CURRICULUM-VITAE

Professor (Dr.) Paramjit S. Jaswal

Vice-Chancellor 

SRM University Delhi-NCR, Sonepat

39, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Delhi-NCR, Sonepat, Haryana-131029, India

PERSONAL DETAILS

Permanent Address                                                           :     House No. 2554, Sector 22-C, Chandigarh – 160 022 (U.T.) INDIA

Tel:                                                                                                     (0130) 2203720, 717 (Off.), (130) 2203727 (Fax)

E-Mail                                                                                  :      [email protected]

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Date of Birth                                                                       :     12^th February, 1957

Marital Status                                                                     :      Married

Nationality                                                                          :      Indian

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Sc., B.L. (Gold Medalist), LL.B., LL.M. (Gold Medalist), Ph.D., PDF (LONDON), Fulbright Scholar.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Teaching Experience                                                        :       Forty

Research Experience                                                        :      Forty-Two Years

Field of Specialisation                                                      :      Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Human Rights and Environmental Law

Books Published/ Edited                                                  :      Forty-Four

The Book on "Environmental Law” second edition (2003) has been cited thrice by the Supreme Court of India in the landmark judgement reported as In Re: Noise pollution (V) (2005) 5 SCC 733. Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti, the Chief Justice of India, has authored the judgement.

Research Papers/book review Published                       :     Sixty-Four (Published in reputed National & Int. Journals/Books)

Research Guidance/Supervision Experience                 :     Guided & Supervised LL.M., Ph.D. and LL.D. scholars

FELLOWSHIP/AWARD/SCHOLARSHIP

• Awarded Nehru-Centenary British Fellowship Award for the year 1991-92 for doing post-doctoral research in the Department of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London (U.K.).
•  Completed a course on Human Rights at the International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg (France). Also did an intensive training in International Centre for University Human Rights Teaching and completed internship at the UN Centre for Human Rights (Geneva).
• Awarded Career-Award-1994 for Young Talented Teachers by the UGC.
• Awarded Bharat Jyoti Award in 2006.
• Recipient of University, State Government, National and UGC Scholarships at different levels of studies.
• Recipient of Eminent Great Personality of India award by the Shaheed Memorial Sewa Society, Ludhiana in 2011.
• Conferred Honorary Rank of Colonel by National Cadet Corps in March 2014.
• DAV Educational Managing Committee conferred Vishisht Samman, the highest award of DAV in April 2015.
• Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contribution conferred by Maharaja Agrasen University, Himachal Pradesh in December 2015.
• Shan-e-Hind Award conferred by Shri Virbhadra Singh, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, on 27th November 2016.
• Awarded Fulbright Fellowship by United-States India Educational Foundation, New Delhi in 2017.
• Awarded Amity Academic Excellence Award-2019 by Amity University, Noida.
• Awarded Indian Educator Award 2021 by News- 24.
• Awarded uLektz Wall of Fame “Top 20 Eminent Vice-Chancellors of India’ for the Year 2020.
• Awarded Vice Chancellor of the Year Award-2022, by the Universal Mentors Association in association with Brainwonders in Education Innovation & Technology Summit 2022 at New Delhi on 27th August 2022.
• Awarded “Elite Academician” award by IEEE at the 2022 IEEE GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING, POWER AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (GlobConPT) at New Delhi on 23rd September, 2022.
• Awarded “VC of the Year” by UMA’s 4th EduLeaders Summit, 2022 powered by Brainwoders at NESCO Goregaon, Mumbai (Maharashtra) on 01st December, 2022.
• Awarded Certificate of Honour for remarkable contributions in the field of Legal Education at the Indo-Slovenia Intellectual Dialogue- 2023 (on 16th may, 2023 at New Delhi).
• Awarded Prof. (Dr.) S. R. Bhansali National Award for Excellence in Law in 2024.
• Awarded Shiv Shakti Samman – 2024 for being the first couple to be Kulpatis of National Law Universities at the same time by re:think India on 8th March, 2024.
Shiv Shakti Samman – 2024 for being the first couple to be Kulpatis of National Law Universities at the same time by re:think India on 8th March, 2024.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Presently, Vice-Chancellor, SRM University, Delhi NCR, Sonepat (Haryana).
• Former Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab at Patiala [2011-2020].
• Former Vice-Chancellor, Hidayatullah, National Law University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh [2010-2011].
• Former Chairman, Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh [2008-2010].
• Former Director, University Institute of Legal Studies, (UILS) P.U. Chandigarh [2008-2009].
• Former Director-Principal, Rayat College of Law, District Nawanshahar (Near Ropar) Punjab [2005-2008].
• Served as University Counsel from 1997 to 2005, to contest the university cases in courts. In this capacity handled various university matters before the Labour Court, Consumer Fora, State Commissions and the High Court.

 Serving/served as Chairman/Member of various Academic and Administrative Bodies like High Power/Expert Committees, Search Committees, Screening Committees, Advisory Boards/Committees, Governing Council, Academic Council, Planning Board, Board of Studies of different International and National Institutions/Universities such as,

• Visiting Professor, Chanakya National Law University, Patna.
• Visiting Professor, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana.
• Visiting Professor, Hidayatullah National Law University New Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
• Adjunct Professor, Army Institute of Law, Mohali.
• Distinguished Professor, Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla
• Member, Standing Committee of the Legal Education of Bar Council of India
• Member Working Group on Law Education under the Task Force on Higher Education constituted by Chhatisgarh State Planning Commission.
• Director, Federation of Education Leaders and Administrators Foundation (FELA)
• Chairman/ Member, Selection Committee for Appointment of Vice-Chancellors of various Universities.
• Chairman/ Member of Committees for NAAC Accreditation of various Institutions.
• Vice-President, Executive Committee, Consortium of NLUs.
• Member, The NABET Advisory Committee (Quality Council of India).
• Member, Central Authority, National Legal Service Authority (NALSA), New Delhi.
• Member, Governing Council, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.
• Member, Governing Council, Chandigarh Judicial Academy, Chandigarh.
• Member, Academic Advisory Council of Consortium for Educational Communication, New Delhi.
• Academic Advisor, National Cyber Safety and Security Standards, New Delhi.
• Member, Punjab Legal Service Authority, Chandigarh.
• Chairman, Legal Cell, Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.
• Member, Academic Council and Planning Board, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.
• Member, General Council, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.
• Member, IQAC Cell of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow.
• Member, Planning Board and Doctoral Committee of National Law University, Delhi.
• Member, Finance Committee, Executive Council and General Council of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur.
• Member, Executive Committee, Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI), Delhi.
• Member, Academic Council, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.
• Member, Academic Council, Executive Council and Advisory Board of the Centre for Environment and Disaster Management, Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla.
• Member, Academic Council, and Academic Trustee of Cordia Group of Institutions, Sanghol, (Punjab).
• Member, Academic Council, Jagran Lake City University, Bhopal.
• Member, Academic Council, National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
• Member, Board of Management, DAV University, Jalandhar.
• Member, School Board of Law, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar.
• Member, Governing Board of Law (UG), University of Allahabad, Allahabad.
• Member, Board of Studies in Law (UG/PG), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
• Member, Board of Management, IMS Unison University, Dehradun.
• Member, Board of Studies, School of Law, Bennett University, Greater Noida.
• Member, Board of Studies, School of Law, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.
• Member, Board of Advisor, Pranab Mukherjee Chair, ICFAI University, Sikkim
• Member, Board of Management, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University, Jaipur
• Member, Research Degree Committee, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
• Member, Advisory Board of DNLU- Student Law Journal of Dharmashastra National Law University Jabalpur.
• Member, Advisory Board, Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
• Member, Advisory Board, Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat.
• Member, Advisory Committee of Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh.
• Member, Research Degree Committee, Faculty of Law, H.P. University, Shimla.
• Member, Academic Council, the North Cap University, Gurugram.
• Member, Governing Body, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh.
• Member, Advisory Committee, Institute of Legal Studies and Research, GLA University, Mathura.
• Member, Governing Body, Chitkara University, Punjab.
• Member, Governing Body, Delhi Metropolitan Education, New Delhi
• Member, Local Managing Committee of DAV Public School, Patiala.
• Member, Academic Council and Executive Council of Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla.
• Member, Academic Council, Hidayatullah National Law University, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
• Member, Board of Governors, Geeta University, Panipat.
• Member, Governing Council of Association of Indian University, (AIU) New Delhi.
• Member, Research Committee, AIU, New Delhi.
• Member, Academic Planning Board of the Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Punjab.
• Member, University Court of the Shri Krishna AYUSH University, Kurukshetra.
• Member, Academic Council of the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi.
• Member of various Committees of International Association of Law Schools, United States, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, National Assessment & Accreditation Council, (NAAC), Bangalore, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Karnataka State Law University, Hubli, Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam, Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior, Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, National Law University, Delhi, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjabi University, Patiala, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana and Kashmir University, Srinagar, Maharaj Vinayak Global University, Jaipur, University of Jammu, Jammu, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, APG Shimla University, Shimla, and U.T. Legal Service Authority, Chandigarh.
• Former Patron of the RGNUL Law Review (RLR), CASIHR Journal on Human Rights Practice, Patron-in-Chief of RGNUL Financial and Mercantile Law Review (RFMLR), Law and Tech Times, Journal of International Humanitarian Law and Conflict Study and Chief Patron of RGNUL Student Law Review (RSLR), RGNUL Social Science Review (RSSR), Journals of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab.
• Former Chief Editor, PULR & Journal of UILS, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
• Served as Chairman of the first Academic and Administrative Audit Committee of the Panjab University, Chandigarh (2002) for conducting Academic and Administrative Audit for the colleges affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh (Ludhiana Zone). Also served as member of the first Academic and Administrative Committee of the Panjab University for conducting Academic and Administrative Audit of Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Previously, served as: Lecturer in Law & Coordinator ICE/Reader, University of Jammu, Jammu (J&K) [1983-1988], Reader in Law, Department of Laws, P.U. Chandigarh [1988-1998], Professor of Law, Department of Laws, P.U., Chandigarh [1998 – 2017].