Dr. R. Venkata Rao
Professor of Law & Vice-Chancellor
Areas of Specialisation

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law , Criminal Law, Jurisprudence and International Law

       
Educational Qualification  

B.A.(Hons.)
M.A. (Litt)
M.L.
Ph.D

       

Teaching Experience

 
Teaching experience of 32 years including 30 years Post Graduate Teaching and Research and guiding Ph.D. students; fourteen Ph.Ds have been awarded under his guidance;
 

To his credit he has:

  won the Gold Medal for the Best Ph.D. in the year 1993;
won the 'Best Researcher' Award of Andhra University in the year 1999 for outstanding research in Social Sciences;
won 'The Best Teacher Award' from the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2006;
been nominated as Member, Academic Committee, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi (2006);
been elected Member, Governing Council, Indian Law Institute (2003-2006), New Delhi ;
been nominated as Member, Executive Council, Chanakya National Law University , Patna (2006);
been nominated Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Public Administration;
been Member, General Council, NALSAR;
been Officer on Special Duty, Andhra University , Visakhapatnam ;
been Vice President, Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, 2009-2012
been nominated to the Governing Council, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi for three years from 2009-2012
elected as the Chairman, Board of Governors, Asian Law Institute (ASLI) for the year 2010-2011
   
Publications
Published 110 papers in Journals of National and International repute
Presented 90 National/International Seminars including 12 International Seminars.
   
International Assignments

invited to the 6th Central Asian Competition on IHL organised by the ICRC, Geneva at Almaty, Kazakhsthan from 2nd-9th May, 2005. Invited as a Member of the Jury and also to deliver lectures on Legal Personality of International Organisations and IHL.

invited to the Advisory Committee Meeting on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law organised by the University Centre for International Humanitarian law, Geneva at Geneva on 4th July 2007 . The Advisory Committee meeting discussed the modalities for working out an ambitious project entitled "Armed Conflicts and International Rule of Law". He had the rare distinction of being the only Indian among the 24 jurists invited for the Advisory Committee Meeting.

visited Germany as a member of the DAAD Exchange Programme team. Visited Frankfur t, Heidelberg , Berlin , Munich , Leipzeg and Frieburg. Visited 12 Universities. The other members of the team were Prof. M.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, WBNUJS, Kolkata and Justice N.N. Mathur, Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Jodhpur. Delivered lectures on "Indian Legal System" between 10th and 20th June, 2009 .

visited Bangkok as part of EDUCON-2009-20th to 23rd August, 2009 .

visited Georgetown Law School, Washington D.C. U.S.A. Attended IALS Conference and presented a paper on "Is Judicial Activism a Challenge to the Executive Power: The Indian Experience" -10th to 12th September, 2009.

attended the Sixth International Conference of IALS General Assembly Conference on "Labour Law and Labour Market in the New World Economy" and presented a paper on “Labour Law Reform and the Constitution of India” at University of Milan, Italy-20th to 21st May, 2010.

attended the 7th Asian Law Institute Conference at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24th and 27 th May, 2010.

chaired two sessions at 7th ASLI Conference on:

- 'Human Rights and the Constitution'
-'Law & Society'

   

He has been elected as the Chairman, Board of Governors, Asian Law Institute (ASLI) for the year 2010-11.

 

 

Contact details
Mail to mailto:ajayagovind@nls.ac.in venkatarao
director@nls.ac.in vice-chancellor, vc

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