Dr. Pankaj Kumar

Faculty

Academic Qualifications::
  • PhD in Law and Governance from Jawaharlal Nehru University (2022)
  • Master of Philosophy in Law and Governance from Jawaharlal Nehru University (2017)
  • MA in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University (2014)
  • B.A. (H) in Political science from University of Delhi (2012)
  • Cleared UGC NET/JRF in Political Science.
 
Publications:
  • Access to Environmental Justice: A Critical Assessment of the Role of The National Green Tribunal In India. Education Times • ISSN: 2319-8265 • Volume XVI, Number 2, 2018.
  • The Anti -Climax of Monsoon session- Tribunal’s appointee as a Political slugfest, July 2018, published by Countercurrents (web article).
  • Addressing India’s Unemployment Crisis and Need for Structural Changes. International Journal of Integrated Studies and Research Volume 1, Issue 3 ISSN 2582-743X, 2021.
  • Translating normative principle into practice: Analyzing the role of the National Green Tribunal in promoting sustainable development, 2023, Hamilton publication, London.
  • Study lesson on “international Law and Muncipal Law” For Bhimrao Ambedkar Open University (2024)
  • Furthering the legacy of Environmental Activism: Critically Assessing the role and perception of the National Green Tribunal. (FORTHCOMING)
  • Deconstructing Higher Education Institutions: Exploring the Dalit Educational Experiences in Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University (FORTHCOMING)
 
Seminars Presentations/ Workshops:
  • National seminar (2015) presented a paper titled “Access to Environmental Justice- A critical assessment of the role of the National Green Tribunal in India”.
  • Participated in two weeks winter school training programme (2017) at Tata Institute of Social Sciences on “Developments in climate change and sustainable development”.
  • Young scholar Conference (2019) presented a paper titled “Decoding exclusion in the neo-liberal framework of merit- Narratives from four Indian Universities”.
  • National seminar (2021) presented a paper titled “Furthering the legacy of Environmental Activism: Critically Assessing the role and perception of the National Green Tribunal”.
  • Young Scholars’ Conference (2022) organized online by the Society for Social and Economic Research, presented a paper titled “Perception on Environmental Courts and Tribunals- Comparing Australia’s Land and Environment Court and India’s National Green Tribunal”.
 
International Conferences:
  • Presented a paper titled “Translating normative principle into practice: Analyzing the role of the National Green Tribunal in promoting sustainable development” in the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR-ERC) sponsored two-day International webinar (2022).
  • Presented a paper at the 19th ASLI Conference held virtually at The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Japan on 28- 29 May 2022 entitled “How Do We Secure Environmental Justice? Perception on Australia’s Land and Environment Court and India’s National Green Tribunal”.
  • Presented a paper at Two-Day Online International Conference on Theorising-Anticasteism entitled ‘Caste on Campus’, reimagining the academic space- : Narratives from JNU and BHU” organized by the Department of English, Presidency University, Kolkata, on 7th-8th June 2022.
  • Presented a paper at the Interim Meeting of International Political Science Association (IPSA) entitled “How do we ‘design’ Environmental Courts and Tribunals efficaciously? Experiences of Australia’s LEC and India’s NGT” at the Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States, 10-12 August 2022.
  • Presented a paper at Seeking Justice. Ideas and Practices from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, conference at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin, entitled “Environmental Courts and Tribunals through the narratives of Power, Perceptions, and Justice - Comparing Australia’s LEC and India’s NGT” held from 30 November-2 December 2022.
  • Presented a paper entitled “Mapping Perceptions of Environmental tribunals: Obtaining perspectives from the Field” at the 20th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law from 31 July–4 August 2023, at the UEF Law Faculty, Joensuu, Finland.
  • Presented a paper entitled “(Re)imagining the framework of Environmental Law – An Institutional approach of Environmental Courts and Tribunals” at the 20th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law from 31 July–4 August 2023, at the UEF Law Faculty, Joensuu, Finland.
  • Paper selected for presentation titled “From Regulatory Framework to ‘institution building’- tracing the evolution of International Environmental Law” to be held at St. Mary’s University, and the University of Westminster on 18 December 2023.
 
Work Experiences:
  • Assistant Professor (Contract) of Political Science and Public Administration at Central University of Andhra Pradesh (December 2022- Sept 2023)
  • Guest Faculty of Political Science at Central University of Andhra Pradesh (Oct 2023- present).
  • Research Associate at ‘Access to Justice Project’ Of Law Ministry, Government of India (01 March 2022 to 30th November 2022)
  • Worked as Research Assistant at an Indian Council of Social Science Research project titled ‘Exclusion and Discrimination in higher education’ under University of Delhi (January 2017- January 2019).
 
Awards and Honors:
  • Awarded ICSSR Doctoral fellow by the Indian Council of Social Science Research for the year 2019-2021.
  • Best presentation award at the Young Scholars’ Conference ‘Exploring New Research Frontiers in Social Sciences’ organized online by the Society for Social and Economic Research, New Delhi on January 15 - 16, 2022 for paper titled “Perception on Environmental Courts and Tribunals: Comparing Australia's Land and Environment Court and India's National Green Tribunal”.
 
Academic interest:
  • Political Theory and Thought, Environmental Law and Environmental Governance, Public Policy, Foreign Policy, International Politics and IR, Human Rights, Social Justice and Critical theory, International Law.
 
Skills:
  • Field based work, Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Data analysis, Project Coordinator, Proposal Writing, Report writing, Team Management Project Management and Evaluation.
 
Email :  dr.pankajk@cuap.edu.in
    pankaj.roy21@yhaoo.in