C. Raj Kumar

C. Raj Kumar

Chockalingam Raj Kumar is an Indian academic administrator who is the founding vice-chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University[1][2] in Sonipat, Haryana, India, and the dean of the Jindal Global Law School.[3][4]

He was a faculty member at the School of Law of City University of Hong Kong. Previously, he has consulted United Nations University, Tokyo; United Nations Development Programme; and the International Council for Human Rights Policy (ICHRP), Geneva, National Human Rights Commission of India.[5][6]

Kumar works in the fields of human rights and development, comparative constitutional law, terrorism and national security, corruption and governance, law and disaster management, legal education and higher education.[7] He has nine books and over two hundred publications to his credit and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, law reviews in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, UK and the US.

Education and career

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Kumar received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at University of Oxford,[8] where he obtained his Bachelor of Civil Law degree; a Landon Gammon Fellow at the Harvard Law School,[9] where he obtained his Master of Laws degree.[10] He was awarded the Doctor of Legal Science by the University of Hong Kong. He also obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the University of Delhi, India; and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Loyola College of the University of Madras, Chennai, India.[11][12] He also was a research fellow at the NYU Law School.[10][8]

He was appointed as the vice chancellor in 2009 when the university was established. Kumar conceived the idea of establishing India's first global university and with the philanthropic support (US$100 million) of Mr. Naveen Jindal, established JGU in Sonipat, Haryana, in 2009.

Books

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  • Corruption and Human Rights in India: Comparative Perspectives on Transparency and Good Governance (2011), published by the Oxford University Press[13]
  • Legal Education and Legal Profession During and After COVID-19, (2022), Singapore, Springer.[14]
  • Global Higher Education during and beyond COVID-19: Perspectives and Challenges (2022), New Delhi, Springer.[15]
  • The Future of Indian Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives (2017), New Delhi, Oxford University Press.[16]
  • The Education President: Institution Building for Nation Building (2016) (Co-Author-Universal Law Publishing & LexisNexis.[17]
  • Terrorism, Human Security and Development: Human Rights Perspectives (forthcoming, 2012), to be published by the United Nations University Press, approx. 300 pages (co-editor)
  • Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment (January 2007) published by the Oxford University Press, 520 pages (authored two chapters) (co-editor).[18]
  • The President of India and The Governance of Higher Education Institutions (2016) (edited), published by Universal Law Publishing (an imprint of LexisNexis).[19]
  • Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment (January 2007) published by the Oxford University Press[20]
  • Tsunami and Disaster Management: Law and Governance (September 2006) published by Thomson Sweet & Maxwell Asia[21]
  • Human Rights and Development: Law, Policy and Governance (July 2006) published by LexisNexis (Butterworths)[22]

Articles in newspapers and magazines

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  1. "Transforming India’s higher education sector”, The Indian Express, May 31, 2024.[23]
  2. "Happy Birthday Kapil Dev: Leader in Cricket, Leader in Life”, The Indian Express, January 13, 2024.[24]
  3. "Reimagine Universities to tap India’s Youth Bulge”, The Hindustan Times, January 04, 2024.[25]
  4. "Protecting Basic Structure from Judicial Arbitrariness”, The Indian Express, December 11, 2023.[26]
  5. "UGC proposal: Why India should not outsource higher education to foreign universities”, The Indian Express, January 10, 2023.[27]
  6. "India at 2047: Building the Future of Legal Education and Legal Profession”, The Daily Guardian, January 03, 2023.[28]
  7. "A letter to the new CJI, D Y Chandrachud: Five important tasks confront the 50th Chief Justice of India as he assumes office”, The Indian Express, November 08, 2022.[29]
  8. "Building a Globally Respected Legal System by 2047”, Education World, November 2023.[30]
  9. "Resisting attack on judiciary’s independence”, The Tribune, October 10, 2022.[31]
  10. "Livestreaming Supreme Court Proceedings: A step closer to a stronger democracy”, The Indian Express, October 04, 2022.[32]
  11. “India-UK ties at 75: Looking back, moving forward”, The Asian Age, June 14, 2022.[33]
  12. “India’s National Education Policy: Rhetoric and the reality”, The Times Of India, July 30, 2021.[34]
  13. “New education panel will help implement NEP more effectively”, The Deccan Chronicle, July 30, 2021.[35]
  14. “The vision of the National Education Policy must be served by its implementation”, The Indian Express, July 29, 2021.[36]
  15. “The way forward for implementing NEP”, The Tribune, July 28, 2021.[37]
  16. “NEP, one year later: Promises to keep and miles to go”, The Deccan Herald, July 28, 2021.[38]
  17. “Indian universities need immediate vaccination”, The Hindu, April 14, 2021.[39]
  18. “A university is not supposed to be a profit-driven corporation”, The Indian Express, April 3, 2021.[40]
  19. “Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar: An outstanding legal mind imbued with a vision”, The Tribune, March 31, 2021.[41]
  20. “The role of the university: Nation needs it, and it can only thrive with academic freedom and institutional autonomy”, The Times Of India, March 22, 2021.[42]

References

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  1. ^ "Open the windows for Indian universities". Hindustan Times. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ^ www.ETEducation.com. "OP Jindal Global University inks MoU with United Nations University to foster academic exchange - ET Education". ETEducation.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  3. ^ "Prof C Raj Kumar". QS India Summit. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ^ "Professor C. Raj Kumar – Institute for Australia India Engagement (IAIE)". Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. ^ "SPEAKER SERIES: December 5 India's Challenges for Globalizing Legal Education: Role of Faculty, Research in Institution Building". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  6. ^ PR, ANI (2024-04-26). "O.P. Jindal Global University's Vice Chancellor, Prof. C. Raj Kumar Addresses the Japanese Parliament". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. ^ "Legal education has witnessed transformation in India, says OP Jindal Global University VC Professor C Raj Kumar". Financialexpress. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  8. ^ a b "Institution Building - Cover Story". Edutech. 4 (4): 20–23. March–April 2013.
  9. ^ Bacon, Katie. "Build It and They Will Come". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  10. ^ a b "Build It and They Will Come Raj Kumar LL.M. '00 wants to reform India's legal system—one law student at a time". Harvard Law Bulletin. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  11. ^ "O.P. Jindal Global University". Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  12. ^ "Prof C Raj Kumar Blog". Times of India Blog. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  13. ^ Corruption and Human Rights in India: Comparative Perspectives on Transparency and Good Governance. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2012-03-15. ISBN 9780198077329.
  14. ^ Raj Kumar, C.; Sreejith, S.G., eds. (2022). Legal Education and Legal Profession During and After COVID-19. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-2568-9. ISBN 978-981-19-2567-2.
  15. ^ Raj Kumar, C.; Mukherjee, Mousumi; Belousova, Tatiana; Nair, Nisha, eds. (2022). Global Higher Education During and Beyond COVID-19. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-9049-5. ISBN 978-981-16-9048-8.
  16. ^ "The Future of Indian Universities". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  17. ^ Pustak, Meri. "The Education President: Institution Building For Nation Building". www.meripustak.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  18. ^ "Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment". global.oup.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  19. ^ Raj Kumar, C.; Goyal, Yugank; Srivastava, Anamika; Ramaswamy, Kavana; Ramanujam, Padmanabha (2016). President of India and the governance of higher education institutions. New Delhi: Universal law publishing. ISBN 978-93-5035-626-5.
  20. ^ Raj Kumar, C.; Chockalingam, D. (21 October 2010). Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment. ISBN 978-0198068860.
  21. ^ "Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World's Legal Bookshop : Home". www.wildy.com. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  22. ^ http://www.pbookshop.com/php/products_info.php?id=451[permanent dead link‍]
  23. ^ "Transforming India's higher education sector - EducationTimes.com". www.educationtimes.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  24. ^ "Happy Birthday Kapil Dev: Leader in cricket, leader in life". The Indian Express. 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  25. ^ Kumar, C Raj. "Reimagine universities to tap India's youth bulge".
  26. ^ "Protecting Basic Structure from judicial arbitrariness". The Indian Express. 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  27. ^ "UGC proposal: Why India should not outsource higher education to foreign universities". The Indian Express. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  28. ^ "India at 2047: Building the Future of Legal Education and Legal Profession". TheDailyGuardian. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  29. ^ "A letter to the new CJI, D Y Chandrachud". The Indian Express. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  30. ^ "Building a globally respected legal system by 2047". EducationWorld. 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  31. ^ "Resisting attack on judiciary's independence".
  32. ^ "Livestreaming Supreme Court proceedings: A step closer to a stronger democracy". The Indian Express. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  33. ^ Singh, C. Raj Kumar and Amarjit (2022-06-14). "India-UK ties at 75: Looking back, moving forward". www.asianage.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  34. ^ Kumar, Prof C. Raj. "India's National Education Policy: Rhetoric and the reality". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  35. ^ Kumar, C. Raj (2021-07-30). "C Raj Kumar | New education panel will help implement NEP more effectively". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  36. ^ "The vision of the National Education Policy must be served by its implementation". The Indian Express. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  37. ^ "The way forward for implementing NEP".
  38. ^ Kumar, C. Raj (2021-07-28). "NEP, one year later: Promises to keep and miles to go". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  39. ^ Kumar, C. Raj (2021-04-13). "Indian universities need immediate vaccination". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  40. ^ "A university is not supposed to be a profit-driven corporation". The Indian Express. 2021-04-03. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  41. ^ Somers, Herb (2007). "ICC in 2006: Year One: Legal and political issues surrounding the International Criminal Court/2006, l'An 1 de la CPI: Les enjeux judiciaries et diplomatiques de la Cour pénale international. No. 1 in the International Justice Tribune Series. By "International Justice Tribune editorial staff and correspondents." Paris: Justice Memo Publishers, 2006. Pp. 254. ISBN 978-2-9529221-0-4. €7.80". International Journal of Legal Information. 35 (3): 581–583. doi:10.1017/s0731126500002584. ISSN 0731-1265.
  42. ^ Kumar, Prof C. Raj. "The role of the university: Nation needs it, and it can only thrive with academic freedom and institutional autonomy". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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