Subhram Rajkhowa

Associated Faculty

MA (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

Constitutional Law and Administrative Law

Department of Department of Law
Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781014
Email: srajkhowa[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

Prof Subhram Rajkhowa graduated from with Honours in Geography from Gauhati University. He obtained his Masters of Law from the Gauhati University with specialisation in Constitutional and Administrative Law and went on to obtain his Ph.D in the Constitutional Law from the same  University in the Year 1998. He  resigned from the State Judicial Service to join the service, initially as a Lecturer, and is presently holding  the  post of Professor at Gauhati University.  In between he served  on an UNDP assignment as an Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University for a term. He is a visiting Professor in a couple of Universities and has been called upon to deliver lectures in a number of  Universities across jurisdictions . Prof Rajkhowa has behind him a number of academic assignments within the country and abroad having visited several universities.

  He has number of published books on Human Rights . His works  include;  Human Rights- A Reflection;  Indigenous Peoples- A Quest for Justice, International Human Rights (6 volumes); Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2 volumes) and Comparative Public Law.

He has also contributed more than 70 research articles in various foray and many  of his research articles have been published in various reputed research law journals and books. He is the Editor of a couple of Journals and a member of Advisory Boards of Law Journals in  published from different places in India University.

He has produced seventeen Ph. D scholars till date and another six scholars are conducting research under his supervision.   He has conducted  a few research projects as well.

 Besides his academic assignments, he has contributed to grass roots level activities in the field of human rights and attended a number of programmes organised by the United Nations both as Geneva and New York. He  is keenly involved with issues of  Anti Personnel Landmines and Cluster Munitions as well as Small Arms and Light Weapons and  is  associated with  several national and International nongovernmental Organisations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch,   International Action Network  for Small Arms, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Indian Institute of Peace, Cooperation and environmental Protection, Commonwealth Legal Education  Association, Global Alliance  for Justice Education, Global Education Law Forum, among others. He was  a member of Independent Peoples Commission on Dams in Arunachal Pradesh and invited as an observer to the Presidential Elections in Sri Lanka. 

19-20 .01.2018            Delivered Keynote Address on Law Court and Politics RE-Negotiating Global and National Perspectives at National Seminar at  Bankura University, West Bengal.

20-21.01.2018             Attended UGC National Seminar on Child Rights and Future of Nation: Issues and Challenges from National and International Perspectives and also chaired a Session

19.04.2018                  Delivered Lecture on Research Methodology at BRM  Government Law College

08.04. 2018-                Delivered talk on Rule of Law at Nalbari Law College, Assam

 

19 -20.4, 2018             Delivered talk on Legal Research Methodology to LL.M students and Ph.D Research scholars at Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar, North Bengal

 

28-29 April, 2018        Participated as guest of honour in SAARC Law Conclave at Siliguri. Made a presentation on Governance of Trans boundary Water Disputes in South Asia and chaired a session on Hydel  Power Generation in South Asian River System and its effects

  1981

Master of Law ( Specialised: Constitutional Law), Gauhati University, India

  1998

Doctor of Philosophy in Constitutional Law, Gauhati University, India

 

 1996

 

1996

 2002

 2007

 

Certificate in Human Rights, International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France

Certificate in CIDHU, IIHA, Strasbourg, France

Diploma in Human Rights, International Human Rights Academy,  South Africa

Diploma in Refugee Protection and Human Rights, International Institute of   Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy

 

Current Position

Professor, Department of Law, Gauhati University (Since 2006),

 Head i/c Department of Law

Director, Center for Refugee Law Studies and Research, Gauhati University (Since 2001)

2011-2014

Dean, Faculty of Law, Gauhati University

2003 -2004

1998-2006

1986-1998

1985-1986

1983-1984

         1986

 

 

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Reader, Department of Law, Gauhati University, India

Lecturer, Department of Law, Gauhati University, India

Guest Lecturer in Law, Gauhati University Law College, India

Guest Lecturer in Law, J.B Law College, Guwahati, India

Judicial Magistrate, Government of As

  • Former Member, Executive Council, Gauhati University, India
  • Member, Academic Council, Gauhati University, India
  • Director, Centre for Refugee Law  Studies  and Research, Guwahati, India
  • Member, Post Graduate Studies Board, Assam University, Silchar, India
  • Member, School Board, Assam University, Silchar, India
  • Member, Academic Council, Indian Institute of Legal Studies, Siliguri, West Bengal
  •  Former Member, BUGS Mizoram University, India
  • Member, P G Board of Studies, Department of Law, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
  • Member, Post Graduate Board of Studies   Department of Law, Burdwan University, India
  • Former Member, Academic Board, Law University, Guwahati
  • Former Head, Department of Law, Gauhati University, India
  • Chairperson, Committee of Courses and Studies for Master of Law, Gauhati University, India
  • Chairperson, Committee of Courses and Studies for Master of Law, Gauhati University, India
  • Chairman, Department Advisory Committee, Law, Gauhati University, India
  •  Former Member, Standing Committee, Academic Council, Gauhati University, India
  • Member, Ethics Committee, Gauhati University, India
  • Member, Research Council, Gauhati University
  • Member, Grievance Redressal Committee, Gauhati University
  • Past Member, Admission Committee, Gauhati University
  • Member, Anti Plagiarism Committee, Gauhati University
  • Past Member, Disciplinary and Hostel Board , Gauhati University
  • Member, Rationalisation Committee, Gauhati University
  • Member, Ordinance of Affiliation and Permission Committee, Gauhati University
  •  Former Member Examination Committee, Gauhati University
  •  Former Member, Selection Committee for Group A Officers, Gauhati University
  •  Former Member, Selection Committee for Group B Officers, Gauhati University
  •  Former Member , Service Confirmation Committee for Teachers

 

 

  • 2000 Human Rights Millennium Award by the Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi 
  • UNHCR Fellowship to participate in International Institute of Humanitarian Rights, San Remo, Italy
  • International Human Rights Academy Fellowship to participate in Summer Course, Robben Island, South Africa in year 2002
  • International Institute of Human Rights Fellowship to participate in Certificate Course and CIDHU programme in Strasbourg, France in year 1996

I have supervised 17 PhDs to completion and 5 scholars are under supervision in field of Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, Refugee Laws, Constitutional Laws , Social Work and Clinical Legal Education. Have also supervised over 200 LL.M Dissertations

My professional and research interests are in

 

  • Constitutional and Administrative Law
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Law
  • Refugee Law
  • AIDS Law
  • Public Interest Litigation
  • Clinical Legal Education
  • Peace, Environment and Disarmament

 

 

Pilot Project on Childline in Guwahati, 1997

Status of Chakmas of Arunachal Pradesh, 2001

Impact of Landmines in North East India  2001-05

Non State Actors and Anti Personnel Landmines in North East India  2006

Engagement of Child Soldiers by Non State Actors in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, 2011

 Publications : 

Books

  1. International Bill of Human Rights (2000) – (Co-author-Paramananda Kalita, Sk Chand Mohammed and Subhram Rajkhowa)                                                       
  2. Human Rights Some Reflections, 2006   Subhram Rajkhowa
  3. Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights (Co-edited Subhram Rajkhowa and Manik Chakraborty)   ISBN 978 81 89659 80 0
  4. Economic Social and Cultural Rights ( Co Edited Subhram Rajkhowa and Stuti Deka )       2 VOLS ISBN 978 93 80261 63 8
  5. International Human Rights  (Co Edited Subhram Rajkhowa and Stuti Deka  ) 6 VOLS, ISBN 978 81 261 5090 8
  6. Book on Human Rights in Press Subhram Rajkhowa
  7. Edited book on  Comparative Public Law  Subhram Rajkhowa and Stuti Deka         ISBN 978-93-83252-76-3

 

Journals

            Several Research articles published in Journals of National and International  

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1.         Actively participated as member of  the conference planning committee, Fourth GAJE Conference, Cordoba, Argentina, 2006.

2.         Only member  from Eastern India in the Organizing Committee of seventh GAJE Conference ,Jindal Global University, 2013

3.          About 25 Regional level seminars and Workshops and Colloquium as Director and co-Director on  Human Rights, Humanitarian and Refugee issues.

 

  • Guest Faculty member and Resource Person at Assam Administrative Staff College and Mizoram Training Institute where I have trained several batches of Civil Servants, Senior Police Officers, and Personnel of Governmental Organisations since past two decades.

 

  • Trained about 150 batches of Officials, Civil society members, Public representatives, Academics on Right To Information Act in the period 2005 till now in  the states of Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal
  • As a Guest Faculty member trained Community level Officials of Government and Non Governmental Organisations at National Institute of Public Co-operation and Child Development, North Eastern  Region of India on Human Rights, Women and Child Issues from 1996 till now

 

  • Trained several batches of induction and refresher level teachers on human rights as resource person at the Academic Staff College, Gauhati University, North Bengal University and Burdwan University since 2010

 

  • Served as Director of four Training Programmes during 1996 -2001 and trained several batches of Officials, members of Civil Society, Non -governmental Orgainsations as resource person at the Assam Human Rights Commission.

 

  • Trained three batch of participants at the  Directorate of Tribal Research  Studies, Assam during 2014-15

 

  • Served as Resource Person in several training programmes organised by Indian Institute of Peace, Disarmament and Environmental  Protection, Nagpur;  International Action Network on Small Arms, London; Geneva Call, Switzerland; International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Indian Campaign To Ban Landmines; Control Arms Foundation of India, New Delhi; Women Research And Action Group, Mumbai, Lawyers Collective; Mahanirman Calcutta Research Group, Kolkota; Churches Auxiliary for Social Action, Guwahati;  North East Social forum, Guwahati;  Citizens Collective, Guwahati; North East Network, Shillong; North East Students Organisation, All Assam Students Association

 

  • Participated as a resident resource person at the Human Right Summer School Programme on Human Rights and Good Governance held in Comilla, Bangladesh, December 19-29,  2004 and presented a paper on Human Rights and Good Governance

 

  • Summer Course on Human Rights, Comilla, Banglasesh, 2006, Strand Leader in 2006 GAJE Conference, Cordoba, SAARC Law  Summit on Legal Education at Indian Institute of Legal Studies , Siliguri, 2015

 

 

 

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