P. Puneeth, Professor
P. Puneeth is Professor of Law in the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He joined JNU as Associate Professor of Law in 2015. Before joining the JNU, he was serving as Assistant Professor of Law in the Indian Law Institute (ILI) - the premier Institute for legal research and higher education in law in the country - since 2006.
He had completed his education - B.A.L. - LL.B (Five Year Integrated Course), LL.M. in "Constitutional Law and Legal Order" and Ph. D. - from Bangalore University, Bangalore, Karnataka. His doctoral thesis was on the topic "Impact of Global Regulatory Regime on Indian Constitution: A Critical Study."
His teaching and research areas of interests are Constitution and Administrative Law, Judicial Process, Judicial Administration, Law and Justice in a Globalizing World, Human Rights and Criminal Law.
He had also been an Assistant Editor of the prestigious Journal of the Indian Law Institute. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board/Committee of the NUSRL Journal of Law and Policy published by the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, Jharkhand and RV Law Journal published by the RV Institute of Legal Studies, Bangalore. He is a regular contributor to the Annual Survey of Indian Law and also published papers in journals of national and international repute. He has been an invited plenary speaker in many national conferences and has participated in many national and international seminars/conferences and presented papers. He has delivered lectures at many Institutes/Universities in India including Jindal Global Law School, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and, on invitation, offered seminar courses at National Law University, Delhi.
He had served as a Member of the Board of Studies and the Academic Council of ILI and also as Member of the Academic Council and the Court of the JNU. He is currently serving as an Invitee Member of the Academic Council of the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi (w.e.f. 13.04.2024). Recently he has been nominated by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India as a Member to the General Body of Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation for a period of three years with effect from November 21, 2023. He holds Life Memberships of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi; the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, and the Delhi Kannada Education Society (Reg.), New Delhi.
He was also a Coordinator of the 'Subject Area Group - Law' in the 'Tuning India' Project anchored by the Tuning Academy of the University of Deusto, Spain. The Group prepared a reference book for competence based curriculum development for legal education in India.
