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Prakash Chand Kandpal

Prakash Chand Kandpal

Prakash Chand Kandpal
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
[email protected], [email protected]
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
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
  1. ‘Environment and Labour: Other side of the Story’, Indian Social Science Review, Vol.5, No.2, July–December, 2003, Sage Publications
  2. ‘Education in the Era of Globalization: Issues and Challenges’, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. XII, April-June, 2011, Sage publications
  3. ‘Implications of Industrial Relocation on Workers in Delhi’, Social Change, Vol.42, No.1, March 2012, Sage publications
  4. 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
  5. ‘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
  1. ‘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.
  2. Environmental Governance in India: Issues and challenges, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2018
  3. Public Administration in a globalizing world: Theories and Practices (2nd ed.), (Co-authored), Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2020
Patents (if any)

NA

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.