-By Sriroop Chaudhuri and Mimi Roy, Professors, Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities Stubble burning is an age-old practice in Haryana and Punjab. Official sources claim it has been curbed recently through regulations, bans, penalties and surveillance. Recent satellite imageries from Nasa’s Global Fire Mapper, however, reveal that stubble burning Continue Reading
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Legal Angle of Sports
–By Shaun Star, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School Sports has evolved as one of the fastest-growing revenue generators with billions of dollars involved in broadcasting rights, merchandising, salaries and contracts. As a result, many allied professions have witnessed increase in demand for qualified manpower, sports law, being one such Continue Reading
Of Bureaucracy and Emotions
–By Dr Yugank Goyal, Associate Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities Eleven-year-old Santoshi Kumari died of starvation in Jharkhand’s Simdega district this month. Her ration card was not Aadhaar card-linked, preventing her from receiving any food ration from the Public Distribution System (PDS) for several weeks. Many of Continue Reading
A Hard and Violent Response to the Catalonia Crisis Will Have Disastrous Consequences
-By Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School “If it were true that sovereignty and freedom are the same, then indeed no man could be free, because sovereignty, the ideal of uncompromising self-sufficiency and mastership, is contradictory to the very condition of plurality.” ( Hannah Arendt) Catalonia’s parliament Continue Reading
Scrubbing Our Way to Disaster
-By Dr Armin Rosencranz, Professor of Law, Jindal Global Law School & Pitamber Yadav, alumnus of JGLS There has been an astonishing increase in the worldwide use of plastic. Because of poor waste management practices, the environmental burden from the use of plastic has continued to grow. Have you realised Continue Reading
Does climate change cause conflict?
By Professor Vesselin Popovski, Vice Dean and Executive Director, Centre for the Study of United Nations, Jindal Global Law School A research paper, “Warming increases the risk of civil war in Africa,” presented to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences claims that temperature rises in Africa have coincided with significant increases Continue Reading
Refugees In India Have to Fend for Themselves – We’ve Been Talking to Them About How They Manage
By Dr Jessica Field, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs Attempts by the Indian government to deport tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have thrust the country’s laws into the spotlight. Lawyers representing the Rohingyas have reiterated the constitutional right (of citizens and non-citizens alike) to equality, life and personal Continue Reading
Internship Opportunities in Australia for Jindal Global University Students
New Delhi, September 07, 2017: The Centre for India Australia Studies (CIAS) of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) recently launched its flagship initiative, the Young Leaders Externship Advancement Programme (YLEAP) in Australia. The CIAS has partnered with the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s department and a number of leading Australian law firms for Continue Reading
Why B-schools must offer social impact education
-By Jeremy Wade, Founding Director, Jindal Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship (JSiE) A quiet revolution is under way in business education, and it is coming from the students themselves. In response to the monumental changes taking place in society, the new generation of students entering business schools are rethinking Continue Reading
Right way to be schooled
By: Prof. Sushant Chandra, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Clinical Program, Jindal Global Law School The dual idea of pluralism and diversity promotes accommodativeness in Indian democracy. Minority rights have evolved in the Constitutional discourse. The word “minority” evokes an imagination characterised by vulnerability and amenable to exploitation. The understated Continue Reading