Evaluative Report of the Department of Legal Studies and Research 1. Name of the Department Department of Legal Studies & Research
2. Year of establishment 1982
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Faculty of the department 4. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated
Ph.D., etc.)
1 Degree B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) five years integrated course
5 Years
2 Degree LL.M., 2 Years
3 Diploma Diploma in H.R., Labour Laws,
Environmental Law
1 Years
4 Degree , Ph.D. 4 Years
5
5. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved No
Other Involved Department Remark
1 -- ----No --- 6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.
Course\Pro gramme
Other University/Institution/ Industry involved
1 No
7. Details of programmes / courses discontinued, if any, with reasons
Reason
1
8. Annual/ Semester/Choice Based Credit System Semester system 9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments
Name of Course
Name of other department Nature of Participation 1 B.A. LL.B.
(Hons.)
Law Department of Legal Studies & Research Regular
2 LL.M. H.R. ,
Business Law,
Criminal Law
Department of Legal Studies & Research Regular
3. Ph.D. Law Department of Legal Studies & Research Regular 4. Diploma Labour Law Department of Legal Studies & Research Regular
Environmenta l Law
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors) Sanctioned Filled
Professor 2
Associate Professors 1
Asst. Professors Nil
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation and specialisation (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.)
Name Qualifi cation
Designation Specialization No. of Years of Experience
No. of Ph.D. students guided
for the last 4 years Prof. Nisha Dube LL.M. Ph.d. Prof. (Former V.C. B.U. Bhopal)
Public Law More than 34 years 05 Prof. M.K. Srivastava LL.M. Ph.d.
Prof. Labour Law,
Industrial relation, H.R. More than 33 Years 04 Dr. Mona Purohit LL.M. Ph.d. (NET)
Assso. Prof. Modern Legal Studies
More than 14 Years
03 12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, faculty, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors NIL
Name Qualific ation Designati on Specialization No. of Years of Experien ce No. of Ph.D. students guided
for the last 4 years Prof. C.S.
Mishra (Ret.) Prof. B.U. Bhopal
LL.M. Prof. H.R. 40 Years N.A.
Prof. S.K. Upadhyay (Ret.) M.A. Econom ics
Prof. Economics 40 Years N.A.
Prof. Asha Mishra (Ret.)
M.A. History
Prof. History 38 Years N.A.
Dr. Sanjoosh Bhadoriya
LL.M. Ph.D.
Lecturer Law 12 Years N.A.
Dr. Shobha Bhardwaj
LL.M. Ph.D.
Lecturer Law 10 Years N.A.
Pandey Ph.D. Dr. Kalpana
Bhardwaj
LL.M. Ph.D.
Lecturer Law 10 Years N.A.
Dr. Naima Qumar
LL.M. Ph.D.
Lecturer Law 10 Years N.A.
Dr. Jitendra Gupta
LL.M. Ph.D.
Lecturer Law 10Years N.A. Dr. Geeta
Chouhan
M.A. Pol. Sci.
Ph.D.
Lecturer Pol. Sci 5 Years N.A. Dr. Rajiv Jain LL.M.
Ph.D.
Lecturer Law 10Years N.A. . Ms. Pooja
Kashyap
M.A. Hindi M.Phill
Lecturer Hindi 5 Years N.A.
Ms. Anita Ladha
LL.M. Lecturer Law 10 Years N.A.
Yash Tiwari LL.M. Lecturer Law 2 Years N.A.
Deevanshu Shrivastava
LL.M. Lecturer Law 2 Years N.A.
Sangita Choudhary
M.A. English
Lecturer English 2 Years N.A.
Harsha Nagar 2 Level Diploma
in French
Lecturer French 2 Years N.A.
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information 50% app Faculty No. of classes
taken
Total No. of Classes 90 per subject
% of classes taken 90% 14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio
Students : Teacher
B.A. LL.B. 20 1
LL.M. 20 1
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled Sanctioned Filled
1 H.O.D. 01 2 Computer Operator 01 3 Prof. 02 4 Associate Prof. 01 5 Librian 01 6 Technical Assist 01
16. Research thrust areas recognized by funding agencies
Research thrust areas funding agencies Name of
Faculty 1.H.R. & Science tech.
2. Constitutional Law 3. Women & Children
1.Molana Azad National Fellow Ship (Researcher Rashia Khan)
2. Rajiv Gandhi National Fello Ship(Researcher Virendar Chaddar)
3. A study chair of gender justice is established in the Department under the joint project of State Planning Comission & UNICEFF for two years
Dr. Mona Purohit
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies and grants received project-wise.
Name of Grant Sanctione d National/ Internatioal Dr. Mona Purohit Planning Commission & UNICEFF 3. A study chair of gender justice is established in the Department under the joint project of State Planning
Commission & UNICEFF for two years
60 Lakhs National
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and grants received a) All India collaboration b) International NIL
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received.
Departmental Project funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, etc.
Grant Received
NIL 20. Research facility / centre with
• state recognition
• national recognition
• international recognition state recognition
national recognition . A study chair of gender justice is established in the Department under the joint project of State Planning Comission & UNICEFF for two years
international recognition
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies Sr.N
o
Research Laboratories Created by
NA
22. Publications: CV of Faculties Attached
∗ Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) 13
∗ Monographs
∗ Chapters in Books
∗ Edited Books 2
∗ Books with ISBN with details of publishers 3
∗ Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)
∗ Citation Index – range / average
∗ SNIP
∗ SJR
∗ Impact Factor – range / average
∗ h-index
Annexure – A (Publicaitons)
23. Details of patents and income generated NIL
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated Nil.
25. Faculty selected nationally/ internationally to visit other laboratories in India and abroad
National International
Visited Laboratories Date
N.A.
26. Faculty serving in
National committees
/International committees /Editorial Boards
/any other (please specify) 1 Prof. M.K. Srivastava CV Attached Annax -I
2 Dr. Mona Purohit CV Attached Annx-II 27. Faculty recharging strategies
Faculty members of the department attend, participate and a share their research work, and their expertise in International and National seminars, workshops
CV Attached Annax -I CV Attached Annx-II
• percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental projects 100 %
Depending on the nature of course all the students are required to do in-house projects which includes practical/dissertation and course work. YES
• percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities / industry / institute -Internship as per requirement
Depending on the nature and requirement of the course the students do their project work in private and public sector organizations which includes Industries, hospitals, NGOs and so forth.
Internship with Courts ( SC , HC Distt. Court) with advocate, Indutries, companies 28. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
•
Faculty/Doctoral / post doctoral fellows/
Students Attached CV
29. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any.
National Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops
Topic Nature of Event Dates Faculty involved Source s of Fundin g Outstanding participants 1
International /Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops
Topic Nature of Event Dates Faculty involved Sources of Funding "Judicial Process relevance in present time 1) National Seminar on 2) National Seminar 1. 8-9 May 2010 2. 27th Sept. 1.Dr. Mona Purohit 2. Dr. 1.UGC 2.& 3. UNICEFF 4. CICASA
2. 27th " Child Right: An Insight in to Realit 3. Seminar on Child Right 4. "Accountable Laws, Dependable Accounts Marching Towards Globalization ” 5. “National Knowledge Summit on Patent Laws” 6. policy support Issues relating to women & children in M.P organized with the collaborati on of UNICEF on 4) National Seminar on Organized by Departmen t of Legal Studies & Research & CICASA, 5) National Seminar on 6) Natonal seminar on. 2010.) 3. ) 22 Nov. 2010 4. 11th June 2011. 5. 26 & 27 Nov. 2011 6. Nov. 30th 2013 Mona Purohit 3.Dr. Mona Purohit 4 Dr. Mona Purohit 5 1.Dr. Mona Purohit 6. Dr. Mona Purohit 5. Self Finance 6. UNICEFF & Planning Comission
30. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments
The privacy and confidentiality with regard to information given by the respondents is ensured. The respondents are debriefed after the survey/experiment is over. The respondents are assured that the information provided by them with be used only for academic purpose.
31. Student profile course-wise: Name of the Course (refer to question no. 4)
Applications received Selected Male Female Pass percentage Male Female B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) -I
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) -II B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) -III
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) -IV B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - LL.M. - I LL- M. II LL.M. III 11, LL.M. IV 173 28,Men 32 Women 30,Men 22 Women 16, Men & 31 Women 14Men, & 22 Women 14 Men, & 16 Women 13 , Men 16, Momen
10, Men 9 Women Men 8 Women 17, Men 10 women 32. Diversity of students: Name of the Course (refer to question no. 4) % of the students from the same univertisy
% of the students from other universities within the state
% of the students from universities outside the state
% of the students from other countries LLM 2011-12 13 12 05 - LLM 2012-13 10 04 07 - LLM 2013-14 18 07 03 -
33. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defence Services examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details category-wise.
Two students have qualified NET. Refer to column 42.
34. Student progression - NA
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurs
35. Diversity of staff
Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same university
from other universities within the State 1 from universities from other States 2 from universities outside the country
36. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period N/A Faculty Name Dr. Mona Purohit Dr. Namia Qumar (Guest Faculty) Dr. Shobha
Need of uniform civil code in India
Plea- bargaining: reform in criminal justice system
2013 2013
Bhardwaj (Guest Faculty)
37. Present details of infrastructural facilities with regard to
s.no Item Facility
a Library More than 3000 Books
available b Internet facilities for staff and students Yes
c Total number of class rooms 4+4 = 8
d Class rooms with ICT facility
e Students’ laboratories 1 computer laboratory
f Research laboratories No
38. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates a) from the host university
1 Dr. Mona Shukla Mr. Debanshu Srivastawa 2 Dr. Mona Shukla Mrs. Anita Lodha 3 Dr. M. K. Srivastava Ms. Yash Tiwari 4 Dr. M. K. Srivastav Mr. Manish Yadav b) from other universities
N/A
1 NIL
39. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the university. NIL
40. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology.
41. Does the department obtain feedback from
Informal method is adopted to gain feedback from the students. a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? Yes/No
If yes, how does the department utilize the feedback?
Yes, informal feedback at periodic intervals taken from students/guest faculties
b. Students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the department utilize the feedback?
The department takes into consideration the feedback given by various stakeholders and take the needful action including revising the syllabus in BOS meeting.
c. Alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department utilize the feedback?
N/A
42. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)
S.no. Name Course Year Present Position
1 Dr. Anupama Pandit LL.M. 2001 Assistant Prof. in
Sagar University
2 Dr. Sudhanshu Saxena LL.M. 2001 Civil Judge
3. Dr. Sarika Giri LL.M. 2003 Civil Judge
4. Dr. Mehzabin Khan LL.M. 1994 Civil Judge
4. Ku. Ritu B.A. LL.B. 2010 Civil Judge
5. Dr. Mona Purohit Ll.M. 1998 Associate Prof. B.U.
Bhopal
6 Mr. Sandeep dixit LL.M. 1998 A.S.P. (State Police
Service)
7. Mr. Mukesh Malviya LL.M. 2008 Assistant Prof. in
BHU Banars U.P.
8 MRS. Arti Shukla LL.M. 2008 Law Officer Legal
Services Authority
9. Mr. Virendra Chaddar LL.M. 2008 Law Officer Legal
Services Authority
10. Mr. Hariom Trivedi LL.M. 2008 Law Officer in Bank
11. Mrs. Sarita Shukla LL.M. 2008 ADJ
12. Mrs. Mamta Sharma LL.M. Associate Prof.
13. Mr. Pavas Shrivastava LL.M. Civil Judge
14. Ms. Ankita Pandey B.A. Ll.B. (Hons.)
IRS
(Hons.) LL.M.
Gandhi National Law University
16. Dr. Anand Pawar LL.M. Assist. Prof. Rajiv
Gandhi National Law University
17. Dr. Sanjay Yadav LL.M. Assist. Prof. NLIU,
Bhopal
43. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) involving external experts.
Special lectures/workshops/seminar are arranged by the department wherein the students gets an
opportunity to interact with external experts. 1) National Seminar on "Judicial Process relevance in present time 8-9 May 2010
2) National Seminar organized with the collaboration of UNICEF on 27th " Child Right: An Insight in to Reality 27th Sept. 2010.) -3) Seminar on Child Right 22 Nov. 2010
4) National Seminar on "Accountable Laws, Dependable Accounts Marching Towards Globalization” Organized by Department of Legal Studies & Research & CICASA, Bhopal 11th June 2011. 5) National Seminar on “National Knowledge Summit on Patent Laws”
26 & 27 Nov. 2011
6) Natonal seminar on policy support Issues relating to women & children in M.P. Nov. 30th 2013 • Organized Legal Literacy Camp. In month of may,2009 &2010
• Has participated in number of Workshop, Seminars, Group Discussions and was invited as resource person / guest Speaker in Workshop and Seminars.
• Presented a parer in State level workshop on “Students for Human Rights” Organized by the Department and Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) on 3rd August 2008.
44. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.
The teachers use Multiple methods which includes lectures, exercise, role play, interview and discussion so as to enhance the effectiveness of teaching.
Special lectures/workshops/seminar are arranged by the department wherein the students gets an opportunity to interact with external experts. 1) National Seminar on "Judicial Process relevance in present time 8-9 May 2010
2) National Seminar organized with the collaboration of UNICEF on 27th " Child Right: An Insight in to Reality 27th Sept. 2010.) -3) Seminar on Child Right 22 Nov. 2010
4) National Seminar on "Accountable Laws, Dependable Accounts Marching Towards Globalization” Organized by Department of Legal Studies & Research & CICASA, Bhopal 11th June 2011. 5) National Seminar on “National Knowledge Summit on Patent Laws”
6) Natonal seminar on policy support Issues relating to women & children in M.P. Nov. 30th 2013 • Organized Legal Literacy Camp. In month of may,2009 &2010
• Has participated in number of Workshop, Seminars, Group Discussions and was invited as resource person / guest Speaker in Workshop and Seminars.
• Presented a parer in State level workshop on “Students for Human Rights” Organized by the Department and Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) on 3rd August 2008.
45. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored?
Students are required to give presentation on the topic of their choice. The presentations are attended by faculty members. The feedback is given to the students after the presentation is over so that improvement becomes possible in future.
46. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities Organized Legal Literacy Camp. In month of May, 2009 &2010
• has participated in number of Workshop, Seminars, Group Discussions and was invited as resource person / guest Speaker in Workshop and Seminars.
• Presented a parer in State level workshop on “Students for Human Rights” Organized by the Department and Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) on 3rd August 2008.
Some of the students participate in extension activities and are involved in social service. 47. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.
Students are encouraged to participate in national/international seminars organized by different universities/institutions. The faculty members participate and present their research work in conferences/seminars, delivering expert lectures, chairing the sessions in seminars and handling training sessions at different institutions.
Organized Legal Literacy Camp. In month of may,2009 &2010 • Has participated in number of Workshop, Seminars, Group Discussions and was invited as resource
person / guest Speaker in Workshop and Seminars. • Presented a parer in State level workshop on “Students for Human Rights” Organized by the Department and Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) on 3rd August 2008.
48. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies? If yes, give details. NO
All the courses offered by the department are approved by the apex bodies of the University Yes. 49. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge, basic or applied.
few students selected as Civil Judges, Law Officers, Legal Aid Officers, ADPOs, Teachers; students won various prizes National, State, district level - like A student Ayushi Gupta won Ist prize in essay comptetion organized by Ministry of Social Justice, Ist Prize in quiz comptetion & Runners up i Moot Court at Lex Bonanza organized by Indore Institute of Law; Anupriya Parashar won best mooter at the Nirma Institute of Law, Gujrat
Looking at the needs of the students and job potential the department has started some self financing courses.
50. Future plans of the department.
To strengthen the existing courses, upgrading the library, computer and laboratory facilities
51. +Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strengths
1 Team work
2 Regular classes 3 Qualified Faculty
4 Reasonably good publications 5 Reasonably good infrastructure Weaknesses
1 Inadequate faculty strength
2 No conveyance facility for student& canteen faculities 3 No Seminar/conference room
4 No NET Facility & Data base
5 Departmental library is not having adequate number of books and Journals Opportunities
1 Upgrade the library
2 Upgrade the Psychological laboratory 3 Develop the Computer lab
Challenges
1 To deal with the Shortage of permanent faculty 2 Administrative staff is not skilled to use computer 3 Professional management of library is essential 4 No Space for computer lab
5 To convince the administration so that adequate classrooms, seminar/conference room is constructed.
Prof. M.K. Srivastava Signature of HOD Date 26.5.2014
Annexure – A (Publicaitons)
1. Book on “Wild Life Laws & its Impact on Tribal” Deep & Deep Pub. New Delhi in 2007
2. Paper entitled “Legal Aspects of Ecology and Hinduism” in page 60 of book “Ecology and religion-ecological spirituality in cross cultural perspective ”ISBN 9788183871082,Serials Publication ,New Delhi 2007
3. Paper entitled “Women reservation in Parliament and State Legislatures” Journal of Mahila Vidhi Bharti New Delhi
,March 2007 ISSN 0976-0024
4. Paper entitled “Educational Development through Judicial Activism” Journal M.P. Bar Council Jan – March 2008,
5. Book on “Legal Education & Research Methodology” Central Law Publications. Allahabad in 2010.ISBN 978-93-80289-30-4
6. Paper entitled “Responsibility of Sovereign States for Tran’s Boundary Pollution”in book An Introduction to
Environmental Rights”ISBN9 78-93-80289-75-5 Central Law Publications. Allahabad 2010.
7. “Property Rights of Women” Journals of Gender Equality & Sensitivity published by Women Study Center ,B.U .Bhopal2010. ISSN 0973-7790
