ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2016 Contents 1. Introduction 02 2. Chancellors of the University 02 3. General Administration 02 4. Appointments of Officers, Teachers and Other Staff 03 5. Academic Programmes 07 6. Campus Development 23 7. Library and ICT facilities 24 8. Advance Research Centres / Chairs / Research Projects 30 9. Other Research Projects / Seminars / Conferences / Workshops/ Trainings / Moot Courts / Academic Programs 43 10. Student Exchange Programmes 49 11. Recruitments / Job Placements / Internship Placements 51 12. Publications 52 13. Faculty Accomplishments 52 14. Student Activities / Accomplishments 83 15. Endowment 91 16. Special Lectures / Guest Lectures and Visitors 92 17. Acknowledgements 97 1 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2016 1. INTRODUCTION This Annual Report on the working of the University has been prepared by the Executive Council for presentation to the General Council in pursuance of the requirement under Section 12(2)(iii)(a) of the NALSAR University Act, 1998. The period covered is the calendar year from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. 2. CHANCELLORS OF THE UNIVERSITY Hon’ble Shri Dilip Baba Saheb Bhosale, Chief Justice of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad was Chancellor from May 7, 2015 to July 29, 2016. Hon’ble Shri Ramesh Ranganathan, Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad is at present the Chancellor of the University w.e.f. July 30, 2016. 3. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Meetings: During the period under report, meetings of the following University bodies were held on dates noted against each: Academic Council July 9th , 2016 Executive Council February 28th , 2016; July 9th , 2016; and November 7th , 2016. Finance Committee February 28th , 2016; July 9th , 2016; and November 7th , 2016; General Council March 19th , 2016; Faculty Meetings Weekly faculty meetings were held on all Wednesdays after the faculty seminar. Accreditation of the University by NAAC As per the guidelines of NAAC, the University submitted the Self Study Report and Evaluative Report of the Department on December 17, 2015 for accreditation. During the year under report, a peer team nominated by NAAC visited the University from March 3rd – 5th , 2016. The recommendations of the visiting team were considered by NAAC at the 13th meeting of the Standing Committee held on March 17, 2016 and the University has been awarded ‘A’ grade with a CGPA of 3.60 out of 4.00. 2 The University has obtained the highest CGPA amongst all the Universities / Institutions (total of 58) considered by the Standing Committee on March 17th, 2016. In addition, the score is the highest amongst all the National Law Schools in India which have been assessed by NAAC. As per new grades, the University is entitled to A+. 4. APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS, TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF The following teachers were appointed on contract basis with consolidated pay based on the recommendations of the Selection Committee and / or performance at mock classes or keeping in view their outstanding academic career and experience: S. Name Designation Qualification No. 1. Dr. Uma Maheshwari Assistant Ph.D.; Chimirala Professor M.Phil. (English), M.A. (English) 2. Mr. Praveen Munukutla Assistant Chartered Accountant Professor 3. Prof. P.B. Shanker Rao Visiting Ph.D., Professor LL.M. 4. Dr. Alice Samson Assistant Ph.D.; Professor M.Phil. (English), M.A. (English) 5. Prof. P.V. Rao Visiting Ph.D., Professor M.Phil., M.A. 6. Dr. Ashima Sood Assistant Ph.D. in Economics Professor (Cornell University) M.A. in English (University of California) 7. Dr. Swati Mathur Assistant Ph.D., Professor M.Phil., M.Com. In addition, Mr. M. Sunil Kumar, Director, Landesa was appointed as Adjunct Professor and Advisor for the Centre for Tribal and Land Rights, NALSAR. Visiting Elective Courses: Eminent academicians, professionals, industry experts were invited to offer elective/seminar courses of varying credits. Following are the details of elective/seminar courses offered by domestic / international experts during the year under report: S. No. Course Title Offered by 1 Online Hate Speech Ms. Chinmayi Arun, 3 Assistant Professor of Law, National Law University, Delhi. Dr. Afroz Alam, Identity, Victimhood and Associate Professor of Political 2 Politics Science, Maulana Azad National Urdu University Ms. Radha Arun, IRS, Former Central excise & Service tax: 3 Additional Commissioner, Customs & law and practice Excise, Hyderabad POLITICS OF MONEY: A Mr. Sunil Aggarwal, 4 lecture series in the Bitcoin Editor-in-Chief and Director of Theory era Frames Knowledge Networks Limited 1. Mr. Mayank Singh, Associate Partner in the M&A and Private Equity Cross-border M&A and Practice Group at Khaitan & Co’s 5 Private Equity (Law & Mumbai office and NALSAR Alumnus Practice) 2. Mr. Aakash Choubey, Partner in the M&A and Private Equity Practice Group at Khaitan & Co’s Mumbai office Mr. Avinash Umapathy, Partner in the Overview of Financing 6 Bangalore office of Cyril Amarchand Transactions in India Mangaldas Mr. Thomas P. Valenti, Alternative Introduction to ADR - an Dispute Resolution practitioner, lawyer, 7 Overview of Negotiation, certified mediator, chartered arbitrator, Arbitration & Mediation facilitator and AAA neutral. Mr. Rohan George, Lawyer Patent Law under the TRIPS 8 specialising in Intellectual Property, Agreement Commercial Law and Technology Law. Mr. SY Qureshi, Former Chief Election 9 Election Law Commissioner Industrial Relations: An Dr. V. Janardhan, 10 Introduction (Seminar M.A, M,Phil, Ph.D. in Sociology from Course) University of Hyderabad Dr. Praveen Veluvolu, M.A. in Telugu; Cinematic Representation M. Phil. & Ph.D. in Comparative 11 and Social Issues (Seminar Literature, from University of Course) Hyderabad. Social Movements and the 12 Ms. Vasudha Nagaraj, Advocate Law (Seminar Course) Mr. Anant Maringanti, Founder and Engendering Right to the 13 Executive Director, Hyderabad Urban City (Seminar Course) Action Lab, Hyderabad. Ms. Sruti Chaganti, NALSAR Alumnus, Kafka and the Law (Seminar 14 Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology, Course) John Hopkins University, USA 4 Dr. Navajyoti Samanta, PhD (University of Sheffield), Comparative Corporate 15 LLM (University of Kent) and Lecturer Governance in Commercial Law, University of Sheffield Law and Sports: Regulating Mr. Saurabh Bhattacharjee, NALSAR 16 Sports in India Alumnus Mr. Naveed Masood, Secretary 17 Corporate Insolvency Laws Corporate Affairs, Government of India Dr. Rajiv Kr. Choudhry, Advocate & 18 Standards Law Patent Attorney RHA Legal, New Delhi Legal issues relating to Mr. Ranjit Malhotra, surrogacy : Analysis cross First Indian lawyer to be awarded the 19 border perspectives and prestigious Felix Scholarship to study suggestions of potential LLM at the SOAS, University of safeguards London. Inter-country, Inter-Parental Mr. Anil Malhotra, Advocate 20 Child Removal Law Issues in LLM (University of London, London). India Laws of Negotiated Mr. Vaibhav Ganjiwale, 21 Transactions NALSAR Alumni Mr. R.Sreedhar, Geologist from IIT Mining and Environmental Roorkee. He is a Founding Executive 22 Laws: Case Based Learning Member of the National Green Tribunal. Mr. Zakir Thomas, IRS Public Domain in Intellectual Additional Director General, Property: Concepts and Directorate of Risk Assessment 23 Contemporary Central Board of Direct Taxes Developments Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance Anti-competitive agreements Mr. Gautam Shahi, and Regulation of Specialist in Competition law and 24 Combinations under Policy. Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”) Contemporary Political Prof. A V Satish Chandra, Philosophy and its 25 Department of Political Science, understanding of Justice Osmania University (Seminar Course) Prof. Mohammad Asim Siddiqui, Law in Shakespeare 26 Department of English, Aligarh Muslim (Seminar Course) University, Aligarh Dr. V. Janardhan, M.A, M,Phil, Ph.D. in Politics and Society 27 Sociology from University of (Seminar Course) Hyderabad 5 Prof. Tapan R. Mohanty, Ph.D.(JNU), Erasmus-Mundus Fellow, Law and Globalization Chairperson, 28 (Seminar Course) Centre for Socio-Legal Studies National Law Institute University, Bhopal In addition, subject experts were invited to deliver special lectures in specific subjects to reinforce classroom teaching. Scholars in Residence NALSAR as part of the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India invited eminent academicians and professionals to offer the following courses: Modern Corporate Governance by Prof. Vijaya Nagarajan, Associate Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Gendering Legal Education by Prof. Archana Parashar, Australian National University is Associate Professor, Macquarie Law School also Associate Professor, Macquarie Law School, Sydney, Australia Personhood & Technology – Re-Thinking what it means to be Human in the 21st century by Prof. Gerard Quinn, Professor of Law, National University of Ireland (Galway) Distinguished Visiting Professor – University of New South Wales (Sydney) Visiting Professor –University of Haifa (Israel), Visiting Fellow – Harvard Law School. Intersections of grassroots advocacy and international human rights law - Prof. Gábor Gombos, Independent Expert, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitie, Hungary - Adjunct Professor, NALSAR Law University, Hyderabad, India - Adjunct professor, National University of Ireland, Galway, Centre for Disability Law and Policy. IQAC The following faculty seminars were organized under IQAC: Lecture