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The Centre for Legal Aid and Community Engagement, School of Law invites you to a Distinguished Public Lecture on Higher Education Institutions and Community Engagement by Prof. Ajay Pandey Professor & Executive Director (Clinical Programmes) Jindal Global Law School


Brief Profile: Prof. Ajay Pandey is Professor & Executive Director (Clinical Programmes) at Jindal Global Law School, and Co-Director, Centre for Legal Empowerment of the Poor at O. P. Jindal Global University, India. He obtained his Master of Law (LL.M.) in Clinical Legal Education at Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, USA as a Fulbright Scholar. He also obtained Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) in International Law from the Centre for International Legal Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the University of Lucknow, India; and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Lucknow, India. Prof. Pandey’s areas of interest include clinical legal education; human rights; consumer rights; international law; constitutional law; legal aid to the poor; legal literacy; community empowerment; citizen participation; democracy; governance; and rule of law. He has been a member of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). He has also worked with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Afghanistan and Vietnam as an international consultant. He is a member of the steering committee of the Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE). He is a recipient of Legal Education Innovation award of the Society of Indian Law Firms and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training for his experiment with Clinical Legal Education in his community empowerment work. He has edited a well-established monthly legal magazine, ‘Legal News and Views’, published from the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. He has been associated and worked for over 28 years with non-governmental organizations on issues of human rights, consumer rights, right to information, rural governance and justice, and legal aid to the poor. He served the board of S M Sehgal Foundation as an advisor and later as its Chief Executive Officer. He strongly advocates inclusion of masses in educational pursuits and envisions education to be undertaken in trusteeship of the millions who are bereft of its benefits.