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School of Law invites you to the inaugural webinar of the Padma Bhushan Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series by Padma Shri Dr. Upendra Baxi on Legal Education and Research for Justice

Date: Friday, 7 July 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. IST onwards

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99158045058?pwd=N0xYUm5jbkh4MFFhb2FrY2poRVJaZz09

Meeting ID: 991 5804 5058
Passcode: 131697

Padma Shri Dr. Upendra Baxi- Brief Profile

Prof. (Dr.) Upendra Baxi is a law graduate of Rajkot University, Gujarat, a double Master of Laws from the University of Bombay and University of California, Berkeley and a Doctorate of Juristic Sciences (SJD) from University of California, Berkeley. He began his law teaching career at the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law University of Sydney (1969-1973). He was Professor of Law at the University of Delhi (1973-1996). He was Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (1975-1978). He was the honorary director (research) of Indian Law Institute (ILI) (1985-1988). He was Vice Chancellor, University of South Gujarat (1982-1985). He was the President of the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) (1992-1995). He was Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi (1990-1994). He was Professor of Law in Development at the University of Warwick (1996-2008), where has been an Emeritus since 2009. He was a Ford Foundation Professor of Human Rights at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Kolkata) (2004-2006). He is an honorary professor of the National Law School of India University (Bangalore); the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR, Hyderabad); the National Law University (Delhi), and the Gujarat National Law University (Gandhinagar); Jindal Global Law School (Delhi). He has also taught as visiting faculty at the University of Sydney, Duke University, Washington College of Law, The American University; Global Law Program New York University Law School, and at the University of Toronto. In 1999, he was invited to deliver the Hague Lectures in Private International Law by the Hague Academy of International Law. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, by the Government of India. He is the author of numerous hugely influential books, including the Indian Supreme Court and Politics (1980); The Crisis of the Indian Legal System (1982); Towards a Sociology of Indian Law (1985); Hague Lectures in Private International Law – Mass Torts, Multinational Enterprise Liability and Private International Law (2000); The Future of Human Rights (2002), which is now in its 4th edition; and Human Rights in a Posthuman World (2008). He is a pioneer of modern legal education and is therefore the most appropriate person to deliver the inaugural lecture of the Prof. NR Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series.