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It is a multidisciplinary course on Environmental crimes and conservation studies. The course is organized for students, researchers, and professionals working in conservation, criminology, law, and other related fields. The course will help the participants to understand nature conservation through interdisciplinarity approach with other allied disciplines. The resource persons are professionals with vast experience in Criminology, Wildlife conservation and environmental law. Each session will be conducted online for one hour thirty minutes, with two sessions scheduled in a day.

O.P. JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY SONIPAT, HARYANA

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Global University

O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) is a non-profit global university established by the Government of Haryana and recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC). JGU was established as a philanthropic initiative of its Founding Chancellor, Mr. Naveen Jindal in memory of his father, Mr. O.P. Jindal. JGU is one of the few universities in Asia that maintains a 1:8 faculty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from India and different parts of the world with outstanding academic qualifications and experience. JGU is a research intensive university, which is deeply committed to its core institutional values of interdisciplinary and innovative pedagogy; pluralism and rigorous scholarship; and globalism and international engagement.

JGU has been ranked the number one private university in India in the QS World University Rankings 2021. JGU is the only ‘Institution of Eminence’ (IOE) that has significantly moved up in ranking in the QS WUR 2021. JGU is also the highest-ranked Indian university, which focuses solely on Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and the youngest Indian University to be ranked this year.

JGU is also the only Indian private university in the top 150 ‘young’ universities in the world (under 50 years of age) in the QS Young University Rankings 2021.

JGU has established ten schools: Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), Jindal Global Business School (JGBS); Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA); Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP); Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities (JSLH); Jindal School of Journalism & Communication (JSJC); Jindal School of Art & Architecture (JSAA); Jindal School of Banking & Finance (JSBF); Jindal School of Environment & Sustainability (JSES) and the Jindal School of Psychology &Counselling (JSPC). JGU has been granted with “Autonomy” by the University Grants Commission and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for receiving the then highest “A” Grade from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). This makes JGU the only private university in the state of Haryana and one of the only two private universities in India to be given the status of autonomy.

JGU is ranked amongst the top 300 universities in the world in faculty-student ratio and is ranked amongst the top 450 universities in the world in employer reputation. In addition, JGU is ranked amongst the top 500 universities in the world in international faculty.

Ministry of Education, Government of India has conferred the status of an Institution of Eminence (IoE) to JGU.

Established on April 22, 2014, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS) is a value-based research Institute of O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) and a member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS). The Institute is dedicated to engaging in behavioural science research that is multi-disciplinary and empirical in nature. JIBS primary focus is on applied and experimental research in the areas of mental health, competency mapping, neurosciences, neural decision sciences, psychobiology, management sciences, forensic studies, social psychology and criminal behaviour.

We work with top researchers from different disciplines and in collaboration with national and international researchers to address critical issues in human behaviour from a multi-disciplinary perspective. JIBS has covered an evolutionary journey to establish an Institute in Asia that conducts and applies best behavioural and social science practices in innovation, education, research, scholarship, and clinical care. We aspire to develop the Institute into an icon of quality training which meets global standards

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behavioural sciencesJIBS

Jindal Institute of Behavioral Sciences (JIBS) envisions to be an Institution of excellence and national importance. We aspire to receive a consultative status from the Government of India by facilitating autonomous research, training and dissemination of knowledge.

JIBS envisages to benefit students, teachers and professionals by helping them to grow as well informed and critical thinkers and apply their potentials to educational opportunities and community engagement.

VISION

MISSION

Education: M.A. (Psy.), Ph.D., D.Sc. (h.c.), FSMA, FSPA

Area of Specialization: Sports psychology, Organizational psychology, Psycho

physiology, Rehabilitation psychology

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni is the Professor and Principal Director of the Jindal

Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS), Director for Center for Victimology and

Psychological Sciences, Center for Leadership and Change, Center for Community Mental

Health, Center for Criminology and Forensic Studies; Member of the Governing Body; and

Advisor to the Vice Chancellor at O. P. Jindal Global University. He holds a PhD degree in

Psychology and possesses an extensive and rich experience of 32 years in Academia,

Industry and Government Sector. His work spans in the areas of criminal psychology,

cognitive and neuropsychology, forensic psychology and policing and law enforcement. He

has trained over 32000 Professionals in over 50 countries. He has served and contributed 14

years as a Scientist in the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Sports Authority of

India. He has also served as Head- Human Resources at the Jindal Group. He has worked as

a Research Scientist at several Universities like University of Houston, Texas; University of

Illinois, Chicago to name a few. Dr. Sahni has been a guest faculty since 2017 at China

University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) to teach Criminal Psychology. Dr. Sahni has

several awards to his credit, and has recently been nominated as a Member of the Board of

Directors of the International Society of Criminology. He is also a UN liaison committee

member of World Society of Victimology (WSV). Among his several academic endeavours he

has been regularly representing India at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC

– Austria, Doha, Japan) and Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS –

South Africa). He has published more than 30 research articles in International and National

Indexed Journals, and about 20 book chapters. With 14 Books to his credit, some of the

recent ones are Death Penalty (Springer), Internet Infidelity (Springer), Piracy in the Digital

Era (Springer), Crime And Criminal Law Perspectives On Global Migration (Har-Anand),

Refugee Jurisprudence And Criminal Justice (Har-Anand), and Conflict: The Police and The

People (Lexis Nexis)

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni is the Professor and Principal Director of the Jindal

Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS), Director for Center for Victimology and

Psychological Sciences, Center for Leadership and Change, Center for Community Mental

Health, Center for Criminology and Forensic Studies; Member of the Governing Body; and

Advisor to the Vice Chancellor at O. P. Jindal Global University. He holds a PhD degree in

Psychology and possesses an extensive and rich experience of 32 years in Academia,

Industry and Government Sector. His work spans in the areas of criminal psychology,

cognitive and neuropsychology, forensic psychology and policing and law enforcement. He

has trained over 32000 Professionals in over 50 countries. He has served and contributed 14

years as a Scientist in the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Sports Authority of

India. He has also served as Head- Human Resources at the Jindal Group.

stDAY 1 21 May 2021|

4.00 PM - 4.15 PM (IST)

Dr. Sanjeev P. Sahni is the Advisor to the Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) and the Member of the Governing Body of the university. As a founding member of the management team, he was instrumental in establishing the university in the year 2009 along with the Vice Chancellor. Dr. Sahni is the Principal Director of the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS). He also serves as a Professor in the university and also as the Director of Centre for Victimology and Psychological Studies; Centre for Leadership and Change; Centre for Community Mental Health; and Centre for Criminology and Forensic Studies.

Dr. Sahni has recently been nominated as a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Criminology. Dr. Sahni is also Director General India of International Forum on Crime and Criminal Law in the Global Era in Beijing, China since 2015.

Dr. Sahni is a distinguished scholar in the field of Psychology and his research interests span in the areas of Criminal Psychology, Cognitive and Neuropsychology, Competency Mapping, Organizational Development, and Leadership. With 14 Books to his credit, some of the recent ones are; The Death Penalty (Springer Nature); Internet Infidelity: An Interdisciplinary Insight in a Global Context (Springer Nature); Piracy in the Digital Era (Springer Nature); Maximizing Human Potential Through Behavioural Competencies: 100 Core Competencies (Bloomsbury); Strategic Compensation Management & Design (Bloomsbury); and Conflict: The Police and The People (Lexis Nexis) and has published more than 35 research articles in International and National indexed Journals and about 20 book chapters.

Inaugural address

Professor (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni Principal Director, Jindal Institute of Behavioral Sciences (JIBS); Director, Centre of Victimology and Psychological Studies;Professor & Member, Governing Body, Advisor to the Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University

TRAFFIC in an international wildlife trade monitoring network with its presence across the globe.

Dr. Badola hold a post graduate degree in Veterinary sciences and has extensive experience in wildlife conservation, protected area management, wild animal rescue, managing human wildlife conflicts, engaging communities with conservation as well as policy formulation. He has also contributed to the field through his writings and by guiding advance research in wildlife conservation.

Dr. Saket Badola is an Indian Forest Services (IFS) officer from Uttarakhand cadre. He is currently on deputation to WWF-India, working as Country Head of TRAFFIC in India.

Before taking up this prestigious assignment, he served as a Deputy Conservator of Forest in various forest divisions of Uttarakhand and as Deputy Director of Corbett Tiger Reserve.

4.15 PM - 5.00 PM (IST) Key Note address

Dr. Saket Badola

Topic: Illegal Wildlife Trade and its Impact on Human Well-being

Head, Traffic India

In addition to her academic work, she has also conducted legal and social research for various organizations, including the UK Focal Point for the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action, Lawyers Collective and Society for Child Development. As the Senior Manager of Research and Legal Affairs at the Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action she was responsible for litigation, legal research as well as educational programs related to environmental and human rights law. She has also worked with Member of Parliament, Dinesh Trivedi, on development projects in his constituency, as well as legislative research.

Dr. Tarini Mehta is a scholar and advocate specializing in environmental and human rights law, with a Doctorate in International Environmental Law from Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law (US), LLM in International Law from University of Cambridge (UK), LLB from University of Warwick (UK), and Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (Hons.) from University of Delhi (India). She has also spent time as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Columbia (US) and University of Pennsylvania (US) to further her research.

International and regional environmental and climate change law are her primary areas of research, and her book on environmental governance in the Himalayan region is soon to be published. It focuses on the five nations of the Himalayan mountains, and analyses what they must do to enhance their environmental law systems to cope with environmental degradation and climate change. She has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in books on environment, human rights and their interconnectedness.

Most recently, she worked as an Attaché with the Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in New York, contributing to research, as well as organizing seminars on climate change policy and nature-based solutions for climate change during the UN High-Level Political Forum in July 2019 and the UN High-Level Week in September 2019. She also served as an Academic Fellow at the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, New York.

She has also presented her research at a number of conferences and seminars in India, US and Canada. To cite a few examples, at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Seminar on Comparative Environmental Law she led a seminar on 'Theocratic Law Traditions in India and Environmental Conservation' (2019). At the Law and Society Association's Annual Meeting in Toronto (2018) she spoke on 'Legal Gaps and Solutions for the Protection of Environmental Refugees in India'. Prior to this at the Harvard University Institute for Global Law and Policy Conference she presented her paper on 'An Asian Approach to Global Governance'. Other subjects on which she has spoken at various forums are environmental decision-making and the role of public participation, the implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment norms, wildlife and forest use and conservation, the rights of nature in Indian jurisprudence, and transboundary natural resource governance.

Dr Meredith GloreAssociate Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Dr. Meredith Glore uses risk concepts to build new understanding of human-environment relationships. Her research is designed to build evidence for action. The majority of her activities can be described as convergence research on conservation issues such as wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, fishing and mining.

She received my PhD in Natural Resource Policy and Management from Cornell University, MA in Environment and Resource Policy from George Washington University, and BA in Anthropology and Environmental Studies from Brandeis University. From 2006-2020, She was faculty at Michigan State University.

She is a National Academies of Sciences Jefferson Science Fellow, US Department of State Embassy Science Fellow and Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leader.

Topic: Conservation Criminology

stDAY 1 21 May 2021|

Session 2 6.30 PM - 8.00 PM (IST)

Dr Tarini MehtaAssociate Professor, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Director, Environmental Law and Science Advocacy ForumJindal School of Environment and Sustainability,O.P. Jindal Global University

Dr. Tarini Mehta is a scholar and advocate specializing in environmental and human rights law, with a Doctorate in International Environmental Law from Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law (US), LLM in International Law from University of Cambridge (UK), LLB from University of Warwick (UK), and Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (Hons.) from University of Delhi (India). She has also spent time as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Columbia (US) and University of Pennsylvania (US) to further her research.

International and regional environmental and climate change law are her primary areas of research, and her book on environmental governance in the Himalayan region is soon to be published. It focuses on the five nations of the Himalayan mountains, and analyses what they must do to enhance their environmental law systems to cope with environmental degradation and climate change. She has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in books on environment, human rights and their interconnectedness.

Topic: Environmental Crime and the Law

Session 1 5.00 PM - 6.30 PM (IST)

Dr Inés Arroyo QuirozSpecialist Group Chair, CRIM – UNAM, México, IUCN Green Criminology Specialist Group (GCSG)

Biologist (UNAM, Mexico 1996), with a PhD in Biodiversity Management (University of Kent, UK 2004) and a Postdoctoral Fellowship (Research Institute of Ecosystems and Sustainability, Mexico 2004 – 2006), Ines works as a full time Researcher at Mexico's National University on wildlife use, conservation and green criminology, recently leading two international collaborations on the dynamics of wildlife trade between Mexico and the European Union: an academic project with Northumbria University (British Academy, 2015-2017) and a consultancy project for the European Commission (2017-2018). Her work experience has been in the public, social and private sectors and her research projects have involved national and foreign organisations. She has publications on the role of Mexico in international wildlife trade and is currently Chair of the IUCN Green Criminology Specialist Group, a global network created to provide guidance on identifying transgressions harmful to humans, environments, and wildlife, regardless of legality per se. Presently, she is working on the interdisciplinary project: A historical perspective of the trade in fur and leather from wild species involving Mexico 18th to 21st centuries.

Topic: Green Criminology in the Context of the Use and Conservation of Wildlife

Valedictory address

ndDAY 2 22 May 2021|

Session 4 5.30 PM - 7.00 PM (IST)

7.00 PM onwards

Mr Kartick SatyanarayanCEO & Co-Founder Wildlife SOS

Kartick Satyanarayan is a well-known wildlife conservationist, who has been tirelessly involved in wildlife conservation, animal welfare and nature protection for over twenty five years. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS and heads the Wildlife SOS anti- poaching unit, Forest Watch. In 1995 he founded Wildlife SOS with Geeta Seshamani, dedicating this non-profit organization to protecting India's environmental and wildlife resources from unsustainable exploitation. Wildlife SOS changed Indian history by rescuing over 600 performing 'dancing bears'.They brought to an end to the centuries old barbaric practice and provided alternative livelihoods to the Kalandar communities previously depending on bears. Kartick manages Wildlife SOS as CEO and oversees over 10 wildlife rescue and rehabilitation facilities for tigers, bears, leopards, reptiles, birds and elephants.

He is a TED International Fellow and recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar Award (2010), the Karamveer Puraskar of the Congo Civil Society (2009) and the San Diego Zoo Global Conservation Medal for “Conservation in Action” (2018). He has also been felicitated with The Maharana Udai Singh Award, 2019, for conservation, and community rehabilitation work. He has been an invited speaker at the Lewis & Clark Law School in Oregon to speak about wildlife laws in India along with the Delhi Police Training Academy in Najafgarh amongst many others.

Topic: Wildlife Crimes and Conservation in India

Session 3 4.00 PM - 5.30 PM (IST)

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