Vikas K Jambhulkar, MA (Political Science) Nagpur University, M.Phil. (International Politics) Jawaharlal
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Nehru University,
New Delhi, Lecturer, has joined the department in December 2004.
His areas of special interest are Political Philosophy and Public
Policy, Constitutionalism, affirmative Action and Theoretical Aspects
of International Politics.
Before joining the department he has been working at the Centre for
Policy Research, New Delhi as a Research Associate to Dr. Shubhash
Kashyap on the project ‘Political Reforms’. He has been writing
extensively on various issues under him and had also assisted him in
writing a chapter as a contribution to an International book project
on International Criminal Tribunals.
Later he joined as an Assistant professor in Political Science at the
National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
He was associated in the co-coordination of the Five days Teaching
Session on “International Humanitarian and Refugee Law” in
Participation with the International Committee of the Red Cross and
the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. He also was the
co-coordinator under the ‘Excess to Justice’ programme in the
disbursement of the Pro-Rata amount to the victims of the Bhopal Gas
Disaster, in assistance to the High Court of Bhopal.
After joining Nagpur University he had been actively engaged in
organizing various academic activities such as seminars, guest
lectures, workshops and teaching session both National and
International, prominently are, seminar on Global Terrorism in 2005,
and one day seminar on Atrocities against Dalits in 2007. He has also
organized a two days teaching session in 2006 in the department for
the first time on “International Humanitarian Laws” with the
participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. He also
helped in organizing the 44th Political Science Conference held in the
department.
He also led the team of Political Science students of Nagpur
University for the 35th Parliamentary Training Course organized by the
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Maharashtra branch in 2004.
Apart from organizing various programmes he has been delivering
lectures on various topical issues of International and National
Concerns at various forums including the issues of the “Expansion of
the Security Council” at the 44th annual conference of Political
Science Teachers, “Indo- US Relations in historical perspective” at
Hislop College Nagpur, “Contemporary Theories of International
Relations”; and “Need for Reservation Policy”, at the Refresher course
of the Political Science Sponsored by the UGC Academic Staff College;
also delivered as a resource person a lecture on “Indo-China
Relations” organized by Chetna Manch.
He also has been associated with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
to conduct surveys of their projects on “Livelihoods, Employment,
Sustainable Development: Initiative towards Improving Skills and
Employability of People” and “Food and Drug Safety”. In that process
he has been attending workshops organized at the Institute on various
occasions.
Recently, he was invited to attend the 8 days South Asia Teaching
Session on International Humanitarian Law, organized by the
International Committee of the Red Cross in participation with NALSAR
Law School Hyderabad in April 2007.