utAbuse of Cltiltl Rights -A Socio, Legal Study ln Indiu Therefore it isre c o mmended fqr admis s io n.

J'.No. Nonte of ilrcCandidate

Ites earc h Tbpic (s u bmitted) O bsematio tts/Remarks/Recommendations of the Docloral Committee

Mr.BiranchiNarayan PrasadPanda

Cornpetition Law and PolicyReginre in Developing Countries(BRICS): lts lmplementationlmportance & Emerging IssuesPers;pective

Tlte lopic see,ns to be too wide for a Ph,D. programme whieh needs tobe narroweel down. CannN be tsken in this presentform and it cannotbe rccommended for approval. Therefore il is not recommended foradmissiott.

L Mr'.Devesh Pathak Lau, Relating to Mistake underIndian Contract Act and itsEff'ect on ContractualRelationship

The lopic is a good one for a research paper instead of a researchproposal, But it cannot be a research topiclor Ph.D. The proposalsubmilted by the cfindidate did not rcflect neither the objectives nor the,

3 Mr. DipakTalukdar

"Any Measure Taken" underSection l3(4) and Right toAppeal under Section 17(1) ofthe SARFAESI AcT, 2OO2 _ ACritical Aonraisal

The topic is too snnll a topicfor a Ph.D. Programme- The catttlidateis atlvised to prepare a reseorch paper on this lopic but lhis topiccannol be rccomnewled .for; a Ph,D. topic. Therefore iL is notreco mmend ed fo r admiss ion,

4 Mr. HitendraBargal

"Role of Intellectual PropegyRights in Pharmaceutical Sectorln lndla"

The topic is not new. Lot of u,ork has already been done on this lopic,Topic needs to be changed |he candirlate can be considered providedthe topic is chanserl Therefo,re il is t ot reco,uqtctLdsdlbr-edwifslplL

5. Mr. Jai Dev Kumar "Ombudsman System in India" The topic is too wide and lms not been a topic of research, Tltecandidate can be advised to c&rryout/toke afresh topic. IJryrefuili;not rccontme\ded fqr admissio

6 Ms.ZoparlianiKhiangte

Study of Legal Practices and theIndian Policy over Refugees inMizoram r

It seems lhe candidate has not.found/tlid any literatute swtE' wlricltneeds to be reviewed Therefore it is not recommended for admission.

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The School Board Members after detailed deliberartions resolved as undera) A 4 Credit Course work may be made compulsory for all the recommended

candidates for Ph.D regisftationb) The course work may be prescribed on the subject 'Research Methodology'. The

School will prepare the curriculum for the said paper and communicate the same

to the candidates. However, it is not necessary to prepare Course Material fr+\this paper. The examination may be conducted as per Universit"guidelines/nornis as applicable to Ph.D candidates'

c) ihe students may be given 6 months time to finalise the research topic, ho$'ever,

course work can begin simultaneously along with r:egistration.

d) The recommended candidates may be requested to bubmit a brief statement about

the Ph.D Topic proposed by them and brief particulars about the Educational

Qualifi cations and Experience

At the request of Director SOL, the following tlree candidates reconrmended for

admissiolin Ph.D Programme in Law have submitted the said brief synopsis on the

proposed research topic and brief CV as detailed below:

It is infonned for the benefit of the members of the School Board thal a screening

dilitt.. constituted for the purpole of screening the Ph.D applications received,

hasialso looked into the eligibility criteria of the candidates as per the advefiisement

*J i"*a the above 3 canlidates suitable for defending their Ph.D proposal befole

the doctoral committee

The school Board considered and approved the above 3 names of the recommended

.*aiJ"lrS 1sn tl,tl.S,) along_wi l'jntopics finalized at tlre Doctoral Committee,

with the above remarks made (SB 14,14.4), by circulation'

8.No. Name of theCandidate

R es e arch Tbpic (re co mme n de d) Annexure

Mr. Rahul Verma Human Rights of Refugees - ACritical Study

a*r*uu lf synopsis on the proposed research topicAnnexure L2 - Brief Cl'

2 Mr. Rakesh Kumar Enforceitent of Right to

Education of Girl Child in Delhi

- An Empirical Studv

Annexure 2,1 - synopsis on the proposed researcn toplcAnnexure 2,2 - Brief CV

J Mr; Saji.Mathew Child Soldiers as an Abuse ofChitd Rights - A Socio, Legal.\tu(fu in lndia

Annexure 3,1 - synopsis on the proposed researcn toplcAnnexure 3.2 - Brief CI/

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To consider and approve the Panel of Examiners for the Evaluation of Ph'D' -

Thesis submitted byM* Anand Gupta.

,r ri t.'prof. K.Elumatai;'Ptr.O Progranme Coordinator & Director SOL, informed the Members

that Mr. Anand Gupta, Assistant Professor, sol- has submitted the Ph.D. thesis onr

the topic ,Right to Eq-uality and Disability Rights Jurisprudenca il lqdin''qnder the'

Supervision/duidance of Prof.(Dr.) Srikrishna Deva Rao' Professor of Law &'Registrar, NLU, Delhi. .r .

The List of External Examiners for Evaluation of Ph.D thesis of Mr. Anand Gupta

(Enrolment No.100165476) received from the said Supervisor was also plry9d

before the Doctorpl Committee Meeting held on 24th May;2013 which endorsed the

recommendation made by the concerned Supervisor'

The same was placed for the consideration and approval by the School Board.

The School Board on perusal of the said list, has suggested that the Ph.D supervisior

of lr4r. Anand Gupta i.e. Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao may be requested to furnish the

following additional information for the consideration of the Members of School

Board of SOL.

i. Jlhe ruilubility of each External Examiner proposed for evaluation of Ph.D'rlhesis in the context of the topic of the Ph.D thesis.

2. Irr additipn, suggest a few names of External Examiners for evaluation of Ph.D

thesis ftom abroad with similar required expertise in the field of Ph.D

study carried out.

' i"o..rnr SOL rennesfe, aDeva Rao to fitrnishAccordingly the Director SOL requested the Prof. Srikrishn

the above information, who informid as under

.....the ph.D thesis submitted by Mr. Anand Gupta on the topic'Riglrt to Equality and

Disability tri.ights Jurisprudence in India' falls under the purview of Constitutional Law with

special tlf*r.n.r to Disability Jurisprudence. There are very few Law Teachers in India

who are sFrecialized in disability, sirch as Prof. Amita Dhanda, NALSAR University ofLaw. Howlver, Prof. Amita Dhanda has earlier guided Mr. Anand Gupta in fine tunile his

thesis. I have no objection in including the name of Prof. Amita Danda also in the list ofExternal Examiners. The list of seven External Examiners given below in the table consists

of Professors who are specialised in Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence and can

authoritatively evaluate the thesis of Mr. Anand Gupta. I could not identify some Exter-nal

Examiners tor ttre evaluation of Ph.D thesis of Mr. Anrind Gupta from abroad."

SB 14:15.5 The revised list of experts rgcommended by the Prof. Srilirishna Deva Rao is as

under:

1. Prof.,I(ama[a Shankaran, Professor of Law, Campus taw Center, University ofDelhi

2. Prof, Amita Dhanda, Professor of Law &r, I-aw

Dean (Academic), NALSAR University of

Swami Ramanand Teerth

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3. Prof. Dilip Ukey, Pro-Vice Chancellor & Professor of Law,Marathwada University, Naded-43 I 606

4. Prof. Gangotri Chakraborty, Piofessor of Law, University of North Bengal, Raja

Rammohunpur, Dist: Darjeeling - 7 3 4013

5. Prof. Hemlata Devi, Dean,ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad

6. Prof. V. Vijay Kumar, Vice Chancellor, TamilNadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University

7. Prof. Nishtha Jaswal, Professor, Department of Law, Punjab Urriversity,sector-l4,

Chandigarh - 160014

The above information furnished by Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao did not.meet the

requirement made by SOL as per the- decision taken in the School B_oard, hence, he

was once again requested to furnish the information as requested by SOL.

ri5Meanwhile we have also received the following names of experts for the evaluatioi,

of the Ph.D thesis of Mr. Anand Gupta from one of the School Board Memberu fot

the consideration and approval by the School Board rnembers.

Prof. (Mrs. ) Zoy a Hassan, Jawaharlal Nehru University,

Prof. M.P, Singh, Chairman, Delhi Judicial Academy

Prof: Kalpana*Kannayiram, Centre for Economic & Social St'udies, Hyderabad

(formerly of NALSAR, HVdelai:ad)Prof. Satish Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics

Prof. Gopal Guru, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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All of them have done,considerable work on human rights in relatiori to Right to Equality'The last

thr".,p.rrons were in the Committee appointed by the Government of India to draft the Equal

Opportunity Commission.'o

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Itl' is brought to the kind notice of the memberS that Prof. Amita Dhanda ',""o**"nJ*d by Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, had earlier guided Mr' Anand Gupta in---'f;;"ffi;;-il';;,i;-rt"n"", her narne -ay not be-considered owi'g to tt'

"'pogiUitityif conflict of interest. Further with a view to restrict the list of exaurine

io to, iir" name of Prof.(Mrs,) Zoya Hassan_ may not be considereci 8s,

;;.p;"ti""1y, ttre remaining'4 members (sl no' 2-5) have done considerable work

in the relevant field.

aminers for theIn view of the above, the following revised lidt of external ex

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thesis oflrlr. Aland Gupta (EnrolmentNo'100165476) is

,ru-iti.Jr"r the consideration and appro'val br schol.l Bo1d.

pnof. Kamala shankaran, professor of Law, carapus Law Center, university oI

DelhiProfessor of Law' Swami Ramanand l'eerth

Prof. Dilip Ukey, Pro-Vice Chancellor &

Marathwada University, Naded-43 1 606

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3. Prof. Gangotri Chakraborty, Professor of Law, Universiry of North Bengal, RajaRammohunpur, Dist: Darjeeling - 7 340t3

4.Prof.HemlataDevi,Dean,,ICFAILawSchool,Hyderabad::5. Prof. V. Vijay Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar,LawUlivergity : ,.:6. Prof. Nishtha Jaswal, Professor, Department of Law, Punjab University,sector-14,

Chandigarh - 1600147. Prot M.P. Singh, Chairman, Delhi Judicial Academy '

8.Prof.KalpanaKannayiram,CentreforEconomic&SocialStudies,Hyderabad(formerly of NALSAR, Hyderabad) :

9. Prof. Satish Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics10. Prof. Gopal Guru, Jawaharlal Nehru University

SB 14.15.f 0 The School Board members approved the above list of External Examiners (^SB

14.15.9) for.the evaluation or p[.o thesis of Mr. Anand Gupla, by circulation.] s

ltem No. 14.16 Any' other matter with the permission of the chair

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

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