RAHMATULLAH KHAN
Formerly Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi;
Jawaharlal Nehru Chair of Enviromental Law, School of International Studies, JNU.
Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of International Law.
ACADEMIC ATTAINMENTS:
Author of 6 books (on UN, International Arbitration, Fisheries, International Trade Transactions, Comparative Law) and 50 research articles. Guided 25 Ph.Ds and more than 50 M.Phills. Specialization in Law of International Organization, Comparative Law, Fishery Law, Environmental Law, Human Rights & Humanitarian Law.
Post-doctoral fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Visiting scholar at Princeton, Yale and Columbia Universities, and Guest Professor at Max Planck Institute for Public International Law, Heidelberg and Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund.
EXTERNAL ASSIGNMENTS:
Regional Fishery Law Advisor, FAO-Legal Advisor to Iran at Iran - U.S. Claims Tribunal - Consultant to the United Nations Environment Programme and the Asian Development Bank - Counsel to Qatar in its dispute with Bahrain at the International Court of Justice - Participated in numerous colloquia abroad.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:
Dean, School of International Studies, JNU, 1990-92.
Chairman, Center for Studies in Diplomacy, International Law and Economics, 1979-82.
Chairman, House Allotment Committee, JNU.
Chairman and member of several committees of JNU concerned with Career advancement of faculty, arbitrations & enquiry committees.
Vice-President and President of JNU Teachers' Association, 1979-81.
MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC BODIES, JOURNALS:
Member of Editorial Boards of Asian Yearbook of International Law (The Hague), Yearbook of Environmental Law (London), Indian Journal of International Law (Delhi) - Member of the Academic Council and Executive Council and the Court of JNU twice - Member of Executive Council, Agra University - Visitors' nominee to Jamia and Aligarh University Law Schools - Member and Regional Governor, International Council of Environmental of Law (Bonn).
PERSONAL DATA:
Born in PRODDATUR, Andhra Pradesh (India) - Educated at Madras, Andhra & Osmania Universities and Indian School of International Studies, now a part of JNU - obtained B.A., LL. M., Ph.D. - Married, 3 children.
CONTACT ADDRESS:
E-12 Mayur Vihar, Phase II,
Delhi - 110091, India.
Phones: +91 112270152
