Previous Positions:
Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1996-99.
Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of International Law.
Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Environmental Law, Centre for Studies in Diplomacy, International Law and Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Associate Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1970-79.
Associate Research Professor, The Indian Law Institute, 1969-70.
Lecturer in International Law, Indian School of International Studies, 1965-1969.
Member, JNU Executive Council and Academic Council, 1979-81 & 1990-96.
Member, The Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1979-82, 1990-94.
Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1990-92.
Arbitrator in several litigations involving Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Member of several committees of inquiries.
Professor & Head, Centre for Studies in Diplomacy, International Law and Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University 1979-82.
President, JNU Teachers' Association, 1979.
Vice-President, JNU Teachers' Association 1978.
Professional Engagements:
Co-ordinator ADB / GOI / WWF Project on Environmental Legislation, 1998-99.
Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, 1991.
Counsel to Qatar in its dispute with Bahrain on territorial issues at the International Court of Justice, 1990.
Consultant to the United Nations Environment Programme, 1990.
Counsel for Iran, in two cases at Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 1984-85.
Consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, 1981 and 1987.
Guest Professor, Max-Planck-Institute, Heidelberg, May - July 1995.
Visiting Scholar, East-West Centre, Honolulu, May - June 1991.
Guest Professor, Max-Planck-Institute, Heidelberg, July 1987-June 1988.
Legal Adviser to Iran at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, Den Haag, 1983-84.
Regional Fishery Law Adviser, Indian Ocean Region, FAO, January-December; 1981;assisted in drawing up fisheries legislation for Zanzibar and Ethiopia.
Visiting Scholar, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn., March - July 1980.
Visiting (James P. Warburg) Fellow, Centre of International Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, University, USA, September 1974 - August
1975, with a support grant from the University Consortium of World Order Studies, The Fund For Peace, New York.
Marine Policy Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Mass; USA as such participated in the Harvard-M.I.T. Joint Faculty monthly seminars on Ocean Law, September 1973 through August 1974.
German Academic Exchange Visiting Fellow, Max-Planck Institute of Comparative Law, Hamburg, May - June 1971.
Membership of Academic Bodies, Editorial Boards and other Distinctions:
Member, National Committee of World Bank - Government of India Project on Capacity Building in Environmental Law.
President, the Society for Educational Reform, since 1997.
Steering Committee Member for Working Group on Legal Institutional and Financing Aspects National Commission for Integrated Water Resources Development Plan, Government of India.
Member, Editorial Board, The Asian Yearbook of International Law, The Hague, 1992.
Nominated as Individual Member of the Social Sciences Sub-Commission of the Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, 1992-94.
Member, ICSSR , Northern Regional Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1992.
Editor, Indian Journal of International Law,1979-86.
Member, The Academic Council, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1979-1982 and 1992-96.
Member of the Academic Council, Jamia Millia Islamia, 1992-1994.
Visitor's Nominee, Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, 1992-96.
Trustee of Action for World Solidarity, July 1992-97.
Member, Governing Board, Foundation of Development of International Law in Asia, Den Haag (ongoing).
Nominated Member of the Legal Advisory Committee, Cauvery Waters Dispute, 1991. (ongoing).
Member, Teachers' Research Group, International Law Association (Indian Branch).
Member, Editorial Board, Yearbook of Environmental Law, (London), 1990 (ongoing).
Vice President, Institute for Peace Research & Action, 1990-1993.
Vice-Chairman, Executive Council of Institute for Peace Research & Action, 1990-93.
Regional Governor, International Council of Environmental Law, Bonn, 1990-99.
Chairman of the Development Information Network for South Asia, Sri Lanka, 1990-92.
Editor-in-Chief, International Studies (1990-1992), Delhi.
Founder Member, International Academy of Fishery Law, Mexico. Awarded Bronze Medal for Accomplishment as a Charles A. Dana Fellow at Yale Law School, March-July 1980.
Member, Board of Editors, International Studies, 1979-82.
Life Member, Indian Society of International Law Member, International Council of Environmental Law (ongoing).
