Annual Report 2015

ANNUAL REPORT
2015
CONTENTS
From the President's Desk 01

Decision Making Bodies of SAU 03

University Finances 06
Major Highlights of the Year 07
Academic Programmes and Admissions 08
Scholarships & Financial Aid 12
University Events 14-18
Student Activities 19-21
Student Facilities and Services 22

Prof GK Chadha Library 23-24

Introduction to South Asia & English Course 25

Academic Faculties
Faculty of Economics 27-33
Faculty of Legal Studies 35-43
Faculty of Life Sciences & Biotechnology 45-55
Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science
– Department of Mathematics 58-65
– Department of Computer Science 67-71
Faculty of Social Sciences
– Department of Sociology 74-81
– Department of International Relations 83-89

Campus Construction 90

The theme of SAU Annual Report 2015 is "Festivals in South Asia"

 Vision
The mandate of the South Asian University, as set out in the Agreement
of the SAARC member states under which the University is set up,
envisages that the choice of the programs of studies to be offered at this
University should:
• enhance learning in the South Asian community that promotes an
understanding of each others' perspectives and strengthens regional
consciousness;
• provide liberal and humane education to the brightest and the
most dedicated students of South Asia so that a new class of quality
leadership is nurtured; and
• enhance capacity building of the South Asian nations in science,
technology and other areas of higher learning vital for improving
their quality of life such as information technology, bio-technology
and management sciences, etc.
These three elements i.e. building a culture of understanding and regional
consciousness; nurturing a new class of liberal, bright and quality leadership
and building the capacity of the region in science, technology and other
disciplines considered vital for improving the quality of life of the people,
therefore, form the core objectives of the South Asian University.
 A GREATLY FULFILLING YEAR FOR CO-OPERATION

What a year! Indeed a very satisfying set of twelve months during which we have made great
strides on many a front since the collective efforts of various stakeholders of the University
have begun to pay off.

I am indeed very happy to see the first brick laid on the ground by Mrs Sushma Swaraj, the
External Affairs Minister, Government of India on 3 June 2015 for the construction of the
SAU campus at our permanent site in Maidan Garhi, despite some delay due to the elaborate
procedural mechanism of checks and balances. The tender for the construction of five buildings
was also floated towards the end of the year under report.

It is a matter of great honour that Prof Gowher Rizvi could attend the SAARC Charter Day that the University celebrates
annually. Prof Rizvi was the person who translated the idea of a South Asian University into a concrete plan which subsequently
became the foundation for future deliberations on the mission, vision and structure of the South Asian University.

Staying true to the spirit of co-operation and taking our cue from the Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi’s idea of making
SAU connect with one university in each of the SAARC countries, we have formalized MoUs with Kabul University, Afghanistan;
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Royal University of Bhutan, Thimphu; the Maldives National University, Male; Tribhuvan
University, Kathmandu and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. An MoU with the University of
Colombo is also in the process of being finalized. We are, in fact, keen on widening the participation of educational institutions,
civil societies, policy makers and all the stakeholders in our mission to enhance Regional Consciousness through collaboration,
particularly in the areas of higher education and research.

It is also very encouraging to see the response from the faculty, students and staff of SAU to the Distinguished Lecture Series
that has been initiated. During the year under report, Hon’ble High Commissioners and Ambassadors of Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Afghanistan and Pakistan, apart from other eminent experts, have spoken on a wide range of issues under this lecture series.

Earlier in the year, we woke up to the horrifying earthquake in Nepal. The silver lining to this terrible event was that people
around the world, especially from South Asia, worked together to help the victims of the unfortunate natural calamity. Times like
these call for co-operation and everyone in SAU contributed whatever they could, owing to which we could also make a modest
contribution to the Earthquake Relief Fund of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Nepal though His Excellency Mr. Deep Kumar
Upadhyay at the Nepal Embassy in New Delhi.

The entire year has been dotted with academic and cultural activities. While there have been many intellectually stimulating
events at the department and faculty levels, events like the South Asia Media Conference also saw the participation of many
stalwarts from South Asia. While talking about the University’s achievements, it gives me immense pleasure and satisfaction
to share that students who have passed out of SAU are doing well in life, and many of them continue to keep in touch with us.

I am sure the coming year will be another very significant year for the progress of the University.

Dr Kavita A Sharma
President

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 DECISION MAKING BODIES OF SAU

Governing Board The President, SAU, chairs the EC meetings. The Council
is vested with the powers to make teaching and other senior
The Governing Board of the South Asian University (SAU)
administrative appointments on the recommendation of
is the highest policy and decision-making authority of the
selection committees; fix their emoluments and define their
University and oversees the academic, administrative and
duties. The Executive Council is also vested with the power to
financial management of the University. It consists of two
maintain discipline amongst the teaching and non-teaching
members from each of the SAARC member states, nominated
by the respective member state, in accordance with the staff in accordance with the Rules, Regulations and Byelaws
Regulations that govern SAU. of the University and manage and regulate finances, accounts
and other administrative affairs of the University.
Some of the important decisions approved in the Governing
Board meeting under report are as follows: Executive Council meetings were held twice during the year
under report, on 06.05.2015 and 16.11.2015.
Approval of revised Byelaws on Assessment and Promotion
The Council deliberated upon a variety of administrative and
Policy of Teaching Staff and enabling amendments in
Regulations academic matters. Some of the important decisions taken by
the Council are as follows:
Establishment of the Institute of South Asian Studies
To approve amendments in the existing Regulations and
Revamping of the compulsory course on ‘Introduction to
Byelaws including amendments proposed by the Academic
South Asia’
Council and to recommend them to the Governing Board
Action to be taken in the light of the directions of the Forty- for approval
first Session of the Standing Committee (Kathmandu, 23-
To approve amendments in the existing Byelaws including
24 November 2014) on the Report of the Sixth Meeting
of the Governing Board of South Asian University (SAU) Byelaws proposed by the Academic Council/Finance
Committee and recommend them to the Governing Board
Linkage of SAU with other Universities/Institutions in the for approval
SAARC countries
To approve the Memorandums of Understanding signed
Executive Council between SAU and 8 universities in the SAARC region for
The Executive Council (EC) of SAU is the prime body inter-institutional collaborations
responsible for major executive decisions. Besides the senior To approve the nominations to the Finance Committee
functionaries of the SAU, the EC has four members who To approve the appointment of the Chief Liaison Officer/
are nominated by the SAARC member states by rotation. Officer on Special Duty

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Academic Council Finance Committee
The Academic Council is the custodian of all academic The Finance Committee of the University considers the
activities at SAU. It is vested with the power to recommend the annual accounts, financial estimates and expenditure
establishment and abolishment of Faculties, Departments, proposals. The annual accounts and estimates of the
Institutions, Inter-disciplinary Research Centres, Specialized University, duly approved by the Finance Committee, are
Laboratories and Libraries, etc. The Academic Council is also submitted to the Executive Council for approval.
vested with the power to recommend to the Executive Council
the creation and abolition of teaching posts in the University; The Finance Committee deliberated upon various important
draft regulations regarding admission and examinations; the issues pertaining to the University’s finances in its meeting
appointment of examiners, conferment of honorary degrees held on 14.01.2015
and institution of fellowships and scholarships etc.
Some of the important matters considered by the Committee
The Academic Council deliberated upon various academic are as follows:
matters in its meetings held on 03.03.2015 and 07.10.2015
Update on Enterprise Resource Planning (E-Governance)
Some of the important matters considered by the Council are in SAU
as follows: Amendment in SAU’s Store and Purchase Manual
Constitution of the Central Admission Committee for Internal Audit System for the University and its modalities
2015-16 and 2016-17 Update on the University’s Annual Accounts 2013
SAU Tuition Fee Waiver for MPhil/Doctoral Students
Investments made out of the Corpus Fund/ University Fund
Declaration of results in respect of students of the 2012-
2014 and 2013-2015 batches Recommended the draft Bye-laws on ‘Guidelines for
Adjustment of Temporary Advances’and forwarded to the
Financial support for students of the Master’s programmes
for the Academic Session 2015-16 EC for approval.
Revamping of the compulsory course on ‘Introduction to
South Asia’ SAU Administration
Establishment of a core group to steer the process of the
establishment of the Institute of South Asian Studies SAU is a relatively young University and at present
administrative support is provided by a skeletal staff. Currently,
Introduction of a provision for admission of students to
the MPhil/PhD programmes without having to take the there are only 42 non-teaching employees in the University.
entrance test The Chairperson of SAARC is the Visitor of the University.
Recommending to the Executive Council amendments Dr Kavita A Sharma is the President of the University and
in the existing Regulations and Byelaws of the University Prof Rajiv K Saxena is the Vice President. At the Faculty level,
Nomination of experts to the Academic Council administrative responsibilities are also shared by the Deans
Approval of the list of experts for various Selection of various Faculties. Dr A K Malik is the Registrar of the
Committees University.

Dr A K Malik (5th from right) along with some of the key administrative staff

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 UNIVERSITY FINANCES
The capital cost of establishing the University, estimated states and the contribution of individual member states is
originally to be roughly 300 million US dollars for the first governed by a formula that has been jointly evolved by the
phase (2010-14), as per the Inter-Governmental agreement on eight countries. The Business Plan of the University, that
the South Asian University, is being completely borne by the contains the University budget, has been approved by the
Government of India. In addition, the Government of India Governing Board of the University.
has also provided, free of cost, a plot of approximately 100
acres in South Delhi for setting up the main campus of the The operational and capital budgets for the year 2015
South Asian University. The operational cost of running the are to the tune of US$ 8.28 million and US$ 4.60 million
University is shared, on year-to basis, by all SAARC member respectively.

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 MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

UNIVERSITY CALENDAR:
The university followed the academic calendar as approved by its Governing Board.
Monsoon Semester : 26 July 2015 - 10 December 2015
Winter Semester : 11 January 2015 - 25 May 2015
The Admission cycle adopted in this academic year was as follows :
1. Release of Admission Advertisement : 13 January 2015
2. Last date of receipt of completed forms : 25 February 2015
3. Conduct of Entrance Test : 6 April2015
4. Declaration of Results : 25 April 2015
5. Deadline for Admission Registration : 22-25 July 2015
6. Commencement of Academic Session : 26 July 2015

SAU GOLD MEDAL

The University awards Gold Medals along with Merit programmes. Listed below are the Gold Medalists for the
Certificates to the students who secure the top rank in their academic batch 2013 - 2015.

Sl No Name of Student Programme

1. Anzer Khan MSc Biotechnology
2. Haris Jamil LLM
3. Nilanjana Sen MA International Relations
4. Vrinda Gupta MA Development Economics
5. Avanti Chhatre MA Sociology
6. Amit Kumar MSc Applied Mathematics
7. Sweta Sharma MSc Computer Science

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 ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES AND ADMISSIONS

Programmes of Study ADMISSIONS

Applications were invited from aspirants to seven Master’s The process of admission at South Asian University begins
degree as well as seven MPhil/PhD programmes for the with the launching of a multimedia campaign in major
academic session 2015-16. For the year under report, the newspapers of all SAARC countries, FM radio stations and
university inducted fresh students for the following Master’s select TV channels. Exhaustive information detailing the
and MPhil/PhD Programmes admission process, eligibility criteria, feedback mechanism,
details of admission volunteers and other related information
Master’s Programmes
are also uploaded on the University website.
MSc Applied Mathematics
Candidates were given an option to apply online.
MSc Biotechnology Downloadable application forms were also made available on
MSc Computer Science the SAU website so that aspirants could have the option of
MA Development Economics taking print out of the forms, fill them up and send them to
MA International Relations the university. Each application was thoroughly scrutinized
MA Sociology to ensure that applicants met the minimum qualification to
LLM appear for the entrance test. Admit cards for the entrance
test were dispatched to the eligible applicants by email. A
MPhil/PhD Programmes common entrance test was conducted simultaneously in 8
MPhil/PhD Applied Mathematics SAARC countries on 5 April 2015. One test centre each was
set up in Afghanistan (Kabul), Bhutan (Thimphu), Maldives
MPhil/PhD Biotechnology
(Male), Nepal (Kathmandu) and Sri Lanka (Colombo)
MPhil/PhD Computer Science while two centres each were set up in Bangladesh (Dhaka
MPhil/PhD Economics & Chittagong), Pakistan (Karachi & Lahore). Considering
the large number of candidates and the wide geographical
MPhil/PhD International Relations
spread, 13 test centres were set up in different cities in India
MPhil/PhD Sociology viz. Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati,
MPhil/PhD Legal Studies Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Patna.

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Most SAARC Member States had appointed/nominated on offer. Of these, 4970 appeared in the test. Offer of
Nodal Officers to help and interact with SAU on all matters admission was sent to 676 candidates out of which 247 finally
related to the conduct of the common entrance test. The joined SAU for various programmes of study.
University received full cooperation from the Nodal Officers
in each Member State. Since Pakistan did not appoint a Nodal South Asian University strictly follows a recommended quota
Officer, the University had to make private arrangements at system to ensure representation of students from all the
the Beaconshouse National University in Lahore and the Members States of SAARC. Merit lists are prepared country-
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology in
wise and the competition is only amongst candidates within
Karachi for the entrance test.
each country. Seats left unfilled for any country are filled by
A total number of 6040 candidates applied for the programmes students from other countries, as per SAU rules.

Country-wise quota for students from SAARC Countries

Overall Seat Quota Country
India 50%
Bangladesh 10%
Pakistan 10%
Afghanistan 4%
Bhutan 4%
Maldives 4%
Nepal 4%
Sri Lanka 4%
Countries outside SAARC 10%

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 Statement showing the number of students who applied, were offered admission
and finally joined in 2015-16 (Master's programme)
LLM
MA (Dev. MA (Int'l MA MSc MSc MSc (App.
(Master of
Economics ) Relations) (Sociology) (Biotechnology) (Computer Sc) Mathematics)
Laws)
2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16
Country No of No of No of No of No of No of No of
Candidates Candidates Candidates Candidates Candidates Candidates Candidates
Applied

Applied

Applied

Applied

Applied

Applied

Applied
Offered

Offered

Offered

Offered

Offered

Offered

Offered
Joined

Joined

Joined

Joined

Joined

Joined

Joined
Afghanistan 88 11 9 64 2 1 23 7 3 16 5 2 5 2 1 48 4 4 6 2 2

Bangladesh 26 4 4 53 8 6 27 10 5 46 10 6 18 7 5 29 5 3 2 1 0

Bhutan 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 1

Maldives 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nepal 12 2 1 14 7 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 10 10 6 14 6 4 2 1 1

Pakistan 8 0 0 15 2 1 12 5 4 18 2 2 9 3 2 15 3 2 0 0 0

Sri Lanka 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Total above 136 17 14 153 23 12 66 25 14 85 19 12 48 26 15 109 18 13 17 7 4

India 1049 110 15 824 23 15 200 59 14 399 33 15 544 68 13 328 95 14 342 83 27

Others 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Total 1185 127 29 979 48 27 266 84 28 484 52 27 592 94 28 439 113 27 359 90 31

Statement showing the number of students who applied, were offered admission
and finally joined in 2015-16 (MPhil/PhD programme)
MPhil/PhD MPhil/PhD
MPhil/PhD MPhil/PhD MPhil/PhD MPhil/PhD MPhil/PhD
(Computer Applied
(Economics ) (Int'l Relations) (Sociology) (Legal Studies) (Biotechnology)
Science) (Mathematics)
2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16
Country No of No of No of No of No of No of No of
Candidates Candidates Candidates Candidates Candidates Candidates Candidates
Applied

Applied

Applied

Applied

Applied

Applied

Applied
Offered

Offered

Offered

Offered

Offered

Offered

Offered
Joined

Joined

Joined

Joined

Joined

Joined

Joined
Afghanistan 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

Bangladesh 5 0 0 6 0 0 13 1 1 17 1 1 7 1 1 12 2 1 5 2 1

Bhutan 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nepal 6 1 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 13 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1

Pakistan 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0

Sri Lanka 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0

Total Above 21 1 1 24 1 1 22 2 2 22 2 2 27 3 3 23 3 2 14 3 2

India 135 4 3 161 10 7 142 10 8 143 2 2 579 13 6 196 5 5 227 9 6

Total 156 5 4 185 11 8 164 12 10 165 4 4 606 16 9 219 8 7 241 12 8

 Programme-wise and Country-wise enrollment of students from SAARC countries

All Admissions

Batch Admitted in 2013 Batch Admitted in 2014 Batch Admitted in 2015 Total Strength 2013-15
Country

Admited Admited Admitted

MA Dev. Economics 30 29 59

MA Int'l Relations 28 27 55

MA Sociology 28 28 56

LLM 30 27 57

MSc Biotechnology 30 28 58

MSc Computer Science 28 27 55

MSc Applied Mathematics 29 31 60

MPhil/PhD Economics 0 3 4 7

MPhil/PhD Int'l Relations 3 6 8 17

MPhil/PhD. Sociology 2 10 10 22

MPhil/PhD. 3 4 4 11

MPhil/PhD Biotechnology 10 8 9 27

MPhil/PhD Computer Science 6 5 7 18

MPhil/PhD Applied Mathematics 8 4 8 20

Total 32 243 247 522

Country Total Students

Afghanistan 37

Bangladesh 71

Bhutan 3

Maldives 3

Nepal 54

Pakistan 23

Sri Lanka 9

India 322

Total students admitted 522

 SCHOLARSHIPS & Financial Aid

SAU is committed to awarding scholarships/financial support 3. The SAU Merit Scholarship is awarded to five students
to needy and deserving students. Scholarships and financial from each programme who top the entrance test in the
support is granted under three categories Indian list and five students from the non-Indian list
(SAARC countries other than India), who finally join the
1. The President’s Scholarship is the most prestigious
scholarship at SAU and is awarded to each student who university.The scholarship comprises tuition fee waiver,
tops the merit list of his/her country in the SAU Entrance hostel fee waiver (if applicable) and INR 5000 per month
Test in each individual course provided s/he falls within as living allowance.
the top 10 percentile of the total number of candidates Scholarships continue in the second year only if candidates retain
appearing in the Entrance Test. The scholarship is offered their top position in the CGPA at the end of the 2nd semester.
with the admission letter itself and comprises tuition fee
waiver, hostel fee waiver (if applicable) and INR 7000 per SAU Financial Support is granted to students from SAU’s
month as living allowance. own fund on a need-cum-merit based system.
2. The Government of India sponsored SAARC Silver
Jubilee Scholarship is provided to 100 students (75 for SAU Tuition Fee Waiver for Doctoral students provides all
the Master’s level students and 25 for Doctoral students) Doctoral students tuition fee waiver either through the Silver
coming from the Least Developed SAARC Countries (i.e. Jubilee Scholarship or through SAU Financial Support if they
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal) are not in receipt of the JRF or other similar scholarships/
and comprises tuition fee waiver, hostel fee waiver (if fellowships from the UGC or the governments of their
applicable) and INR 7000 per month as living allowance. countries.
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Details of Scholarship:

Title of Scholarship/Financial Coverage Annual Worth

Support

President's Scholarship Full Tuition fee, Hostel fee waiver, Living INR 154,000
allowance (INR 7,000 per month), start-up &
INR 149,000 (Indian Students)
pack-up allowance to meet part of their travel
cost and books purchase allowance.

SAARC Silver Jubilee Scholarship

(SJS)

Master's programmes Full Tuition fee, Hostel fee waiver, Living INR 154,000
allowance (INR 7000 per month), start-up &
pack-up allowance to meet part of their travel
cost and books purchase allowance.

Doctoral programmes Full Tuition fee, Hostel fee waiver, Living INR 214,000
allowance (INR 12,000 per month), start-up &
pack-up allowance to meet part of their travel
cost and books purchase allowance.

SAU Merit Scholarship Full Tuition fee, Hostel fee waiver, & Living INR 120,000
allowance (INR 5,000 per month)

SAU Financial Support

Category 1 Full Tuition fee, Hostel fee waiver, & Living INR 120,000
allowance (INR 5,000 per month)

Category 2 Full Tuition fee, Hostel fee waiver, & Living INR 96,000
allowance (INR 3,000 per month)

Category 3 Full Tuition fee & Hostel fee waiver INR 60,000

Category 4 50% Tuition fee & Hostel fee waiver INR 30,000

Doctoral Students Full Tuition fee waiver and Living allowance INR 172,800
(INR 10,000 per month)

For the academic year 2015-16, President’s Scholarships from Afghanistan; 20 from Bangladesh; 1 from Bhutan; 1 from
were awarded to eleven Master’s students, 3 each from Maldives; 9 from Nepal; 18 from Pakistan; 6 from Sri Lanka
Bangladesh and Nepal, one from Pakistan and 4 from India. and 98 from India.
Full scholarships under the Silver Jubilee Scholarships were
Likewise, 106 Doctoral students were awarded scholarships
awarded to 75 Master’s students from the Least Developed
of which 25 were Silver Jubliee Scholarships awarded to
Countries, while 141 Master’s students were granted SAU
students from the Least Developed Countries as follows: 3
Financial Support with the quantum of financial support
from Afghanistan, 6 from Bangladesh, 1 from Bhutan and 15
ranging from INR 30,000 to INR 1,54,000 per year.
from Nepal. 81 students received an amount of INR 1,20,000
Financial support was granted to 168 Master’s students: 15 per year under the SAU Financial Support.

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 SAU DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
SAU Distinguished Lecture Series is a new series that personalities representing various fields of knowledge.
features noted academicians, subject matter experts, The lectures were chaired by Dr Kavita A Sharma,
leaders, heads of organistions, ambassadors and eminent President, SAU.

Dr Kavita A Sharma with Prof Roger Jeffery

Dr Kavita A Sharma with H.E. Mr. Abdul Basit

H.E. Maj. Gen. V. Namgyel

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During the year under report, the following lectures were organised:

Sl. No. Speaker Topic Date

1 Prof Paula Richman Crossing Boundaries. Narratives and Persons
Oberlin College, Ohio, USA who travel 19.01.2015
2 Prof Roger Jeffery Clinical Trials in South Asia: Building a 23.02.2015
University of Edinburgh, UK Knowledge Society
3 H E Mr Abdul Basit - High Commissioner, Revisiting South Asia: Some Practical Steps
Pakistan High Commission in India Towards Fostering a Shared Regional Consciousness 23.03.2015
4 Mr. Karma SAARC's Efforts At Regional Integration In
CEO - SAARC Development Fund South Asia Through The SDF 08.04.2015

5 H E Shaida Mohammad Abdali Revisiting South Asia: Some Practical Steps Towards 17.04.2015
Ambassador, Afghanistan Embassy in India Fostering a Shared Regional Consciousness
6 Mr Denis Alipov - Deputy Chief of Mission, Russia’s Chairmanship in BRICS 22.04. 2015
Embassy of Russian Federation in India
7 H E Syed Muazzem Ali Revisiting South Asia: Some Practical Steps Towards 28.08.2015
High Commissioner, Fostering a Shared Regional Consciousness
Bangladesh High Commission in India
8 H E Maj Gen Vetsop Namgyel, Ambassador Revisiting South Asia: Some Practical Steps
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Towards Fostering a Shared Regional Consciousness 05.10.2015
Royal Bhutanse Embassy in India
9 Dr Allan E Goodman - President & The Value and Impact of International Education 12.11.2015
CEO - Institute of International Education
10 Dr Karan Singh - Scholar, Statesman and The Four Pillars of Learning UNESCO International 23.11.2015
Member of Parliament Commission for Education in the 21st Century

Dr Kavita A Sharma with Mr. Denis E Alipov

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 SAARC DAY CELEBRATION

Prof Gowher Rizvi being felicitated by Dr Kavita A Sharma

The 31st SAARC Charter Day was celebrated in the Akbar A panel discussion on the topic ‘Enhancing Economic
Bhawan campus of the University on 8 December 2015. Cooperation and Peace in SAARC’ was also held. The
Professor Gowher Rizvi, International Affairs Advisor to the discussion saw the participation of noted academicians from
Prime Minister of Bangladesh, delivered the keynote address the South Asian region including Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma,
at the function as the Chief Guest. The SAARC Charter Day former Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission of Nepal
commemorates the signing of the charter of the South Asian and former ambassador to the USA; Dasho Karma Ura,
Association for Regional Cooperation by seven heads of state President, Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research,
in Kathmandu in 1985. After the idea of establishing a SAARC Bhutan and senior academic from Sri Lanka, Professor
University was mooted by the then Prime Minister of India in Sumanasiri Liyanage. The discussion was chaired by Professor
the Dhaka Summit of SAARC in 2005, Professor Rizvi was Santosh Panda, Dean, Faculty of Economics at South Asian
entrusted with the task of preparing the concept paper for University. The panel explored the various areas where
SAU. The South Asian University became operational in the economic co-operation was possible and the factors affecting
year 2010 admitting its first batch of students that year. them.
In his address, Professor Gowher Rizvi said that many of the
major challenges facing the South Asian countries are trans-
national and need to be solved together as most of them
cannot be solved by national governments of the region in
isolation. He said the complementarity of the nations of this
region needs to be acknowledged and the region can become
the largest market in the world. Dr Kavita Sharma, President,
SAU, who chaired the event, said the celebration of events like
the SAARC Day, which is an annual affair at the University, is
one of the ways to underline the importance of co-operation.
She added that the South Asian region could achieve much
Panel Discussion
more with increased co-operation in various fields.
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 tribute to a living master

Dr Kavita A Sharma inaugurating the Art Exhibition Faculty members at the Exhibition

The South Asian University in association with Art Life Gallery put up a solo show titled 'Tribute to a Living Master' by Padmasri
awardee Dr SV Rama Rao at the SAU Gallery in August. The fortnight-long show was inaugurated by Dr Kavita Sharma, in the
presence of the faculty, students and the well-known artist himself.

lila-sau seminar
A day-long seminar, LILA: The Choice Play of Governance, was organized on 7 March 2015 in collaboration with LILA
Foundation and FIND – India-Europe Foundation for New Dialogues. It explored the concept of 'lila', meaning play, from
different backgrounds and sensibilities—philosophy, economics, physical traditions—in an effort to understand how personal
choices are made in play, without losing the lightness and cohesion of the social act, and vice versa. The event was inaugurated
by Dr Kavita A Sharma in the presence of Jacques Cloarec, Honorary President of FIND, Rizio Yohannan Raj, Founder and
Executive Director of LILA Foundation for Translocal Initiatives.

The mainstay of the event was a robust panel discussion comprising Adrián Navigante, Director of Research and Intellectual
Dialogue, FIND; Debdatta Saha, Assistant Professor of Economics, South Asian University and Navtej Johar, Dancer and
Yoga Expert.

Panelists at the seminar Ms Rizio Y Raj with Dr Kavita A Sharma at the seminar

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 TWO-DAY SOUTH ASIA MEDIA CONFERENCE

Mr Najam Sethi sharing his thoughts at the conference

A two-day international media conference was held at the were discussed at the conference. The need to rise above
Akbar Bhawan campus of the University on 5-6 November nationalistic feelings while reporting on issues involving the
2015. The conference was attended by senior editors and South Asian countries and the necessity of initiating informal
journalists from around the SAARC region including Najam interactions between media practitioners from different
Sethi, Siddharth Varadarajan, Lakshman Gunasekara, Ashok countries as well as creating a common South Asian TV
Vajpeyi, Vijay Naik, Cartoonist EP Unny, Vijay Satokar, Subina
channel and a portal for cartoons catering to the whole region
Shrestha, Suhasini Haidar, Prashant Jha, Elita Karim, Sonam
were some of the ideas mooted.
Pelden and Mehmal Sarfraz.

Many aspects of the media including the role of the media in The two-day conference, attended by academicians, students,
promoting and strengthening regional consciousness in South media persons and representatives from the high commissions
Asia, the pattern of news coverage and the changing dynamics of the SAARC nations in Delhi, was inaugurated by Jawhar
of the mediascape due to social media and popular culture Sircar, Prashar Bharti CEO.

Mr Jawhar Sircar delivering the inaugural speech

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 STUDENT ACTIVITIES
To encourage extracurricular activities, which are considered 1. Society for Art, Music and Dance
an essential part of the modern education system and to 2. Society for Theatre
encourage ownership of the campus space as well as facilitate 3. Society for Film and Photography
mutually learning communities across Departments and
4. South Asia Speaks: A Forum for Dialogical Explorations
Faculties, the University constituted five new societies
beginning August 2015. The aim of each society is to 5. Book Club
foreground the South Asian lens, be it through music, The students across departments have actively engaged and
art, dance, films, photography or literature. These newly participated in various events through the year like photowalks,
constituted societies are: film screenings, book discussions and panel discussions.

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Hostel Festival : Explorasian Mess and Hostel committees are democratically elected
bodies of the hostel residents.
In 2015 South Asian University hostel organized its first hostel
fest – ‘Explorasian’ on the theme of ‘Bridging Boundaries, The ten-day fest was inaugurated by the internationally
Celebrating Cultures’. The main objective of the fest was renowned and prominent South Asian flute maestro Pandit
to provide a creative platform and space to the student Hari Prasad Chaurasia on 5 February 2015. The inaugural
community. Extracurricular activities are considered to be programme was organised in collaboration with Spic Macay. It
an essential part of the modern education system. There was was a memorable evening with Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia
also an general consensus amongst the SAU community that who also interacted with the students after a soulful concert.
the art and culture of the South Asian countries should be The great flute maestro appreciated the idea of SAU and
promoted and this was not possible without the involvement emphasized how music links the people of South Asia.
of student community. The fest was jointly organised by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) had partially
Mess and Hostel committees of the SAU hostel. The SAU sponsored the SAU hostel fest. More than 25 cultural and

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sporting events were organised during the fest. Students Udaipur. The SAUFEST which was organized at Udaipur
enthusiastically participated in all the events, particularly between 7-11 March 2015 brought together students from
the marathon, debating competition, quiz, face painting, across South Asia.
chess, table tennis and cooking competitions. During the
hostel fest an Art Camp was also organised for the students. For the first time students from the South Asian University
More than 450 participants registered in different events of participated in various events at SAUFEST 2015. The
the hostel fest, which concluded on 14 February 2015 with a students were excited at this opportunity as they not only
prize distribution ceremony, cultural night and gala dinner. participated and won, but also built bridges with their
Dr Kavita A Sharma gave away the prizes to the winners. Dr counterparts from across South Asia. The SAU team was
Sharma praised the hard work, dedication and commitment led by the student team leader A B Niloy, and Faculty
of the fest organising committee for the grand success of the Representative Dr Luther Rangreji.
hostel fest. Dr A K Malik together with a large number of
faculty and staff members also attended the prize distribution Jashn-e-Aazaadi: A Collective Celebration of
ceremony and complimented the winners. ‘Explorasian’ was a Freedom
nice experience for the hostel and mess committee and it is
expected that in the coming years more events, festivity and The idea of freedom was celebrated on 14 August, by the
colours will be added to the Hostel Fest. SAU student community, and the occasion also marked a
formal welcome for the new batch of students who joined
SAUFEST : Udaipur
the University beginning August 2015. The event saw
The SAU Team won the Trophy for the Best Team(Best Good cultural events that highlighted the richness of the South
Will Prize) at South Asian Universities Festival(SAUFEST) at Asian cultural diversity.

Team SAU presenting the Best Team Trophy to Dr Kavita A Sharma

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 STUDENT FACILITIES & SERVICES

HOSTEL AND SPORTS FACILITIES All students are covered under the Star Health Insurance
Policy for admission (inpatient) purposes, which is renewed
South Asian University provides hostel accommodation to its
every year by the University for its students.
students on a sharing basis. Preference for accommodation is
given to those students who have come from other countries The OPD attendance in the year 2015 was 4037 patients.
other than India and those Indian students who hail from states The year under report showed an increase in the dengue cases
other than Delhi NCR. The hostels are located inside Akbar reported, which recorded 74 cases from 22 July to 29 October
Bhawan across four floors and currently house 108 girls and 269 2015. Eleven patients were admitted to the hospital and the
boys. There are separate hostels for boys and girls. An entire floor remaining were managed on domiciliary basis. No mortality or
is dedicated to accommodating MPhil/PhD students. morbidity was recorded.

HEALTHCARE FACILITIES The students and staff of SAU are issued circulars of
ongoing infections from time to time and are advised to
The SAU Health Centre caters to the students, staff, faculty take preventive measures. The Administration of SAU
members and all the employees and their families. The centre monitors all the ongoing activities of the Health Centre.
provides basic health care facilities for free. Though small in Efforts are being made to improve further and awareness of
relative terms, it is well-equipped for emergencies and first- students particularly the new batch of students admitted
aid purposes. It functions from 08.30 am to 04.00 pm from every year.
Monday to Friday and on Saturdays from 10.00 am to 02.00
pm. The Health Centre remains closed on Sundays and other
holidays as declared by the University.

The Medical Officer looks after the administration of the

Health Centre. Medical care is provided by the doctor and the
supporting staff. Referrals are made by the Medical Officer for
services not available at the Health Centre like hospitalisation,
investigations, specialists’ consultations and treatment to
public hospitals and empanelled private hospitals, as per
University guidelines.

The Centre has one bed for patient observation. Medicines

prescribed to patients have to be purchased from outside
pharmacies but the patients can claim reimbursement later.
Taxi services are readily available to transport patients to the
hospital in emergencies..
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 Prof G K Chadha Library
The University Library was established to fulfill the academic Off-campus Access: The Library subscribes to EZproxy
and research needs of the students, faculty and staff members to provide access to subscribed electronic resources from
of the University. The current library spreads over a total area anywhere off-campus. All valid library members can avail this
of 4500 sq. ft. The library functions on all 7 days of the week service using their library user ID and password.
from 9:00 am to 12:00 midnight. The reading rooms in the The Library is also a member of DelNet (Developing Library
mezzanine floor and 8th floor are open around-the-clock. Network) and library members can send a request for the loan
The library has text and reference books and journals covering of a book from member institutions across India, Sri Lanka,
a wide range of subject areas. Library resources include around Nepal and Pakistan through the DelNet website. The Library
11,500 volumes of books, 391 e-books, 7268 e-journals, 11 uses the Integrated Library System, Koha, that extends its
print journals, 10 databases, 21 CD/DVDs, newspapers, Library 2.0 technology facilities to its patrons. Using this
magazines and encyclopaedias. system, members are able to customise their user profile,
subscribe to the RSS feed, get notified by auto email, send
The library provides a wide range of services that include book purchase requests, hold or reserve an item, create their
circulation (lending service), access to physical and virtual private/public book list, share an item list, comment, tag,
bookshelf, OPAC with Library 2.0, Current Awareness Service rate any item, look into search history, view the most popular
(CAS), full-text journals, online database, integrated search books, check borrower status and link with online social
facility, inter library loan and references. networks, etc.

In the year 2015, the library purchased 410 volumes of books Library Acquisition in 2015
worth approximately USD 14,000; received 586 donated
Acquisition of Books : 996 volumes
volumes on legal studies from the renowned lawyer, the late
Mr B Sen and subscribed to online journals and databases Books purchased worth approx : USD 14,000.00
worth approximately USD 4,41,269. The Library also made Subscriptions
outright purchase of the Collected Courses of the Hague
Academy of International Law. The Library added 252 new e-Journal packages : 14 (7222 journals)
members during the year under report. e-Databases : 06
On 11 September 2015, the Library organised a user Selected e-Journals : 46
orientation programme for students and faculty members.
Print Journals : 11
Different publishing houses talked about their resources
which are subscribed to by the library. e-Resources subscribed to : USD 4,41,269.00

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Statistics Classification System : Dewey Decimal
Classification 23rd edition
Library Site : Average hit per month
1612 Subject Heading : Library of Congress
Circulation of Books : 25-30 per day Subject Headings

Usage of Books : 48% of total collection Cataloguing Rules : Anglo-American

Cataloguing Rules 2
Usage of books inside the library : 100 per day
Library Professionals : 04
Accessed by Registered Users : 50 per day
Number of seats in the Library : 81
Accessed by Guest Users : 502 in 2015
Number of seats in Reading Rooms : 34
New Patrons : 252
Cubicles for PhD students : 104
Current Library System : Koha version3.18.05.100
Total number of PCs : 05
Coming up in 2016

Workstations at Cyber Centre : 14 • Summon Discovery System from ProQuest

• eBook Library
CCTV Cameras : 08 • RFID and Magnetic Tape in 2016 for Library security,
Number of bookshelves : 27 (double sided) stock verification, circulation and management etc.

Library Staff

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South Asian Studies A Course in Academic Reading and
Writing and Remedial English
In accordance with the mandate of the Governing Board,
a compulsory course titled ‘Introduction to South Asia’ Even though academic reading and writing forms a very large
is offered to all students of the University. It is designed part of a student’s life at university, they are never actually
to introduce students to the history, common issues and taught how to read and write effectively and academically.
challenges of the South Asian region. During the Winter Most students are unfamiliar with reading strategies as well
Semester (January-May 2015), the course was offered to as how to structure essays, reports and research papers. A
the final semester students of the Master's Programmes (as properly designed course in Academic Reading and Writing
well as PhD students who had not taken it earlier) and was a goes a long way in improving students’ academic performance.
non-credit course but from this academic year it is being Therefore, Semester I and II Master's students of Sociology
offered to the first semester students of the Master's and International Relations were offered a non-credit course
Programmes (and those PhD students who had not taken it in Academic Reading and Writing starting this August. After
earlier) as a two-credit course. Though the credits will not a diagnostic test, students were divided into two groups. One
be counted towards the final division, it is mandatory for all group, which needed greater help with the use of the English
students to clear this course in order to be eligible for the language, was also offered remedial English classes besides
award of their degrees. classes in academic reading and writing.

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 FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

A monk in costume performs a traditional dance at Tashichho Dzong, Thimphu

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 FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
2015 has been an eventful year for the Faculty of Economics. Labour Market Dynamics; (iv) Trade and Macro Dynamics;
We held our first international conference on 9-10 April (v) Education, Infrastructure and Inequality; and (vi)
2015 on “South Asian Economic Development – the Way Institutions, Conflicts and Climate Change Vulnerability.
Forward” which was dedicated to the memory of Prof Renowned senior academicians and development experts
G.K. Chadha, the first President of SAU. Dr Manmohan chaired each session. The sessions also included well-known
Singh, the former Prime Minister of India, inaugurated economists as discussants of the papers, who provided
the conference and Prof Jean Dreze, the noted economist, detailed comments and feedback to the young scholars.
delivered the keynote address. Prof Arvind Panagariya,
Chairman, NITI Ayog, delivered a distinguished lecture The participation of young scholars from most of the SAARC
at the conference. The valedictory session was a panel countries, highlighting some of the important issues that
discussion with Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya (Bangladesh), affect South Asia, was the most heartening aspect of the
Prof Danny Attapattu (Sri Lanka) and Prof Ashwani Saith conference. Following the success of this inaugural conference,
(The Netherlands). Prof Abhijeet Sen (JNU, member 14th the Faculty is planning the Second International Conference
Finance Commission) chaired the discussion. in early 2016.

From more than 350 submissions received in response The placement programme of the Faculty has made a good
to the call for papers for the conference, twenty papers start with some students placed in the corporate sector while
by young scholars from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, some have been selected for PhD programmes in other good
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were selected and presented universities. Many have joined as research associates in leading
at the technical sessions. There were six thematic sessions research organizations.
spread over two days on the following broad themes: (i) Overall, we see that 2015 has been a more successful year than
Poverty; (ii) Rural and Agricultural Development; (iii) 2014 and we look forward to making 2016 even better.

India's former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh along with Dr Kavita A Sharma and
Prof Jean Dreze at an international conference in SAU

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Degrees Offered And Student Break-up
Programmes of Study Male Female Total
MA (2015-17) 19 10 29
MA (2014-16) 11 14 25
MPhil/PhD (2015) 3 1 4
MPhil/PhD (2014) 1 2 3
All Programs combined 34 27 61

Country-wise Breakup of Students

Afghanistan 13 Maldives Nil
Bangladesh 07 Nepal 06
Bhutan 01 Pakistan Nil
India 33 Sri Lanka 01

Dr Kavita A Sharma presenting a souvenir to Prof Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog

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 Members OF THE Faculty

Santosh C. Panda, PhD Soumya Datta, PhD

Professor and Dean Assistant Professor
Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Contemporary Issues in Development Macroeconomic Theory, Nonlinear Dynamics
Economics, Fuzzy Decision Theory, Social and Complex Systems
Choice Theory and Applied Microeconomics

Syed M. Ahsan, PhD Rohin Anhal, PhD

Visiting Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Agricultural, Micro Health Insurance, Development Macroeconomics,
Taxation and Fiscal Policy, Poverty, Environmental Economics, Agricultural
Institutions and Growth Economics

Anoma Abhayaratne, PhD Debdatta Saha, PhD

Visiting Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Issues in Development Economics, Microeconomics Industrial Organization,
Economic Empowerment of Women Applied Game Theory, Competition Policy,
Ethics and Economics

Anirban Dasgupta, PhD Namrata Gulati, PhD

Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Poverty and Inequality, Agricultural Development Economics, Applied
Development Microeconomics, Industrial Organization

Sunil Kumar, PhD Binoy Goswami, PhD

Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Applied econometrics, Banking, Industrial Macroeconomics, Environmental
Development Economics, Agricultural Economics,
Development Macroeconomics

Snehashish Bhattacharya, PhD

Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details:

Political Economy, Economic Development;
Economic Methodology

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 faculty INITIATIVES

Visting Scholars/Special Lectures Publications/Books

Prof Anoma Abhayaratne from Sri Lanka was visiting Bhattacharya, S (with K Gilland and R Bhattacharya),
professor with the Department this year. She taught a course The Political Economy of Capitalism, ‘Development’ and
on International Trade and had a successful stint at SAU. Resistance: The State and Adivasis of India, New Delhi:
Sanjeev Sharma, Sr Systems Administrator, Centre for OXFAM India, 2015.
Development Economics, University of Delhi took 5 lectures
Chapters in Books
in ‘Handling NSS Data’ for MA and M.Phil/Ph.D students.
Datta, Soumya, ‘Cycles and crises in a model of debt-financed
Vinod Kumar Tyagi, Sr. Programmer, Institute of Economic
investment-led growth’ in Perspectives on Efficiency, Growth
Growth, New Delhi took 4 lectures on R Programming
and Inequality, Satish Kumar Jain and Anjan Mukherji (eds.),
Grants and Fellowships: Routledge India, ISBN 978-1-13-889046-6.
Gulati, Namrata and Goswami, Binoy, ‘Bridging the
Goswami, Binoy, ‘Impact of Social Sector Expenditures by
Relationship Gap: Does University Serve as a Platform?’
Government on Health and Educational Attainments: An
South Asian University, (March 2015-May 2016), Rs 2 lakhs.
Investigation Across Indian States’, in The Indian Social
Saha, Debdatta, ‘Study of the Food Processing Industry in Sector: Trends and Issues, R K Mishra and Anand Akundy,
Bihar’, International Growth Centre, London School of (eds.), New Delhi: Academic Foundation, ISBN:978-93-
Economics, London, October 2015 to December 2016, 327-0194-6.
8947 GBP
Gulati, Namrata, (with Basudeb Chaudhuri, Apara Banerjee,
Editorial, Reviewing and Refereeing Appointments: Ahana Roy, Imdadul Halder and Safayet Karim) ‘Assessing
Ahsan, Syed M, referee for Empirical Economics, September, Health Care Scenario and Willingness to Pay for Health
October 2015. Insurance in Slums of Mumbai and Its Periphery, in Indian
Development Report 2015, OUP.
Anhal, Rohin, reviewer/referee for Energy Economics.
Panda, Santosh C, ‘Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty
Dasgupta, Anirban (with Murat Arsel), editor, Debate
in Odisha, 1993-2010’ in Trend, Magnitude and Dimensions
Section, Development and Change Forum, 46.4, 2015
of Inequality in Post-Reform India, Rajkishore Panda and
Goswami, Binoy, reviewer for the Journal of Land and Rural
Rajkishor Meher (eds.), Concept Publishing Company, ISBN-
Studies.
13: 978-93-5125-138-5.
Gulati, Namrata, reviewer for Indian Economic Review
Panda, Santosh C,‘Growth, Poverty and Social Sector in
Membership of National/International Bodies Odisha: An Overview’ in Social Sector in India: Issues and
Ahsan, Syed M, member, International Research Network Challenges, H.S. Rout and P. Mishra (eds), Cambridge
CESifo, University of Munich, Germany Scholars Publishing, ISBN(10):1-4438-7799-9.

Prof Santosh Panda with Prof JV Meenakshi, Delhi School of Economics during a seminar in SAU

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Research Papers: Kumar, Sunil, chaired a technical session at the National
Conference on‘Banking Sector Reforms in India: Experience,
Ahsan, Syed M (with S. A., Hamid, Afroza Begum &
Opportunities and Challenges’ at Shri Ram College of
Chowdhury Abdullah Al Asif), ‘Inequity in Formal Health
Commerce, University of Delhi, 6-7 April 2015
Care Use: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh’, Journal of
International Development, Wiley, pp. 36-54. Panda, Santosh C, keynote address, ‘Rational Choice Theory
– Limitations and Extensions’, delivered at iPURSE 2015:
Dasgupta, Anirban (with Murat Arsel), ‘Critique, Rediscovery
International Conference at University of Peradeniya, Sri
and Revival in Development Studies’, Development and
Lanka on 5 November 2015.
Change 46.4: 2015, pp 644-665
Panda, Santosh C, conference chair for 1st International
Goswami, Binoy, ‘Does Tenure Status Affect the Adoption of
Conference held on ‘South Asian Economic Development:
Land Productivity Enhancing Practices and Input Intensities?
The Way Forward’ held at SAU, 9-10 April 2015
Evidence from Assam Plains in India’s Northeast’, Journal of
Land and Rural Studies, Sage, 3:1:2015, pp. 29-44. Saha, Debdatta, ‘Games People Play’invited lecture for the
Lila Foundation at the South Asian University, 7 March 2015
Papers Presented at Conferences/Symposia:
Keynote Addresses/Invited Talks/Discussions Papers Presented
Ahsan, Syed M, ‘Willingness to Pay for Private Health
Anhal, Rohin, ‘Limited Dependent Variable Models’, invited
Insurance by the Poor’, IFMR Business School, Chennai, 20-
lecture at the Institute of Economic Growth, organized by the
21 Feb. 2015?.
Indian Econometric Society, New Delhi on 17 September 2015.
Ahsan, Syed M, ‘Inclusive Microinsurance: The Delivery and
Bhattacharya, Snehashish, ‘Globalization, Development
Regulatory Architecture’ at the International Seminar on
and the Informal Economy in India: Neoliberalism or
‘Moving Beyond Mainstream Insurance’, Insurance Institute
Contradictions of Development under Postcolonial
of India, Mumbai, 26 August 2015.
Capitalism?’, invited lecture at the International Workshop
on ‘Neoliberal India: Globalization and Development’, Ahsan, Syed M, ‘Microfinance, Gender and Rural Health
organized by Franklin University, Switzerland, 10 March 2015, in Bangladesh’, at the Institute of Economic Growth, New
New Delhi. Delhi, 18 Sept. 2015.
Bhattacharya, Snehashish, ‘Antinomies of Transition: Dualism Bhattacharya, Snehashish,‘Reproduction of Conditions of
and Economic Growth’, invited lecture at the CESP Seminar Subsistence: The Informal Economy in India’, presented at
Series 2015, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, the 41st Annual Conference of Eastern Economic Association,
School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New 27 Feb.-1 March 2015, New York, USA.
Delhi, 6 October 2015. Datta, Soumya, ‘Endogenous fluctuations and chaos in a model
Bhattacharya, Snehashish, lead discussant and reviewer at the of exchange rate with heterogeneous expectations’, at the
CESP-CAS Young Scholar’s Conference 2015, 9 March 2015, Singapore Economic Review Conference 2015, jointly organized
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. by Singapore Economic Review, Nanyang Technological
University, Asian Development Bank Institute and National
Goswami, Binoy, ‘Valuation of Environmental Resources’
University of Singapore, 5-7August 2015, Singapore.
invited lecture at the National Workshop on ‘Environmental
Resource Management and Sustainable Development’ Datta, Soumya, ‘Growing with Steindlian mark-up dynamics
organized by B K B College, Assam on 8 August 2015. and interest rate rules’, at the Grenoble Post-Keynesian
Conference on ‘Money, Crises and Capitalism’, organized
Goswami, Binoy, ‘Industrialization with Emission Fees and
by Centre de Recherche en Économie de Grenoble, Faculté
Ambient Pollution Permits’, invited lecture at the National
d’économie de Grenoble, Université Grenoble Alpes and Review
Workshop on ‘Environmental Resource Management and
of Keynesian Economics, 10-12 December 2015, Grenoble, France.
Sustainable Development’at B K B College, Assam on 9
August 2015. Goswami, Binoy, ‘Revisiting the Tenancy-Inefficiency
Question with an Inter-temporal Optimization Framework:
Goswami, Binoy, discussant for the paper ‘Weather Shocks,
Insights from and Implications for Small Farmer Preponderant
Rural-Urban Interlinkages and Urban Livelihood Strategies:
Agrarian Set-up of Assam, India’ at the 17thAnnual Conference
Evidence from Kumi District of Uganda’ at the International
of the International Network for Economic Research at the
Conference on ‘Institutions, Reforms and Economic
Development’ Peking University, China, 19-20 Sept. 2015. University of Bedfordshire, Luton, U.K., 21-23 May 2015.

Goswami, Binoy, discussant for the paper ‘What Determines Goswami, Binoy, ‘Making Farm Size Induced Constraints
Farmers’ Decision to Buy Irrigation Water: A Study of Ground Non-binding through Endogenous Institutional Innovations:
Water Market in Eastern India’ at the 17th Annual Conference Findings from a Field Study in Assam Plains, India’ at the
of International Network for Economic Research, University International Conference on ‘Institutions, Reforms and
of Bedfordshire, Luton, U.K., 21-23 May 2015. Economic Development’ held in Peking University, China,
19-20 Sept. 2015.
Gulati, Namrata, ‘Limited Dependent Variable Models’
invited lecture at the Institute of Economic Growth, New Gulati, Namrata, ‘Income Inequality, Neighbourhood Effects
Delhi on 17 September 2015. and Product Quality’, at the 6th meeting of the Society for

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the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), Université du Kumar, Sunil, ‘Deregulation, Ownership and Bank Efficiency
Luxembourg, Campus Kirchberg, Luxembourg, 13-15 July 2015. in India: A Revisit’, at the National Conference on ‘Slow
Kumar, Sunil, ‘Impact of global financial crisis on the profit Down, Banks and Role of Apex Banking Institution in the
efficiency of Indian banks: A metafrontier analysis’, at the Market Economy of India: The Way Forward’ organized by
International Conference on ‘Banking, Real Estate and the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development
Financial Crises: Hong Kong, China and the World’, jointly (CRRID), Chandigarh, 26-7 Feb. 2015.
organized by Dep. of Economics and Finance Business,
Economic and Public Policy Research Centre & Sustainable Panda, Santosh C, ‘Game Theory: An Introduction”, at the
Real Estate Research Centre, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Economics Association, Arthagya, I.P. College for Women, 3
Hong Kong, China, 17 January 2015. Feb. 2015.

Visits of Scholars to the Faculty:

Date Subject/Topic Speaker’s Name

22-1-2015 Import Penetration and the Demand for Dr Pavel Chakraborty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Managers: Evidence from India OxCarre, Department of Economics, University of Oxford

05-2-2015 How Backward are the Other Backward Prof. Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics,
Classes? Changing Contours of Caste University of Delhi,
Disadvantage in India

19-2-2015 Designing Policies in the Presence of Hawala Prof Kavita Rao, National Institute of Public Finance and
Markets Public Policy, New Delhi,

26-2-2015 Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Dr Ram Kumar Phuyal, Associate Professor, Centre for
Inequality in Nepal Development Economics and Administration, Tribhuvan
University, Nepal

19 -3-2015 Public versus Private Provisioning: Role of Dr Tridip Ray, Associate Professor, Indian Statistical
Education and Political Participation Institute, Delhi

24 -3-2015 The determinants of export performance Prof MA Taslim, Chairman, Department of Economics,
during the global recession of 2009 University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

20-8-2015 Remittance and Labor Market Outcomes: Dr Amarendra Sharma, Associate Professor, Elmira College,
Evidence from Mexico Elmira, NY, USA

28-8-2015 Targeting Debt and Deficits Prof N.R. Bhanumurthy, National Institute of Public
Finance and Policy, New Delhi

04-9-2015 Gravity Model Analysis of Trade Potential Prof Amita Batra, Centre for South Asian Studies, JNU
and Economic Integration: Empirical
Evidence from South Asia".

11-9-2015 Utilization of ICDS services and their Prof JV Meenakshi, Delhi School of Economics
impact on child health outcomes Evidence
from three East Indian states

18-9-2015 Foreign Direct Investment and Firm Prof Bishwanath Goldar, Institute of Economic Growth
Performance in India

20-10-2015 A comparative analysis of the effects of Prof BK Pradhan, Institute of Economic Growth, D.U.
climate policies on China and India

6-11-2015 Caste Identity and Institutions: Perceptions Dr Deepti Goel, Assistant Professor, Delhi School of
About Remunerative Earnings from Self- Economics, D.U.
Employment in India

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 Faculty of Legal Studies
The Faculty of Legal Studies continued to make progress in and MPhil synopses and dissertations were streamlined. As a
the year 2015. Active and intellectual participation from the result, we feel more confident of making greater progress by
members of the faculty and the students is reflected in the taking new initiatives in the coming year.
large number of publications and presentations that they have
Degrees Offered & Student Break-up
made at international and national fora. As in preceding years,
LLM & MPhil/PhD
the Faculty of Legal Studies invited a number of eminent
speakers to share their knowledge and experience with its Country-wise break-up of students:
faculty and students. It conducted a number of seminars
Programmes of Male Female Total
on contemporary issues, including the Human Rights Day
Study
Seminar on 10 December 2015 under the supervision of Dr
Nafees Ahmad. This seminar attracted several speakers and LLM (2015-17) 26 1 27
participants from other universities. A seminar on ‘Recent LLM (2014-16) 20 6 26
Developments in International Law’, was organised on 3 MPhil/PhD 5 2 7
February 2015 and another on ‘International Economic Law
and Regulation’ on 17 April 2015, both under the supervision
Country-wise break-up of students:
of Dr Prabhash Ranjan.

The alumni of the Faculty have been successful in finding Afghanistan 5 Maldives 0
placement in universities in India and abroad. The Faculty
Bangladesh 15 Nepal 2
also reviewed and revised its courses to make them more useful
and relevant. New methods of teaching and evaluation were Bhutan 0 Pakistan 3
introduced to enhance the impact of some of the courses.
The arrangements and procedures for submission of LLM India 33 Sri Lanka 2

Faculty members and students

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 MEMBERS OF THE Faculty

Professor Yogesh Tyagi, PhD Nafees Ahmad, PhD

Professor and Dean Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
International Law, International Public International Law, International
Organizations, Human Rights, Legal Theory, Refugee Law, International Human
Globalization Rights Law, International Humanitarian
Law,Comparative Constitutional Law of
SAARC Nations, International Constitutional
Law

V.G. Hegde, PhD Stellina Jolly, PhD

Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
International Law, International Trade Law, International Environmental Law, Bio-Ethics,
Intellectual Property Rights, International Legal Theory
Water Law

Luther Rangreji, PhD Sai Ramani Garimella, PhD

Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Law of the Sea, International Environmental Legal Theory and application studies
Law and Law of International Watercourses in constitutional perspective; analysis
of theoretical constructs in Indian
constitutionalism, Private International Law,
International Commercial Arbitration

Srinivas Burra, PhD Prabhash Ranjan

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
International Law, International Human International Economic Law, International
Rights Law, International Criminal Law, Investment Law, World Trade Law
International Humanitarian Law

Prof Catherine Redgwell, University College London

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 Faculty Initiatives

Special Mention Rangreji, LM, member, Organizing Committee, World Congress

on International Law, New Delhi, 9-11 January 2015.
Prabhash Ranjan’s work was cited in the following leading
academic publications in 2015: Rangreji, L M, provided inputs on India’s National Consultation
on ‘Third National Report on the Implementation of the
Journal of International Economic Law (OUP) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety’, MOEF&CC, New Delhi,
ICSID Review (OUP) 28 Oct. 2015.
Asian Journal of International Law (CUP)
Rangreji, L M, member, Genetic Engineering Appraisal
Brazilian Journal of International Law
Committee (GEAC), to provide legal advice to clinical and
Trade, Law and Development field trial applications at meetings held in 2015.
Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy: The Politics Ranjan, Prabhash, invited as an expert by the Department
of Bilateral Investment Treaties in Developing Countries, of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of
(ed.) LNS Poulsen, CUP, 2015. India to offer comments on India’s Draft Model Bilateral
Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning, (ed.) Investment Treaty, 2015
SR Ratner, OUP, 2015. Ranjan, Prabhash, member, Expert Group, India’s Model
Bilateral Investment Treaty, constituted by the 17th Law
Oxford Yearbook of International Investment Law and Policy
Commission of India to draft the 260th Report of the Law
2013-14, (ed.) AK Bjorklund, OUP, 2015. Commission, submitted to the Indian Government, April-
Appointments to External Bodies July 2015.
Ahmed, Nafees, visiting faculty on ‘International Refugee Tyagi, Y K, member, Law Commission of India, 2014-15
Law’ at the Indian Socieity of International Law, New Delhi Tyagi, Y K, Director, Research Course on Public International
Hegde, V G, member, Executive Council, Indian Society of Law (English), The Hague Academy of International Law,
International Law Netherlands.

Hegde, V G, member, Executive Council, Asian Society of

Editorial/Reviewing/Refereeing Assignments
International Law Ahmad, Nafees, member, Local Review Board on Field Work
Ethics, India-Health and Human Rights Program, World
Rangreji, L M, elected Vice-President of the Indian Society of
Learning-USA & School for International Training (SIT
International Law, New Delhi
Study Abroad), New Delhi-INDIA.

Distinguished Indian International lawyer Dr PS Rao with a Faculty member in a seminar in SAU

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Burra, S, member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of al, for FRAME (Fostering Human Rights among European
International Law. Policies – under large scale FP7 Collaborative Project,
Burra, S, coordinator, Students/Young Scholars Conference, University of Leuven, Belgium), 2015, pp.221-238.
World Congress on International Law: Contemporary Issues
Hegde, Venkatachala G, ‘International Law in the Courts of
of International Law, Indian Society of International Law,
9-11 January 2015, New Delhi. Asia: The Indian Experience’, Asian Yearbook of International
Law, (ed.) Kevin YL Tan, National University of Singapore,
Garimella, Sai Ramani, subject expert, ‘Private International
Singapore: Routledge.
Law – EMMRC’, Osmania University project under UGC,
India, 2015. Hegde Venkatachala G, ‘State Practice of India’, Asian
Garimella, Sai Ramani, member, editorial board, Journal of Yearbook of International law, Seoul, Korea.
Law and Conflict Resolution, 2015.
Jolly, Stellina, ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Hegde, VG, member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of
Degradation: Balancing Development and Climate Change’,
International Law
Book of select papers, (ed.), Ashwani Bansal, University of
Jolly, Stellina, advisory board member, Bangladeshi Journal Delhi Publications, (2015), ISBN 9788193132005.
of Socio Legal Studies, http://www.bjsls.org/index.php?r=site/
page&view=advisory_board Jolly, Stellina, ‘Responsibility to Protect and Disaster
Jolly, Stellina, peer reviewer for the Annual International Management’, in Disaster law for a Vigilant Disaster Risk
Studies Convention, JNU Delhi, 22-23 March 2015. Reduction, (ed.) Amita Singh, Routledge, 2015.
Rangreji, L M, member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Jolly, Stellina, ‘Land Mark Cases on International Law’, in
International Law International Law, (ed.) Shilpa Jain, Eastern Book Company.
Rangreji, L M, member, Research and Planning Committee
of the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of Rangreji, Luther, ‘“Locating India” in the Contemporary
International Law, 26-27 November, Bangkok. International Legal Order’, in ‘India and the Law of the Sea’,
(eds.) Srinivas Burra and Rajesh Babu, Springer.
Ranjan, Prabhash, referee for Law, Environment and
Development Journal (LEAD) published by School of Rangreji, Luther, ‘India and Annex VI to the Madrid Protocol
Oriental and African Studies, University of London and Asian on Protection of the Antarctic Environment: Some Preliminary
Journal of International Law, Cambridge University Press. Thoughts’, in The White World: Science and Geopolitics of
Ranjan, Prabhash, book review editor of the Indian Journal Arctic-Antarctic-Himalaya, Lights Research Foundation.
of International Law (Springer), http://www.springer.com/law/
international/journal/40901?detailsPage=editorialBoard Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Protecting Security Interests in
Grants and Fellowships International Investment Law’, in Security and International
Law, (eds), Mary Footer, Julia Schmidt and Nigel D White,
Ranjan, Prabhash, awarded visiting fellowship, Lauterpacht
Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Research Centre for International Law, Faculty of Law,
University of Cambridge: May-June 2015. Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘National Contestation of International
Ranjan, Prabhash, project on ‘Comparative Analysis of Investment Law and International Rule of Law’, in Rule of
Provisions on Investment in US FTAs and India’s BITs’, funded Law at National and International Levels: Contestations and
by the Centre for WTO Studies, Ministry of Commerce, INR Deference, (eds) M Kanetake and A Nollkaemper, Oxford:
1,20,000. Hart Publishing.
Publications/Books
Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Bilateral Investment Treaties and Right
Garimella, Sai Ramani with Stellina Jolly, Private to Health: Comparing Chinese and Indian BITs’ in Socio
International Law – South Asian States’ Practice, Springer Economic Rights in Emerging Free Markets – Comparative
Jolly, Stellina, with Sai Ramani Garimella, Private Perspectives From India and China, (eds.) S Deva, London:
International Law – South Asian States’ Practice, Springer Routledge, pp 236-261.
Chapters in Books Ranjan, Prabhash, review of Regionalism in International
Garimella, Sai Ramani, ‘Environmental Disputes Investment Law by Leon E Trakman and Nicola W Ranieri
Resolution, ADR Methods and the PCA Arbitration Rules’, (eds.) Oxford/New York, OUP, 2013, in the Asian Journal of
in Society and the Law (ed.) Ayan Hazra, Cambridge, International Law, vol 5: 411, 2015.
Scholars Publishing, 2015. Research papers:
Hegde, Venkatachala G, ‘Gaps and Deviances in the Human Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Mapping Refugees Protection Under
Rights Protection Systems of the South Asian Association for International Law: Legal Desirability And Human Rights
Regional Cooperation’ in Report on the Global Human Rights Suitability’, http://www.countercurrents.org/ahmad030615.
Protection Governance System (eds.) Monika Myrhofer et htm, 2015.
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Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Contemporary Challenges for International ‘World Congress on International Law: Contemporary Issues
Refugee Law’, Society for Policy Studies, http://goo.gl/wkQgbr of International Law’, Indian Society of International Law,
2015. New Delhi, 9-11 Jan. 2015.

Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Ethical Dimensions of International Refugee Burra, S, panelist on ‘Indian Journal of International Law’,
Law’, Religion and Law Review, XXIV: 1, 2015, pp. 32-45. at the ‘World Congress on International Law: Contemporary
Issues of International Law’, Indian Society of International
Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Interrelationship between Competing Law, New Delhi, 9-11 Jan. 2015.
Equalities in India: Tension between the Institutional
Functionalism and the Transformative Constitutionalism’, Burra, S, co-chaired a session on ‘Teaching and Research in
Indraprastha Technology Law Journal, Vol. International Law’, at the World Congress on International
Law, ‘Contemporary Issues of International Law’, Indian
Ahmad, Nafees, ‘The Constitution-Based Approach of Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, 9-11 Jan. 2015.
Judiciary to the Refugee Rights and Global Standards of UN
Convention’, Aligarh Law Journal. Burra, S, ‘TWAIL’s Others: Interrogating TWAILers and their
Field of Analysis’, at ‘Third World Approaches to International
Burra, Srinivas, ‘Right to Self-Determination’, e-PG Pathshala, Law: On Praxis and the Intellectual’, Cairo, Egypt, 21-24 Feb.
UGC (An MHRD Project under NME-ICT), 2015. 2015 and ‘TWAIL’s Others: Interrogating TWAILers and
Jolly, Stellina, ‘Access and Benefit Sharing Under Nagoya their Field of Analysis’, TWAIL Windsor Workshop, 6-8 June
Protocol and Sustainable Development: A Critical Analysis’, 2015, University of Windsor, Canada.
International Journal of Juridical Science, University of Agora, Burra, S, lectures on International Humanitarian law, West
Romania, 2015. Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, 9-13
Rangreji, Luther, ‘Future Legal Regime on Marine Biodiversity March 2015.
Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction’, AALCO Journal of
Burra, S, ‘Defining International Terrorism: New Contexts
International Law, vol 4:1, 2015.
and Old Contests’, 44th Annual Conference of the Indian
Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Most Favoured Nation Principle in Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, 1-2 May, 2015.
Bilateral Investment Treaties: A Case for Reform’, Indian
Journal of International Law, 55: 39, 2015. Burra, S, ‘India and International Human Rights and Armed
Conflicts, Human Rights and the State’, at the ‘Refresher
Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Comparing Investment Provisions in Course in Human Rights & Social Inclusion’, UGC-Human
India’s FTAs with India’s Stand-Alone BITs: Contributing to Resource Development Centre, Academic Staff College,
the Evolution of New Indian BIT Practice’, Journal of World Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 30 July - 20 August 2015.
Investment and Trade, 16: 899, 2015.
Burra, S, ‘Pursuing Partial Justice: Sifting through the Process
Papers Presented at Conferences/Symposia of Criminalisation of Responsibility in International Law’,
Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Gender, Conflicts & Security: Perspectives 5th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International
from South Asia’, at the international conference, Dept. of Law, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-27 Nov. 2015.
International Relations, SAU & UN Women, New Delhi, 23-4
April 2015. Burra, S, panelist on ‘Reporting on the Fate of Victims of
Natural/Man-Made Disasters’, 2015 Annual Awards Ceremony
Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Secularism, Pluralism and Constitutionalism’, for Best Article and Photograph on a Humanitarian Subject’,
India-Health & Human Rights Program, World Learning- Press Institute of India and the International Committee of
USA & School for International Training (SIT Study Abroad), the Red Cross, New Delhi, 2 Dec. 2015.
New Delhi, 18 Sept. 2015.
Burra, S, chaired a session at the ‘3rd Advanced International
Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Women Refugees and Reproductive Rights Humanitarian Law South Asia Academics Training’, ICRC,
under IRL’, India-Health & Human Rights Program, World Regional Delegation, New Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia
Learning-USA & School for International Training (SIT University, New Delhi, 17-19 Nov. 2015.
Study Abroad), New Delhi, 16 Oct. 2015.
Burra, S, ‘Protection of Civilians and DPH’, 27th South Asia
Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Triple Talaq: A Tryst With Tyranny’, India- Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law, ICRC
Health & Human Rights Program, World Learning-USA & Regional Delegation and the Indian Society of International
School for International Training (SIT Study Abroad), New Law, New Delhi, 6-11 Dec. 2015.
Delhi, 16 Oct. 2015.
Garimella, Sai Ramani, invited talk on ‘Business and the
Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Protection of Refugees under Islamic Law,’ Legal Environment’ at Ambedkar University, Delhi, Sept.
India - Health & Human Rights Program, World Learning- 2015.
USA & School for International Training (SIT Study Abroad),
New Delhi, 24 Oct. 2015. Garimella, Sai Ramani, ‘Indeterminacy in the Social
Exclusion Laws – The Case of the Dalit Woman’, at Osgoode
Burra, S, ‘Is the Shift towards Individual Criminal
Forum 2015 – Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll, Osgoode Hall Law
Responsibility a Drift From State Responsibility?’, at the
School, York University, Ontario, Canada, 15-16 May 2015.

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Garimella, Sai Ramani, ‘Free Speech, Shreya Singhal and the the Sea, organized by AALCO and University of Terengganu,
Inadequacies’, at PLC- Osmania University, Hyderabad, Oct. Putrajaya, Malaysia, 25-26 Aug. 2015.
2015.
Rangreji, L M, chaired panel on ‘Law of the Sea’, World
Garimella, Sai Ramani, ‘Revisiting Arbitrability’s Congress on International Law, organized by the Indian
Confidentiality Feature’, 2015 UNCITRAL Emergence Society of International Law, New Delhi, 9-11 Jan. 2015.
Conference, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China, Nov.
Rangreji, L M, chaired a panel on ‘Law of the Sea’ at the Fifth
2015.
Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International
Hegde, Venkatachala G, ‘Protection of Refugees in India: Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Justice, 26-27
Quest for National Refugee Law’, Legal Aid Society, West Nov. 2015.
Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkota, 27
Rangreji, L M, resource person at a workshop on ‘National
Feb. 2015.
Space Legislation’, Indian Space Research Organization,
Hegde, Venkatachala G, ‘Intellectual Property Rights and ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore, 16-17 Jan. 2015.
their Significance in Biomedical Research’, All India Institute
Rangreji, L M, ‘Historical Development of the Law of the
of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 18 April 2015.
Sea’, Annual Course on International Maritime Law Academy,
Hegde, Venkatachala G, ‘Intellectual Property Rights and Gujarat National Law University, and National Maritime
South Asia’, Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat, Haryana, 19 Foundation, Gandhinagar,14-16 March 2015,
March 2015. Rangreji, L M, ‘Meeting of the Research and Planning
Hegde, Venkatachala G, ‘Protection of Traditional Knowledge: Committee’, Inter-sessional Conference of Fifth AsianSIL
Need to Develop a Sui Generis System in both Defensive and Conference on ‘Rule of Law and Development”, Ministry of
Positive Protection’, at the International Seminar on ‘Interface Foreign Affairs, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-5 June 2015.
between Intellectual Property Rights, Competition Law and Rangreji, L M, ‘India and Annex VI to the Madrid Protocol on
Traditional Knowledge’, University School of Law and Legal Protection of the Antarctic Environment: Some Preliminary
Studies, Guru Gobinda Singh Indraprastha University, New Thoughts’, 3rd International Conference of Science and
Delhi, 13 March 2015. Geopolitics of Arctic-Antarctic-and Himalayas, Ministry of
Earth Sciences and Lights Foundation, New Delhi, 29-30
Hegde, Venkatachala G, ‘Space Law and Space Commerce’ at
Sept. 2015.
the workshop on ‘National Space Act’, Indian Space Research
Organization, Bangalore, 16-17 Jan. 2015. Rangreji, L M, ‘GM Crops in India: A Tenuous Interface of
Science, Policy and Law’ at the ‘International Conference on
Jolly, Stellina, ‘Law and Governance Issues in Disaster
Biodiversity, Sustainable Development and Law’, Faculty of
Management’, ‘National Seminar on Exploring Social Law, St. John’s Divinity School, University of Cambridge, UK,
Sciences Tools in Teaching Disaster Research’, JNU, Delhi, 21-22 Jan. 2015.
21 Sept. 2015.
Rangreji, L M, ‘Global Legal Education: Imperatives from
Jolly, Stellina, ‘Forest Management Climate Governance and International Law’, at the conference on ‘Legal Education
Promotion of Equity: A Legal Analysis’, IUCN International – Challenges and Reforms in the 21st Century’ KIIT and
Annual Colloquium on Environmental Law, Jakarta, Confederation of Indian Bar, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, 9 Aug.
Indonesia, 7-12 Sept. 2015. 2015.
Jolly, Stellina, ‘Incorporating Environmental Human Rights Rangreji, L M, ‘Future Legal Regime on Marine Biodiversity
during Conflict and Post Conflict Regime’, Third RGNUL Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction’ Asian African-Legal
Multidisciplinary Congress on ‘Human Rights: Afro-Asian Consultative Organization Legal Experts Meeting on the Law
Perspectives’ Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala of the Sea, AALCO and University of Terengganu, Putrajaya,
(with academic support of the African Court on Human and Malaysia, 25-26 Aug. 2015.
Peoples’ Rights, Tanzania), 28 Feb. 2015. Ranjan, Prabhash, 'Critiquing the Use of Proportionality
Jolly, Stellina, ‘Lima Climate Conference’, monthly panel Test in Investment Treaty Arbitration’, World Congress on
discussion, ISIL, 6 Feb. 2015, Delhi. International Law, Indian Society of International Law, New
Delhi, 9-11 Jan. 2015.
Rangreji L M, discussant and commentator on Lavanya
Rajamani talk and paper on ‘Negotiating the 2015 Climate Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Bilateral Investment Treaties in RTAs
Change Agreement’, Centre for Policy Research, 3 July 2015, and Implications’, specialized course on ‘Select WTO Issues:
New Delhi. Agriculture, Services, TRIPS and RTAs’ under the ITEC
Rangreji L M, chaired a panel discussion on ‘Marine Programme of the Ministry of External Affairs, Centre for
Biodiversity beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction’ with WTO Studies, IIFT, New Delhi, 12-31 Jan. 2015.
Secretary General of Asian African-Legal Consultative
Organization (AALCO) Legal Experts Meeting on the Law of Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘National Contestation of International
Investment Law and International Rule of Law’, Public

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Lecture, National Law University, Jodhpur, 13 March 2015. FLS in the Media
Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Should the Indian Parliament Have a Ranjan, Prabhash wrote the following Op-Eds in The
Role in Ratifying International Economic Treaties?’ at the Financial Express, India’s leading business newspapers:
colloquium in honour of Prof M P Singh titled ‘Journey of ‘Reviving the India-US BIT Dialogue’, The Financial Express,
the Indian Constitution: We the People and Free Markets’ 26 January 2015, http://www.financialexpress.com/article/fe-
National University, New Delhi, 19 Sept. 2015. columnist/reviving-the-indo-us-bit-dialogue/34946/
Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘India’s Draft Model BIT 2015: What ‘A Bit of an Over Reaction’, The Financial Express, 4 April
Next?’, Asia FDI Forum at the Chinese University of Hong 2015, http://www.financialexpress.com/article/fe-columnist/
Kong, Hong Kong, 5-6 Nov. 2015. column-a-bit-of-an-overreaction/60348/

Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Saving WTO from Irrelevance: ‘Saving the WTO from the Risk of Irrelevance’, Business
Augmenting the Supervisory Role of WTO on FTAs’, at Standard, 7 November 2015 (co-authored with Rachit
Ranjan)-http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/
the conference on ‘Governance and Economic Integration
prabhash-ranjan-rachit-ranjan-saving-the-wto-from-the-risk-
through Free Trade Agreements’, Bournemouth University
of-irrelevance-115110700802_1.html
and Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, New Delhi,
16-17 Nov. 2015. Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Dismay as Muslim Law Board Sticks to
Regressive Instant “Talaq” over a 3-Month Process’, First Post,
Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Role of Bilateral Investment Treaties in (CNN-IBN 18) http://www.firstpost.com/india/dismay-as-
Attracting Foreign Investment’, workshop on ‘Impact of FDI muslim-law-board-sticks-to-regressive-instant-talaq-over-a-3-
on Economic Growth’, the Energy Resources Institute, New month-process-2422348.html?utm_source=fp_top_internal
Delhi, 3 Dec. 2015.
Ahmad, Nafees, ‘BRICS Summit-2015: Diplomacy,
Ranjan, Prabhash, ‘Perspectives on India and the Investor Developments and Outcomes’, Rajya Sabha Television
State Dipsute Settlement’, at the Asia Pacific Transparency (RSTV), 09 July 2015, https://www.youtube.com/
Monitoring Center Inaugural Conference, ‘Perspectives watch?v=xHoM4Jtphh8
on International Investment Agreements and Status of Ahmad, Nafees, ‘Indo-Pak Relations, Terrorism, Diplomacy
Investment Treaty Disputes in Asia-Pacific Region’, Seoul and Indian Foreign Policy Imperatives at BRICS Summit’,
National University and the Korean Commercial Arbitration Rajya Sabha Television 9, July 2015. https://www.youtube.
Board, Seoul, South Korea, 18 Dec. 2015. com/rajyasabhatv.

Visits of Scholars to the Faculty:

Sl. No. Date Subject/Topic Speaker
1 03-02-15 Recent Developments in Armin Rosencranz
International Law, (Chair)

Proliferation of Rights in Stephen Marks, Visiting Professor, O.P. Jindal Global

International Law and Proposals for University, Sonipat
Bounding the Right to Health

International Human Rights Law Manoj Kumar Sinha, Director, Indian Legal Institute, Delhi
Constitutionalization of Mahindra Pal Singh, former Vice Chancellor, NUJS, Kolkota
International Law

Corruption and Governance C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University

2 24-03-15 Maritime Security, with Special (Cmde) P.K.Goel AVSM,VSM

Emphasis on Combating Piracy

3 09-04-15 The Conflict between Religious Carolyn Evans,  Dean and Harrison Moore Professor of
Freedom and Discrimination in Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Western Legal Systems

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4 17-04-15 International Investment Law - Liela Choukroune,
How to Strike a Balance between Associate Prof, Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht,
Investment Protection and Host Netherlands
State’s Right to Regulate

International Intellectual Property Yogesh Pai, Asst Prof, National Law University, Delhi
Obligations and Regulatory Space

Role of Appellate Body of the WTO in R V Anuradha, Partner, Clarus Law Associates, India
Balancing Trade Liberalization and
Host Country’s Right To Regulate

Does the New Draft Indian Model

Bilateral Investment Treaty Balance Aniruddha Rajput, Graduate Research Scholar, National
Investment Protection with University of Singapore
Regulation?
5 21-04-15 Towards International Energy Law? Catherine Redgewell, Chichele Professor of Public
International Law & Co-Director, Oxford Geoengineering
Programme, University of Oxford
6 21-05-15 Imperialism and International Legal Anthony Anghie, Samuel D. Thurman Professor of Law,
Theory College Of Law, University of Utah, USA
7 17-08-15 Green Imperialism: A legal insight Kokila Konasinghe, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law,
to North-South dimension in global University of Colombo
environmental governance
8 29-09-15 Identification of Customary PS Rao, Special Advisor, Attorney General Office, State of
International Law Qatar
9 10-12-15 Human Rights Day Seminar, (Chair) TK Oommen
Prof Emeritus, JNU New Delhi

Human Rights Understanding and M Afzal Wani

Enforcement: A Critique of National Dean, Faculty of Law
and Global Scenario GGIP University, New Delhi

Human Rights in the 21ST Century: Manoj Kumar Sinha

Issues and Challenges Director, Indian Law Institute
New Delhi

Role of NHRIs YSR Murthy

Human Rights Day Seminar, (Chair) Registrar, O P Jindal Global University, Haryana

Why do we need human rights C Raj Kumar

education in Universities? Vice Chancellor O P Jindal Global University

Human Rights in the Decade of Kathleen A Modrowski

Surveillance: A Debate between Dean, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O P
Liberty and Freedom Jindal Global University

Rashmi Raman
Asst Prof and Asst Director, Centre for International Legal
Studies, Jindal Global Law School, O P Jindal Global
University

Environment, Human Rights and Yugank Goyal

Judiciary in India Associate Prof
Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O P Jindal
Global University

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 FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES
& BIOTECHNOLOGY

People celebrating colours during the Holi festival in India

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 FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES & BIOTECHNOLOGY
This year the Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology took DNA Technology’, was coordinated by Dr Ritu Gaur and
concrete steps to establish the South Asian University as a Dr Senthil Kumar Venugopal (6-10 July 2015). The second
forum for the interactions of biologists and biotechnologists one on ‘Protein Expression and Purification Techniques’,
from the South Asian region by organising the first South was coordinated by Dr Rinkoo Devi Gupta and Dr Ananda
Asian Biotechnology Conference in February 2015. With Mustafiz (13-17 July 2015). The workshop on ‘MicroRNAs:
Prof R K Saxena as Chairman and Dr S K Venugopal as Novel tools for Diagnostics’ was coordinated by Dr Ritu Gaur
Convenor, the conference had delegates from most South and Dr Senthil Kumar Venugopal (15-16 October 2015). The
Asian countries and was highly successful. 150 student and workshop on ‘Gene Expression Analysis by Real Time PCR’
faculty level delegates from different countries presented their was coordinated by Dr Rinkoo Devi Gupta and Dr Ananda
research and exchanged ideas. At the end of the conference, Mustafiz (9-11 December 2015). The final workshop was
in a meeting, delegates suggested that the Biotechnology on ‘Mammalian Cell Culture Techniques and Cytotoxicity
Conference should become a regular annual feature and that Assays’, coordinated by Dr Ravi Shankar Akundi and Dr
it should be held in a different country each year. It was also Yubaraj Pokharel (14-16 December 2015).
decided that SABC 2016 would be scheduled for 5-6 February
2016 and the venue would be Dhaka University in Bangladesh. Participation of delegates from countries other than India
The conference will be jointly organized by Dhaka University was not as high as we would have liked. However, we plan
and the Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, South to continue holding these workshops and with better
Asian University. dissemination of information about the workshops, we hope
to rectify that soon.
In addition to this initiative, we also started an outreach
activity by organising training workshops in specified areas of The Department also organised a poster exhibition on 28
life sciences and biotechnology to provide hands-on training October 2015 on ‘Viruses in the News’ by MSc Biotechnology
to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and young faculty third semester students under the supervision of Dr Ritu
members. The areas in which the workshops were organised Gaur. Another exhibition was organised on 18 November
were carefully chosen so as to meet the demand for training in 2015 by MSc Biotechnology first semester students on ‘The
the latest research techniques. Five such workshops of 2-3 days Microbial Challenge: Science, Disease & Human Health’
each were organized this year. The first one, on ‘Recombinant under the supervision of Dr Priti Saxena.

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Degrees Offered & Student Break-up
Programmes of Study Male Female Total
MSc Biotechnology 15 12 27
(2015 -17)
MSc Biotechnology 10 18 28
(2014 -16)
MPhil/PhD Biotechnology 3 5 8
(2015)
MPhil/PhD Biotechnology 5 3 8
(2014)
MPhil/PhD Biotechnology 7 3 10
(2013)

Country-wise break-up of students:

MSc MSc MPhil/PhD PhD PhD
Country Biotechnology Biotechnology Biotechnology Biotechnology Biotechnology
(2015 -17) (2014 -16) (2015) (2014) (2013)
Afghanistan 1 Nil Nil Nil Nil
Bangladesh 5 6 1 Nil 1
Bhutan Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
India 13 14 5 5 5
Maldives Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Nepal 5 7 2 3 4
Pakistan 2 1 Nil Nil Nil
Sri Lanka 1 Nil Nil Nil Nil

MSc Biotechnology students in one of the laboratories in SAU

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 members OF THE Faculty

Rajiv K. Saxena, PhD Rinkoo D. Gupta, PhD

Professor & Dean, Vice President, SAU Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area& Research Details:

Immunology, Erythropoiesis, Nanoparticles Protein Science, Enzymology, Antibody
Interaction with Biology Engineering and Drug discovery

Kambadur Muralidhar, PhD Priti Saxena, PhD

Hon. Professor and JC Bose National Assistant Professor
Fellow (DST)
Subject Area& Research Details:
Subject Area & Research Details: Chemical Biology of host pathogen
Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Reproductive interactions in mycobacterial diseases
Biology and Immunology

Senthil Kumar Venugopal, PhD Anand Mustafiz, A, PhD

Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area& Research Details:

Biomedical Research, Molecular Mechanisms Plant Molecular Biology, Plant's response
involved in the Progression of towards Abiotic Stresses
Liver Disease

Ritu Gaur, PhD Ravi Shankar Akundi, PhD

Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area& Research Details: Subject Area& Research Details:

Virology: Host-Pathogen Interactions and Neuroscience: Inflammatory mechanisms
developing antivirals against HIV-1 within the brain during neurodegenerative
disorders

Nirotpal Mrinal, PhD Yubaraj Pokharel, PhD

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area& Research Details: Subject Area& Research Details:

Genetic and Epigenetic regulation of Gene Cancer Biology, Oncogenic Activity of Protein
Expression Interactions of already established Bait
Oncoproteins

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Appointments to External Committees/ Boards Grants and Fellowships
Murlidhar, K, Chairman, Advisory Committee, Centre for Akundi, R S, ‘P2 receptor mediated modulation of
Excellence, Centre for Ecological Studies, IISc., MOEF, Govt. prostaglandin E2 synthesis in rodent brain’, South Asian
of India. University Intramural Project, 2013-2016, USD 45,000.

Murlidhar, K, Member, SERB, Govt. of India. Gaur, R, ‘Study of Molecular Interactions of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus/Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
Murlidhar, K, Chairman, CSIR PAC on Animal Science and
Accessory Proteins with host cell factor(s)’, South Asian
Biotechnology.
University, 2012- 2016, US$ 45,000.
Murlidhar, K, Chairman, Swarnajayanti Fellowship
Gaur, R, ‘Development of maturation inhibitors as a globally
Committee, Life Sciences Group.
effective class of antiretroviral’, NIH Intramural to India
Murlidhar, K, Member, Research Advisory Committee, Program (2013-2015), NIH, 2013-2015, Rs 4 million.
Chettinad Health City, Chennai.
Gupta, R D, ‘Monolayer-based detection of organophosphorus
Murlidhar, K, Member, Board of Studies, School of and organosulphur pollutants’, Dept. of Science & Technology
Biotechnology, GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi. Fast Track Young Scientist Project, 2012-2015, Rs 2.17 million.

Murlidhar, K, Adjunct Professor, Vigyan University, Guntur, Gupta, R D, ‘Association between catalytic activities of
Andhra Pradesh. lactonase and organophosphate hydrolase: Dissection of an
enzyme ‘human senescence marker protein 30’, South Asian
Saxena, R K, Chairman, UGC Expert Committee for mid- University Intramural Project, 2013-2016, USD 30,000.
term review of the ‘University Excellence Program (UPE II)’
of Jadavpur University, 24-25 Nov 2015, Kolkata. Muralidhar, K, ‘Structure-Function Relationship in Pregnant
Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG)’, Ministry of Science and
Saxena, R K, Elected Member, Society of Toxicology, USA, Technology (DST, SERB), 2013-2016, Rs 4.7 million.
June, 2015.
Mustafiz, A, ‘Deciphering role of multiple active glyoxalase
Saxena, R K, Convener, session on ‘Science and Technology I (GLY I) of Arabidopsis in alleviating abiotic stress’, South
in SAARC Countries’, National Science Congress, Mumbai, Asian University, 2013-2016, USD 45,000.
4 January 2015.
Mustafiz, A, ‘Genome wide analysis of ascorbate oxidase multi-
Editorial Assignments gene family and elucidating its role in negative regulation of
Y R, Pokharel, editor-in-chief, International Journal of stress response in rice’, Dept. of Science & Technology, 2014-
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2017, Rs. 2.4 million

Prof G P Talwar, Former Director of NII delivering the keynote speech in a conference at SAU

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Y R, Pokharel, ‘Identification of Pin1 interacting protein Research Papers:
CSNK2B as a novel prostate cancer biomarker for future
Timilsina, U, and Gaur, R, ‘Modulation of apoptosis and
cancer therapy’, South Asian University Intramural Project,
viral latency – an axis to be well understood for successful
2013-2016, USD 45,000.
cure of HIV’, Journal of General Virology.
Saxena, P, ‘Dissecting molecular intricacies mediating host-
Kumar, A, M Chhatwal,Gupta, R D, and S K Awasthi,
pathogen interplay: Identifying functional role of cellular
‘Chemically-driven “molecular logic circuit” based on
lipids and lipid metabolizing enzymes in mycobacterial
osmium chromophore with resettable multiple readout’,
pathogenesis’, Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award from
RSC Advances, vol 5: 2015, pp 5217-5220.
DBT, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2011-2016, Rs. 7.5
million. Vilvamani, N,Gupta, R D, and S K Awasthi, ‘Ru(II)–
Saxena, P, ‘Dissecting The Functional Role of Polyketide polypyridyl complex-grafted silica nanohybrids: versatile
Biosynthetic and Modifying Enzymes in the Biology of hybrid materials for Raman spectroscopy and photocatalysis’
Corynebacterineae’, South Asian University Intramural RSC Advances, 5:18, 2015, pp 13451-13461.
Project, 2013-2016, USD 45,000. Agarwal, D, M Sharma, S K Dixit, R K Dutta, A K Singh,Gupta,
Saxena, R K, ‘Interactions of poly-dispersed carbon R D, and S K Awasthi, ‘In vitro synergistic effect of
nanotubes with immune system: Modulation of T cell and fluoroquinolone analogues in combination with artemisinin
NK cell activation process by carbon nanotubes’, South Asian against plasmodium falciparum; their antiplasmodial action
University Intramural Project, 2012-2016, USD 45,000. in rodent malaria model’, Malaria Journal, 14: 48, 2015.
Saxena, R K, ‘Modulation of erythroid line of differentiation Kumar, A., C Chhatwal, D A Cristaldi, S K Awasthi,Gupta,
and erythrocyte turnover in mouse model of autoimmune R D, and A Gulino, ‘Chromogenic Homo-Dinuclear
hemolytic anemia’, Dept. of Science & Technology(DST), Ruthenium(II) Monolayer as a Tunable Molecular Memory
2013-2016, Rs 4 million. Module for Multibit Information Storage’, The Journal of
Saxena, R K, J C Bose National Research Fellowship Physical Chemistry C, 119:9, 2015, pp 5138–5145.
Award, travel and research contingency, Dept. of Science &
Chhatwal, M, A Kumar, V Singh, R D Gupta and S K
Technology, 2013-2018, Rs 6.3 million.
Awasthi, ‘Addressing of Multiple-Metal Ions on a Single
Saxena, R K, ‘Uptake and effects of control and target Platform’, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol 292, 2015,
directed carbon nanoparticles by differentiating and matured pp 30–55.
subpopulations of leukocytes in resting and activated states’,
Dept. of Science &Technology Nano Science Mission Project, Chhatwal, M, A Kumar,Gupta, R D, and SK Awasthi,
2015-2018, Rs. 20.7 million (approx.). ‘A pyrene-based optical probe capable of molecular
computation using chemical input strings’, RSC Advances,
Venugopal, SK, ‘MicroRNA-induced epigenetic changes
vol 5, 2015, pp 51678-51681.
regulate liver regeneration’ South Asian University, 2013-
2016; USD 45,000. Srivastava, S, S Chaudhary, L Thukral, C Shi,Gupta,
R D, R Gupta, K Priyadarshan, A Vats, AS Haque, R
Publications: Chapters in Book
Sankaranarayanan, VT Natarajan, R Sharma, CC Aldrich, RS
Muralidhar, K, R Chaudhary, H Saddad Shah and N Kumari, Gokhale, ‘Unsaturated Lipid Assimilation by Mycobacteria
‘Gonadotropins – Past, Present and Future’ in Shiok Singh Requires Auxiliary cis-trans Enoyl CoA Isomerase’, Chem
(ed) Mammalian Endocrinology and Male Reproduction, Bioogy, vol. 22(12), 2015, pp1577-87.
Taylor and Francis, 2015.
Rathore, AS,Gupta, R D, ‘Chitinases from Bacteria to
Muralidhar, K, ‘Nature of Science and Biology Education’, Human: Properties, Applications, and Future Perspectives’,
in S K Saidapur (ed) Frontier Lectures in Biology by INSA Enzyme Res., 791907; doi: 10.1155/2015/791907. PMID:
Fellows, e-Book, INSA Publications, New Delhi, 2015, 26664744.
pp 34- 47.
Chauhan M, P Pradhan and N Mrinal, ‘Toll-Dorsal
Muralidhar, K, ‘Communications in Living Organisms – Pathway: Regulating immunity as well as dorso-ventral
Paradigms and Puzzles’, in S K Saidapur (ed), Frontier Lectures patterning in Drosophila’, Proceedings of Indian National
In Biology by INSA Fellows, e-Book, INSA Publications, New Science Academy, 81:2, 2015, pp 419-429.
Delhi, 2015, pp 59-76.
Muralidhar, K, ‘Biologically Active Recombinant
Muralidhar, K, ‘Foreword’ to RS Kaushal, Psychophysics and Gonadotropin and prolactin of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)’,
Human Interactions, New Age Books (an Imprint of Motilal Journal of Biotechnology Biomaterials, vol 5 (7) pp35, 2015.
Banarsidas, Delhi), 2015, pp viii-ix.

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Tyagi, N, S Md Hossain, T Arora and K Muralidhar K Papers Presented at Conferences/Symposia
‘Comparison of an in-house ELISA kit with a commercially Keynote Addresses/Invited Talks
available kit for the Measurement of pregnant mare serum
Akundi, R S, keynote address, ‘Characterization of a novel
gonadotropin (PMSG)’, Int. J. Bioassays vol 4(10), 2015, pp
mouse model for Parkinson’s disease’ at the Green Science
4431- 4435.
and Technology of Global Young Researchers Workshop,
Kumari, N, T Arora, S Basu and Muralidhar, K, ‘A Critical Shizuoka University, Japan, 26-28 Jan 2014.
Review of Gonadotropic Activity of Pregnant mare Serum
Akundi, R S, invited lecture, ‘Shared features of mitochondrial
Gonadotropin’, Asian Journal of Science and Technology, 6
dynamics in Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and immunity’, at
(10), 2015, pp 1933-1940.
the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurochemistry,
Kaur, C, HR Kushwaha, Mustafiz, A, A Pareek, SK Sopory, and India at the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong,
SL Singla-Pareek, ‘Analysis of global gene expression profile of Meghalaya, 19-21 Dec. 2015.
rice in response to methylglyoxal indicates its possible role as
Gaur, R, chairperson, session on ‘Microbiology and Microbial
a stress signal molecule’, Front Plant Sci. 6:682. doi: 10.3389/
World’, World Congress of Biotechnology, New Delhi, 5 Oct.
fpls.2015.00682.
2015.,
Mustafiz, A, S Kumari, and R Karan, ‘Ascribing functions
Gaur, R, chairperson, session on ‘Women Scientists’,
to genes: Journey towards genetic improvement of rice
Association of Microbiologists of India, Jawaharlal Nehru
via functional genomics’, Current Genomics, http://
University, New Delhi, 9 Dec. 2015.
benthamscience.com/journals/current-genomics/
article/139038 Gaur, R, invited speaker, ‘Development of novel antiretroviral
against HIV’, Bio-Epoch Conference, School of Biotechnology,
Pokharel, YR, J Saarela, A Szwajda, C Rupp, A Rokka, S K L
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 11 April 2015.
Karna, K Teittinen, G Corthals, O Kallioniemi, K Wennerberg,
T Aittokallio, and J Westermarck, ‘Relevance Rank Platform Gaur, R, invited speaker, ‘Targeting HIV Replication and
(RRP) for functional filtering of high content protein-protein Maturation: Role of APOBEC proteins and Bevirimat’, World
interaction data’, Mol Cell Proteomics, mcp.M115.050773. 23 Congress of Biotechnology, New Delhi, 5 Oct 2015.
Oct. 2015, doi:10.1074/mcp.M115.050773. Gaur, R, invited speaker, ‘Development of novel Maturation
Sarder, A, Md K Ali and YR Pokharel, ‘Tissue Factor and Breast Inhibitors against HIV-1’, Association of Microbiologists of
Cancer, Bioscience and Bioengineering Communications, India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 8 Dec. 2015.
vol -1, pp 20-28, 2015. Y R, Pokharel, keynote address, ‘Identification of Novel cancer
relevant protein interaction with Pin1 and PME1’, at the
Kumari, M, and Saxena, R K ‘Proliferative activity and
International Symposium ‘Towards the Future of Advanced
changes in the relative proportion of T1 and TII populations
Researches’ at Shizuoka University, Japan, 26-29 Jan. 2015.
in cultured primary epithelial cells, isolated from mouse lung’,
Cell Biology: Research and Therapy. Y R, Pokharel, invited talk, ‘Cleaning the Dust: Relevance
Rank Platform (RRP); a novel approach for the protein
Chaterjee, S and Saxena, R K, ‘Preferential elimination of -protein interaction analysis’, at the Scientific Future group
older erythrocytes in circulation and depressed bone marrow on ‘World Congress on Cancer and Prevention Methods’,
erythropoietic activity contribute to cadmium induced Dubai, UAE, 27-29 Aug. 2015.
anemia in mice’, PLoS One 10 (7): e0132697. doi:10.1371/
journal. pone.0132697, 2015. Saxena, P, invited talk on ‘A world of Opportunities with New
innovations in Bio Industry’ at World Bio Summit & Expo
Sharma, K R, A Adhikari, A Jabeen, N Dastagir, S K Kalauni, M conference, Dubai, UAE, 2-4 Nov. 2015.
I Choudhary and Y R, Pokharel, ‘Immunomodulatory studies
on triterpenoids from Scoparia dulcis Linn’, Biochemistry and Saxena R K, inaugural address, ‘Interactions of nanoparticles
Pharmacology, 2015, 4-183. with biological systems’, Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, 20 July, New Delhi 2015.
Sharma, K R, S K Kalauni, S Awale, and YR Pokharel, ‘In
Vitro Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Methanol Extracts Saxena, R K, invited speaker, ‘Need for a forum for biologist
of Some Selected Medicinal Plants of Nepal’, Austin Journal and biotechnologists in South Asia’, at the session on ‘Science
of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2 I: 1, 2015. and Technology in SAARC Countries’, 102nd Indian National
Science Congress, Mumbai University, Mumbai, 3-7 Jan 2015.
Kumar S, P Gupta, S Khanal, A Shahi, P Kumar, S K Sarin
and Venugopal, S K, ‘Hepatitis B Virus X protein induces Saxena, R K, invited talk, ‘Erythrocyte turnover and
autophagosome formation by inhibiting microRNA-30a via erythropoietic patterns in anemia’, at the Bio-Epoch
targetting beclin-1 in hepatic cells’, FEBS J. 282(6), 2015, Conference, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru
pp1152-63. University, New Delhi, 10 April 2015.

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Venugopal, S K, invited speaker, ‘HBV survival and replication Annual Conference of the Association of Microbiologists of
in the host: A role for microRNAs’, at the 5th Annual India’, JNU, New Delhi, 7-10 Dec. 2015,
International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology,
Mrinal, N, ‘Dorsal regulated miRNAs: It takes two to
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 13-15 March 2015.
Tango’, South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian
Papers Presented University, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
Akundi, RS, ‘The two-hit hypothesis for neuroinflammation: Mrinal, N, and A Khan, ‘Investigating heterodimerization of
Role of exogenous ATP in modulating inflammation in the Drosophila Toll proteins’, poster presentation, South Asian
brain’, South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-14
University, 12-14 Feb. 2015. Feb. 2015.
Sharma, R, S Sharma, S Akter, and Akundi, R S, Mrinal, N, M Tiwari, and S Sharma, S, ‘Identifying CRMs
‘1-Tricholoromethyl-1, 2, 3, 4-Tetrahydro-Beta-Carboline of mir genes in human cell lines’, poster presentation, South
(Taclo): A Novel Pro-Parkinson Agent’, South Asian Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-
Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-14 14 Feb. 2015.
Feb. 2015.
Prajapati, K P, S Pratishtha, K Muralidhar and Sudha Cowsik,
Akter, S, and Akundi, R S, ‘Role of Exogenous ATP ‘Structure and In silico interaction study of buffalo Prolactin’,
in modulating inflammation in the brain’, Society for South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian
Neurochemistry (India) Annual Meeting, North Eastern Hill University, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
University, Shillong, Meghalaya, 19-21 Dec 2015.
Kaushik, S, Md Hossain, S S Hussain, and Muralidhar, K,
Gaur, R, ‘Targeting HIV replication and Maturation’, South ‘Molecular docking investigations on porcine L-gulonate
Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian Biotechnology dehydrogenase’, South Asian Biotechnology Conference,
Conference, South Asian University, 12-14 Feb. 2015. South Asian University, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
Timilsina U, and R Gaur, ‘Development of novel HIV Taruna, A, T Md Nitisha, S S Hossain, and Muralidhar,
maturation inhibitors against HIV subtype C. Structural K, ‘Development of a sensitive immunoassay (ELISA) for
Biology related to HIV/AIDS’, National Institutes of Health, Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG)’, South Asian
USA, 18-19 June 2015,. Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-14
Mishra N, J Mahmood, P Rath, S Choudhary and R Gaur, Feb. 2015.
‘Global role of APOBEC3B in Human Diseases’, South Asian Muralidhar, K, ‘Nutrition and Reproduction’, Guest lecture,
Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-14 Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, 5 March 2015.
Feb. 2015.
Muralidhar, K, ‘Nature of Science & Technology – The
Gupta, R D, ‘Directed Evolution of Enzymes’, South Asian Indian Scenario’, Biotech Industry-Academia Meet, School of
Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-14 Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, 19
Feb. 2015. March 2015.
Gupta, R D, ‘Metal-based Enzyme Promiscuity of Human Hussain, SS, P Manoj, N Vashistha, Muralidhar, K, and R Dighe,
Senescence Marker Protein-30’, 6th World Congress on ‘Biologically active recombinant gonadotropins and prolactin
Biotechnology organized by OMICS Group, Delhi, 5-7 Oct. of buffalo, Bubalus bubalis’, SAB International Symposium on
2015. ‘New Perspectives in Modern Biotechnology’, Society for Applied
Arora, A, R K Dutta, and Gupta, R D, ‘Exploring the Biotechnology, Puducherry, 23-25 March 2015.
promiscuous activity of the mammalian lactonases, poster Mustafiz, A, ‘Tweaking Glyoxalase and Ascorbate Oxidase
presentation, South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Pathways to Understand Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants’,
Asian University, 12-14 Feb. 2015. South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian
Rathore, A S, G Sharma, and Gupta, R D, ‘Antifungal activity University, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
of designed bacterial chitinase’, poster presentation, South
Batth, R, S Kumari, and Mustafiz, A, ‘Exploring
Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-
the Role of Multiple Ascorbate Oxidase (AAO)
14 Feb. 2015.
Genes in Negative Regulation of Abiotic Stress
Rathore, A S, G Sharma, and Gupta, R D, ‘Antifungal activity Response in Rice’, ‘Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance III’,
of designed bacterial chitinase’, poster presentation, South Vienna, Austria, 29 June-1 July 2015.
Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University,
Batth, R, A Gupta, and Mustafiz, A, ‘Genome Wide Analysis
New Delhi, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
of Ascorbate Oxidase Gene Family in Rice’, South Asian
Rathore A S, G Sharma and Gupta, R D, ‘Synergistic Effect of Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-14
Bacterial Chitinases on Antifungal Activity’, 56th International Feb. 2015,

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Arora, P, and Y R, Pokharel, ‘Inhibition of prostate cancer Immunology 2015, Annual meeting of the American
cell proliferation by synthetic derivatives of artemisinin’, Association of Immunologists, New Orleans, LA, 08-12 May
International Symposium on ‘Towards The Future of 2015. (Journal of Immunology, vol.194 (1 Supplement) 113.9,
Advanced Researches’ at Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, May 1, 2015).
Japan, 26-29 Jan 2015. Saxena, R K, invited speaker, ‘Interactions of carbon nanotubes
Karna, S K L and Y R, Pokharel, ‘Inhibition of LPS induced with cells of the erythroid lineage in mouse’, South Asian
COX-2 and iNOS by L-Nω-Nitroarginine (L-NNA) in Raw Biotechnology Conference 2015, South Asian University, 12-
264.7 cell line’, International Symposium on ‘Towards The 14 Feb. 2015.
Future of Advanced Researches’ at Shizuoka University, Dutt, T S and Saxena, R K, ‘Enhanced uptake of acid
Shizuoka, Japan, 26-29 Jan. 2015. functionalized carbon nanotubes (AF-SWCNTs) by mouse
Y R, Pokharel, ‘Identification and validation of tumor T-cells activated by T cell superantigen Staphylococcal
suppressor role of PPP2R2A protein of PP2A complex in Enterotoxin-B (SEB)’, South Asian Biotechnology
both PR65 and PME-1complexes by one-step Strep-tag Conference, South Asian University, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
purification’, South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Bhardwaj, D, Mustafiz, A, and Saxena, R K, ‘Effect of
Asian University, 12-14 Feb. 2015. Acid functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes (AF-
SWCNTs) on the germination of Arabidopsis thaliana’, South
Y R, Pokharel, ‘International Symposium on Current
Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University,
Advances in Radiology, Stem Cells and Cancer Research’, New Delhi, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Venugopal, S K ‘Role of microRNAs in chronic liver diseases’,
Delhi, 19-21 Feb. 2015.
South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian
Karna, S K L, F Ahmad, P Arora, S Gupta, and Y R, Pokharel, University, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
‘In-Vitro Screening of Artemisinin Derived Synthetic Pant, K, P Gupta, A K Yadav, and Venugopal, S K, ‘Humic
Compounds for its Anti-Cancer Activity in Different matter inhibits HBV-induced autophagosome formation and
Human Cancer Cell Lines’, poster presentation, South Asian induces apoptosis in HBV-transfected HepG2 cells’, Annual
Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 19-21 Liver Meeting of American Association for Study of the Liver,
Feb. 2015. San Francisco, 13-17 Nov. 2015.
Saxena, P, ‘Mechanistic Versatility of Mycobacterial Type III Gupta, P, A Ashraf, A Gupta, A K Yadav, K Pant, and
Polyketide Synthase’, South Asian Biotechnology Conference, Venugopal, S K, ‘Role of microRNA-26a increases
South Asian University, 12-14 Feb. 2015. Gluconeogenesis via GSK-3b in hepatic cell functions’,
Parvez, A, R Kumar, and Saxena, P, ‘Biochemical South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian
characterization of mycobacterial polyketide modifying University, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
cytochrome p450 enzyme’, poster presentation, South Asian Ashraf, A., A Gupta, A K Yadav, K Pant, P Gupta, and
Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, 12-14 Venugopal, S K, ‘Overexpression of miRNA 181a in hepatic
Feb. 2015. stellate cells inhibits stellate cell activation via rac1/MAPK
Chaterjee, S and Saxena, R K, ‘Modulation of erythrocyte pathway’, Indian National Association for Study of the Liver:
turnover in blood circulation and bone marrow erythropoietic Current Perspectives in Liver Disease, New Delhi, 31 July - 2
activity in mice exposed to cadmium in drinking water’ at Aug. 2015.
the South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Asian Gupta, A, K Pant, S K Mehta, A Ashraf, AK Yadav, P Gupta,
University, 12-14 Feb. 2015. and Venugopal, S K, ‘miRNA-181a over expression acts as
Rizvi, ZA, N Puri and Saxena, R K, ‘Exposure to poly-dispersed potent anti-oxidant by increasing SOD-1 and nrf-2 in hepatic
single walled carbon nanotubes (AF-SWCNTs) causes cells’, Indian National Association for Study of the Liver:
inhibition of CD1d mediated lipid antigen presentation Current Perspectives in Liver Disease, New Delhi, 31 July - 2
pathway in professional and non-professional antigen Aug. 2015.
presenting cells (APCs)’, at the South Asian Biotechnology Pant, K, A Gupta, A Ashraf, A K Yadav, P Gupta and Venugopal,
Conference, South Asian University, 12-14 Feb. 2015. S K, ‘Anti-proliferative and anticancer properties of fulvic
Rizvi, ZA, N Puri and R K Saxena,‘CD1d mediated lipid acid on hepatic cancer cells’, Indian National Association for
antigen presentation by murine lung epithelial cells and its Study of the Liver: Current Perspectives in Liver Disease, New
up-regulation during Mycobacterium bovis (BCG) infection’ Delhi, 31 July 31 - 2 Aug. 2015.
at the 4th NIF Winter School on Advanced Immunology, Gupta, P, S K Mehta, P K Sahu and Venugopal, S K,
Singapore, 18-23 Jan. 2015. ‘Overexpression of miRNA-26a increases cell proliferation
Rizvi, ZA, N Puri and Saxena, R K, ‘Evidence of lipid antigen in hepatic cells via akt/b-catenin pathway’, Indian National
presentation by CD1d pathway in murine alveolar epithelial Association for Study of the Liver: Current Perspectives in
cells during Mycobacterium bovis (BCG) infection’, Liver Disease, New Delhi, 31 July - 2 Aug 2015.
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Visits of Scholars to the Faculty:

Date Subject / Topic Speaker

30.01.2015 Injection Safety and Situation of Biological Waste Dr Narendra K Arora, Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust
Management in India International, New Delhi

20.02.2015 Genomic Science: Shaping the Life of Tomorrow Dr Rajesh Gokhale, Director, CSIR, Institute of Genomics and
Integrative Biology, Delhi

27.02.2015 Anthrax: Virulence Factors & Recombinant Vaccine Dr. Yogendra Singh, Chief Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Genomics
and Integrative Biology, New Delhi

20.03.2015 How did subtype C of HIV-1 alone acquire a stronger Prof Udaykumar Ranga, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
Viral promoter and why? Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore
27.03.2015 Consequences of HIV -1 in Human Brain: Implications Prof Pankaj Seth, Scientist VI, Molecular and Cellular
to AIDS Patients Neuroscience, Neurovirology Section, NBRS, Manesar, Haryana

13.04.2015 Intrinsically disordered proteins: A shift from classical Dr Rajanish Giri, Assistant Professor of Biotechnology, School of
structure function dogma Basic Sciences, Indian Institute ofTechnology, Mandi, Himachal
Pradesh

17.04.2015 Use of Root Endophyte Piriformospora Indica as a Prof Atul K. Johri, Dept. of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences,
Plant Probiotic JNU

21.04.2015 Challenges in Tuberculosis Research Prof Ian Orme, Dept. of Immunology and Microbiology,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.

24.04.2015 Molecular pathogenisis, tumour behaviour and clinical Dr Subrata Sinha, Director, National Brain Research Center,
outcome: A window through primary human glioma Manesar.

14.08.2015 Nanomaterials Based Biosensors for Cancer Biomarker Prof Bansi D. Malhotra, Department of Biotechnology, Delhi
Detection

21.08.2015 Integrating Information from Genes and Genomics Prof Paramjit Khurana, Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology,
for Climate Resilient Crops University of Delhi, Delhi

28.08.2015 Genomics of the Human Y Chromosomes in Normal Prof Sher Ali, Senior Staff Scientist & Chief, Molecular Genetics
Males and the Ones Exposed to Natural Background Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
Radiation

11.09.2015 Vulnerabilities Associated With Immune Evasion and Jayanta Bhattacharya,

Escape of HIV-1 Principal Scientist-II, Research & Development, IAVI and
Principal Investigator
HIV Vaccine Translational Research Laboratory, Translational
Health Science and Technology Institute
18.09.2015 Dissecting Gene to Metabolic Link in Cancer Prof R N K. Bamezai, Former Coordinator, National Centre of
Applied Human Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi.

30.10.2015 Chloroplast Genetic Engineering: Role in Large Scale Prof V Siva Reddy,Group Leader, Plant Transformation Group,
Production of Recombinant Enzymes/Proteins at International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
Low Costs useful in Agriculture, Human Health and Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi
Technical Industry

20.11.2015 Leishmania Acquires Heme from Host Hemoglobin: Prof Amitabha Mukhopadhyay, Senior Scientist, Cell Biology
A Novel Therapeutic Target Lab, National Institute of Immunology

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Student Achievements: line, SK-N-SH at the Green Science and Technology of Global
Akter, S and R S Akundi, invited talk on ‘The role of exogenous Young Researchers Workshop, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka,
ATP in modulating inflammation in the brain’ at the Green Japan, 26-28 Jan. 2015,
Science and Technology of Global Young Researchers Workshop, Sharma R and R S Akundi, presented the poster
Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan, 26-28 Jan. 2015. ‘Characterization of the pro-neurotoxic effects of TaClo in
Akter, S and RS Akundi won best poster award for ‘Role of the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease’ at the International
Exogenous ATP in modulating inflammation in the brain’, Brain Research Organization Workshop, at Varanasi, India,
at the Society for Neurochemistry (India) Annual Meeting, 5-20 September 2015. This poster was one of five selected for
at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, 19- oral pesentation and prize from 27 others.
21 Dec 2015.
Timilsina U (with D Ghimire, V Singh V and R Gaur) won
Akter, S, invited talk on ‘The role of exogenous ATP in best poster award for ‘Maturation Inhibitors as Globally
modulating inflammation in the brain’, at the Green Science Effcetive Class of Antiretrovirals’ at the South Asian
and Technology of Global Young Researchers Workshop, Biotechnology Conference, South Asian University, New
Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan, 26-28 Jan. 2015. Delhi, 12-14 Feb. 2015.
Hussain, SS, (with P Manoj, N Vashistha, Muralidhar, K, Timilsina U (with D Ghimire, V Singh and R Gaur) won best
and R Dighe) was awarded for best oral presentation for the poster award for ‘Maturation Inhibitors as Globally Effcetive
paper ‘Biologically active recombinant gonadotropins and
Class of Antiretrovirals’ at BIOEPOCH, Jawaharlal Nehru
prolactin of buffalo, Bubalus bubalis’, at the International
Univesity, New Delhi, May 2015.
Symposium on ‘New Perspectives in Modern Biotechnology’,
Society for Applied Biotechnology, Puducherry, 23-25 Timilsina U (with R Gaur), invited talk on ‘Identification
March 2015. and Screening of Novel Antiretrovirals Targeting HIV
Maturation’, International Conference on Infectious Diseases
Jain, M, Pooja and Mustafiz, A, won best poster award for
‘Exploring the Role of Multiple Glyoxalase I Genes in the and Nanomedicine at Kathmandu, Nepal, 15-18 Dec. 2015.
Plant System’, South Asian Biotechnology Conference, South Timilsina U was awarded the ‘Global Health Travel Award’
Asian University, New Delhi 12-14 Feb. 2015. funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend
Kumar, N, and R S Akundi, invited talk on ‘1-trichloromethyl- the Keystone Symposium ‘Mechanism of HIV Persistence:
1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobetacarboline modulates interleukin-1beta- Implication for a cure’ at the Boston Park Plaza, USA, 26
mediated cyclooxygenase 2 in human neuroblastoma cell- April-1 May 2015.

Students explaining their exhibit during a Poster Exhibition in SAU

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& Computer Science

Fireworks during the Victory Day celebrations in Maldives

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 Department of Mathematics
It has been almost three and a half years since the Department Around 70 delegates participated from different parts of the
of Mathematics was established at the South Asian University SAARC region. The event was majorly funded by the National
and since then the department has not stopped galloping. Programme on ‘Differential Equations: Theory Computation
As a result, 2015 has been a very satisfying year. Eight new and Applications (NPDE: TCA)’.
PhD students have been inducted into the Department,
taking the total strength of PhD students to 20, which is On 8th and 9th May, a 2-day ‘South Asian Mathematics
certainly commendable for any department still in its infancy. Research Scholars Meet’ was conducted under the supervision
The success and progress of these students is evident from of Dr Pankaj Jain. A 5-day International Conference
their research papers, which have been published in various (8 to 12 December) was held on ‘Function Spaces and
scientific journals of repute. Another excellent event was Inequalities’, whose convenor again, was Dr Pankaj Jain. A
the arrival of Professor Siraj-Ul-Islam from the University of 3-day International Conference on ‘Current Trends in PDEs:
Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan who joined Theory & Computations’ (28-30 December) was convened by
the department for one year as Visiting Professor. Dr Navnit Jha. Several distinguished mathematicians visited
the department and delivered invited talks. Simultaneously,
This year, the Department organized a 5-day advanced from time to time, all of our faculty members have been
workshop on ‘Finite Difference Methods for Differential invited for conferences in India and abroad, as well as to other
Equations’ from 13 to 17 March under the supervision of
universities/institutes for lectures and talks.
Prof R K Mohanty, Dr Kapil Kumar Sharma and Dr Navnit
Jha. The primary goal of the workshop was to expose young Miss Kritika Gupta, our Master’s student, successfully
mathematicians to the latest developments in the field and completed a project on ‘Differential Equations: Theory,
the various mathematical concepts of differential equations, Computation & Applications’ awarded through the National
modeling and computational techniques and to provide a Program and sponsored by the Department of Science &
platform for scholars to interact with the stalwarts in the field. Technology, Government of India.

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Degrees Offered & Student Break-up (Total – 70)

Programme of Study Male Female Total

M.Sc (APM) – Previous
11 17 28
(2015 Batch)
M.Sc (APM) – Final
13 14 27
(2014Batch)
PhD. (2015 Batch) 5 3 8

PhD. (2014 Batch) 3 1 4

PhD. (2013 Batch) 4 4 8

Country-wise Breakup of Students:

Afghanistan 02 Maldives Nil
Bangladesh 02 Nepal 02
Bhutan 01 Pakistan Nil
India 68 Sri Lanka Nil

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 MEMBERS OF THE Faculty
Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, PhD Q.M. Danish Lohani, PhD
Professor and Dean Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Numerical Methods, Partial Differential Fuzzy Logics, Functional Analysis,
Equations, Computational Fluid Dynamics Measures of Non-compactness and Matrix
Transformations, Statistical Approximations,
Stochastic Processes

Siraj-Ul-Islam, PhD Saroj Kumar Sahani, PhD

Visiting Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Numerical Analysis Mathematical Biology, Non-linear Dynamical
System, Bioinformatics

Pankaj Jain, PhD Navnit Jha, PhD

Associate Professor (Chairperson) Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Function Spaces, Weighted Norm Mathematics (Numerical Analysis,
Inequalities, Integral Operators, Fourier Differential Equations, Scientific Computing)
Analysis, Numerical Methods.

Deepa Sinha, PhD Jagdish Chand Bansal, PhD

Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Graph Theory (Discrete Mathematics), Optimization Techniques,
` Fluid Dynamics Swarm Intelligence.

Kapil Kumar Sharma, PhD

Associate Professor

Subject Area & Research Details:

Numerical Analysis, Delay Differential
Equations, Singular Perturbation Theory,
Finite Element Methods.

Faculty members, students and delegates during an event in SAU

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 Faculty Initiatives
Appointments to External Bodies Applications, IIT Roorkee, December 2014, (eds.) P. N.
Agrawal, R. N. Mohapatra, Uaday Singh, H. M. Srivastava,
Jain, Pankaj, member, Area Advisory Board, Amity University,
Springer India, 2015 ISBN No.: 978-81-322-2484-6 (Print)
Noida.
978-81-322-2485-3 (Online).
Jain, Pankaj, member, Board of Studies, Chaudhury Bansi Lal
Rai P, Sharma, K K, Singularly Perturbed Convection-Diffusion
University, Haryana.
Turning Point Problem with Shifts, in Mathematical Analysis
Grants and Fellowships and its Applications, IIT Roorkee, December 2014, (eds) P
N Agrawal, R N Mohapatra, Uaday Singh, H M Srivastava,
Jain, Pankaj, ‘Weighted Norm Inequalities on Function
Springer India, 2015 ISBN No.: 978-81-322-2484-6 (Print)
Spaces’, CSIR, 1.10.2015 to 30.9.2018, INR 4, 00,000.
978-81-322-2485-3 (Online).
Jain, Pankaj, full travel grant from DST to participate in
Research Papers:
the International Conference on ‘Nonlinear Operators,
Differential Equations and Applications’ at the Babes-Bolyai Islam, S U and I Ahmad, ‘A Comparative Analysis of Local
University, ClujNapoca, Romania, 14-17 July 2015. Meshless Formulation for Multi-Assets Option Models’ in
Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Elsevier, pp
Editorial Assignments: 159-176.
Bansal, Jagdish Chand, editor-in-chief, International Journal
Jain, Pankaj and S Jain ‘Weighted spaces related to
of Swarm Intelligence, Inderscience, UK.
Bochnerintegrable functions’, Georgian Math Journal, vol. 22,
Jain, Pankaj, editor, Journal of Mathematical Inequalities, pp 71-79.
Eurasian Mathematical Journal, Journal of Inequalities and
Jain, Pankaj, M Singh and Arun P Singh, ‘Weighted norm
Special Functions, Advances in Inequalities and Application.
inequalities for Hardy type operators on monotone functions’,
Sinha, Deepa, assistant editor, Journal of Combinatorics, Contemporary Mathematics, AMS, vol. 645 pp 145-160.
Information and System Sciences.
Jain, Pankaj, S Jain and Rajender Kumar ‘On Fractional
Sharma, Kapil Kumar, associate editor, Applied Mathematics Convolutions and Distributions, Integral Transforms and
and Computation (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 1.55). Special Functions, vol. 26, pp 885-899.

Sharma, Kapil Kumar, guest editor, Journal Differential Jain, Pankaj, CR Bhatta and J Jnawali, ‘Modified Newton type
Equation and Dynamical Systems Springer. methods with higher order convergence’, Jordanian Journal of
Mathematics and Statistics, vol. 8, pp 327-341.
Publication/ Books
Jain, Pankaj and S Jain, ‘O’Neil Type Convolution Inequalities
Pant, M, K Deep, J C Bansal, A Nagar, K N Das, (eds.),
in Lorentz Spaces’, Proceedings of the National Academy of
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Soft
Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences.
Computing for Problem Solving, SocProS 2015, Volumes
1 and 2, in the series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Jha, Navnit, ‘A Fifth (Six) Order Accurate, Three-Point
Computing. Compact Finite Difference Scheme for the Numerical Solution
of Sixth Order Boundary Value Problems on Geometric
Chapters in Books
Meshes’, Journal of Scientific Computing, vol 64: pp 898-913.
Bansal, JC, ‘Modified Blended Migration and Polynomial
Mutation in Biogeography-Based Optimization’ in the Jha, Navnit and N Kumar, ‘An exponential expanding
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Harmony meshes sequence and finite difference method adopted for
Search Algorithms, in the series Advances in Intelligent two-dimensional elliptic equations’, International Journal
Systems and Computing, Springer, Berlin, pp. 217-225, 2015. of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing, DOI:
10.1142/S1793962316500069.
Farswan, P, and Bansal, J C, ‘A Modified Biogeography
Based Optimization’ in the Proceedings of 2nd International Jha, Navnit, R Kumar and RK Mohanty, ‘On the
Conference on Harmony Search Algorithms, in the series convergence of non-polynomial spline finite difference
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, method for quasi-linear elliptic boundary value problems
Berlin, pp. 227-238. in two-space dimensions’, Journal of Advances in Applied
KK Sharma, ‘An O (N^{-1} lnN)^ 4 Parameter Uniform
Mathematics, 1,(2016),59-72
Difference Method for Singularly Perturbed Differential- Sharma N, M Khebchareon, KK Sharma, Pani and K Amiya,
Difference Equations, Mathematical Analysis and its ‘Finite Element Galerkin Approximations to a Class of
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Nonlinear and Nonlocal Parabolic Problems’, Numerical Equations’, Computers and Mathematics with Applications,
Methods for Partial Differential Equations. vol. 69, pp. 1096-1113.

Singh, P, M K Kadalbajoo and KK Sharma, ‘Probability density Mohanty, R K and J Talwar, ‘A New Coupled Reduced
function of leaky integrate-and-fire model with Levy noise Alternating Group Explicit Method for Non-linear Singular
and its numerical approximation’, Numerical Analysis and Two Point Boundary Value Problems on a Variable Mesh’,
Applications. Sibirskii Zhurnal Vychislitel’ noi Matematiki (Numerical
Analysis and Applications), vol. 8, pp. 55-67.
Sharma N and KK Sharma, ‘Finite element method for a
nonlinear parabolic integro-differential equation in higher Mohanty, R K and J Talwar, ‘A New Compact Alternating
spatial dimensions’, Applied Mathematical Modeling DOI Group Explicit Iteration Method for the Solution of Nonlinear
10.1016/j.apm.2015.02.037. Time-dependent Viscous Burgers’ Equation’, Sibirskii
Zhurnal Vychislitel’noi Matematiki (Numerical Analysis and
Prakash A, M Kumar and KK Sharma, ‘Numerical method for
Applications), vol. 8, pp. 314-328.
solving coupled Burger’s equations’, Applied Mathematics
and Computation, 260, pp. 314-320. Talwar, J, R K Mohanty, and S Singh, ‘A New Spline in
Compression Approximation for One Space Dimensional
Mohanty, RK, and S McKee, ‘On the Stability of Two New
Quasilinear Parabolic Equations on a Variable Mesh’, Applied
Two-step Explicit Methods for the Numerical Integration
Mathematics and Computations, vol. 260, pp. 82-96.
of Second Order Initial Value Problems on a Variable Mesh’,
Applied Mathematics Letters, vol. 45, pp. 31-36. Mohanty, R K, Navnit Jha, and Ravindra Kumar, ‘A New
Talwar, J, and RK Mohanty, ‘A Single Sweep AGE Algorithm Variable Mesh Method Based on Non-Polynomial Spline in
Based on Off-step Discretization for the Solution of Viscous Compression Approximations for 1D Quasilinear Hyperbolic
Burgers’ Equation on a Variable Mesh’, Mathematics in Equations’, Advances in Difference Equations, vol. 2015,
Computer Science, vol. 09, pp. 85-103. Springer, ID: 337.

Talwar, J and RK Mohanty, ‘Coupled Reduced Alternating Sinha, Deepa and A Dhama, ‘On Dot Line Signed Graphs
Group Explicit Algorithm for Third Order Cubic Spline L.(S)’, Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory, 35, 215–
Method on a Non-Uniform Mesh for Nonlinear Singular Two 227, DOI 10.7151/dmgt.1793.
Point Boundary Value Problems’, Proceedings of the National Sinha, Deepa and P Garg P, ‘Canonical Consistency of Semi-
Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences, vol. Total Point Signed Graphs’, National Academy of Science
85, pp. 71-81. Letters, DOI 10.1007/s40009-015-0374-4.
Mohanty, RK, W Dai, W and F Han, ‘Compact Operator Sinha, Deepa and P Garg, ‘Canonical Consistency of Semi-
Method of Accuracy Two in Time and Four in Space for Total Line Signed Graphs’, National Academy of Science
the Numerical Solution of Coupled Viscous Burgers’ Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s40009-015-0373-5.
Equations’, Applied Mathematics and Computations, vol.
256, pp. 381-393. Sinha, Deepa and A Dhama, ‘On the Unitary Cayley Ring
Signed Graphs’, Journal of Interconnection Networks, doi:
Talwar, J and Mohanty, RK, ‘Spline in Tension method 10.1142/S0219265913500205.
for Non-linear Two Point Boundary Value Problems on a
Geometric Mesh’, Mathematical Models and Computer Sinha, Deepa and A Dhama, ‘Unitary Addition Cayley Ring
Simulations, vol. 27, pp. 33-48. Signed Graphs’, Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences &
Cryptography, 18 (5), 559-579.
Mohanty, R K, W Dai, and D Liu, ‘Operator Compact Method
of Accuracy Two in Time and Four in Space for the Solution Sinha, Deepa and A Sethi, ‘An Algorithmic Characterization
of Time Dependent Burgers-Huxley Equation’, Numerical of sigraphs whose common-edge sigraphs and second iterated
Algorithms, vol. 70, pp. 591-605. line sigraphs are switching equivalent’, Journal of Discrete
Mathematical Sciences & Cryptography, 18(5), 581-603.
Mohanty, R K, W Dai, and F Han, ‘A New High Accuracy
Method for Two-dimensional Biharmonic Equation with Sinha, Deepa and A Sethi, ‘An Algorithm to Detect
Nonlinear Third Derivative Terms: Application to Navier- S-Consistency in Line Sigraph’, Journal of Combinatorics,
Stokes Equations of Motion’, International Journal of Information and System Sciences, 40(1)(2015), 135-148.
Computer Mathematics, vol. 92, pp. 1574-1590.
Garg, Pravin, Deepa Sinha, Shanu Goyal, ‘Eulerian and
Mohanty, R K and N Setia, ‘A New High Accuracy Two-level Hamiltonian Properties of Gallai and Anti-Gallai Total
Implicit Off-step Discretization for the System of Three Graphs’, Journal of Indonesian Mathematical Society vol.
Space Dimensional Quasi-linear Parabolic Partial Differential 21(2), pp. 105–116.

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Sinha, Deepa and A Sethi, ‘An Algorithm to detect balancing Islam, SU, invited talk on ‘Mathematics in a real life
of iterated line sigraph’, SpringerPlus, 4:704 DOI 10.1186/ perspective’, Indraprastha College for Women, New Delhi, 30
s40064-015-1499-0. Sept. 2015.

Sinha, Deepa and M Acharya, ‘Characterization of Signed Islam, SU, invited talk on ‘Application of Wavelets and
Graphs Whose Iterated Signed Line Graphs are Balanced or Radial Basis Functions in Scientific Computing’ Dept. of
S-Consistent’, Bulletein of Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 19 Sept.
Society, DOI 10.1007/s40840-015-0264-4. 2015.

Zubair, Ashraf, Pranab K Muhuri and QM Danish Lohani, Islam, SU, invited talk at the workshop on ‘Numerical Solution
‘Particle swam optimization based reliability-redundancy for PDEs via Meshless Methods’, Dept. of Mathematics, Izmir
allocation in a type-2 fuzzy environment’, Evolutionary Technical University, Turkey, 26 June 2015.
Computation (CEC), Congress on IEEE. Islam, SU, invited talk on ‘Application of Wavelets in
Sahani, S K and S Gakkhar, ‘Effects of Lysogenic and Scientific Computing’ at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 9
Lytic Path of Bacteriophage on the Coexistence of Bacteria March 2015.
and Bacteriophage’, Proceedings of Fourth International Islam, SU, invited talk on ‘Variants of Meshless Methods for
Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, Springer, Numerical PDEs’ at the International Workshop on ‘Finite
pp 643-662, ISBN: 978-81-322-2220-0 Difference Methods For Differentials Equations’, Dept. of
Mathematics, South Asian University, New Delhi, 13-17
Sahani, SK, ‘Effects of Intracellular Delay and Immune
March 2015.
Response Delay in HIV Model’, Neural, Parallel, and Scientific
Computations, 23, pp. 357-366. Islam, SU, invited talk on ‘Variants of Wavelets for Numerical
Solution of Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations’“at
Jadon, S S, JC Bansal, and R Tiwari, ‘Escalated Convergent
the International Workshop on ‘Finite Difference Methods
Artificial Bee Colony’, Journal of Experimental & Theoretical
For Differentials Equations’ Dept. of Mathematics, South
Artificial Intelligence, 28:1, pp. 181-200.
Asian University, New Delhi, 13-17 March 2015.
Jadon, S S, JC Bansal, R Tiwari and H Sharma, ‘Accelerating
Jain, Pankaj, invited talk on ‘On Convolution Inequalities in
Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm with Adaptive Local Search’, Function Spaces’ at the International conference ‘Nonlinear
Memetic Computing, 7:3, pp. 215-230 Operators, Differential Equations and Applications’, Babes-
Sharma, K, K Deep and JC Bansal, ‘Improving the local Boylai University, ClujNapoca, Romania, 10-14 July 2015.
search ability of Spider Monkey Optimization algorithm using Jain, Pankaj, invited talk on ‘Function Spaces and Weighted
quadratic approximation for unconstrained optimization’, Integral Inequalities’ at the International Conference on
Computational Intelligence, Wiley Online Library. ‘Analysis and its Applications’, Aligarh Muslim University, 19-
Papers Presented at Conferences/Symposia 21 Dec. 2015.

Keynote Addresses/Invited Talks/Discussions Jain, Pankaj, delivered a series of lectures at the short term
advanced training programme ‘Integral Transformations,
Bansal, Jagdish Chand, invited talk on ‘Computational Distributions and Wavelet Analysis’, Indian School of Mines,
Intelligence’ at the TEQIP II sponsored 1 week FDP on Dhanbad, 14-18 Dec. 2015.
‘Optimization Techniques using Nature Inspired Algorithms
for Engineering Applications’, Dept. of Computer Jha, Navnit, ‘Fifth-Six order compact finite difference
Engineering, University College of Engineering, RTU, Kota, schemes for two point BVPs’, Advanced Workshop on ‘Finite
19-23 Jan. 2015. Difference Methods for Differential Equations’, Dept. of
Mathematics, South Asian University, New Delhi, 13-17
Bansal, Jagdish Chand, invited talk on ‘Biogeography March 2015.
Based Optimization’ at the TEQIP-II sponsored Faculty
Jha, Navnit, ‘Convergence analysis of exponential expanding
Development Programme on ‘Nature Inspired Algorithm and
meshes compact-FDM for Poisson equation in Polar
their Applications’, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Delhi
coordinate system’, at the 7th International Conference on
Technological University, New Delhi, 13-17 July 2015.
‘Dynamic Systems and Applications’ & 5th International
Bansal, Jagdish Chand, ‘Modified Blended Migration and Conference on ‘Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computations’,
Polynomial Mutation in Biogeography-Based Optimization’ Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, USA, 27-30 May 2015.
at the 2nd International Conference on ‘Harmony Search
Jha, Navnit, ‘A family of order 1 to 4 compact finite difference
Algorithms’, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, 19-21
formulation for three-space dimensional non-linear Poisson
August 2015.
equations in spherical polar coordinate’, at the 6th International

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Conference on ‘Optimization and Control with Applications’, University, Mangalore, 5-6 Feb. 2015.
Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha,
Sinha, Deepa, invited talk on ‘Computation of Graph
Hunan, China, 11-14 Dec. 2015.
Structures for Encryption Decryption’, National Conference
Mohanty, RK, invited talk, ‘Compact Cell Numerical on ‘Computational Mathematics in Engineering & 26th
Methods for Fourth Order Elliptic Boundary Value Problems’ Annual Conference of Rajasthan Ganita Parishad’, Dept. of
at the International Workshop on ‘Statistical and Numerical Mathematics & Dept. of Computer Science Engineering,
Trends in Science and Engineering’ at Jaypee Institute of University College of Engineering, Rajasthan Technical
Information Technology, Noida, 1 Jan. 2015. University, Kota, 23-24 Feb. 2015.

Mohanty, RK, invited talk on ‘Compact Cell Numerical Sinha, Deepa, invited talk on ‘Graphs and Algorithms’,
Methods for Nonlinear Biharmonic Problems of First National Women’s Conference 2015 on ‘Women in
Kind’ at the International Conference on ‘Emerging Areas Science: Promoting Excellence and Innovation for Future
of Mathematics for Science and Technology’ at Punjabi Development’, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, 25-27 March 2015.
University, Patiala, 31 Jan. 2015.
Sinha, Deepa, invited talk on ‘Computation of Graph
Mohanty, RK, invited talk on ‘Compact Cell Discretization Structures for Encryption Decryption’, Workshop on ‘Network
for Nonlinear Biharmonic Equations with Dirichlet and Analytics’, Department of Computer Science, University of
Neumann Boundary Conditions’ at the International Delhi, 10 April 2015.
Conference on ‘Optimization, Computing and Business
Sinha, Deepa, invited talk on ‘Algorithmic Characterization
Analysis for Sustainable Developments’ at the Central
of 2-path Signed Graphs,’ at the programme ‘Application of
University of Rajasthan, 21 Feb. 2015.
Optimization Techniques for Engineering & Technology’
Mohanty, RK, invited talk on ‘Numerics of Fourth Order under TEQIP-II, Dept. of Applied Science, Madhav Institute
Nonlinear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations with of Technology & Science, Gwalior 23-27 Nov. 2015.
Dirichlet and Neumann Boundary Conditions: Application to
Sinha, Deepa, invited talk on ‘Absorption Cayley Graphs’,
Fluid Flow Problems’ at the National Conference on ‘Recent
at the International Conference on ‘Graph Theory and its
Trends in Mathematical Sciences’ at Shri Mata Vaishnodevi
Applications’, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, 16-
University, Katra, 8 Oct. 2015.
19 Dec. 2015.
Sahani, Saroj Kumar, ‘Effects of Intracellular Delay
Sinha, Deepa, ‘Characterization of Square Signed Graphs’
and Immune Response Delay in HIV Model’, at the 7th
at the 11nth Annual Conference of Academy of Discrete
International Conference on ‘Dynamic Systems and
Mathematics and Application, Dept. of Mathematics &
Applications’ & 5thInternational Conference on ‘Neural,
Actuarial Science, BS Abdur Rehman University, Chennai,
Parallel, and Scientific Computations’, Morehouse College,
10-12 June 2015.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 27-30 May 2015.
Sinha, Deepa, Advanced Workshop on ‘Finite Difference
Sahani, Saroj Kumar, ‘Delayed Model for HIV Infection
Methods for Differential Equations’, Dept. of Mathematics,
with Drug Effects’ at the 6th International Conference on South Asian University, New Delhi, 13-17 March 2015.
‘Optimization and Control with Applications’, Changsha
University of Science & Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China, Deepa Sinha, ‘Function Spaces and Inequalities’, International
11-14 Dec. 2015. Conference, Dept. of Mathematics, South Asian University,
New Delhi, 8-12 Dec. 2015.
Sharma, K K, invited talk on ‘Finite Element Analysis for
Differential Equations’, Short Term Training Programme,
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat,
30 Sept. - 4 Oct. 2015.

Rai, P, K K Sharma, ‘Singularly Perturbed Parabolic Differential

Equations with Turning Point and Retarded Arguments’, the
World Congress on Engineering, Imperial College, London,
UK, 1-3 July 2015.

Sharma, K K, ‘Motivation for Weak formulation,

Computational Techniques for Differential Equations with
MATLAB’, IIT Roorkee, 2-6 July 2015.

Sinha, Deepa, invited talk on ‘Edge Full Friendly Index Set’,

National Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Graph Theory
and its Applications’, Dept. of Mathematics, Mangalore
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Visits of Scholars to the Department:
Sl. No. Date Subject / Topic Speaker
1 06-02-2015 Stability and Accuracy of Time-Stepping Schemes for A Dr Samir Karaa
Second-Order Wave Equation Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate
of Oman
2 06-02-2015 Industrial Mathematics: A Key to Key Technology and Prof Amiya K Pani
Its Impact on Research and Education in Mathematics IIT Bombay
3 18-02-2015 Mathematical Models and Algorithms for certain Prof Abul Hasan Siddiqui
Emerging areas of Science and Technology Sharda University, Noida
4 19-02-2015 Measures of Noncompactness and Applications Prof M Mursaleen
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
5 27-02-2015 Efficient Solutions of Sparse System of Linear Dr R C Mittal
Equations IIT Roorkee
6 23-04-2015 Fascination for Prime Numbers Prof Sudesh Kaur Khanduja Punjab
University, Chandigarh
7 05-08-2015 Mysteries of Zero & Infinity Prof M K Kadalbajoo
IIT Kanpur
8 31-08-2015 An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics Prof B V Ratish Kumar
IIT Kanpur
9 31-08-2015 Understanding Nature and Society through Prof J B Shukla
Mathematical Modelling IIT Kanpur
10 23-09-2015 Modelling Approach for an Emerging Technology Prof V Sree Hari Rao
International Centre for
Interdisciplinary Research &
Innovation, Hyderabad

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 Department of COMPUTER SCIENCE
The Department of Computer Science is one of the first to have the presence of Dr Ahsan Ahmed Ursani, Mehran
two departments established by the University. Operational University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sind
from 2011, the department has, at present, 54 students at the province, Pakistan who joined the department for one year
Master’s level and 16 doctoral students. The department has as Visiting Associate Professor in 2015. Dr Vivek Kumar
excellent laboratory facilities for research and we hope that Singh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer
in the very near future we will be able to provide a fruitful Science, left in June 2015 and Dr Ahsan Ahmad Ursani left in
research environment and scope in the areas of Artificial December 2015 after completing his tenure.
Intelligence and Machine Learning, Computer Graphics
Finally, many members of the Faculty are actively engaged
and Image Processing, Computer Networks and Mobile
in professional activities such as peer-reviewing work for
Computing, Data and Text Analytics, Distributed Computing
reputed journals such as Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Fuzzy
and Embedded & Real-Time Systems.
Optimization and Decision Making, Sustainable Computing,
The department organised several academic and training Wireless Personal Communication, Proceedings of the
activities in the calendar year 2015. The two major Academy of Sciences, Machine Learning, and Machine
activities were our International Workshops, one on ‘Soft Learning Research etc.
Computing and Applications’ and the other on ‘Modelling
Degrees Offered & Student Break-up (Total – 70)
and Simulations of Dynamical Systems Under Uncertainty’.
Under the convenorship of Dr Pranab Muhuri, Dr Reshma Programme of Study Male Female Total
Khemchandani and Dr Q M Danish, and in collaboration MSc (CS) – Previous 15 12 27
with the Centre for Soft Computing Research, Indian (2015 Batch)
Statistical Institute, Kolkata, the workshop on ‘Soft MSc (CS) – Final (2014 22 5 27
Computing: Techniques and Applications’ was held from Batch)
25th to 27th March. Many distinguished speakers addressed
PhD (2015 Batch) 4 0 1
the participants, including Prof Shankar K Pal, ex-Director
and Distinguished Scientist, ISI Calcutta; Prof Malay Kumar PhD (2014 Batch) 6 1 7
Kundu, Prof Sushmita Mitra and Prof Ashish Ghosh from PhD (2013 Batch) 4 1 5
the Centre for Soft Computing Research, Indian Statistical
Institute, Kolkata. Prof Suresh Chandra from IIT Delhi and Country-wise Breakup of Students:
Dr Sushmita Ghosh from Jadavpur University, also spoke, in
Afghanistan 06 Maldives Nil
addition to Dr Pranab K Muhuri, Dr Q M Danish Lohani and
Dr Reshma Khemchandani. More than 120 participants from Bangladesh 09 Nepal 09
all over South Asia participated in the workshop. Bhutan Nil Pakistan 10
The International Workshop on ‘Modelling and Control India 36 Sri Lanka Nil
of Dynamical Systems under Uncertainty’ was held from
14th to 16th December and was partially supported by the
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Organised by Dr Pranab Muhuri, Dr Reshma Khemchandani
and Dr Q M Danish, it had keynote speakers such as Prof
J Saranagani from Missouri University of Science and
Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA; Prof Shalab Bhatnagar
from the Indian Institute of Science. Bangalore; Prof
Karmeshu from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi; Prof S K Neogy from the Indian Statistical Institute,
Delhi and Prof S D Joshi and Prof Suresh Chandra from
the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. About 75
participants from various fields attended the workshop.

The department also organized a technical fest called

‘OctRuX-2015’ on 30-31 October 2015, which attracted
hundreds of young minds from many disciplines for activities
such as coding, gaming, debates etc. We also undertook
a number of research collaborations with well-known
institutions all over the globe. We were was also fortunate
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 MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY
Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, PhD Reshma Khemchandani, PhD
Dean & Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area& Research Details:

Numerical Methods, Partial Differential Machine learning, optimization, financial
Equations, Computational Fluid Dynamics mathematics

Pranab Muhuri, PhD A A Ursani, PhD

Associate Professor Visiting Associate Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area& Research Details:

Real-Time Systems,Soft Computing Signal Processing,Speech Processing, Image
Processing, Remote Sensing, Machine
Learning

Amit Banerjee, PhD

Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details:

Wireless adhoc and sensor networks,Mobile
adhoc networks,P2p networks,Mobile
computing

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 faculty INITIATIVES
Appointments to External Bodies Shukla, AK, R Nath, & Muhuri, PK, ‘Energy efficient
scheduling with type-2 fuzzy uncertainty’, FUZZ-IEEE 2015,
Banerjee, Amit, member, TPC, 1st International Conference
pp.1-8.
on ‘Next Generation Computing Technologies’, Dehradun,
4-5 Sept. 2015. Solanki, Rinki, QM Danish Lohani, & Muhuri, PK, ‘A Novel
clustering algorithm based on a similarity measure over
Khemchandani, Reshma, member, program committee, intuitionistic fuzzy sets’, FUZZ-IEEE 2015, pp.1-8.
ACM India conference on ‘Big Data and Analytics’, ABES
Engineering College, Ghaziabad, 29-31 Oct 2015. Papers Presented at Conferences/Symposia

Khemchandani, Reshma, member, program committee, Khemchandani R, K Goyal and S Chandra, ‘Twin Support
international conference on ‘Cognitive Computing and Vector Machines Based Regression’, 8th International
Information Processing’, JSS Academy Noida, 3-4 March 2015. Conference on ‘Advances in Pattern Recognition’, ICAPR,
Kolkatta, 4-7 Jan 2015.
Muhuri, Pranab, member, program committee 2015 IEEE
Khemchandani, R, ‘Twin Support Vector Machine’ at
International Conference on ‘Research in Computational
the workshop on ‘Applied Optimization Models and
Intelligence and Communication Networks’, Kolkata, 20-22
Computation’, at ISI, Delhi, 28-30 Jan. 2015.
Nov. 2015.
Khemchandani, R, ‘Support Vector Machine’ at a workshop
Research Papers on ‘Applied Optimization Models and Computation’, at
Khemchandani R, K Goyal, and S Chandra, ‘TWSVR: DTU, Delhi, 11 April 2015.
Regression via Twin Support Vector Machine’, Neural Networks,
Khemchandani R, and Pooja Saigal, ‘Nonparallel Hyperplane
74, 14-21.
Classifier for Multicategory Classification’, IEEE workshop
Khemchandani R, & P Saigal, ‘Color image classification on ‘Computational Intelligence (WCI) 2015’ at IIT, Kanpur,
and retrieval through ternary decision structure based multi- Dec 14-17.
category TWSVM’, Neurocomputing, vol. 165, pp 444-455.
Muhuri, PK, ‘Optimization under fuzzy uncertainty for
Khemchandani R, K Goyal, and S Chandra, ‘Twin Support time and safe-critical systems’ at the workshop on ‘Applied
Vector Machine based Regression. Advances in Pattern Optimization Models and Computation’ at ISI Delhi, 28-30
Recognition’ ICAPR, pp 1-6. Jan. 2015.

Khemchandani R, & A,Pal, ‘Tree based multi-category Muhuri, PK, ‘Soft Computing Techniques in Real-time systems’
Laplacian Twin Support Vector Machines for Content at a workshop on ‘Soft Computing’ at G. R. International
Based Image Retrieval’, Journal of Machine Learning and Business School, Rohini, New Delhi, 11 April 2015.
Cybernetics. (Forthcoming) Muhuri, PK, ‘Particle swam optimization based reliability-
Ashraf, Z, Muhuri, PK, & QM Danish Lohani, ‘Particle swam redundancy allocation in a type-2 fuzzy environment’, 2015
optimization based reliability-redundancy allocation in a IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Sendai
type-2 fuzzy environment’, CEC-IEEE 2015, pp. 1212-1219. International Centre, Sendai, Japan, 25-28 May 2015.

Visits of Scholars to the Department

S. No. Date Subject/Topic Speaker

1. 16-01-2015 A secure data aggregation based trust Prof. Sanjay K. Madria, Missouri University of
management approach for dealing with Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA
untrustworthy motes in sensor network’
2. 13-02-2015 Handwritten Text Analytics (hTA)- Dr. Sandip Rakshit,
For Health Care Domain Kaziranga University, Assam
3. 03-03-2015 Information Security Protocols Prof. K.K. Shukla, IIT-BHU, Varanasi
4. 01-04-2015 Scientometrics: Focus on research assessment Dr. Aparna Basu, CSIR, NISTADS
and exploring new frontiers
5. 07-04-2015 NLP: Research Problems & Challenges Prof. Paolo Rosso, University of Valencia, Spain
6. 17-08-2015 Classifier Based On-Line Tracking Prof. Ashish Ghosh, ISI, Kolkata
7. 23-11-2015 Research Issues in Cloud Computing Prof. D. P. Vidyarthi, SCSS, JNU

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 stUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Abbas, Zaigham, MSc-2013 has been offered the post of Pal, Aman Pal, MSc-2013, has cleared the UGC NET
Associate Lecturer at the University of Gujrat, Pakistan. examination.
Anad, Pritam, MSc-2015, has cleared the UGC NET Sharma, Sweta, MSc-2015 has been awarded the UGC NET
examination. Junior Research Fellowship.
Baktash, Jawid Ahmad, MSc-2013, has been awarded the Shukla, Amit Kumar, MSc-2013, has been awarded the
JICA scholarship by the Govt. of Japan for a doctoral research prestigious Inspire Fellowship by DST, Govt. of India.
at the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Siddiquee, Tanvir, MSc-2014, has been awarded the Chinese
Hasan, Mahamudul, MSc-2013, has been awarded the ICT
fellowship by the Govt. of Bangladesh for doctoral studies. government scholarship for doctoral research at Tsinghua
University, China.
Kumar, Sandeep, MSc-2014, has been awarded the prestigious
Inspire Fellowship by DST, Govt. of India. Singh, Prabhat Ranjan, MSc-2015, has been awarded the
Chinese government scholarship for doctoral research at
Kumar, Sandeep, MSc-2014, has cleared the UGC NET
Wuhan University of Technology, China.
examination.
Nath, Rahul, MSc-2013, was awarded the CSIR Junior Tyagi, Sumarga Shah, MSc-2014, has been awarded the
Research Fellowship. Chinese government scholarship for doctoral research at the
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Nath, Rahul, MSc-2013, has also cleared the UGC NET
examination. Yadav, Rahul, MSc-2015, has been awarded the Chinese
government scholarship for doctoral research at the Harbin
Noor, Mahbub, MSc-2014, has been offered the post of
Lecturer by the Barisal University, Bangladesh. Institute of Technology, China.

Faculty members, students and delegates during a conference in SAU

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

Girls in Pashto cultural dress in Peshawar, Pakistan

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 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
From this year, the Department of Sociology has begun to Hashmi, daughter of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and an eminent art
publish its own journal Society and Culture in South Asia historian in her own right, from Pakistan.
with Prof Sasanka Perera as Editor-in-Chief. He is assisted by
‘Depicting Hope and Despair in Photography: Refugees
an editorial board consisting of members of the Department
in India : An Exhibition of Photographs by Raghu Rai’ was
of Sociology at SAU and an international editorial advisory
organised on 28th April 2015, in association with the Delhi
committee. The journal is open to the social sciences
office of UNHCR and the photographer, Raghu Rai. It was co-
and humanities with a focus on South Asia. Based on the
ordinated by Dr Sebnem Akcapar, Visiting Associate Professor.
model developed by the journal, South Asia Journal for
She also coordinated a panel discussion on ‘Turkey and India
Culture published in Colombo from 2009 to 2012, the first
as Global Humanitarian Actors’ on 8th October, 2015.
two volumes of Society and Culture in South Asia were
published in January and July 2015, in collaboration with The outreach programmes of the Department of Sociology
Sage, India. in the form of conferences, seminars, panel discussions,
summer schools, both at SAU and beyond have also increased
The Second Inter-university Young Scholars’ Conference
considerably in 2015 as the details in this report indicate.
was organized between 15th and 17th of October 2015 on
the theme, ‘On Gender and Sexuality: Discourses, Dialogues Degrees Offered & Student Break-up
and Praxis in Contemporary South Asia.’ 233 abstracts were
received from all over South Asia. Out of these, 28 young Programmes of Study Male Female Total
research scholars from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri MA (2014-2016) 14 8 22
Lanka, whose papers had been shortlisted through a blind
MA (2015-17) 18 9 27
peer review process, presented papers at this conference.
The faculty coordinators for the conference were Dr Anuj MPhil/PhD 8 10 18
Bhuwania and Dr Diya Mehra.
Country-wise Breakup of Students:
A number of public events were also organised, of which
the main was Jashn-e-Faiz held on 26th November 2015, to Afghanistan 4 Maldives 1
promote intellectual and socio-cultural engagement with
Bangladesh 10 Nepal 6
prominent literary figures from South Asia, in this case the
poet Faiz. The event included Guftgu, a panel discussion Bhutan 0 Pakistan 4
on the life and works of the poet, followed by a live Dastan India 40 Sri Lanka 2
performance. The guest of honour at the event was Dr Salima

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 members OF THE Faculty
Sasanka Perera, PhD Ankur Datta, PhD
Professor and Dean – FSS AssistantProfessor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Politics of Civil Society; Organizations in Kashmir Studies; History and Memory;
Governance and Democratization; Issues Forced Migration; Violence and Conflict;
and Problems of Urbanization; Dynamics of Social Anthropology and Ethnography
Education and Socialization in Eradicating
or Promoting Sectarian Conflicts; Political
Violence

Ravi Kumar, PhD Diya Mehra, PhD

Associate Professor – Chairperson Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Political Economy of Identity Politics; Social Urban Anthropology; Anthropology
Theory; Politics of Knowledge Production; and History, Politics; Governance and
Social Movements Development; The Anthropology of
Everyday life

Chudamani Basnet, PhD Mallika Shakya, PhD

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Political Sociology; Cultural Sociology; Anthropology of Work – Labour; Trader
Structured Inequality; Historical Sociology Groups and Industrial Clusters; Ethnicity
and Social Movements; Borderlands;
Regionalism and the Global South; Nepal,
India, South Africa

Dev Nath Pathak, PhD Anuj Bhuwania, PhD

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Folklore & Performance; Popular Culture Legal Anthropology; Anthropology of Media;
& Media (Cinema, Music & Theatre); Public law; Post-colonial Indian Politics;
Theoretical & Methodological Issues in Anthropology of Human Rights; Criminal
Social Sciences; Epistemology and Philosophy Justice and Policing
in Social Science; Education (Schooling &
Teaching); Youth and Resistance

From L: Dr Ravi Kumar, Dr Dev Nath Pathak, Prof Prabhat Patnaik, Prof Avijit Pathak, Prof Roma Chatterji and
Prof Sasanka Perera at the launch of Society and Culture in South Asia

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 FACULTY intitiatives
Visiting Faculty South Asia, ed. Subhoranjan Dasgupta, Aakar Books: New
Delhi, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-5002-319-8.
Dr Sebnem Akcapar was Visiting Associate Professor at the
Department of Sociology in 2015. Her research interests Perera, Sasanka, ‘Reflections on Issues of Language in Sri
include political anthropology, sociology of religion and Lanka: Power, Exclusion and Inclusion’ in Language and
religious conversion, international migration, diaspora studies Social Cohesion in the Developing World, (ed.) Hywel
and transnationalism. Coleman, Colombo: British Council and GIZ, 2015, ISBN
9789559055372
Dr Anuj Bhuwania was a Short Term Visiting Professor at the
Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen, Research Papers:
Germany from 15 Nov. 2015 to 15 Jan. 2016. Datta, Ankur, ‘Unequal Dislocations’, Seminar, vol. 672,: pp.
69-73
Special Recognition
Perera, Sasanka, appointed to the Board of Directors of the Sri Datta, Ankur, ‘Far Away, So Close’, IIAS News Letter, no. 71
Lanka Foundation by the President of Sri Lanka. : pp 26-27

Shakya, Mallika, appointed as one of the six members of Datta, Ankur, ‘Ethical Dilemmas of the Encounter:
the Advisory Board of Nepal Economic Forum, Kathmandu, Ethnography, Fieldwork and Political Violence’, in Studies in
2015-2018 (honorary duty). Indian Politics, vol. 3, no. 2 (2015): pp.284-289.

Editorial Appointments: Kumar, Ravi. ‘Beyond Rhetoric: Will AAP Deliver Anything
Fundamentally Different?’ in Economic and Political Weekly,
Shakya, Mallika, appointed associate editor of the journal
vol. L, no.29 (18 July 2015): pp. 18-21.
Studies in Nepali History and Society (unpaid duty).
Pathak, Dev, ‘In Pursuit of the Spectacles of Success:
Grants and Fellowships: Implications of the Dominant Rationality in the Domain of
Bhuwania, Anuj, awarded a fellowship under the Institute for Education’ in History and Sociology of South Asia, vol. 9, no
Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School in Jan. 2015 held 2 (2015): pp 126-145.
in Doha, Qatar.
Pathak, Dev, ‘On the Island Named Aham Brahmasmi:
Dutta, Ankur, awarded a fellowship for the ‘Heidegger Rumination on a Fluid Island-Self’ in Issue (Art Journal), vol.
Seminar’ at the Institute of Critical Social Inquiry, New 4, (2015): pp 33-44.
School for Social Research in June 2015 held in New York City,
U.S.A. Pathak, Dev, ‘Bliss and Blasé of Fun Voyages: A Polemic on
Underdeveloped Consciousness of Development’ in Journal
Kumar, Ravi, ‘Critical Knowledges and Emancipative of Development Management and Communication, vol. II,
Pedagogies: Courses in Marxist Social and Economic Theory number 2 (2015): pp 184-192.
and Curriculum Building’, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, March-
Dec. 2015, Euro 72,599. Perera, Sasanka, ‘Exploring Possibilities of Transcending
Beyond Art History towards a Sociology of Visual Arts’ in
Pathak, Dev, awarded a Charles Wallace Fellowship in Prabhava: The Journal of Art History, Visual Arts and Culture
Anthropology at Queen’s University, Belfast for 2015. (in Sinhala), Colombo: Department of History and Theory
of Art, University of the Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 1
Publications/Books:
(2015).
Perera, Sasanka, Violence and the Burden of Memory:
Remembrance and Erasure in Sinhala Consciousness, New Perera, Sasanka, ‘Anxieties of SAARC: An Experiential
Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2015. ISBN 978 81 250 6051 2. Reading through South Asian University’, IIC Review, Winter
2014–Spring 2015, vol. 41, no. 3 & 4 (2015), pp. 193-202.
Chapters in Books:
Papers Presented at Conferences/Symposia:
Kumar, Ravi, ‘Neoliberal Capitalism: Dismantling public Keynote Addresses/Invited Talks
education in India’ in Global Education ‘Reform’ Building
Resistance and Solidarity, (eds.) Little, Gawain, Manifesto Basnet, Chudamani, session chair: Language, signs and
Press: London 2015, ISBN: 978-1-907464-12-6. symbols at the workshop, ‘Performative Communication:
Culture and Politics in South Asia’ organized by the
Kumar, Ravi, ‘Reimagining Democracy: Radicalising Dialogue Department of Sociology, South Asian University, in
and Dissent as an Organisational Practice within the Indian collaboration with Center for Culture, Media and Governance,
Left’ in Democratic Governance and Politics of the Left in Jamia Millia Islamia, 20-21 Jan. 2015.
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Kumar, Ravi, keynote address ‘Subversive nature of education Adjudication and Beyond: Legal Anthropology Perspectives
in a Neo-liberal framework’ at the national seminar on ‘Indian on Contemporary India’, New Delhi, 16 April 2015.
Economy in Transition’, Department of Economics, DAV
Bhuwania, Anuj, ‘Public Interest Litigation as a Slum
College, Chandigarh, 11 March 2015.
Demolition Machine’, Centre for Policy Research, CPR-
Kumar, Ravi, keynote address ‘The Reproductive Logic CSH Urban Workshop, New Delhi, 26 May 2015.
of Capitalism and Narrative of Education’ at the national
Bhuwania, Anuj, resource person at a workshop on ‘Law
seminar on ‘Indian Economy in Transition’, Department of
and the Political in Post-Emergency India’ at the Centre for
Economics, DAV College, Chandigarh, 11 March 2015. Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen, 4 Dec.
2015.
Perera, Sasanka, ‘Sociology, Anthropology, Culture:
Possibilities of Sense from Categories of Confusion’, keynote Datta, Ankur, ‘Categories of Displacement and Dispossession:
address delivered at the conference, ‘Mapping Contours of Thinking through Development and Conflict in Contemporary
Culture/s: Overlaps and Contradictions’ at Kamala Nehru India’ at the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar, ‘Gender,
College, New Delhi, 9 March 2015. Identity and Migration in India’, Dept of Political Science,
Delhi University, 7-8 Aug. 2015.
Perera, Sasanka, ‘University Autonomy and Governance:
Datta, Ankur, ‘Locating Internal Displacement in
Towards a Dismantling of Institutionalized Mal-practices’, Contemporary India: Notes from a Kashmiri Case Study’, at
invited lecture delivered at the workshop, ‘University the Sociology of Development Conference, Brown University,
Governance, Autonomy and Accountability: Issues and U.S.A., 14 March 2015
Directions for Change’ organized by the University of
Colombo, Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo, 3-4 Pathak, Dev, ‘Sacred of Development and Profane of
Sept. 2015., Politics: A Polemical Rumination’ at the National Seminar
on ‘Reconstructing Development and It’s Discontent’,
Perera, Sasanka, ‘Towards a Nuanced Understanding of Rawenshaw University, Cuttack, 14-15 Nov. 2015.
Urban Space: A Plea for Engaging with Social Theory, History
and Politics in the Scholarship on the City’, keynote address Pathak, Dev, ‘Polyphony of Ugratara: Heritage Politics on a
delivered at the 3rd International Conference on ‘Cities, Buddhist Deity in Bihar’ at the International Conference on
People and Places: Towards a New Urbanity: Places for Urban ‘Religion and Diversity in India’, Indian Institute of Advanced
Coherence’, Department of Architecture, University of Studies, Shimla, 12-14 Oct. 2015.
Moratuwa, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 26 Oct. 2015.
Pathak, Dev, ‘Many Mahatma Gandhis: Politics of Cultural
Perera, Sasanka, ‘Space as a Political Text: Urban Coherence Reconfiguration in Contemporary India’, India Lecture of
and Dissonance’, keynote address delivered at the 3rd Queen’s University, Queen’s University, Belfast, 20 May 2015.
International Conference on ‘Cities, People and Places:
Pathak, Dev, ‘Singing and Dying: An Interpretative Reading
Towards a New Urbanity: Places for Urban Coherence’,
of Songs from Mithila’, Anthropology Seminar Lecture,
Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa,
Department of Anthropology, Queen’s University, Belfast, 28
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27 Oct. 2015.
April 2015.
Papers Presented Pathak, Dev, ‘Conceptualising a Performative South Asia:
Basnet, Chudamani, ‘Civil Society (Nagarik Samaj) A Preliminary Note’ at the International Conference on
Imagination in South Asia’, at the ‘South Asia: Explorations of Performative Communication, Jamia Millia Islamia, New
the Region, from Within and Without’ conference organized Delhi, 20-21 Jan. 2015.
by the Department of Sociology and Japan Foundation, Delhi,
6 Feb. 2015. Pathak, Dev, ‘Melodramatic South Asia: Reading popular
cinemas and performance culture’ at the International
Bhuwania, Anuj, ‘Towards a sociology of criminal law: As if Seminar on ‘South Asia: Exploration from Within and
policing matters’, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Without’, South Asian University, 6 Feb. 2015.
Law School, Doha, Qatar, 5 Jan. 2015.
Pathak, Dev, ‘Politics of Mythology in Modern Indian Art: An
Bhuwania, Anuj, roundtable speaker on ‘Juridico-political Overview’ at the India Art Fair - 2015 (Outreach programme
Iconophobia and Iconophilia: Debates in the Aftermath of of Delhi Art Gallery), New Delhi, 30 Jan-1Feb. 2015.
Udwin and Dimapur’ at the JNU-Warwick Conference ‘Law
by Other Means: Picturing Law, Politics and Justice’, New Mehra, Diya, ‘Some Reflections on Delhi in the Age of
Delhi, 10 April 2015. Economic Liberalization: The Emergence of the AAP and
Delhi’s Recent Urban Transformation,’ invited public lecture
Bhuwania, Anuj, ‘Public Interest Litigation as a Slum in the series ‘Cities in History’, Nehru Memorial Museum and
Demolition Machine’, Centre for Social Sciences and Library, New Delhi, 11 Sept. 2015.
Humanities, lecture series on the theme ‘From Rights to

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Mehra, Diya, ‘What kind of Urban? A case study of an organized by Department of Sociology, South Asian University
Indian small town’ at the Biennial Conference of the Finnish & Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia
Anthropological Society, Helsinki, Finland, 21-22 Oct. 2015. Islamia, New Delhi, 20-21 Jan. 2015.

Mehra, Diya, ‘The Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi: Mapping Shakya, Mallika, ‘Poetic Imaginings of Border and Violence:
Delhi’s urban revitalization and the AAP’s electoral success’ at Reading of Twentieth Century Novels in Nepal’, Annual
the South Asian Anthropological Group Annual Conference, Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya,
University of Cambridge, U.K., 20-21 Nov. 2015. Kathmandu, 22-24 July 2015.

Kumar, Ravi, ‘What neoliberalism does with us: How the Shakya, Mallika, ‘A Formalist-Substantivist Debate Around
world is determined by structures we didn’t wish for and ‘Competitiveness’ in Washington DC and Kathmandu’,
which might kill us finally’ at the seminar on ‘One World, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological
One Struggle’, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 13-15 Aug. Studies (IUAES) Annual Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-
2015. 17 July 2015.

Kumar, Ravi, ‘Indian Left in Crisis’ at the seminar organized Shakya, Mallika, ‘Researching Cultures/Societies in the Two
by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Stuttgart, Germany, 11 Aug. Countries: Academic and Policy Research Collaboration
2015. between India and Nepal’, Martin Chautari and BP Koirala
India-Nepal Foundation, Kathmandu, 11-12 Jan. 2015.
Kumar, Ravi, ‘Social Movements as Pedagogy: The Missing
Impulse in Revolutionary Struggle’ at the 5th International Book Reviews:
Conference on Critical Education, ‘Analyze, Educate, Pathak, Dev, ‘Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity’,
Organize: Critical Education for Social and Economic Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol. 36, no. 2(2015), pp 241-
Justice’, University of Lower Silesia, Wrocław, Poland, 15-18 248.
June 2015.
Pathak, Dev, ‘Awry Imaginings’, The Book Reviews, vol.
Kumar, Ravi, ‘Democracy, Development and Disappearance of
XXXIX, no. 2(2015), pp 34-36.
the ‘Commons’: The Spectacle of Contemporary Capitalism’
at the Centre for Studies in Society and Development, Central Perera, Sasanka, Review of Kumari Jayawardena and Rachel
University, Gujarat, 28 Jan. 2015. Kurian: Class, patriarchy and ethnicity on Sri Lankan
plantations: Two centuries of power and protest’, Sociological
Perera, Sasanka, ‘Amidst Violence: Politics, Memory and
Bulletin, vol. 64, no 3(2015), pp. 407–409.
New Possibilities for Sociology’, lecture delivered at Maitreye
College, New Delhi at the inauguration of the Sociology Perera, Sasanka, Review of Embattled media: Democracy,
Department Lecture Series, 21 Aug. 2015. governance and reform in Sri Lanka, (eds.)William Crawley,
David Page, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, Sociological Bulletin,
Perera, Sasanka, ‘In Defense of Liminal Borders: Blurring
vol. 64, no 3(2015), pp. 418–21.
the Divisions between Sociology and Social Anthropology in
Practice’, lecture delivered at Cotton College State University, Visits of Scholars to the Department: Sociology
Guwahati, Assam, 7 May 2015. Seminar Series
Perera, Sasanka, ‘Reading a History of Anxieties with the The following scholars visited the department mainly as part
Visual: Preliminary Questions towards a Visual Method in of the regular Sociology Seminar Series which was coordinated
Social Anthropology’, lecture delivered at the Department of by Dr Ankur Datta and Dr Diya Mehra (Winter Semester
Sociology, Ambedkar University, New Delhi, 18 Feb. 2015. 2015) and Dr Diya Mehra and Dr. Chudamani Basnet
(Monsoon Semester 2015).
Perera, Sasanka, ‘Fear of the Visual?: The Presence and Absence
of Photography in Social Anthropology’, workshop on ‘Re-
imagining Visuality: Exploring Possibilities in Photography,
Theory and Practice’, Department of Sociology, South Asian
University, 28 Feb. 2015.

Perera, Sasanka, ‘Narrating and Imagining South Asia

through Visual Art’, paper presented at the seminar on ‘South
Asia: Explorations of the Region, from Within and Without’,
Department of Sociology, South Asian University, 6 Feb. 2015.

Perera, Sasanka, ‘Performing Terror; Screening Violence’,

paper presented at the conference on ‘Performative
Communication: Culture and Politics in South Asia’, co-

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 Sl. No. Date Subject Speaker’s Name

1 18.2. 2015 Imagining a just disability politics: lessons from John Rawls’s Hemachandran Karah, Centre for the
theory of justice Study of Developing Societies

2 25.2. 2015 Unsettled Terrains of Legality, Contested Arenas of the Preeti Sampat, Delhi School of
State: The Making of the Special Economic Zones Act 2005 Economics

3 4.3.2015 Life in a ‘No-go Area’: Experiences of Marginalisation and Nida Kirmani, Lahore University of
Resistance in Lyari, Karachi Management Sciences

4 18.3.2015 Rethinking Africa in the "Asian Century": Notes from a Rohit Negi, Ambedkar University Delhi
Zambian Mining Town

5 1.4.2015 When Words Will Not Do: Sinhala Buddhist Monks, and Pradeep Jeganathan, Shiv Nadar
the Emergence of Violence University

6 15.4.2015 Crime and Punishment in International Law: Humanity as Yasmeen Arif, Delhi School of Economics
the Final Sovereign

7 22.4.2015 Bhagat Singh and the Question of the Death Penalty Simona Sawhney, IIT, Delhi

8 19.8.2015 Wield the Broom! Curative Democracy and the Promise of Srirupa Roy, University of Göttingen
"New Politics" in India

9 16.9.2015 Naming the Deity, Naming the City: Rama and Ayodhya Deepak Mehta, Delhi School of
Economics/Shiv Nader University

10 23.9.2015 Poverty and the Quest for Life: Spiritual and Material Bhrighupati Singh, Brown University
Striving in Rural India

11 4.11.2015 Against planetary urbanisation: Exploring the dynamics of Marie – Hélène Zérah, Institut de
small towns in India recherche pour le développement, Paris

12 18.11.2015 Imagining the Indian Nation: The Design of Gandhi’s Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan, Ambedkar
Dandi March and Nehru’s Republic Day Parade Univeristy

Academic Talks, Conferences, Workshops and Panel of Economics; CP Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru
Discussions organized by the Department of Sociology University; Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth;
Mallika Shakya, South Asian University, co-ordinated by Dr
South Asia: Explorations of the Region, from Within and
Mallika Shakya
Without, 6th. February 2015, New Delhi, convened by Dr.
Dev Pathak. Lecture by Dr Karen Exell from University College London
on ‘Museums and the Present: Issues of Community, Locality
Re-imagining Visuality: Exploring Possibilities in Photography,
and Contextual Relevance’ in collaboration with IIC Delhi, 6
Theory and Practice, 28 Feb. 2015, convened by Dr Dev August 2015, convenor and Chair for the talk, Prof Sasanka
Pathak. Perera.
Professor Keith Hart, ‘Gandhi as a Global Thinker: Legacies Summer School on ‘Marxian Social and Economic Theory:
of the Anti-Colonial Revolution.’ 29 Jan. 2015, South Basic Module’ organised at Ramnagar, by the Department
Asian University Annual Contributions to Contemporary of Sociology, Uttarakhand, and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung,
Knowledge lecture, co-ordinated by Dr Mallika Shakya. Germany, 19 Nov. 2015, co-ordinated by Dr Ravi Kumar.
Panel discussion on the book Human Economy: People, Panel Discussion on ‘Divergent Sites, Identical Subjections:
Money and Power in the Economic Crisis – Perspectives Toils and Tribulations of Labour’, organised in collaboration
from the Global South, (ed.) Keith Hart and John Sharp, with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Germany, 19 Nov. 2015, co-
23 Jan. 2015, Panelists: Keith Hart, London School ordinated by Dr Ravi Kumar.

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A Press Conference on ‘Curriculum, Pedagogy and Social Roy, Ratan Kumar, ‘Lower Input, Higher Expectations:
Transformation’ organised in collaboration with Rosa A Budgetary Analysis of The Education Sector In
Luxemburg Stiftung, Germany, 23 Nov. 2015 at Patna, co- Bangladesh’, seminar ‘On Well Being, Growth &
ordinated by Dr Ravi Kumar. Development’, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Hyderabad, 27-29 April 2015.
Student Achievements:
Publications Roy, Ratan Kumar, ‘War Crime Trial, Political Resistance From
Local To Global And Social Movement In Bangladesh’, Annual
Shukla, Tanu, and Kalyan Kumar, ‘Dynamic Constructs
International Studies Convention 2015, ‘Power, Resistance
and Static Gender: Constructing Higher Education by
And Justice In The International System: Perspectives From
Deconstructing Well-Being’, in Mental Health: Psycho-Social
The South’, School Of International Studies, Jawaharlal
Perspective, (eds.) Aradhana Shukla and Anubhuti Dubey,
Nehru University, 22-23 March 2015.
Concept Publishing Company, 2015.
Roy, Ratan Kumar, ‘Performative Shahbag: Debating
Papers and Presentations
Culture and Politics of Youth in Contemporary Bangladesh’,
Chopra, Anayika, ‘Social Justice, Equality and Changing international seminar on ‘Performative Communication:
Directions in Education Policy: The Case of Inclusive Culture And Politics In South Asia’, co-organized by the
Education in India’, paper presented at the 5th International Department of Sociology, South Asian University & Center
Conference for Critical Education, Wroclaw, Poland, 15-18 For Culture Media & Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia. New
June 2015. Delhi, 20-21 Jan 2015.
Gurang, Binit, ‘Advocating Policy Concerns: Communication Student-Faculty Partnerships
Strategies of NGOs’, Policy Discussion Paper 2/2014, Alliance
for Social Dialogue, Kathmandu. Cinema and Society Series – 2015

Pandey, Krishna, ‘Ethnic Identity and Everyday Life: Faculty Coordinator: Dr Anuj Bhuwania
Madheshis and non-Madheshis in Nepal’s Eastern Tarai’, Cinema and Society is a young sociologists’ discursive forum,
paper presented at the XIIIth ISA International Laboratory under the aegis of the Department of Sociology, South Asian
for PhD Students in Sociology, organised by International University initiated in 2011.The objectives of this forum are
Sociological Association in collaboration with National to engage with cinematic texts and forms and allow students
University of Singapore, 20-25 July 2015. an opportunity to discuss them as young social scientists. In
Roy, Ratan Kumar, ‘Visual Blinded Anthropological Research addition to the joy of engaging with the cultural manifestations
In Bangladesh: Can Visuality Offer Some New Possibilities?’ of social, economic and political realities, this forum aims at
International Visual Sociology Association 2015 Annual cultivating the intellectual faculty in students. The forum
Conference, Tinos, Greece, 25-27 June 2015. conducts regular screenings and discussion.

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The following films were screened this year:

Film and Theme Date Discussant

Matir Moina (Clay Bird) 10 February, 2015

‘Avargal’ (‘They’) 17 February, 2015

Carpet weavers Two women and a 24 February, 2015 Uma Tanuku, International Association
camera: Journey to Nagaland of Women in Radio and Television
(IAWRT)

Television 17 March, 2015 -

East is East 24 March, 2015
Born into Brothels 21 April, 2015 -
Sailab Nama – Kashmir Calling 29 April, 2015 Qazi Zaid and Shrimoyee Ghosh,
filmmakers
What the Fields Remember 28 August, 2015 Subasri Krishnan, filmmaker
Santhara 18 September, 2015 Shekhar Hattangadi, filmmaker
Nirnay (Decision) 17 October, 2015 Pushpa Rawat and Anupama Srinivasan,
filmmakers

Every time you tell a story 30 October, 2015 Ruchika Negi and Amit Mahanti,
filmmakers

Rickshaw: A Students’ Collective workshop with a professional photographer, Mr. Amit Mehra,
who also conducted a photography-walk in the vicinity of
Faculty Coordinator: Dev Pathak
Chanakyapuri. In addition to these, there have been events
In the year 2014 Rickshaw turned a new leaf and became a which blended fun and intellectual engagements, such as
more holistic body, as A Students’ Collective. It donned many such as Late Evening Show of cinema and Post-Dinner
hats including starting a blog which had regular contributions. Dessert at Rickshaw. Post-Dinner Dessert at Rickshaw had
With the onset of the new season Rickshaw organized a South Prof Sasanka Perera and Dr. Srinivas Burra ruminating on an
Asian University Art Camp, a workshop to enable young artists issue close to every student’s heart, Term papers, Assignments,
to create their works of art. Dr. Ruchika Wason, an artists Examinations: Finding Life beyond Footnotes, on the evening
and teacher from Delhi Art College ran the workshop, which of 9 February 2015.
culminated in an art-exhibition, titled ‘Aesthetic Imagination’
With its emphasis on refreshing conversation, stimulating
at the art gallery of the University at Akbar Bhawan on 24
debates and creative programs, Rickshaw has tried to create
February 2015.
a consciousness amongst students of the region, which led to
In Public Debate, another thought-provoking event by the formation of a virtual space called South Asian Solidarity
Rickshaw on 9 March 2015, teachers and students shared (https://www.facebook.com/SouthAsianSolidarityRickshaw?fr
the dais to debate on ‘Muzzling Freedom, Killing Dissent’, ef=ts). Meanwhile the blog continued to be a creative space
in the immediate aftermath of the heckling of bloggers in to express the personal troubles, fantasies and the somber
Bangladesh. Conversation was another important event which reflections of our young people on South Asian society. With
had an eminent scholar from Bangladesh, Prof Imtiaz Ahmad due inter-regional appeals, contributions from across the
conversing with students and faculty members from across region and interesting reports from South Asian mass media
disciplines on ‘The Question of South Asia: Reflections, as well as reports from other parts of the world appeared in the
Rhetoric and the Idea of a University’ on 23 February 2015. blog. There has been consistent public visibility of the blog
Subsequently, Prof Venka Purushothaman from Singapore and the events of the collective in the public space. The blog
and Prof Roma Chatterji from India conversed with the can be accessed via the following link: https://sausociology.
audience on the issue of ‘Arts, Artists and Social Sciences’ wordpress.com/about-2/. It is also linked to the SAU website
on 20 August 2015. Rickshaw also conducted a photography through the webpage of the Department of Sociology.

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 Department of International Relations
The Department of International Relations in 2015 continued Our alumni continue to do us proud. Two of our former
to register its strong presence, both in terms of research and students from the 2013-15 batch, Loveleena Sharma and
teaching. In terms of research, colleagues published in reputed Prapti Adhakari, were selected this year for the 2015 Jindal
journals like Diplomacy and Statecraft; book chapters were University Foreign Policy Fellowship.
also contributed to reputed international presses like Oxford
and Cambridge University Press, and assorted themes like The Department continues to be a lively arena for the
conflict transformation with a case study of Sri Lanka received discussion of a variety of ideas and we hope to expand our
scholarly attention as part of the Department’s research intellectual footprint in the years to come..
output.
Degrees Offered & Student Break-up
In terms of teaching, a variety of courses were offered, both
at the Masters and the M.Phil/PhD level. A wide variety of MA (2014-16) 17 11 28
optional courses were also offered, based on specific faculty MA (2015-17) 20 6 26
strengths, that lend the Department its distinctive character. MPhil/PhD (2014-16) 6 0 6
In April 2015 the Department, in partnership with UN MPhil/PhD (2015-17) 5 3 8
Women, organized an international conference on ‘Gender,
Conflict and Security: Perspectives from South Asia’. Three
colleagues from the Department also actively participated Country-wise Breakup of Students: MA
in the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual (2014-16)
Convention. The ISA remains an important intellectual Afghanistan 3 Maldives 0
global hub for scholars studying International Relations
Bangladesh 5 Nepal 4
and an opportunity also for faculty to apprise themselves
of the state of the art in their discipline. Members of the Bhutan 0 Pakistan 1
Department also participated in a variety of both local and India 15 Sri Lanka 0
international academic events and some delivered prestigious
keynote addresses as well.

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 members OF THE Faculty
Siddharth Mallavarapu, PhD Dhananjay Tripathi, PhD
Associate Professor & Chairperson, Dept. of Assistant Professor
International Relations
Subject Area & Research Details:
Subject Area & Research Details: European Union (Foreign Policy, EU- South
International Relations Theory, Politics of Asia Relations), Security and Strategic Affairs
Knowledge, Disciplinary Histories, Political (Focus on South Asia), Regional Integration
thought in the Global South Process, Political Economy, Indian Foreign
Policy

Rajen Harshe, PhD Medha Bisht, PhD

Visiting Professor Assistant Professor
Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Theories of International Relations, South Asian Politics, Strategic Thought,
Globalisation and Development, Comparative Grand Strategy and Water Issues in South
and Area Studies with reference to Afro-Asian Asia
countries and India’s foreign policy

Sanjeev Kumar H.M., PhD Jayashree Vivekanandan, PhD

Assistant Professor\ Assistant Professor
Subject Area & Research Details: Subject Area & Research Details:
Democratisation in South Asia, India-Pakistan Critical Approaches to IR theory; Indian
Relations, Identity of Muslims, Islamic strategic thought and practice; transboundary
Studies, Cinema Studies. resource governance in South Asia

Nabarun Roy, PhD

Assistant Professor Shweta Singh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Subject Area & Research Details:
International Relations Subject Area & Research Details:
Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding,
Armed Conflicts in South Asia(Kashmir and
Sri Lanka), Mediation and Peace Education

Soumita Basu, PhD

Assistant Professor

Subject Area & Research Details:

Critical Security Studies, Feminist
International Relations, The United Nations,
Global Governance, UN Security Council
Resolution 1325, Food Politics

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 faculty INITIATIVES
Special Recognition: Chapters in Books
Mallavarapu, S, featured among six internationally recognized Mallavarapu, S, ‘Theorizing India’s Foreign Relations’ in The
scholars invited to the Frankfurt Cluster of Excellence Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy eds. David M.
(Goethe University) on ‘Normative Orders’ to be part of a Malone, C. Raja Mohan & Srinath Raghavan. Oxford: OUP,
prestigious public lecture series titled ‘Theorizing Global 2015, pp.35-48, ISBN-13: 978-0198743538.
Order’ on 8 July 2015.
Mallavarapu, S, ‘Colonialism and the Responsibility to
Appointments to University/External Bodies Protect’ in Theorising the Responsibility to Protect ed.
Harshe, R, chairman, Search Committee to recommend Ramesh Thakur and William Maley, Cambridge: CUP, 2015,
a panel for the Chairmanship of National Assessment and pp.305-322; ISBN-13: 978-1107621947.
Accreditation Council, May 2015.
Research Papers:
Harshe, R, member, Search Committee to nominate the
Roy, N, ‘Assuaging Cold War Anxieties: India and the Failure
Director of the National Assessment and Accreditation
of SEATO’, Diplomacy and Statecraft, 26:2, 2015 pp. 322-340
Council, July 2015.
Papers Presented at Conferences/Symposia:
Harshe, R, member, Search-cum-Selection Committee to
recommend a panel for the post of Vice Chancellor for the Keynote Addresses/Invited Talks
Central University of Odisha, April 2015.
Harshe, R, key note address at a seminar ‘Africa Today: Politics,
Harshe, R, member, Search Committee to recommend a Society, Culture’ organised by Rabindra Bharati University,
panel for the post of Vice Chancellor for Adikavi Nannaya Kolkata, 11March 2015.
University, April 2015.
Harshe R, chaired a session on ‘India-Africa Strategic
Harshe, R, member, Search-cum-Selection Committee to Dialogue’ organised by the Institute of Defence Studies and
recommend a panel of names for the post of Vice Chancellor, Analyses, 4 March 2015.
Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, March 2015.
Mallavarapu, S, keynote address ‘The Good, the Bad and the
Harshe, R, member, Indian National Commission for Global’ delivered at the invitation of the Deutsche Gesellschaft
Cooperation with the UNESCO, September, 2015. für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Deutsche
Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, at the Umweltforum, Berlin
Editorial Assignments:
on 6 Oct 2015.
Mallavarapu, S, appointed co-editor of a series on ‘Critical
Global Thought’ by Oxford University Press. Mallavarapu, S, delivered the Hriday Nath Kunzru Memorial
Lecture on ‘International Relations Theory since the First
Grants and Fellowships World War’, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal
Singh, Shweta, ‘Gender, Conflict and Security: Perspectives Nehru University, 7 April 2015.
from South Asia’, Jan-Dec 2015, Rs, 10,67,697.
Mallavarapu, S, invited to be part of a Reflection Group on
Singh, Shweta, supporting grant for ‘Gender, Conflict and ‘Monopoly for the use of force 2.0?’ and to make a presentation
Security: Perspectives from South Asia’, April 2015, Rs 2 lakhs on ‘Theorizing the State in times of Uncertainty’, Mexico,
approx. 9-11 Nov 2015.
Vivekanandan, J, co-director, ‘India’s Regional Relations in a Mallavarapu, S, invited to contribute to an international
Transitioning World: Policies, Priorities and Practices’, ICSSR, workshop on ‘Governance, Violence and Organized Crime’,
2 years w.e.f. 1 Nov 2013, officially extended till March 2016, Mexico, 11-13 Nov 2015.
INR 40 lakhs.
Mallavarapu, S, invited to address a panel at the BRICS
Publications/Books Global University Summit on the theme of ‘Revisiting the
Harshe, R, A Gypsy in the World of Ideas, Pentagon Press, July Opinion: Nuclear Weapons, the World Court and Human
New Delhi, 2011, rev edn 2015, ISBN No. 9788182748361. Survival’ Moscow, 28 October 2015.

Singh, Shweta & Marie Nissanka Connectors and Dividers: Mallavarapu, S, co-convener of an international conference
The Challenges and Prospects for Conflict Transformation in on ‘The Many Forms of Soft Power: India and the World’ at
Kashmir and Sri Lanka, RCSS: Colombo, 2015, ISBN 978-93- the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla 14-16 Sept
5098-093-4 2015.
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Mallavarapu, S, invited to a special brainstorming meeting of Basu, S, ‘Paying for Peace and Gender Equality: The Context
the Committee on the ‘Status of Social Sciences in India’ at of the UN Security Council, International Feminist Journal
the Indian Council of Social Science Research, 10 Aug 2015. of Politics Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Mallavarapu, S, invited as member, Congress Consultative 18-19 June 2015.
Committee of the ICSSR Northern Regional Centre in July Basu, S, ‘Experiences with National Action Plans (Formulation
2015. and Implementation)’, South Asia Women Peace and Security
Mallavarapu, S, invited to lecture on ‘The Question of Conference, New Delhi, 21-22 Sept 2015.
Sovereignty and the Discipline of International Relations’
Basu, S, invited panellist at ‘The Idea of a South Asian Regional
at the 42nd Refresher Course in Political Science at the
Peace Keeping Mechanism, Review Conference’ on ‘Changing
Academic Staff College, JNU, New Delhi, 17th March, 2015.
Dynamics in Peace Keeping – Regional Cooperation Among
Mallavarapu, S, invited panelist on the occasion of the book South Asian Nations’, Kathmandu, 28 Sept 2015.
launch of Achin Vanaik’s ‘After the Bomb: Reflections on
India’s Nuclear Journey’, IIC Annexe, New Delhi on 13 March Basu, S, ‘Intersections of Gender and National Interest at
2015. the UN Security Council’, International Studies Association
(ISA) Annual Convention, New Orleans, 18-21 Feb 2015.
Mallavarapu, S, discussant in a seminar titled ‘South Asia:
Explorations of the Region: From Within and Without’ Basu, S, roundtable discussant at ‘The UN’s “Women, Peace
organized by the Dept of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Security” Agenda 15 Years On’, International Studies
South Asian University, New Delhi on 6 Feb 2015. Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, 18-21 Feb
2015.
Mallavarapu, S, discussant in a seminar on ‘Norms of
Protection of Civilians from Mass Atrocities: Conceptual and Bisht, M, ‘The Political Culture of Borders: A Case Study of
Policy Aspects’, Centre for International Politics, Organization Bhutan’, at the ‘Global IR and Regional Worlds Coference’,
and Disarmament, SIS, JNU on 21 Jan 2015. New Orleans, 19 Feburary 2014.
Tripathi, D, best paper award at the Annual Conference of Bisht, M, ‘Arthashastra: Reflections on Thought and Theory’,
Association for Borderlands Studies, Portland, USA, 8-11 Bilateral Project on Arthashastra between South Asia Institute,
April 2015. Heidelberg University, Germany and Insititute of Defence
Papers Presented Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, 26 May 2015.
Basu, S, ‘The Global South Writes (Too)’, International Bisht, M, discussant, Session Three of the Conference, ‘South
Conference on ‘Gender, Conflict and Security: Perspectives Asia: Explorations of the Region’, Department of Sociology,
from South Asia’, New Delhi, 23-24 April 2015. South Asian University, 6 Feb 2015.

Students and delegates during an event in SAU

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Mallavarapu, S, ‘Multilateralism and Disarmament’ at a Perspectives from South Asia’, SAU-UN Women, Delhi,
conference organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced India, 23-24 April 2015.
Studies, Shimla on ‘India Perspectives on Arms Control and
Singh, Shweta, ‘UNSCR 1325 and Sri Lanka: Agents or
Disarmament: Seeking Security through Cooperation’ 18-20
Controlled Actors?’ at the ‘South Asia Women Peace and
May 2015.
Security, Formulating a National Action Plan’, Delhi, India,
Roy, N, ‘Mapping the Realisms in Nehru’s Foreign Policy’, at 21-22 Sept 2015.
the 9th International Convention of Asia ScholarS, Adelaide,
Tripathi, D, ‘Creating Borders in Young Minds; The Pedagogical
Australia, 5-9h July 2015.
Projection of Enemy: A Case Study of Indian and Pakistani
Roy, N, ‘Indian Foreign Policy under Nehru: More than just School Textbooks’ at the Annual Conference of the Association
Idealism,’ Seminar Series, Department of Humanities and for Borderlands Studies, Portland, USA, 8-11 April 2015.
Social Sciences, IIT Delhi, 24 March 2015
Tripathi, D, ‘India’s Role in South Asia: Highlighting the
Singh, Shweta, ‘Negotiating the Intractable Kashmir: Domination of Bilateralism and Missing Regionalism in
Perspectives from Global South, Global IR and Regional Foreign Policy Discourse’, at the Seminar on ‘India and its
Worlds: A New Agenda for International Studies’, at the Neighbours: Policies, Priorities for the New Government’,
International Studies Association, New Orleans, 18-21Feb JNU, New Delhi, 24-25 March 2015.
2015.
Vivekanandan, J, ‘Textualising Transcendence: India and the
Singh, Shweta, ‘Women in Intercultural Dialogue: Politics of Cultural Diffusionism’ at the International Studies
Perspectives from South Asia’, at the ‘Women in Interreligious Association Annual Convention on ‘Global IR and Regional
and Intercultural Dialogue’, KAICIID, Vienna, Austria, 3-4 Worlds: A New Agenda for International Studies’, New
March 2015. Orleans,18-21 Feb 2015.

Singh, Shweta, Education for Peace: Connector or Divider?, Vivekanandan, J, with Nimmi Kurian, ‘Victorious Outliers:
WISCOMP-FAEA Policy Dialogue on Educating for Peace in The Construction of Memory in British India’s Frontier
Kashmir,, Delhi, India, 17 March, 2015. Regions’, at the Global South Caucus Conference on ‘Voices
from Outside: Reshaping International Relations Theory and
Singh, Shweta, ‘Rethinking UNSCR 1325 and Sri Lanka:
Practice in an Era of Global Transformation’, Singapore, 8-10
Critical Perspectives, Gender, Conflict and Security:
Jan 2015.

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Visits of Scholars to the Department:
Sl. No. Date Subject Speaker
1. 05.02.2015 The Making of the India-Pakistan Dynamic: Dr Pallavi Raghavan, Fellow, Centre for Policy
Nehru, Liaquat and the No War Pact Research, New Delhi
Correspondence of 1950
2. 19.02.2015 Putting the Politics back into International Prof Kanti Bajpai, Vice Dean (Research) &
Politics: Some Thoughts on Order, Welfare, Wilmar Professor on Asian Studies, Lee Kuan
Legitimacy and Justice in World Affairs Yew, School of Public Policy, National University
of Singapore
3. 26.02.2015 Buried Alive: Alternative Imagination of Dr Priya Naik, Assistant Professor, Zakir Husain
Princely Sovereignty in Colonial India College, University of Delhi

4. 05.03.2015 Change in Myanmar Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Indian Council of

World Affairs
5. 30.03.2015 Security Cooperation in South Asia Dr Christian Wagner, Senior Fellow, German
Institute for International and Security Affairs,
Berlin
6. 23.04.2015- Gender, Conflict and Security: Perspectives Conference organised by SAU and UN Women
24.04.2015 from South Asia
7. 27.08.2015 Qutub Complex: Postcolonial Identities and Dr Hilal Ahmed, Assistant Professor Centre for
Contestation the Study of Developing Societies Rajya Sabha
Fellow 2015-16
8. 10.09.2015 Development of International Relations as a Prof Nayani Melegoda, Head Department of
Field of Study in Sri Lanka International Relations, University of Colombo,
Sri Lanka
9. 08.10.2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, Nonproliferation and the Ambassador Sheel Kant Sharma
Middle East Former SAARC Secretary General (2008-2011)

10. 29.10.2015 Theorising Borders and Territoriality in Dr Devika Sharma,

South Asia Dept. of Political Science, University of Delhi

11. 19.11.2015 The Imperial History of Social Sciences: Dr Henrik Asprengen

Why is it Relevant to IR? Department of History
Uppsala University

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 Construction of SAU Campus at Maidan Garhi
A number of significant headways happen achieved Affairs Minister of India and representatives of other SAARC
during the year so far as the construction of the new campus diplomatic missions in Delhi. By the end of 2015, around
of SAU at Maidan Garhi is concerned. The Ground Breaking 90% of the physical construction had been completed.
Ceremony for the construction of the boundary wall of
the Unviersity was perforemd by Mrs Sushma Swaraj, the
External Affairs Minister of India on 3 June 2015 at Maidan Package 2: Based on the unencumbered land available
Garhi in an event attended by representatives of the SAARC with SAU, the construction plan was modified and tenders
countries, students, faculty and staff of the University. for Package 2 buildings (Faculty of Life Science and Earth
Sciences, 3 blocks of Staff Housing, Faculty Club & Guest
House and Guard House no.2) for an amount of Rs.394.64
In spite of the various encumbrances, including court crores was issued in November 2015. The tenders would be
cases, in the 6th meeting of the Building Works Committee
received in January 2016 and are expected to be awarded in
of the University on 18 March 2015 it was decided that
April 2016 with a completion deadline of 30 Months.
SAU may start construction on whatever unencumbered land
was available. Accordingly, construction in phases has been
planned. The University has obtained all the required statutory
Package 1: (Boundary Wall and Site Office) - A tender clearances from the Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC),
for the construction of boundary wall and site office, on Delhi Fire Service, Airport Authority of India, Environment
unencumbered land for an amount of Rs.2.23 crores was clearance, National Board of Wildlife, and Delhi Pollution
awarded during May 2015. The ground breaking ceremony Control Board, except approval for felling of trees from the
held in early June was graced by Mrs Sushma Swaraj, External Department of Forests & Wildlife.

Foundation of Co-operation: Mrs Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister of India along with Dr Kavita A Sharma
and Dr A K Malik at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the University campus at Maidan Garhi

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 Annexure-I

Members of THE Governing Board - 2015

1. Afghanistan Prof Dr Baray Seddiqi w.e.f 28.09.2015
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Higher Education
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Prof Hamidullah Amin w.e.f 28.09.2015
President Private Universities
Ministry of Higher Education
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Prof Mohammad Osman Babury upto 27.09.2015
Professor for Pharmacognosy
Deputy Minister for Academic Affairs
Ministry of Higher Education
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Prof. Aminullah Amin upto 27.09.2015
Associate Professor,
College of Psychology & Ed. Sciences
Kabul University,Afghanistan

2. Bangladesh Prof Abdul Mannan w.e.f. 30.12.2015

Chairman
University Grants Commission
Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prof Dr A K Azad Chowdhury up to 29.12.2015
Chairman (State Minister)
University Grants Commission
Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mr S M Anisul Haque w.e.f. 28.08.2015
Director General (SAARC & BIMSTEC),
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Bangladesh

Mr Abdul Motaleb Sarker upto 27.08.2015

Director General (SAARC & BIMSTEC),
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Bangladesh

3. Bhutan Mr Sangye Rinchhen

Head of the SAARC Division,
Dept. of SAARC & Regional Organizations,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thimphu
Mr Tshewang Tandin
Director General
Department of Adult & Higher Education
Ministry of Education,
Royal Government of Bhutan
Thimphu, Bhutan

4. India Prof Ved Prakash

Chairman,
University Grants Commission
New Delhi
Dr A M Gondane w.e.f. 10.07.2014
Joint Secretary (SAARC & BC)
Ministry of External Affairs
Government of India, New Delhi
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5. Maldives Mr Azleen Ahmed w.e.f. 27.04.2015
Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Education
2nd Floor, Velaanaage,
Male, Republic of Maldives

Dr Mohamed Latheef w.e.f. 26.10.2015

Chancellor
The Maldives National University
Male, Republic of Maldives

Dr Hassan Hameed upto 25.10.2015

Vice-Chancellor
The Maldives National University
Male, Republic of Maldives

Ms Fathmath Amira upto 26.04.2015

Director General,
Department of Higher Education
Ministry of Education,
Male, Republic of Maldives

6. Nepal Mr Ramesh Prasad Khanal w.e.f. 24.02.2015

Joint Secretary
Regional Organization Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof Dr Parashar Prasad Koirala w.e.f. 07.09.2015
Chairperson
University Grants Commission
Sanothimi, Bhaktapur
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mr Bholanath Pokharel upto 06.09.2015
Member Secretary
University Grants Commission
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mr Yagya Bahadur Hamal upto 23.02.2015
Joint Secretary
Regional Organization Division (SAARC & BIMSTEC)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal Nepal

7. Pakistan Prof Dr Mukhtar Ahmed

Chairman
Higher Education Commission
Islamabad, Pakistan
Er. Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani
Vice-Chancellor
University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar

8. Sri Lanka Prof Mohan de Silva w.e.f. 24.09.2015

Chairman
University Grants Commission, Colombo

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 Prof P S M Gunaratne w.e.f. 24.09.2015
Vice Chairman
University Grants Commission, Colombo
Prof (Mrs) Kshanika Hirimburegama upto 23.09.2015
Chairperson, University Grants Commission,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Prof (Ms) Vasanthy Arasaratnam upto 23.09.2015
Vice-Chancellor
University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

9. SAARC Secretariat SAARC Secretary General

(or his/her Representative)
H.E. Mr. Arjun Bahadur Thapa
SAARC Secretary General
SAARC Secretariat
Kathmandu, Nepal

10. South Asian University Dr Kavita A Sharma

President
South Asian University
New Delhi
Dr A K Malik
Registrar & Secretary, Governing Board,
South Asian University
New Delhi

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 Annexure-II

Members of THE executive council - 2015

1. Dr Kavita A S.harma Chairperson
President-SAU
2. Prof Rajiv K. Saxena
Vice President & Dean, FLSB-SAU
(also as officiating Dean, FMCS-SAU w.e.f. 27.08.2015)
3. Mr Azleen Ahmed
Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Education
Male, Republic of Maldives
4. Prof Parashar Prasad Koirala
Chairperson
University Grants Commission
Kathmandu, Nepal
5. Prof Mukhtar Ahmed
Chairman
Higher Education Commission
Islamabad, Pakistan
6. Prof H Abeygunawardena
Member
University Grant Commission
Colombo, Sri Lanka
7. Prof Yogesh Tyagi
Dean, FLS-SAU
8. Prof L A Sasanka Perera
Dean, FSS-SAU
9. Prof R.K. Mohanty upto 26.08.2015
Dean, FMCS-SAU
10. Prof Santosh Panda
Dean, FE-SAU
(Also as Chairperson, Library Committee)
11. Dr. A.K. Malik
Registrar-SAU

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 Annexure-III

Members of THE ACADEMIC council - 2015

1. Dr Kavita A Sharma Chairperson
President-SAU
2. Prof Rajiv K. Saxena
Vice-President& Dean, FLSB-SAU
(also as officiating Dean, FMCS-SAU w.e.f. 27.08.2015)
3. Prof Yogesh Tyagi
Dean, FLS-SAU
4. Prof L A Sasanka Perera
Dean, FSS-SAU
5. Prof Ranjan Kumar Mohanty
Dean, FMCS, SAU upto 26.08.2015
6. Prof S C Panda
Dean, FE
(Also as Chairperson, Library Committee)
7. Prof Rajen Harshe, Visiting Professor, w.e.f 23.01.2015
Dept. of International Relation, FSS-SAU
8. Prof Syed Ahsan, Visiting Professor, w.e.f 23.01.2015
Faculty of Economics, SAU
9. Dr Siddharth Mallavarapu, Chairperson,
Dept. of International Relations, FSS-SAU
10. Dr Pranab Kumar Muhuri, Chairperson,
Dept. of Computer Science, FMCS-SAU
11. Dr Pankaj Jain, Chairperson, Dept. of Mathematics, FMCS-SAU
12. Dr Ravi Kumar, Chairperson, Dept. of Sociology, FSS-SAU
13. Dr Sunil Kumar, Associate Professor, FE-SAU
14. Dr V G Hegde, Associate Professor, FLS-SAU
15. Dr Ritu Gaur, Associate Professor, FLSB-SAU w.e.f 23.01.2015
16. Dr Deepa Sinha, Associate Professor, FMCS-SAU w.e.f 23.01.2015
17. Prof Nidup Dorji, Vice Chancellor w.e.f 07.10.2015
Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan
18. Prof D N B Gunewardena w.e.f 07.10.2015
Chair, Department of Economics
University Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
19. Prof N Jayaram upto 07.10.2015
Centre for Research Methodology
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai – 400 088 (Maharashtra)
20. Prof Ainun Nishat, Former Vice-Chancellor upto 07.10.2015
BRAC UniversityBangladesh
21. Prof Surendra Raj Kafle, Former Vice-Chancellor,
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology Nepal
22. Dr A K Malik
Registrar & Member Secretary

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Members of the Finance Committee - 2015

1. Dr Kavita A Sharma Chairperson
President- SAU

2. Prof Rajiv K Saxena

Vice President & Dean, FLSB-SAU
(also as officiating Dean, FMCS-SAU w.e.f. 27.08.2015)

3. One nominee of the Governing Board (Rule 16.1.3):

Prof Abdul Mannan
Chairman
University Grants Commission
Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

Mr. Ibrahim Ismail,

Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Education,
Male, Maldives. upto 19.01.2015

4. Two nominees of the Executive Council (Rule 16.1.4):

Ms Nasira Moosa w.e.f. 20.07.2015
Lecturer
Maldives National University
Male, Republic of Maldives

Mr Bijay Raj Ghimire (CA) w.e.f. 15.05.2015

G&G Associates
Chartered Accountants
Kathmandu, Nepal

Prof Shahid Ashraf w.e.f. 15.05.2015
Registrar
Jamia Millia Islamia,
New Delhi, India

Mr M D Ganthune upto 19.01.2015

Bursar,
Department of Financial Administration,
University of Peradeniya,
Perdeniya, Sri Lanka
5. Two Deans of the Faculties, nominated by the President (Rule 16.1.6):
Prof Yogesh Tyagi
Dean, Faculty of Legal Studies,
SAU, New Delhi

Prof Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, upto 26.08.2015

Dean, FMCS,
SAU, New Delhi

6. Mr Wasim Ahmed
Director-Finance, SAU & Member Secretary w.e.f. 16.07.2015

Dr A K Malik
Director Finance & Member Secretary upto 15.07.2015

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