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Chockalingam Raj Kumar is an Indian academic administrator currently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of OP Jindal Global University[1] in Sonipat, Haryana, India, and the Dean of the Jindal Global Law School.

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.[2]

Education and career

Kumar received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at University of Oxford,[3] where he obtained his Bachelor of Civil Law degree; a Landon Gammon Fellow at the Harvard Law School where he obtained his Master of Laws degree.[4] 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.[5]

He also was a research fellow at the NYU Law School.[4][3]

Books

References

  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. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "Institution Building - Cover Story". Edutech. 4 (4): 20–23. March–April 2013.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "O.P. Jindal Global University". Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  6. ^ Corruption and Human Rights in India: Comparative Perspectives on Transparency and Good Governance. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2012-03-15. ISBN 9780198077329.
  7. ^ Raj Kumar, C.; Chockalingam, D. (21 October 2010). Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment. ISBN 978-0198068860.
  8. ^ "Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World's Legal Bookshop : Home". www.wildy.com. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  9. ^ http://www.pbookshop.com/php/products_info.php?id=451[permanent dead link]

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