MNLU Mumbai
Colloquium

South Asian Research Colloquium on Constitutional Law 2021-22

Organised by MNLU Mumbai
In collaboration with Centre for Asian Legal Studies, NUS Singapore | University of Colombo, Sri Lanka | Indian Law Institute, New Delhi

Colloquium Poster

About the Colloquium

Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai is collaborating with Centre for Asian Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, National University Singapore, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and Indian Law Institute, New Delhi to host the South Asian Research Colloquium on Constitutional Law 2021-22.

The theme of this year's research colloquium is "South Asian Constitutionalism, Crisis and Unstable Democracies." SARC aims to provide a unique forum to young legal academicians from South Asian countries.

This will be a unique opportunity for participants to strengthen their comparative research on constitutional law. It aims to publish peer-reviewed high-quality academic research articles in the form of a special issue.

Program Schedule

Workshop I
Introduction to Research Methods in Constitutional Law
November - December 2021
Workshop II
Research Development Workshops & First Review of Draft Paper: Symposium
February - March 2022
Workshop III
Presentation of Research Papers & Reviews by Discussants
May - June 2022
Final Event
International Conference & Publication
September 2022

Program Leadership

Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey
Program Director & Chair
Vice-Chancellor, MNLU Mumbai
Prof. (Dr.) Manoj Kumar Sinha
Co-Director & Co-Chair
Director, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi
Prof. (Dr.) Jaclyn L Neo
Co-Director & Co-Chair
Assoc Prof, NUS & Director, CALS
Dr. Pratapsinh B. Salunke
Co-Director
Registrar (I/c), MNLU Mumbai
Dr. Kokila Konasinghe
Co-Director
Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo

Registration & Eligibility

Articles of selected participants shall be published as a book by a reputed publisher or as a special issue of an indexed journal. 20 participants will be selected based on geographical representation and writing sample.

Eligibility: Young legal academics from South Asia with 1-5 years of teaching/research experience can apply. No participation fee will be charged. Participants will be selected on the basis of review of application form.

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Application Deadline: 10th November 2021
Registration Form Download Brochure

Program Administrators:

Adithya A. Variath - Convenor: adithya.v@mnlumumbai.edu.in
Amana Khare - Coordinator: amana.khare@mnlumumbai.edu.in
General Queries: colloquium@mnlumumbai.edu.in