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The following members were present:

1 Prof. K. Elumalai, Director, SOL, IGNOU _ Chairman2' Prof' N'R' -Madhava

Menon, Former rvremu"r, bommission on Centre-stateRelations, Governnient of India

4. Dr. Shashikala Gu_qpur, Dean, Symbiosis Law SJhool, pune5. Prof. C.R.K. Murthy, professor,STzuDE, IGNOU6. Dr. Babu p. Ramesh, Reader, School ormter jisciplinary

Studies, IGNou7 ' Dr' Suneet Kashyap, Asstt. professor, School of Lalw, IGNou8. Dr. Gurmeet Kaur, Asstt. professor, School of Law, IGNOU9. Mr. Anand Gupta, Asstt. professor, School of Law, IGNOU10' Ms. Manasi Sharma, Aistt. professor, School ofiu*,IGNou

Mr vivek K Tankha, Additional Solicitor General (Direct Taxes) Supreme court ofIndia' Prof' B'B' Pande, Former Professor of criminal Law and criminology , prof.Pandav Nayak could not attend the meeting

At the outset, Prof. K. Elumalai Director, SoL welcomed all the Members of the SchoolBoard of school of Law. Prof. K. Elumalai, briefed the School Board Members aboutth: following activities undertaken by School of Law since the last School BoardMeeting.

1' The School of Law organized' an International & Comparative Human RightsLaw Practicum, an American Bar Association approved programme fromDecember 20,2arc and January 06,20fi at IGNoi_l in purtneffi with theuniversity of Nevada, Las vegas william s. Boyd School of Law, UnitedStates. This programme had airied_to .*por" tt. l;; ;;;Jtoll-pu.utiu"and internatio-nal human rights law themes through enriched classroom and filedexperiences' It was aitended by 15 participant, ?o- uSA Law Schoor and 14Participants from Indian Law Sthools.

2' The school of Law in collaboration with NHRC had developed and launched a 5days online ]r-ainine ?rogramme for police personnel on Human Rights onFebruarv r,2011 (l-sth Februarv, 20rr). The main;* ;*;;'l'iou;..,iu.of this programme is to sensitize Police Persorlnel and spread awareness abouthuman rights.

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. 3' The Ministry of Home Affairs/BPR&D in partnership with Centre for SociaResearch and IGNOU had organized. a National Lwel Workshop of NodaOfficers, Anti Human Trafficking of all State Governments/UTs from l}-l4tlMuy, 20ll at Indira Gandhi National open University (IGNOU). The worksholhad deliberated on laws related to human trafficking, investigation techniquerand dimensions, magnitude and vulnerabilities relating to h-uman trafficiingalong with issues relating to rescue, care and rehabilitation.

4' NHRC and IGNOU had entered into a MoU for undertaking online TraininpProgramme for Police personnel on Human Rights issues. tnitris connection, aTOT Programme drganized jointly by NHRC and IGNOU for the policePersonnel was held in IGNOU in two batches betweenl3-15 June, 20II and L6-18 June, 2011.

5' School of Law, IGNOU has started a series called "Kanooni Salah in GyanVani Radio channel on 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month between 5-6p'm primarily with a view to create awareness among masses on laws andissues pertaining to Women, Children, Physically Handicapped persons, SeniorCitizens and SC/ST etc.

Prof' K Elumalai also informed the members that faculty members of SOL activelyparticipated in Confe_rences/Workshop etc. He also informed that The Department ofJustice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India with the help of UnitedNations Developmenl Programme ([INDP) is implementing a project on'..Access toJustice for Marginalized people in collaboration with Ministry of Home Affairs,Govemment of India.- In this connection, a one day Meeting/ Consultation to discussr:suT surrounding human trafficking with a view to develop a sound training modulefor the prosecutors.und jl$q:s on laws and issues relating to human trafficking isscheduled to be held on 12th November, 2Ollin collaboration with SoL. sol, hasalso been requested to conduct this workshop at IGNOU.

Prof' Elumalai concluded his initial remarks by saying that SoL has made its presencefelt in the Government forum in connection wiitr eonc! normulation.

l:l C'\ t<. Murthy said that last School Board Meeting was called on l g November,2010 and it is necessary that at least 3 School Board MeJtings is convened in a year. Itwas agreed that from next year School_ Board Meeting will be convened i1a irt" frlbeginning of March 2012 (ii) August 2012 and (iii) in NJvember 20r2

Prof' Madhava Menon expressed that SoL conducted variety of activities in spite ofstaff constraint. SoL should also have come out with the Vision no".r*"nt u,discussed in the last School Board Meeting. This is very essential'for the roadmap andreference point of SoL for. the next 3 years. rr," virioorJ.""-eni^lrr"Jo includeactivities that will be planned by the acutty. prof. Meno;;td th;.virl;;;ocumentshould include:

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1' Structure of SoL including how Sol-was deveroped, Recommendation of thecommittee and initiar olanning orscrroor oitu* ( about 2 pages)2. what SoL has u..n aJirg tinloiiit;;;j3. Activities of SoL fo, the next 3 years znliln,2013-14 and20r4_r5'Prof' Menon suggested that the.faculty should disllss and plan the vision Document

lJ#::f::g the activities relatine,"-oiilr"ir*fi"lds such as Human Rights, criminal

t?ilTi,[:1X.1ff#.*td that the values and perspectives should be made very crear.

Thereafter' the Agenda items were taken up and the foilowing decisions were taken:Item No' I l'l Confirmation of Minutes of the Tenth schoor Board Meeting herd onIgrh NovemUer, ZOiO.

sB tl'1'1 The Director' SoL informed the Board Members that the Minutes of the TenthMeeting of the S'bhool eourd oi Jiil# "r Law was-"ir*tur.d among themembers on 20 January, 2010. rt *u, irgrlqht to ,h";tt* of the Members

[|oul the comments receiveo rro." or. sri*rrimru Gurpur and Dr. Gurmeet

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Item No' 11'2 Action taken report on the minutes of the tenth meeting of the school

a ,.sB 11'2'1 The Acdon taken report on the minutes of the tenth meeting of the schoolBoard was taken orr. by one by th" Di;;;o;.sBll'2'2 Prof K' Elumalai informed the members that a faculty meeting will be cared toprepare/finalise the vision document ;SOLSBll.2.3 Prof C.R.K. Murthv norcrt lt"o+ r\^---^_, n

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Hence, he had written several notes in this connection for creation of posts i.e.One Professor, Two Readers and Four Lecturers and supportive staffs as perUniversity norm for the discipline of Criminal Justice in School of law. Hebriefed the members that the Academic Coordination Division informed that as

per the new/ present policy such proposal should come through School Boardfor creation ofposts.

Dr. Babu Ramesh and Prof. C.R.K. Murthy said that there are as such no newguidelines and once the Academic Council has approved the proposal forcreation of new discipline of Criminal Justice in School of law, the new postsare created automatictlly. Hence, SOL may take this matter once again toAcademic Council which is the appropriate body.

Dr. Shashikala Gurpur observed that SOL should consolidate all programmesand justifiy for the creation of posts with the appropriate authority as thediscipline has already been approved. As this is a specialized discipline, thisdiscipline should include economic crimes, money laundering etc. New coursesshould be offered i.e. Interdisciplinary like MA in criminology etc.

Prof. Menon has supported and elaborated the above view.

School Board Members observed that Director, School of Law as a follow upmeasure should take up the matter with Academic Coordination Divisionsuitably.

Item No. 11.4: To consider and approve Development of Course work for the Ph.Dprogramme

sB1l.4.l The Director explained to the Members that SOL circulated the curriculumprepared by Dr. Shashikala Gurpur to the Expert Committee Members of Ph..D.Programme. The Expert Committee for Ph.D. Course Work was held on 5th

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s811.4.2 Dr. Shashikala Gurpur said that this is a 20 credit corrse of 32 credits.course optional and two course compulsory). She said the course workacademically strong and methodologically weak. She said that the courseand Publication of Article should be compulsory and Seminar as Optional.

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Secularism, Religious Freedom and Minority RightsEquality and Social JusticeBalancing Liberty with SecurityResponsible Citizenship and Fundamental Duty

Prof. R. Venkata RaoVice- ChancellorNLISUBangalore

Professor Gurjeet SinghDirector General (Vice-Chancellor)National Law School and Judicial AcademyGuwahati 781 007 (Assam)

Dr. Shashikala GurpurDirector, Symbiosis Law SchoolSenapati Bapat Road, pune-4l l 004

Prof. R.G.B. Bhagavath Kumar,Vice -Chancellor,A.P. Law University, Visakhapatnam- 530017

Dr. S.S. JaswalAsst. Research ProfessorIndian Law Institute '

Bhagwandas RoadNew Delhi- I10001

Dr. Sanoj Rajan,Academic Programmes Responsible for South Asia Regional DelegationInternational Committee of Red CrossNew Delhi

Item No. 11.6 Ph.D. supervisor for rnternal Faculty (Lecturers/ARDs)

11'6'1 Two faculty members of School of Law Dr. Gurmeet Kaur and Dr. SuneetKashyap have applied for becoming Ph. D guide. Dr. Suneet Kashyapcompleted her Ph.D. in the year 2009 and Dr. Gurmeet Kaur completed heiPh.D. in the year 20rr. Both of them joined SoL in the year 200s.

The University guidelines for recognition of Ph. D guides for internal facultiesare as under:

(i) All the Professors and Readers of IGNOU are eligible to guide ph. Dcandidates.

(ii) All IGNOU teachers/ academics including lectures/ ARDs, with a ph. Ddegree with five years of teaching experience shall be eligible to berecognized as resedrch supervisor.

For the internal faculty falling under (ii) It is not clear whether 5 years ofteaching experience will be counted after obtaining the Ph.D. Degree or irom thedate ofjoining as Lecturers.

In order to ensure quality and standard in the Ph. D, it is considered necessary tohave clear cut guidelines in this regard for clause (ii) category of teachers,particularly keeping in view the fact that the entry quaiification for candidatesunder category A is also the same as that of the supervisor i.e. with LLM, M.Phil or 5 years teaching experience.

There was lengthy discussion on the subject whether the said internal facultyshould be Ph.D. made as supervisors. prof. Murty and Dr. Babu Ramesh wereof the opinion that since the internal faculty fulfiils the eligibility criteria laiddown by the univeristy, their name should be approved as ph.D. supervisors.

Prof. Madhava Menon, however, felt that as a Head of the School, Diretor,School of Law views has to be respected. Diretor has expressed his doubts.Hence the matter should be referred to the appropriate higher authorities of theUniversity. The Director, SOL should get i clear decision/clarifictions on theTatter whether they are eligible or not. Hence, School Board will not decide butthe Diretor, SOL will write to the Director, Research Council for clarifying hisdoubts.

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rtem No' l1'7 To consider and report on the Research proposal of shri Rahul vermasBll'7'r Director informed the School Board Members that Mr. Rahul verma, was askedto present his revised report urro." trr" Doctoral .";;il; after incorporatingthe suggestion made bv the Expert co-,iitt"" M";;;;l;1"-".ting called forthe purpose on 8th November , )on.

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"ilTEfiluutd uootove Progress report of Ms. preeti Gupta and Mr.

sBll'8'l sin91 the Progress'Reports of Ms. preeti Gupta and Mr Anand Gupta have beencertified by the concerned nesellctr ffiruisor, school Board membersapproved the Progress reports of Ms. pieeti Gupta "dM=r:;;d Gupta

Item No rl.e ffi;n;,:#ffi""iH#"T*H.1,11"_ of FG cerrincate in Chird Righrs,

sB11'9'1 ot;j11:"' 5::h.rup' Joint Programme coordinator explained about thiscertltlcate and Diploma programmJ.

sBll'9'2 school Board Members felt that the-this programme should be offered by SoLalone' Academic services can be had frori PIAIAS but the programme shouldbe launched by School of Law ""tk;;*g in view the brand value of IGNoU.ilffil$S:ld

start their programme on theii o*. a"uo*J"l,,pport can be had

sB11'9'3 Director' School of Law explained to the School Board Members that afterseries of discussions betweerrofficials ortcNou *Jpnavai, the curriculumwas finalized by calling two Expert committee Meetings. The Director. SoLhas also referred to the matter posted in IGNou w"usit; auo* ,t i, programmeindicating the joint launching ;i th" i.oglu*". After detailed discussion, itwas resolved that the programme should 6e offered by rGNoJ alone by givingdue acknowredgemenito the contri;;fi irua" by pRAyAS.sB11'9'4 The matter of programme clgldilator and joint programme coordinator came upfor discussion' li' Suneet Kashyap **1"a t.i *I* "i"r.li',ti, programmeThe Directoro sol has expressed his reservation and doubt about hercoordination. -r- -svvg 'rs r

sB11'9'5 After detailed deliberation, the Board Members dsked whether Dr. SuneetKashvap wourd like to be the prog.;;-;;oordinator for';l;;.ogramme. She

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Prof C.R.K. Murthy said as this is muchhas to be done- '--J "anv 4r Lurs ts much sought after programme, need surey

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sB11'r0'2 Both item No' 11'9 and^l1'10were taken up together for discussion as it was;ffiT::,;'j:i":H l*ffi:_,:,,r#iolu u,,a certincate in chld Rights,

sB11'10'3 Based on the discussion and- deliberations as mentioned under Item No. 9 ingeneral and irem No r,-+ ano;r;;;?"g.,

1, *"r;;.J rhat Dr. Suneer

Kashyap w'r be tt" r.og.u-m" coordirrator fbr this programme.5811.10.4 The School Board membr

Rishts,chld p;;;;#[T,TS1?J;1,tT":n*e I rorm orpG Diproma in chldItem No ll.ll To r

..,"""1jJ"T;Xl,HHffJhase 1 form of pG Diploma in Forensic

.fii*!r; t?l#,t 1iiffs ;:::,,,,|; propo sed pros ram m e S ch oo r B oard

racultv support rb' d"';r;p;;;li;i#:;ffine' SoL mav ask ror aoJitionat

SBlf '11.2 The School Board Members Arlnrnrrar +L^ nIForensic s.i;;;;;;;ffi:1ffi"d the phase 1 form of pG Diploma in

ll'12 To consider and approve phase r form of pG Diproma in Human RightMr. Anand Gupta explained to Members that School of La1..!:1ffit:t9 Programme in Human Rishts Reco.r ^* aL . *..it a]ready offering***ll"sn:;ii:ffi +"Tffii'1#::Ti!_.'Jl:l;'lHff f ';jlxT,H:quarters, School Droposes r" f*r.i,

r\rButs. sased on the feedback from varip1n]oma in Hum-un"Riehts for rhnoo .,*^ 19L:.t level programme i.eR5,;Xil.:[T::,t-lhf"ilf ";1"llH1:',",.:;:'*#,-"ffiffi ;n;::Rights in greater j"ptf,

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Duars -vremDers oesrred to know about the additional value added inputs thatthis Diploma will have. This Diploma should be in modular fashion and nature.Certificate in Human Rights dealt with legal literacy programme awareness andDiploma should deal with just awareness both tnowteAgJand skills with NGO5Mr. Anand clarified.

Dr. Shashikala Gurpur said that curriculum can be based on the pattern ofAmnesty International.

The Board approved the phase I form of pG Diploma in Human Rights and toconvene the Experd Committee keeping in view the modularity, and literal entryfor this Programme.

[o. 11.13 To consider and approve Phase 1 form of Diploma in Legal Remedies

t3.1 Dr. Gurmeet Kaur explained to Board Members that the 9th School board of

School of Law in the meeting held on 3'd May, 2010 has suggested that School

should develop Diploma course in legal remedies. The basic aim of the diploma

course on Legal remedies is to acquaint the citizens about the remedies available

under various laws viz matrimonial remedies, women's right to Alimony and

maintenance , right to inheritance of property, remedies available under Civil,

Criminal, Contract, Labor Law and Law of Tort, Protection of Consumers

, uflder different statutes, environment protection and remedies.

13.2 Prof. Madhava Menon suggested that the proposed diploma should include the

following remedies:

l. ConstitutionalRemedY2. Writ Remedy3. Civil Law RemedY4. Criminal Law RemedY

5. Administrative Law RemedY

6. Consumer Law RemedY

13.3 Ms. Gurmeet Kaur, the Programme Coordinator was requested to take note ofthe above suggestion for due incorporation while developing the programme.

,13.4 With the above observations and deliberations, the School Bqard approved the

Phase I form of Diploma in Legal Remedies.

No. 11.14 To consider and approve Phase 0 form of PG Diploma in IntellectualProperty Rights

.14.1 Dr Suneet Kashyap said that PG diploma in Intellectual Property Rights was

originally offered by School of Sciences and later transferred to School of Law.

fhe Program-" *ur initially developed with the basis of Science background.

o' rr'16 To consider ratification of the approvar given by vice- chancerorrowards internation"r r"" rt"u "il" i; ih" i"riJ*r"* pro gram m es :

] Ilif-l1sT i',ffi;ltiffi.r srudents registered in certincate in

: &iffiIT*1,::dffieT # 'iio"'o registered in pG Diproma in3 Internarionut p"" itir""*"_* students registered in pG Diproma in4

",".iffillt+T_$fi:.:t',X,*r";;;.", in pG Dip,oma inEnvironmental Law tpCo-ENrw_tili,,",.,,I rhe Certificate in Anti Human r1f;tine (CAHT) was rahnched in Jurv, 2010.

The programr" _t^" r", ,fr. r"Oi* r"ri"*- jr, t .,r.ooo. Fee for iaancstudenrs w'l be^US s ioil-r*,". o;,;;"d"*iJirq91s wilr be 7 times the

Indian fees i.e nr.z, booi. o, il".prog{amme fees wrJr -be

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Post Graduate Diploma in Criminal Justice (PGDCJ) was2010. The Programme fee for Indian Learners is Rs. 8,000.students will be 3 times the Indian fee (Rs. 24, 000). Feestudents will be 7 times the Indian fees (Rs. 56,000). As thewill be revised for Indian leamers in future by the University,fees will also change accordingly.

Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (PGDENLW)July, 2010. The Programme fee for Indian Learners is Rs.

launched in July,Fee for SAARCfor Intemationalprogramme fees

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was launched in10,000. Fee for

Item No.11.17 To consider ratification of the approval given by Vice- Chancellortowards international fee structure for the following programmes

SAARC students will be 3 times the Indian fees (Rs. 30,000). Fee forIntemational students will be 7 times the Indian fees (Rs. 70,000). As theprogramme fees will be revised for Indian learners in future by the Universitythe Intemational fees will also change accordingly.

Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law on line ( PGDENLWOL) waslaunched in July, 2010. The Programme fee for Indian learners is Rs. 10,000.Fee for SAARC students will be 3 times the Indian fees ( Rs. 30,000). Fee forInternational students will be 7 times the Indian fees ( Rs. 70,000). As theprogramme fees will be revised for Indian learners in future by the Universitythe International fees will also change accordingly.

Director, sol- explained to Board Members that, approval has already beengiven by the Vice Chancellor for the above.

School Board ratified the approval given by vice-Chancellor regardingIntemational Fee Structure for the above mentioned programmes viz CAHT,PGDCJ, PGDENLW and PGDENLWOL

International fee structure for students registered in PGCCL-OLInternational fee structure for students registered in Post GraduateDiploma in Legal Process Outsourcing (PGDLPO)Intemational fee structure for students registered in Master ofIntellectual Property Law (MIPL)

Post Graduate Certihcate Cyber Law online (PGCCL-OL) was launchedin July 2008. The fee structure (including Registration fee) as approvedby the vice- chancellor IGNOU are as under: Fee for Indian StudentsRs. 5100/-. Fee for SAARC students Rs. 10,000/-. Fee for Internationalstudents us$1000/-. current charges: PGCCL-OL Indian Residents- Rs.61001-, SAARC Residents - Rs. 12,0001-,International Residents- Rsus$1200/-.

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Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Process Outsourcing (PGDLPO) is an

online programme launched from January 2009. The fee structure(including Registration Fee) as approved by the Vice- ChancellorIGNOU are as under: Fee for Indian Students Rs. 15,000/-. Fee forSAARC students Rs. 25,0001-. Fee for the International StudentsUS$1500/0. Current fee charge: Including Registration Fee. Fee forIndian students Rs. 18,000/-. Fee for SARC students Rs. 30,000/-, Fee

for International students US $ 1800.

Master of Intellectual Property (MIPL) is an online programme launchedby School of Law from July, 2009. The fee structure (includingRegistration fed) as approved by the Vice-Chancellor are as under:

. Fee for Indian Students Rs. 36,000

. Fee for SAARC Students Rs. 72,000

. Fee for International Students US $ 5000

The International fees for above programmes have been made applicable fromJuly, 2011

Director, SOL explained to Board Members that, approval has already beengiven by the Vice Chancellor for the above.

School Board ratified the approval given by Vice-Chancellor regardingInternational Fee Structure for the above mentioned programmes viz PGCCL-OL.PGDLPO, MIPL

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

Director (SOL)9n2t2011

ltem No.11.18 Certificate in Consumer Protection (CCP) and Application Oriented inConsumer Studies (ACS): Changes in Assignment Submission.

Director explained to School Board Members that earlier tutor markedassignment and computer marked assignment was compulsory for CCP and forACS tutor marked assignment l&2 and computer marked assignment werecompulsory. Since in most of the certificate programmes the University hasremoved the CMA assignment, CMA assignment has been removed for the CCPand ACS from January 2011 session.

School Board approved the same.

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