O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University), is a

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located at

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. It was established in 2009 as a philanthropic initiative of its founding chancellor,

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in memory of his father, O.P. Jindal. In 2020, UGC named JGU as an

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, making it one of the ten private universities in India to have received the distinction. The university offers 45 programmes in law,

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, life sciences and business.

Constituent colleges

The university consists of twelve schools: * Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) * Jindal Global Business School (JGBS) * Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) * Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP) * Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities (JSLH) * Jindal School of Journalism & Communication (JSJC) * Jindal School of Banking and Finance (JSBF) *Jindal School of Art & Architecture (JSAA) * Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability (JSES) * Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling (JSPC) *Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development (JSPH) *Jindal School of Languages and Literature (JSLL) *International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHed) - http://iihed.edu.in/

Research Centres

* Jindal Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship * Centre for Security Studies *Centre for Health, Law, Ethics, and Technology * Centre For Middle East Studies * Centre for Israel Studies * Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies * Centre for Public Law & Jurisprudence * Centre for India-China Studies * Centre for Comparative and Global Education * Centre for New Economics Studies * Jindal Centre for Global South * Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies

Rankings

The university was ranked 751–800 in the QS World Rankings 2020, making it the youngest university to break into the rankings. JGLS, and National Law School of India, Bangalore, were the only two Indian law schools to make it into the rankings. In the QS World University Rankings 2021 Edition, JGU was ranked in the top 651-700 universities across the world. This placed JGU as the highest ranked private university in India. As a result of having been instituted in 2009, JGU was also ranked in the QS Top 150 under 50 Rankings in 2020 as well as 2021. Jindal law school ranked 76 out of all law schools globally in the QS World Rankings 2021. The university was again ranked as the number 1 private university in India in QS World Rankings 2022. The university has also been granted the status of Institute of Eminence by the Government of India in 2020. In 2017, the university was also termed the cleanest campus in India by Swachhta Ranking 2017. In 2021, JGU was also ranked amongst the top 500 in the world in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.

Notable faculty

The university is distinguished to have many respectable faculty members, and has also signed MoUs with universities abroad for faculty exchange and collaboration. The university is considered to be one of the "few 'elite' non-profit universities" besides

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and

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to attract the best faculty. Some of the noted faculty members include: * Justice (Retd.) Swatanter Kumar, former judge of the Supreme Court of India. *Padma Shri Upendra Baxi, former vice-chancellor of

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. * B. S. Chimni, former vice-chancellor of the

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. * Mahendra Pal Singh, former vice-chancellor of the

and revising author of ''V.N. Shukla's "Constitution of India''". * Shiv Visvanathan *

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* Guðmundur Eiríksson, former member of

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and judge,

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. * Armin Rosencranz *

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(visiting faculty) *Vesselin Popovski, former diplomat. *Gagan Kumar Kwatra, former head of Indian Council of Arbitration. * Michael C. Davis *

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senior journalist, former resident editor of

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and recipient

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* Venu Rajamony Diplomat and former press secretary to the

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* R. K. Raghavan, Former director of Central Bureau of Investigation *

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* Archie Parnell , American attorney and politician * Stephen P. Marks * Hartosh Singh Bal *

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* A. K. Singh * Sabrina McKenna, honorary adjunct professor *

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* R. Venkataramani * Abhishek Singhvi *

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* C. Raj Kumar

Student Initiatives

The university has a healthy culture of student engagement and student-led initiatives. This includes an active social service society, legal aid clinic, a

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, and several cultural societies. The university also hosts two annual

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: cultural festival ''Biswamil'' in the fall semester and sports festival ''Magnus'' in the spring semester.

Legal Aid Clinic

The university has a fully student-led legal aid clinic and gets frequent attention for its impact and initiatives. In 2017, the Clinic won the prestigious

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' Community Engagement Award. A legal news website noted that the "student run initiative offers legal counselling services, awareness building sessions and assistance in filing PILs. They will also receive a £2,000 cash prize as part of the award." In 2017, the Clinic's student board members and law students ''Shivkrit Rai'' and ''Nipun Arora'' exposed an admissions scam at the National School of Drama, Delhi, which also helped the Clinic bag the award.

Right to Education Litigation

in 2017, a writ petition was filed by the faculty-director of the Clinic before the Allahabad High Court, which led to the landmark decision of ''Sudheer Kumar v. State of U.P.'', ruling that even unaided private schools are covered under the

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, and for wrongful denial of admission, the school ought to cover cost of education till graduation. In July 2020, the Legal Aid Clinic took up the case of a child who was denied admission by Modern School, Delhi under the EWS quota as per

. The Clinic filed a writ petition through alumnus & advocate ''Nipun Arora'' and secured a favourable order for the child.

Human Rights Representations

The Clinic made complaints against police brutality during

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in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and also made representations to the NHRC. In April 2020, during the national lockdown due to the

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, the Clinic made a representation to the

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to exempt the protection officers under the Domestic Violence Act. The Clinic also wrote to the union law minister when three environment-advocacy websites were banned in India.

Moot Court Society

The university has a student-run society for

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and regularly participate in national and international competitions. The society won Oxford Price Media Moot 2014, won Phillip C Jessup International Moot's India rounds in 2015, runners-up in Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration moot in

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in 2017, World Finalist in 16th Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Hong Kong in 2019, and runner-up in Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Competition in 2020 and declared the 2nd best speaker (India rounds).

Competitions Hosted & Organised

The JGLS moot court society organised the JIRICO Law & Technology Moot Competition (2016), 7th Indian Vis Pre-Moot Competition, Stetson Moot Competition (India Rounds - 2018) and hosted the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition.

Notable alumni

* Thomas George Karimpanal, sport shooter *Arman Sood, founder of Sleepy Owl Coffee, named in

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Blended Learning

The Jindal Global Business School and Jindal School of Banking & Finance offers MBA degree in Digital Finance and Banking through a blended learning mode through their partnership with ed-tech startup upGrad.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Institutes of Eminence Universities in Haryana Sonipat Private universities in India Educational institutions established in 2009 2009 establishments in Haryana