Law Varsity launches RODS to promote research
- November 01, 2021
- Updated: 01:23 am
DW BUREAU / PATIALA
The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab has initiated Research Outcome Dissemination Series (RODS) to promote quality research.
Speaking on the occasion Prof. G.S. Bajpai, Vice-Chancellor RGNUL, said, "RODS will provide researchers and professionals a platform to raise awareness regarding the domain of their research."
RGNUL will collaborate with government departments, non-profit organizations, inter/national associations and academic institutes for dissemination of legal research, he added.
Centre for Advanced Studies in Energy Law (CASEL) in collaboration with Centre for Environmental Legal Studies (CELS) organized lecture on "The Prismatic Gap between Judgement and Implementation: An Assessment of SC Verdict on Environment Degradation" under the new initiative RGNUL-Research Outcome Dissemination Series (RODS).
The speaker for the maiden lecture in the series was Debadityo Sinha, a Yale-trained environmentalist in tropical forests and a Senior Resident Fellow, at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.
Debadityo also shared the research output and implementation process at Vidhi and plans for the future. He said that Vidhi was planning on disseminating research through a series of documentaries. 70 delegates from different institutes attended the online lecture.
The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab organized the second lecture in the Research Outcome Dissemination Series (RODS). Dr Vijay Raghavan, Head, Centre for Criminology and Justice, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Campus deliberated on Rapid Needs Assessment Survey of Criminal Justice Affected Persons and their Families During COVID Crisis carried out by Prayas, a Field Action Project of the centre.
He said that Prayas initially provided financial aid of Rs. 1000-2000/-, dry rations, masks, sanitary kits and other items in response to the Supreme Court's orders in the case of suo motu writ petition titled Contagion of COVID-19 in prisons to release suitable prisoners so as to prevent the spread of the virus in prisons.
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