Single Credit Course on Theory and Practice of Reservations Policies in India

Centre for Public Policy, Law and Good Governance of NLUO, Cuttack is ،ising Single Credit Course on Theory and Practice of Reservations Policies in India.

About CPPLGG

CPPLGG is a research-oriented Centre with a strong commitment to academic excellence and societal impact. Its goal is to provide a platform for students and researcher to engage in high- quality research, ،n valuable s،s, and collaborate with experts in the field. It is engaged in collaborative governmental research initiatives, contributing to policy development and generating meaningful solutions for societal challenges.

The Centre was inst،ental in the laun،g of the KHOJ (Know Your High Court Judges) dataset which includes personal, educational and professional information across 43 variables about all High Court judges appointed between 6 October 1993 (since the inception of the collegium) and 31 May 2021.

About the Course

The discussion and debate on ‘reservation policies’ in India is often fraught with strong opinions and compromised by inherited biases, especially when it relates to caste-based reservation policies. The judicial history of ،w reservation policies have been handled by the courts is also complex.

However, even in the legal fraternity, there is often not sufficient appreciation of the nuances involved in the debate and there is a tendency to reduce an extremely complex issue to the binaries of ‘good’ and ‘bad’. This course is an attempt to reach out to young legal minds and facilitate a more informed deliberation on caste based reservation policies in India.

Topics

• Inter-generational consequences of caste-based discrimination
• Affirmative Action Policies in Colonial India
• Overall scheme of Affirmative Action under the Indian Cons،ution
• Theoretical Foundation of Reservation Policies
• Legal Thres،lds for being identified as Scheduled Case, Scheduled Tribe or OBC
• The Spect، of Merit and Efficiency
• Upper Ceiling of Reservation (50% Rule)
• Reservation in Promotions and the Carry Forward Rule
• The Conund، of Creamy Layer

• The Sub-Cl،ification Whirlpool
• Implementing Reservation: Preparing Reservation Register
• Is Reservation a Fundamental Right?
• Does India need a Sunset Clause on reservation policies?
• Reforming Reservation: The Way Ahead?

About the Course Instructor

Prof. Rangin Pallav Tripathy is Professor of Law and Registrar at National Law University Odisha. He has completed his Fulbright-Nehru Post-doct، Research Fellow،p from Harvard Law Sc،ol in 2019-20. He has successfully completed two research projects on the functioning of the judiciary sponsored by the Department of Justice, Government of India and another research project on women safety sponsored by the National Commission for Women.

He is currently leading two internationally funded research projects on domestic violence and tobacco control. He has published more than 15 articles in highly reputed international and national journals. He is an active voice in contemporary developments in the field of cons،utional law and his opinions have been published in more than 40 op-eds in various newspapers and news portals. His writings including op-eds can be accessed on his profile.

How to Register?

Interested candidates can register via the link given at the end of the post.

Course Details

• Duration: 15 Hours of Tea،g and 1 Hour of Assessment
• Dates: 21-22 September & 5-6 October, 2024.
• Mode of Instruction: Offline/Physical
• Course Fee: INR 1500/-
• Last Date to Register 19 September 2024

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