C. Raj Kumar Explained

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 USA.

Education and career

Professor 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.

He was appointed as the Vice Chancellor in 2009 when the university was established. Professor 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

Articles in newspapers and magazines

  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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Open the windows for Indian universities. https://web.archive.org/web/20140117064438/http://www.hindustantimes.com/comment/analysis/open-the-windows-for-indian-universities/article1-1173766.aspx. dead. January 17, 2014. 22 January 2014. Hindustan Times. 17 January 2014.
  2. Web site: www.ETEducation.com . OP Jindal Global University inks MoU with United Nations University to foster academic exchange - ET Education . 2024-07-25 . ETEducation.com . en.
  3. Web site: Prof C Raj Kumar . 2024-07-25 . QS India Summit . en.
  4. Web site: Professor C. Raj Kumar – Institute for Australia India Engagement (IAIE) . 2024-07-25 . en-US.
  5. Web site: SPEAKER SERIES: December 5 India's Challenges for Globalizing Legal Education: Role of Faculty, Research in Institution Building. Harvard Law School. 22 January 2014.
  6. Web site: PR . ANI . 2024-04-26 . O.P. Jindal Global University's Vice Chancellor, Prof. C. Raj Kumar Addresses the Japanese Parliament . 2024-07-25 . ThePrint . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2017-10-28 . Legal education has witnessed transformation in India, says OP Jindal Global University VC Professor C Raj Kumar . 2024-07-25 . Financialexpress . en.
  8. Institution Building - Cover Story. Edutech. March–April 2013. 4. 4. 20–23.
  9. Web site: Bacon . Katie . Build It and They Will Come . 2024-07-25 . Harvard Law School . en-us.
  10. Web site: 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. 22 January 2014.
  11. Web site: O.P. Jindal Global University. en-US. 2019-06-28.
  12. Web site: Prof C Raj Kumar Blog . 2024-07-25 . Times of India Blog . en-US.
  13. Book: Corruption and Human Rights in India: Comparative Perspectives on Transparency and Good Governance. 2012-03-15. Oxford University Press. 9780198077329. Oxford, New York.
  14. Book: Legal Education and Legal Profession During and After COVID-19 . en . 10.1007/978-981-19-2568-9.
  15. Book: Global Higher Education During and Beyond COVID-19 . en . 10.1007/978-981-16-9049-5.
  16. Web site: The Future of Indian Universities . 2024-07-25 . Oxford University Press.
  17. Web site: Pustak . Meri . The Education President: Institution Building For Nation Building . 2024-07-25 . www.meripustak.com . en-us.
  18. Web site: Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment . 2024-07-25 . global.oup.com.
  19. Book: Raj Kumar, C. . President of India and the governance of higher education institutions . Goyal . Yugank . Srivastava . Anamika . Ramaswamy . Kavana . Ramanujam . Padmanabha . 2016 . Universal law publishing . 978-93-5035-626-5 . New Delhi . en.
  20. Book: Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment. 978-0198068860. Raj Kumar. C.. Chockalingam. D.. 21 October 2010.
  21. Web site: Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World's Legal Bookshop : Home. www.wildy.com. 2019-06-28.
  22. http://www.pbookshop.com/php/products_info.php?id=451{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  23. Web site: Transforming India’s higher education sector - EducationTimes.com . 2024-07-25 . www.educationtimes.com . en.
  24. Web site: 2024-01-06 . Happy Birthday Kapil Dev: Leader in cricket, leader in life . 2024-07-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  25. News: Kumar . C Raj . Reimagine universities to tap India’s youth bulge . live.
  26. Web site: 2023-12-11 . Protecting Basic Structure from judicial arbitrariness . 2024-07-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  27. Web site: 2023-01-10 . UGC proposal: Why India should not outsource higher education to foreign universities . 2024-07-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  28. Web site: INDIA AT 2047: BUILDING THE FUTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PROFESSION . 2024-07-25 . TheDailyGuardian . en.
  29. Web site: 2022-11-08 . A letter to the new CJI, D Y Chandrachud . 2024-07-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  30. Web site: 2023-11-16 . Building a globally respected legal system by 2047 . 2024-07-25 . EducationWorld . en-US.
  31. News: Resisting attack on judiciary’s independence . live.
  32. Web site: 2022-10-04 . Livestreaming Supreme Court proceedings: A step closer to a stronger democracy . 2024-07-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  33. Web site: Singh . C. Raj Kumar and Amarjit . 2022-06-14 . India-UK ties at 75: Looking back, moving forward . 2024-07-25 . www.asianage.com . en.
  34. News: Kumar . Prof C. Raj . India’s National Education Policy: Rhetoric and the reality . 2024-07-25 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  35. Web site: Kumar . C. Raj . 2021-07-30 . C Raj Kumar New education panel will help implement NEP more effectively . 2024-07-25 . Deccan Chronicle . en.
  36. Web site: 2021-07-29 . The vision of the National Education Policy must be served by its implementation . 2024-07-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  37. News: The way forward for implementing NEP . live.
  38. Web site: Kumar . C. Raj . 2021-07-28 . NEP, one year later: Promises to keep and miles to go . 2024-07-25 . Deccan Herald . en.
  39. News: Kumar . C. Raj . 2021-04-13 . Indian universities need immediate vaccination . 2024-07-25 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  40. Web site: 2021-04-03 . A university is not supposed to be a profit-driven corporation . 2024-07-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  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 . 10.1017/s0731126500002584 . 0731-1265.
  42. News: Kumar . Prof C. Raj . The role of the university: Nation needs it, and it can only thrive with academic freedom and institutional autonomy . 2024-07-25 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.

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