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Sujith K

Sujith K

Sujith K
Sujith K
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for International Legal Studies,
School of International Studies
Email
sujith@mail.jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

LL.B., LL.M., M.PHIL., PH.D.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

International Environmental Law, International Water Law, Human Rights

Experience

Research and teaching since 2005

Awards & Honours

Recipient of the SOAS Doctoral Research Scholarship.

International Collaboration/Consultancy
  • Member, Editorial Board, Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD)
  • Co-investigator (2013-16), Research project on ‘the Human Right to Sanitation in India, with a focus on Kerala, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh’, funded by UN Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
  • Member, Research Team (2013-2015), UKIERI-UGC Thematic Partnerships Project on ‘Climate Change and Groundwater Management: An Indian Law and Society Comparative Study’, funded by British Council and UGC.
  • Consultant (2014), Consultancy project on ‘Sui Generis System of Plant Variety Protection in India’, funded by the Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva.
  • Consultant (2013), Project on ‘Conflicts Around Water Use in Rainfed Agriculture: Addressing the Cross-Sectoral Dimensions’, funded by IDRC.
  • Water Sector Legal and Policy Consultant (2012), Study on ‘Legal and Policy Framework for Water Management and Use in Pune (Maharashtra), Faridabad (Haryana) and Jaipur (Rajasthan)’ funded by USAID and TCG International, LLC.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Research Handbook on Law, Environment and the Global South (Edward Elgar, 2019) (with P. Cullet).
  • The Right to Sanitation in India—Critical Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2019) (with P. Cullet & L. Bhullar).
  • Water Law in India – An Introduction to Legal Instruments (Oxford University Press, 2nd edn. 2017) (with P. Cullet).
  • "The State, State Practice and International Law: A Critical Examination", 3 Third World Approaches to International Law Review 204–222 (2022) (with H. Jamil)
  • Legal Discourses on Manual Scavenging in India: From 'Right' to a 'Crime', 51(2) Indian Anthropologist 41-56 (2021).
  • "Water Security and International Law", 17 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 261–76 (2021) (with P. Cullet and L. Bhullar).
  • "Manual Scavenging in India: State Apathy, Non-implementation of Laws and Resistance by the Community", 5(2) Indian Law Review 149-65 (2021).
  • "Sanitation Interventions in India: Gender Myopia and Implications for Gender Equality", 26(1-2) Indian Journal of Gender Studies 40-58 (2019)
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • "The State, State Practice and International Law: A Critical Examination", 3 TWAIL Review 204–222 (2022) (with H. Jamil)
  • "Environmental Rule of Law in India: A Transformative Principle or Old Wine in a New Bottle?" 13(1) Journal of Indian Law and Society 133-145 (2022). (with H. Ahlawat)
  • Legal Discourses on Manual Scavenging in India: From 'Right' to a 'Crime', 51(2) Indian Anthropologist 41-56 (2021).
  • "Manual Scavenging in India: State Apathy, Non-implementation of Laws and Resistance by the Community", 5(2) Indian Law Review 149-65 (2021).
  • "Water Security and International Law", 17 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 261–76 (2021). (with P. Cullet and L. Bhullar)
  • "Polluter Pays Principle in India: Assessing Conceptual Boundaries and Implementation Issues", 7(2) RGNUL Student Research Review 33-50 (2021). (with H. Shringal)
Patents (if any)

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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.