Representatives from the Centre for Child and the Law (CCL), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru — Akshaya P and Aditi Thakur — participated as resource persons in the National Consultation on “12 Years of NFSA: Reflecting on Implementation, Exclusion, and the Future of Food Rights,” organised by the Centre for Tribal Studies, National Law University (NLU) Odisha, on September 20 and 21, 2025. The consultation brought together experts, practitioners, and scholars from across the country to share their experiences and chart the way forward for advancing the implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
The CCL team delivered a presentation on “The Role of Delegated Legislation in the Implementation of NFSA,” highlighting the importance of delegated legislation in realising the objectives of the NFSA, 2013. The presentation reflected on the challenges and experiences in framing comprehensive state rules, reviewed progress made across different states, and examined gaps in the Odisha Food Security Rules. The session concluded with suggestions to strengthen the state’s legal framework to enhance accountability and ensure effective implementation of the NFSA. The representation drew from the ongoing research on the importance of subordinate legislation in realisation of the right to food in different states in the country.
NLSIU is hosting two guest lectures by Prof. Stanley Yeo, Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS) at the NLS campus on November 13 and 14, 2025. Details of both talks are provided below.
Conjuring Criminal Law on the good ship “The IPC” | Nov 13, 2025
Room 204, New Academic Block | 4 pm – 5.30 pm This talk is primarily for faculty and researchers, but is open to other members of the NLS community.
Abstract: Professor Stanley Yeo will share his personal journey as a legal academic from a young inexperienced lecturer in the early 1980s to the present day as a visiting research professor at the National University of Singapore. He will show how his teaching and research of the Indian Penal Code (“IPC”) has borne much fruit over the years, both in terms of personal satisfaction as a teacher, and witnessing the impact of his research on legal change. Stanley will highlight some lessons from his long academic career with the aim of benefitting his listeners. This lecture will be directed as much to law students as to emerging academics and researchers, and anyone who may be curious to know what legal academics in their ivory towers think and do in their working lives.
Influences on Criminal Law and its Reform in Asia | Friday, November 14
Room 104, New Academic Block, NLSIU | 4 pm – 5.30 pm This talk is primarily aimed at students but is open to other members of the NLS community.
Abstract: In this lecture, Professor Stanley Yeo will draw on his expansive knowledge and experience accumulated over four decades to describe three significant areas impacting the criminal law and its reform in the Asian region. They are the continuing influence of Western concepts of criminal responsibility; the influence of legal scholarship on the development of criminal law; and the development of a shared Asian criminal jurisprudence. The lecture will encourage listeners to acknowledge the value of 19th century colonial roots of the criminal law in our country and broader region; to appreciate the vital role that legal scholarship can play in bringing the criminal law into the 21st century; and to explore the prospects of fostering a shared criminal jurisprudence in our region.
About the Speaker
Stanley Yeo is a visiting scholar at the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore. He has made legal academia his life-long career spanning over 40 years during which time he has held permanent positions at law schools in Australia and Singapore, and short term visitorships to law schools in Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Japan, Bhutan and India. He has published extensively in the fields of criminal law and criminal justice, with special leaning towards comparative criminal law. He has served as a consultant to law commissions in Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) invites applications from experts in Hindi and Kannada for Visiting Faculty (2 positions) at NLSIU based out of the University campus on a contract basis for 2 years, (March 2026 to February 2028) with the possibility of extended engagement on a need basis. This position will be based in Bengaluru.
About the NLS Programme in Indian Languages and Literatures
In 2025, the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) launched the NLS BA (Hons) programme to nurture a cohort of students equipped to engage with and shape contemporary concerns in India.
This programme will require a study of Indian languages to encourage cultural immersion, social sensitivity, and critical thinking in non-English linguistic modes.
The Programme in Indian Languages and Literatures will host a number of scholars of Indian languages who will deliver basic, intermediate and advanced courses to NLSIU students, as well as develop over time a set of certificate language courses to be delivered in online/hybrid modes. Its primary goal is to equip students to develop professional careers in a multicultural and multilingual India. Language learning at NLSIU is not conceived as mere literacy or rote acquisition, but as a pedagogical tool to develop functional linguistic ability to engage with everyday life, professional and cultural forms, as well as participate in public discussion.
Qualifications
Essential
MA/MPhil degrees in the relevant language and its literature
Desirable
A PhD in a relevant discipline is preferred
Experience
Essential
At least 2 years of experience in senior high school or UG programmes at universities or in civil society organisations, engaged in language teaching.
Preferred demonstrable qualities:
Innovative approaches to teaching language.
Ability to work closely with students.
Open to developing pedagogical methods to foster inclusive and innovative teaching.
Taking an active interest in pedagogy.
How To Apply?
Please use the Google form here, and include the following documents:
1. Teaching Statement of 2-3 pages (single spaced): Develop a teaching statement to introduce a first-year undergraduate class (of 60 hours) comprising 30 students to the language – in its script, phonetics, cultural worlds, visual and aural environments. The statement should include the following components:
Teaching resources used in designing the session(s).
A selection of possible readings for the course, accompanied by a brief explanation of your choices.
An in-class worksheet.
A detailed lesson plan for one session.
When developing your session plan, describe how you will teach this class to students with different learning capacities and levels of preparation to succeed in such courses.
2. CV
3. A Statement of Purpose (800 – 1000) words
4. Contact details and designation of two professional references
Compensation
Salary will be commensurate with qualification and experience.
For any queries, please write to
Deadline
The last date for submission of applications is December 1, 2025 at 5 pm.
NLSIU is hosting two guest lectures by Prof. Wing-Cheong Chan, Professor of Law, Singapore Management University (SMU) at the NLS campus on November 13 and 14, 2025. Details of both talks are provided below.
‘Deconstructing public opinion on the death penalty’ | Thursday, November 13
Room 201, New Academic Block, NLSIU | 5 PM This talk is primarily aimed at students but is open to other members of the NLS community.
Abstract: Governments often use public support to justify and legitimise the retention or reinstatement of the death penalty, rejecting evidence, expert opinion and international human rights standards. This presentation explores the importance of critically examining the public opinion survey’s methodology and question design in order to have an accurate understanding of attitudes towards capital punishment.
‘SMU’s Pro Bono Programme’| Friday, November 14, 2025
Room 205, New Academic Block, | 4- 5:30 PM This talk is primarily for faculty, specifically those teaching clinics, but is open to other members of the NLS community.
Abstract: This presentation highlights some of the pro bono activities organised by the SMU Pro Bono Centre. From running a legal clinic on campus and delivering legal awareness talks to drafting wills for caregivers, these projects empower students to make a tangible difference in the community. By engaging in pro bono work, students not only apply their legal knowledge to real-life situations but also develop empathy, social responsibility, and a deeper understanding of the issues faced by those in need.
About the SMU Pro Bono Centre
Since 2013, the Singapore Management University (SMU) Pro Bono Centre has championed access to justice and nurtured a generation of socially conscious lawyers from the Yong Pung How School of Law. Through student-led initiatives and partnerships with the wider community, the Centre connects classroom learning with real-world impact — empowering future legal professionals to serve with empathy, integrity, and purpose. To learn more about the SMU Pro Bono Centre, please click here.
About the Speaker
Wing Cheong is Professor of Law at SMU. He completed his undergraduate studies in Law from Oxford University, England and his Master’s degree from Cornell University, USA. He is an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, a barrister of Gray’s Inn (England & Wales), and a qualified attorney of New York State (USA).
His academic career started with the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1993. His areas of specialisation include Criminal Law, Family Law, Child Law and Elder Law. He is the co-author of ‘Criminal Law in Singapore’ which is used by law students and practitioners, and it has been cited numerous times by the courts of both Malaysia and Singapore. His recent projects include an examination of the death penalty in Singapore, and the criminal laws of regional countries (Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Laos, Bhutan and Bangladesh). Two of his works have been translated into other languages: ‘Family Law in Singapore’ (Japanese) and ‘Criminal Law in Myanmar’ (Burmese).
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru is hosting the 6th India Public Policy Network Conference (IPPN) from June 1 to 4, 2026. The theme for this edition is ‘Public Policy Praxis in Global South: Building Coherence and Capacity for Future Challenges.’
Call For Panels
We invite researchers, faculty and policy practitioners to this conference to highlight potential opportunities and challenges that are relevant to India. We invite contributions that could include working papers, monographs, case studies, demonstrable interventions and other forms of substantive reflective contributions that can help us collectively understand Public Policy Praxis in India.
Each co-chair needs to register on the IPPA website to submit the call for panels. Only one of the co-chairs will submit the call for panels.
Panel Structure
The call for panels should be structured as follows:
Title of the panel with names, affiliations, and email addresses of co-chairs (maximum 4 co-chairs for one panel)
Specification of track: Teaching track/ Research track/ Practice track
Abstract Submission
An abstract (maximum 400 words) with the following details:
Significance of the panel topic: What is the relevance of the topic? How is it in line with the conference theme? The abstract should provide a brief state-of-the-art literature and identify specific contributions expected from papers.
Research question(s): What are the research questions of the panel proposal to which participants are expected to contribute? These can be a theoretical, empirical, and/or methodological research question.
Context: The proposal should present the context of the research questions proposed and justify the significance of the context.
Papers expected: What type of contributions is the panel looking for- theoretical/ empirical/ methodological?
Potential papers: If the chairs have already identified possible papers, they should provide the titles of the paper proposals and the names of authors with their affiliations. The list of paper proposals must contain a maximum of 4 papers before they can be opened to other participants.
A brief biography of each chair (maximum 100 words each)
We were delighted to host Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), Govt of India, at the NLSIU campus on November 6, 2025, where he delivered a special lecture on the topic ‘Judicial Decision-Making for Viksit Bharat 2047’.
The session was organised for the first-year Master’s Programme in Public Policy (MPP) and 3-Year LLB cohorts and was also open to the wider NLS community.
Abstract
The world economy is changing, and India has a narrow window of opportunity to grow fast and take its place within it as a major global player, which would also provide a high standard of living to its citizens. In this session, Dr. Anantha covered why the legal system must play an essential role in this process, where the lacunae exist presently especially from the perspective of economically grounded reasoning in our legal system. Specifically, Dr. Anantha covered the importance of trade-offs, opportunity costs and unintended consequences. The session also took students through the application of the lens of economic reasoning to some prominent issues.
About the Speaker
Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran is the 18th Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India. Before being appointed CEA, he was a writer, author, teacher and consultant. He wrote a weekly column in Mint on Tuesdays from 2007 until 2022. He has co-authored books on Derivatives, Global Finance and the Indian economy. He earned his doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1994 for his work on exchange rate behaviour. In 1985, he received a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He worked in macroeconomic and financial markets research for international financial institutions in Switzerland and Singapore from 1994 to 2011.
Excerpts from the Lecture
Achieving Viksit Bharat 2047 in a Changing World
Dr. Anantha spoke about how global dynamics are being transformed by supply shocks, geopolitical realignments, technological breakthroughs, and demographic shifts. In an evolving landscape, he mentioned that India has a limited but critical window of opportunity to establish itself as a major global economic power. Achieving this vision demands investment-friendly and growth-oriented regulatory institutions, he said.
At the foundation of this transformation lies a predictable, economically grounded legal system—essential to building investor confidence and accelerating progress toward the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’- the Indian government’s vision to transform India into a developed nation by the 100th anniversary of its independence in 2047.
Stating that there is enormous responsibility on policy makers, Dr. Anantha highlighted that two key qualities that are required in policy makers, lawyers and judges today are open-mindedness and humility, in the sense of being open to emperical evidence and apply post-corrective measures as may be required.
He also spoke about the concept of asymmetries and non linearities in Economics, Life, and Public Policy – highlighting how certain actions, while offering no guarantee of success, have clear asymmetrical risks. He elaborated this point with several examples during the lecture.
Economic resilience and strength
He spoke about how economic strength comes from a legal system that understands and considers economic consequences; that comes from people’s freedom to start, trade, invest, and compete under predictable rules. He also touched upon how strong legal institutions can help ensure fair processes to secure property, speedy contract enforcement, and dispute resolution; and thus a high-performing, economically informed legal framework builds trust and strong incentives for both human and physical capital formation.
No such thing as a free lunch – trade offs
“Sound economic thinking requires recognising trade-offs, opportunity costs, and unintended consequences in every decision. Every choice involves a trade-off, because nothing is truly free—there’s always a cost in time, money, effort, or opportunity,” he said, sharing examples of personal trade-offs, and legal and policy trade-offs.
One of the most important and unseen costs is the next best opportunity
He elaborated further on how every choice may involve giving up the next best alternative, which represents a real but often unseen opportunity cost. “People make decisions after considering the best options available to them but the next best alternative that you gave up is also a cost. For example, what will factory owners do if you make it very expensive to employ labourers? Is their next best alternative always to increase wages?,” he questioned, indicating that when one option becomes unviable, people may shift to their next best alternative, not necessarily the one policymakers prefer.
The road to <unintended consequences> is paved with good intentions that don’t consider trade offs
Dr. Anantha spoke how well-intended policies can backfire when they ignore trade-offs, opportunity costs, and incentives. And thus ignoring economic incentives and trade-offs can also turn good intentions into barriers to growth and inclusion.
Taking the example of The Industrial Disputes Act which requires government permission for factories with over 100 workers to dismiss employees, he explained the intentions, trade offs and the consequences that could arise.
Interactions on Campus
After concluding his talk, Dr. Anantha interacted with members of the University including – NLSIU Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Registrar In-Charge, Prof. (Dr.) N S Nigam, MPP Chair Dr. Srikrishna Ayyangar, MPP faculty Dr. Sneha Thapliyal, Dean-Academics & Associate Professor of Law Dr. Saurabh Chatterjee, and Director – Communications & External Relations, Ms. Deepti Soni.
The National Law School Of India University (NLSIU), invites applications for one full-time role in Centre for Child and the Law (CCL) for a period of one year, based in Bengaluru.
About the Centre for Child and the Law (CCL)
The Centre for Child and the Law (CCL) is a specialised multi-disciplinary research centre of NLSIU. CCL integrates research, direct field action, and teaching on various aspects related to child rights law. CCL uses law and adopts socio-legal strategies as tools for transformative social change to enable children to live with dignity. Our aim is to ensure social justice, human rights and quality of life for all children in India, with special focus on food and nutrition security, equitable quality education, care, protection and justice for marginalised and excluded children.
About the Role
This is a full-time position based out of the NLSIU campus in Bengaluru. This role requires assisting on ongoing socia-legal and policy research, training and advocacy initiatives of the Centre for child and the Law, primarily under the theme of right to food and nutrition. The person will work closely with other colleagues CCL.
Responsibilities
Undertake policy research on the issue associated with food security and child rights;
Support ongoing research through development of tools for data collection, analysis;
Write research reports based on qualitative and quantitative analysis;
Support multi-stakeholder engagement as part of CCL’ work on supporting relavant state departments;
Develop modules for trainings conducted by CCL, and ensure qualitya nd rigour of the training programmes;
Publish high quality research papers in peer reviewed journals and contributing to NLS blog and other such platforms;
Any other related tasks to support the ongoing work CCL.
Who Should Apply?
Qualifications
Essential
Candidates with a postgraduate degree in Law, Public Policy, Development Studies, Social Science or any other related field with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks.
Experience
Essential
Candidates with atleast 5 years of Post qualification work experience , of which atleast 2 years must be in the area of policy/socio-legal research
Desirable
Previous work experience of working in social development sector in the area of food security/child rights or any similar field
Skills and Competencies
Essential
Candidates must have demonstrated ability write good quality research reports.
Candidates must be able to work within tight deadlines.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Candidates with an ability to think and work logically and work precisely with attention to detail.
Desirable
Excellent planning and prioritisation skills.
Ability to work with a team with varied skills sets.
Salary range
Rs 75,000 to 1,00,000 per month, depending on qualification, experience and skills.
The NLS Archives’ Maps of Memory exhibition displays archival fragments and glimpses of personal memory to reconstruct joyful utopian worlds that feminists began building across South Asia in the mid-20th century. It invites us to reflect on key questions: How do we remember social movements? How do we archive friendships, solidarities, and struggles?
Featuring Dr. Uma Chakravarti’s collection from the NLS Archives, the exhibition offers a visual, cinematic, and scholarly journey through people’s movements in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Through posters, films, and groundbreaking historical research, it invites visitors to engage with the intertwined narratives of friendships and struggles for democratic rights across South Asia.
Former NLS faculty member Diya Deviah contributed to the design and research for the exhibit, and made this collaboration possible, along with Dr. Swathi Shivanand and Dr. Chantu S. of MAHE.
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, was delighted to host, on October 28, 2025, a senior delegation from the Bavarian Police that is visiting Bengaluru as part of an official exchange programme. Facilitated by the Hanns Seidel Foundation that is supporting a project on gender and policing at NLSIU, the delegation included Mr. Manfred Gigl, Chief of 2nd Special Response and Training Police, and Captain Ralf Eireiner, Lecturer, 2nd Special Response and Training Police, Bavarian Police.
Discussions centred on policy developments related to, and the experiences of, women in police in India, drawing from the project’s ongoing research in Karnataka. The delegation was particularly keen to understand ways in which they could support ongoing efforts at improving training on the role and importance of a diverse and equitable police institution. They agreed to share relevant training modules and activities and continue the conversation with NLSIU on ways to advance gender-responsive policing.
NLSIU is hosting a Campus Visit Day for prospective NLS BA (Hons) candidates on Sunday, November 23, 2025. This event is open to anyone interested in applying for the programme for the academic year 2026-27. It offers a unique opportunity to:
Attend demo classes in History, Politics, Economics, and Sociology & Anthropology, conducted by NLSIU faculty.
Interact with members of the NLS community and gain insights into university life.
Explore the NLSIU campus through a guided campus tour.
Parents or guardians are welcome to accompany applicants. Registration for the campus visit is mandatory. The schedule for the campus visit will be shared with registered attendees before the event.
How to Register?
Registration is mandatory, fill in the below Google Form.
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The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, was delighted to host, on October 28, 2025, a senior delegation from the Bavarian Police that is visiting Bengaluru as part of an official exchange programme. Facilitated by the 
