Prakash Chand Kandpal
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for the Study of Law and Governance
Room No
103
Off. Phone
011-26704754
Residence
9871498155
Email
prakashchand@mail.jnu.ac.in, pcka120872@yahoo.com
Personal Webpage
Qualifications
- B.A. Hons. (Political Science), Ramjas College, University of Delhi, 1994
- M.A. (Political Science), Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 1997
- M. Phil. (Political Science), Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 1999
- Ph.D. (Political Science), Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 2006
- Post-Doctoral Fellow (Public Administration) (Under UGC Research Award), University of Delhi,2012-2014.
Areas of Interest/Specialization
- Public Administration, Governance, Public Policy, Urban Environmental Policy and Politics, Environment and Development, Regulatory Governance.
Experience
(Teaching and Research Experience:20 Years)
Lecturer, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi (2000-2001)
Lecturer, Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi (2002-2006)
Assistant Professor, Dyal Singh Eve. College, University of Delhi (2006-2016)
Associate Professor, Dyal Singh Eve. College, University of Delhi (2016-2020)
Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2020 onwards)
Awards & Honours
- Awarded Doctoral fellowship by Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) (2000)
- Awarded Post-Doctoral Research Award for teachers in higher education by University Grants Commission (UGC) (2012)
- Visiting Research Scholar, The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, as a part of Research Project sponsored by the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) (2018)
- Visiting Scholar, Visva Bharati University, Santi Niketan, India (2018)
- Awarded as a Chief Coordinator for Plastic Free Best College of the Year Award conferred to Dyal Singh Evening College by Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment and National Institute of Cleanliness Education and Research, New Delhi,2018
- Awarded Certificate of Academic Excellence in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Zakir Husain P.G. Evening College, University of Delhi (1997)
- Topped the School in Humanities at intermediate level by scoring distinctions in Geography (1990).
International Collaboration/Consultancy
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Best Peer Reviewed Publications
- ‘Environment and Labour: Other side of the Story’, Indian Social Science Review, Vol.5, No.2, July–December, 2003, Sage Publications
- ‘Education in the Era of Globalization: Issues and Challenges’, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. XII, April-June, 2011, Sage publications
- ‘Implications of Industrial Relocation on Workers in Delhi’, Social Change, Vol.42, No.1, March 2012, Sage publications
- Environmental protection and People’s rights: A study of labour Rehabilitation in Bawana industrial area of Delhi’, Research Journal Social Sciences, Vol.no.23, Issue no.1,2015 Panjab University, Chandigarh
- ‘Environmental protection and Regulations in India: Role of the Central Pollution Control Board’, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol.64, Issue 4, December,2018, Sage Publications.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
- ‘Proxy or Agency? Women in Rural Local Government in India’ in Nizam Ahmed (ed.), Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia: Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government, Palgrave MacMillan, London, January, 2018.
- Environmental Governance in India: Issues and challenges, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2018
- Public Administration in a globalizing world: Theories and Practices (2nd ed.), (Co-authored), Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2020
Patents (if any)
NA