Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph.D. (International Environmental Law), 1987.

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
M.Phil. (International Law), 1984.

Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
LL.M. (International Law), 1982.
Secured the First Place in the University

Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
LL.B. 1980.

Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
B.Com. 1978.

Awards & Scholarships

• Awardee of the College Scholarship

• Awardee of Hakamchand Vakhatram Trust Scholarship, Bombay, 1982-84

• Government of Gujarat Senior Research Fellowship, 1985-87

• Awardee of the United Nations/UNITAR Fellowship in International Law, 1988.

• Awardee of the European Community Visitor Fellowship, 1993.

• Awardee of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship 1998-99, May-July 2000, May 2001, June-July 2003.

Background & Experience

• Chairman, Centre for International Legal studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (January - August 2006)

• Jawaharlal Nehru Chair in International Environmental Law, International Legal Studies Division, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (April 2004 - ).

• Associate Professor in International Law [teaching post-graduate courses on General Principles of International Law, International Environmental Law & Institutions, International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law] at M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme, International Legal Studies Division, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi [1997- 2004].

• Assistant Professor, International Legal Studies Division, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1991-1997).

• Research Associate, International Legal Studies Division, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1987-1991).

• Director and Head of the Division, Center for Environmental Law, World Wide Fund for Nature-India, New Delhi (1997 to 1999; on secondment from JNU).

• Research Supervision: M. Phil. Dissertations - 16
                                                 In progress - 2

                                               Ph. D. Thesis - 3
                                                  In progress - 5

Academic Visits

• UNITAR/UN Fellow, The Hague Academy of International Law, the Netherlands, May-June 1988.

• Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Environmental Law (now FIELD) at King’s College School of Law, University of London, 6 December 1991- 19 January 1992.

• Visiting Fellow, Centre for Environmental Law, Robert Schumann University, Strasbourg, France, 5 December 1992- 4 January 1993.

• EU Visiting Fellow to study Environmental Law in EU member countries (U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Belgium) and EU institutions-Parliament, Commission, Council, and Court of Justice during 5-20 January 1993.

• Environmental Law Institute, Washington D.C., USA, March 1998

• Humboldt Fellow at Institute of International Law, University of Bonn, Germany, September 1998-August 1999.

• Delivered the Brown Bag Lunch Seminar on “Revitalizing International Environmental Institutions”, EIL Unit, Legal Department, The World Bank, Washington D.C., 15 January 1999.

• Humboldt Fellow at Max-Planck Institute for Public International Law, Heidelberg, February-March 1999.

• Humboldt Fellow at Institute of International Law, University of Bonn, Germany, May to July 2000.

• Delivered Guest Lectures at Faculty of Law, University of Hull, Hull, UK, October 2000.

• Delivered Guest Lectures at Faculty of Law, University of Warwick, Coventary, UK, October 2000.

• Humboldt Fellow at Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention), May 2001.

• Delivered the Brown Bag Lunch Seminar on “International Environmental Governance: Some Reflections”, EIL Unit, Legal Department, The World Bank, Washington D.C., April 2002.

• Delivered Guest Lectures at Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo as well as Institute of Advanced Study, United Nations University (Tokyo) during 27 to 31 January 2003.

• Delivered Guest Lectures at School of Law, University of Hong Kong as well as School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law, University of Hong Kong, during 1 to 2 February 2003.

• Delivered the Brown Bag Lunch Seminar on “Secretariats of Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Some Legal Issues”, EIL Unit, Legal Department, The World Bank, Washington D.C., 17 April 2003.

• Humboldt Fellow at Max-Planck Institute for Public International Law, Heidelberg, June-July 2003.

• Delivered lecture in Global Governance Speaker’ Series, Joint programme of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the Free University of Berlin (Environmental Policy Research Centre) and Oldenburg University on “ International Environmental Governance: Johannesburg and Beyond” in Berlin on 10 July 2003.

• Contributed to the Deliberations of the Yale University Working Group on Global Environmental Mechanism, Yale Law School, New Haven, USA, 23-25 October 2003.

• Delivered Fourth Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Lecture on Environmental Law, Pace University School of Law, White Fields, New York, USA, 27 October 2003.

• Delivered lectures on International Environmental Law at Forest Research Institute as well as Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun (India), 7-11 October 2004.

• Delivered lectures on International Environmental Law & Governance at Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo (Sri Lanka), 17 November 2004.

• Delivered a series of specialized lectures to senior officials of Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, 19-20 July 2005.

• Delivered lectures at 38th Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats, Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, 15 September 2005.

• Delivered lectures to senior Indian Forest Service Officers at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, 19 October 2005.

• Delivered lectures to interdisciplinary international doctoral students at Centre for Development Studies, University of Bonn, Germany, 24-25 October 2005.

• Delivered invited Open Lecture on "Whither UNEP? Reflections on the Need for a Global Environmental Authority" at United Nations University’s Institute for Environment & Human Security, Bonn (Germany) on 26 October 2005.

• Delivered invited lecture on “Role of Science in International Environmental Law-making Process” at Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute [CSIR], Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 27 December 2005.

• Delivered invited lectures on “International Environmental Governance"  and “Multilateral Environmental Agreements” at Institute of Forest and Environmental Policy, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg (Germany), 27 June 2006.

• Delivered invited lecture on “The Climate Change Regime: Legal Issues in the Negotiating Process”, German Development Institute, Bonn (Germany), 29 June 2006.

Membership of Professional Bodies/ Expert Groups

• Placed on the Roster of Specialists of the Department of Environment, Government of India.

• Member, International Council of Environmental Law, Germany.

• Member, IUCN (World Conservation Union) Commission on Environmental Law

• Member, Committee on Environmental Education, University Grants Commission, Government of India.

• Member, Working Group on National Implementation of the Rio Principles, Division for Sustainable Development, United Nations.

• Member, Policy Action Group on Global Environmental Mechanism, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, Yale University, USA.

• Associate Editor, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press (London).

• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Asian Yearbook of International Law, Kluwer Law International (The Hague).

• Member, Core Group, Governing Board, Foundation for Development of International Law in Asia (The Hague).

• Website Editor, Foundation for Development of International Law in Asia; www.asianinternationallaw.org 

• Coordinator, Drafting Task Force on National Environment Protection Act, National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan, December 2003.]

Member of Govt. of India Delegations/ National Consultative Groups

• Member, National Core Group, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Preparatory Work for the 8^th Conference of Parties meeting of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, New Delhi, 23 October – 1 November 2002.

• Member, National Climate Change Core Group [2003- till day] to prepare Government of India’s position on climate change negotiations.

• Member, Indian Delegation, 9^th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1 to 12 December 2003.

• Member, National Core Group on Biological Diversity, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India [2003- till day]

• Member, National Core Group on Forests, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India [2004 – till day].

• Member, National Core Group on Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India [2004 – till day].

• Member, National Expert Group on Coastal Regulation Zones, July-Dec. 2004.

• Member, representing India, Technical Group of Experts on Liability & Redress, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Montreal (Canada), 18-20 October 2004.

• Represented India at the Asian Consultation of International Task Force on Global Public Goods at Manila, Philippines on 18 February 2005.

• Member, Indian Delegation for Ad-hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal & Technical Experts on Liability & Redress, Cartagena Protocol of Biosafety, CBD Secretariat, Montreal, 25-27 May 2005.

• Member, Task Force on Transboundary Protected Areas, Ministry of Environment & Forests [2005 – till day]

Environmental Law Training/Capacity Building

• Joint Director, “Enforcing Environmental Laws” training programme for Legal Officers of Pollution Control Boards in India, December 1993.

• Co-organizer, “Environmental Legislations in SAARC Countries”, workshop for environment officials from SAARC countries, sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs and SAARC Secretariat (Kathmandu), January 1994.

• Resource Person for “Framework Environment Legislation in South Asian Countries”, Training Programme, sponsored by United Nations Environment Programme/SACEP, December 1995.

• Resource Person for UNEP/IUCN Training Program Duke Center for Environmental Solutions me for Environmental Law Teachers at Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, University of Singapore, June 1998.

• Resource Person for Environmental Law Capacity-Building Project of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, GOI and the World Bank at National Law School of India University, Bangalore (1998-2003).

• Co-ordinator, Regional Capacity Building in Environmental Law (SAARC Region), at Centre for Environmental Law, World Wide Fund for Nature-India, New Delhi, 1998 and 1999.

• Project Director and Co-ordinator, Asian Development Bank Project [TA 2296-IND] on Strengthening Environmental Legislation in India. Final Report presented to ADB and Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India on 7 September 1999.

• Resource Person, "Judges Workshop on Environment", training programme organized for Judges of Mumbai High Court, Mumbai, 14-15 March 2000.

• Lectures delivered, at the behest of the Ford Foundation, for Capacity-Building in Environmental Law at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu University and Nepal Bar Council in Kathmandu (Nepal), 8-14 April 2000.

• Resource Person for UNEP/ADB for National/Sub regional Capacity-Building Workshops on the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Cooperative Mechanisms during July-August 2000.

• Co-coordinator, Workshop for the Royal Bhutanese Environment Commission officials for the framework environment legislation, February 2001.

• Coordinator, Workshop for Environmental Law Teachers, Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu (Nepal), November 2001.

• Assisting in the introduction of teaching courses in Environmental Law in various Universities in India and other South Asian countries - Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu; Gujarat University; M.S.University of Baroda etc.

• Resource Person, UNEP/SACEP Asia-Pacific Workshop on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Colombo, 14-19 September 2003.

• Coordinator, Legal Review of the Bhutanese National Environmental Legislations as well as drafting of National Environmental Protection Act as well as presentation to the officials of the Royal National Environment Commission of Bhutan 11 December to 31 December 2003.

• Organizer, Second Lecture Workshop Second Lecture Workshop for Senior Government Officials of Ministry of Environment & Forests On Select International Law Issues, Multilateral Environmental Agreements & Negotiations, 23-27 April 2007.

Publications

I. BOOKS

Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Legal Status of the Secretariats
- ready for publication by Cambridge University Press, New York, NY (2007)

Creeping Institutionalization: Multilateral Environmental Agreements & Human Security (Bonn: United Nations University-EHS, 2006)

Institutionalizing International Environmental Law
(New York: Transnational Publishers, 2004)

Strengthening Environmental Legislation in India, Presented to Asian Development Bank, Manila (New Delhi: WWF India, 1999)

Environmental Laws of India : Basic Documents
(Lancers Books: New Delhi, 1994), pp. 438 + x

Water Pollution in India: Law & Enforcement
(Lancers Books: New Delhi, 1990), pp. 282 + xiii

Introduction to Environmental Laws of India: Framework, Principles, Statutes
- under preparation

II. RESEARCH PAPERS & ARTICLES

“Destroying the Global Environment” in International Perspectives (Ottawa), Nov./Dec. 1986), pp. 27-29.

“River Pollution in India: State of Ganga and Yamuna Basins”, in Enviroindia (New Delhi), January 1986, pp. 1-12.

“Water Pollution Control in India: Some Problems of Enforcement” at International Seminar on Law & Science in the protection of Environment (1985) sponsored by the Department of Environment, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indian National Science Academy. Published in R.P. Anand et al. (Ed.), Law, Science and Environment (Lancers Books : New Delhi, 1987), pp. 54-62.

Paper accepted on “Some Strategies for Combating Water Pollution: An Indian Experience” at Fifth World Congress on Water Resources (Brussels, 1985). Published in Indian Journal of International Law (ISIL, New Delhi), vol. 27, no. 1, 1987, pp. 63-71.

“Managing Ecological Upheavals: A Third World Perspective”, in Social Science & Medicine (Oxford: Pergamon Press), vol. 30, no. 10, 1990, pp. 1065-72.

“Regional Measures for Environment Protection: A SAARC Initiative” published in Yearbook of International Environmental Law (Graham & Trotman, London), vol. 2, 1991, pp. 469-71.

“Some Enforcement issues for Water Pollution Control in India”, published in International Studies (Sage, New Delhi), vol. 30, no. 3, 1993.

Background Paper on “Implementation and Compliance of International Environmental Law: A Perspective of Developing Countries with reference to Climate Change Convention”, to be published by FIELD, SOAS, University of London, U.K.

Invited Background Paper on “Threats to the World Eco-System: A Role for the Social Scientists”, for the Twelfth International Conference on Social Science & Medicine, held at Peebles, Scotland, 14-18 September, 1992. Published in Social Science & Medicine (Oxford), vol. 35, no. 4, 1992, pp. 589-96.

Invited paper on “Enforcement of the Right to Environment Protection through Public Interest Litigation in India” for the conference on Human Rights Approaches to Environmental protection in the Commonwealth and Beyond, London, 27-28 May 1993. Published in Indian Journal of International Law, vol. 33, 1993, pp. 27-40.

“The Bhopal Gas Leakage Litigation: An Overview” published in Asian Yearbook of International Law (Kluwer Law: The Hague), vol. 3, 1994, pp. 163-179.

Background paper on “Regulating Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes” presented at Third Asia-Pacific Conference on Social Science and Medicine, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, 12-16 February 1996. Published in Indian Journal of International Law, vol. 37, no.1, 1997, pp. 43-61.

“A Fresh Look at Water Pollution Control Strategy in India”, published in Energy Environment Monitor (New Delhi), vol. 12, no.1, 1996 pp. 1-14.

“Environmental Law: Some Reflections”, published in Indian Bar Review (New Delhi), vol. 23, no. 3-4, 1996, pp. 189-196.

Invited voluntary paper on “Towards Sustainable Forest Management: Need for a Forest Convention?” for XI World Forest Congress at Antalya (Turkey) held during 13-22 October 1997, Vol.5, Topic 32, Proceedings of the XIth Forestry Congress.

Invited paper on “Non liquet and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Legality of Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons”, presented at 26th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of International Law, 14-15 February, 1997, Indian Journal of International Law, vol. 37, no.2, 1997, pp. 43-61.

“Global Accords and Quest for a New International Ecological Order: From Law of Indifference to Common Concern”, Business and the Contemporary World (John Wiley, New York), vol. 9, no.3, 1997, pp.545-72.

“Sharing of International Water Resources: the Ganga and Mahakali River Treaties”, Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law (Kluwer Law, London), vol.3, no.2, 1998, pp.172-177.

“Implementation of the Rio Principles in India”, at International Workshop on National Implementation of Rio Principles, organized by INIMG, Division for Sustainable Development, DESA, United Nations, New York during 12-14 January 1999. Available on Internet at the UN Website http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/law/riopri.htm

“Institutionalizing the Kyoto Climate Accord”, Environmental Policy & Law [IOS Press, Amsterdam] vol.29, no.4, 1999.

"Invasive Species in India: A Preliminary Survey of the Legal and Institutional Mechanisms" for IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, 11 December 1999.

“International Environmental Institutions: An Overview” in Rudolf Dolzer and Josef Thesing (Eds.), Protecting Our Environment: German Perspectives on a Global Challenge (Bonn: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2000), pp.231-265.

Background Paper on "Environment and Law: Comparative Trends in the SAARC Region" for the 8th SAARCLAW Conference, Kathmandu, 22-24 September 2000.

Talk on “Revitalizing International Environmental Institutions: The UN Task Force Report and Beyond” at a Seminar, organized by Environment and International Law Unit of the World Bank, Washington D.C., on 15 January 1999; enlarged and updated version published in Indian Journal of International Law, vol.40, no.3, 2000, pp.455-504.
Short listed and circulated at the First Meeting (New York, 18 April 2001) of the UNEP constituted Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers on International Environmental Governance.

"United Nations Environment Programme: Coming Out of Coma", Down To Earth (New Delhi), vol. 9, no.20, March 2001.

“The Road to Rio+10: Reflections on International Environmental Governance”, IHDP Update, No.4, 2001, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, Bonn [Germany].

“Towards WSSD: Future of International Environmental Governance”, ECSP Report 2002, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., USA.

“Biosphere Reserves and Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Some Legal Issues”, Keynote Paper for the South Asia MAB Meeting of Experts on Environmental Conservation, Management and Research, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, 15-18 October 2002.

“Strengthening International Environmental Governance: An Assessment” in S.Kothari et al. (Eds.), The Value of Nature: Ecological Politics in India (New Delhi: 2004).

"Mapping the Future of International Environmental Governance", Yearbook of International Environmental Law (OUP), vol.13, 2002.
Short listed for the Global Ministerial Environment Forum/ VIII Special Session of UNEP Governing council (South Korea, March 2004).

“The Precautionary Approach: Some Legal Issues”, Keynote Address at the Global Biodiversity Forum, Manila, Philippines, June 2004.

“UNEP: A Global Environmental Authority?” Environmental Policy & Law, vol.36, nos.3-4, 2006, pp.137-157.

“Effectuation of International Environmental Law at the National Level: Some Comparative Trends in south Asia”, Bayan [Lahore, Pakistan], Special Issue on The Environment: policy & Practice, vol..5, March 2007, pp.55-64.
 

III CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE POPULAR PRESS

“Harvesting India’s Ocean Riches”, Link (New Delhi), 26 January 1985.

“Operation Ganga: A National Clean-up Effort”, The Hindustan Times (New Delhi), 22 July 1985.

“Protecting the Environment”, The Hindustan Times (New Delhi), 20 January 1986.

“Rejuvenating the Ganga”, Link (New Delhi), 2 February, 1986.

“Public Interest Litigation: Environmental Pollution Control”, The Hindustan Times (New Delhi), 24 March 1986.

“Environment: The Gathering Crisis”, The Hindustan Times (New Delhi), 24 October 1996.

“Environmental Refugees and a Dying Ecosystem”, Link, March 1987.

“The Case to Cleanse a Thousand Sins”, Indian Express (Bombay), 27 March 1988.

“Humans Endanger Earth’s Climate”, The Times of India (New Delhi), 10 July 1996.

“Rich should Pay for Fouling Air”, The Times of India, 29 November 1997.

“Kyoto Summit : An Assessment,” WWF-India Newsletter, December 1997.

“Black Skies and Burning Forests,” Deccan Herald (Bangalore), 1 February 1998.

“Attack on Parliament: India’s Options and International Law”, Mainstream, 26 January 2002.
 

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