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Jaivir Singh

Jaivir Singh

Jaivir Singh
Jaivir Singh
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for the Study of Law and Governance
Room No
11
Off. Phone
011-26704465
Email
jsingh@mail.jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/jsingh
Qualifications
  • B.A Economics Madras Christian College Awarded 1984
  • MA Economics Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi Awarded 1986
  • M Phil Economics Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi Awarded 1989 (Dissertation title: Factors Influencing the Decision to Mechanise: The South Indian Experience)
  • PhD Economics  Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi Awarded 2001(Dissertation Title Some Aspects of Industrial and Labour Markets in India: Perspectives from Law and Economics)
Areas of Interest/Specialization

Trained as an economist at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Jaivir Singh's research work aims at an  interdisciplinary exploration of law and the economy. He has published on diverse topics that include the Indian Constitution, Regulation, Labour Law, Competition Law, Corporate Law and International Investment Treaties.

He has taught courses on Microeconomics, Development and Policy, Law and Economics, Governance II – The Legal Dimensions, Research Methods, Institutional Economics and Ethics and Economics 

Experience

Teaching Experience

Professor Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University – 28th February 2012 onwards

Associate Professor Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University – 28th February 2005 to 28th February 2012

Assistant Professor Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University – 28th February 2003 to 28th February 2005    

Permanent Lecturer in Economics, Kirori Mal College University of Delhi – 27th April 1995 onwards with a promotion to Senior Lecturer on 19th September 1996 and a subsequent promotion to Readers grade with effect from 19th September 1999.

Temporary Lecturer in Economics Kirori Mal College University of Delhi – 11th September 1990 to 26th April 1995.

Ad Hoc Lecturer in Economics Kirori Mal College University of Delhi –19th September 1989 to 10th September 1990.

Awards & Honours

Visiting Affiliations

Visiting Scholar at Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota January 10th – May 25th 2008

Affiliated as Senior Research Fellow with Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) 2015-2016

Honorary Professor Department of Business Law The University of Sydney Business School 4th October to 17th October

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. (2000) ‘Monopolistic Trade Practices and Concentration of Economic power: Some Conceptual problems in MRTP Act’ Economic and Political Weekly Dec 9th
  2. (2006) ‘Separation of Powers and the Erosion of the ‘Right to Property’ in India’ Constitutional Political Economy
  3. (2014) ‘Delegation of Legislation in India: Constitutional Imperatives and the Economy of Politics’ in Sudha Pai and Avinash Mishra (ed.) The Indian Parliament: A Critical Appraisal Orient BlackSwan
  4. (2015) ‘Who is a Worker? Searching the Theory of the Firm for Answers’ in K.V. Ramaswamy (ed.) Labour, Employment and Economic Growth in India Cambridge University Press
  5. (2019) co-authored with Das, D. K., Abhishek, K., & Kukreja, P. Factors Influencing the Decision to Hire Contract Labour by Indian Manufacturing Firms Oxford Development Studies
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • (2018) co authored with Ragabh Dhash ‘Parliamentary Control of Delegated Legislation: The Hazhards of Erronoeous Delegation’ in Ajay K. Mehra (ed) The Indian Parliament and Democratic Transformation Routledge
  • (2018) Frustrating or Perhaps Supportive of Economic Activity? A Law and Economics Take on Labour Law in India’ GNLU Journal of Law and Economics Vol I issue1 September 2018
  • (2018) co-authored with Pankaj Kumar Issues in Law and Public Policy on Contract Labour in India: Comparative Insights from China Springer, Singapore

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.