Faculty Profile

Teaching Experience

• One year of teaching experience as an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Law, Maharishi University of Information Technology, Noida Campus.

Research Experience

• Two years of research experience as a Junior Research Fellow while pursuing PhD (Full Time) at GNLU, Gandhinagar.

Areas of General Interest

• Human Rights Law
• Public International Law 
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law

Current Research Interest

• Human Rights Law
• Constitutional Law
  

Journal Articles

• Kaundal, R. (2023). “ Trial of “Offences Arising Out of Violation of Human Rights”- A Study on the Human Rights Courts of Gujarat (India) ”. IJLJ 14(2). https://ijlj.nbu.ac.in/doc/v14_no2.pdf. (SCOPUS and UGC -CARE indexed).
• Kaundal, R., & Shanthakumar, S. (2023). “Assessing the Effectiveness of the National Human Rights Commission, India, vis-à-vis the Paris Principles Relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions”. The Age of Human Rights Journal, (20). https://doi.org/10.17561/tahrj.v20.7719, (SCOPUS Indexed).

Paper Presentation

Conferences

• Presented the paper titled “Marital Rape in India: Need for Criminalisation” at the National Conference on “Crimes Against Women: Issues and Remedies” organised by Panjab University in collaboration with the National Commission for Women at Chandigarh in January 2020.
• Presented a paper titled “Domestic Institutionalisation on of Human Rights in India” at the International Conference on “The Convergence of International Law to National Law in the Era of Globalisation” organised by Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai in April 2022.
• Presented a paper titled “Speedy Trial of Offences Arising out of Violation of Human Rights by Human Rights Courts in India” at the National Conference on “Emerging Contours of Law and Justice in the Contemporary Era: Issues and Challenges” organised by Gauhati University and University of Delhi under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching of Ministry of Education in September, 2023.

Workshops

• Attended a Five- Day Workshop on “Basic Data Analysis using SPSS” organized by LekSha Research Centre, Gandhinagar in December 2022.
• Attended a One- Day Workshop on Workshop on “Writing and Publishing in Indexed Journals” organised by GNLU, Gandhinagar in February 2022.

Organised

Conference/Seminar

• Faculty Convener for the "International Seminar on Criminal Law and Administration of Criminal Justice in South Asian Countries" organized by Maharishi University of Information Technology, Noida in 2020.

Short-Term Courses

• Event Co-Ordinator for the Five-Day Summer Course on 'Cyber Law' organized by Maharishi University of Information Technology, Noida in 2020.

Participated

Faculty Development Programs

• Participated in a One-Week Faculty Development Program on “Higher Education: A Paradigm Shift Teaching and Learning" organized by IILM Law School, Gurugram, in July 2023. 
  
• Participated in a One- Week Faculty Development Program on “Accentuating the Importance of the Amalgamation of Related Disciplines in the Domain of Law” organized by Amity Law School, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, in June 2023. 
• Participated in a One- Week Faculty Development Program on “Emerging Challenges of Criminal Justice System: Way Forward” organised by Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat, in February,2023.
• Participated in a One Week Faculty Development Program on Faculty Development Program on “Academic Challenges & Opportunities: Post Covid 19 Pandemic” organized by Maharishi University of Information Technology, Uttar Pradesh, Noida Campus, in June 2020.

Short-Term Courses

• Completed a Ten – Day Course on “Gender Jurisprudence in India” organised by GNLU Centre for Women and Child Rights , Gandhinagar in March 2022.

Certificate Courses

• Completed “Understanding Research Methods” an online course authorized by University of London and SOAS University of London and offered through Coursera.

• Awarded National Fellowship for pursuing higher studies (Full Time Ph.D.) by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2018 -2019.

• Delivered a Special Session on “Decoding Internships And Curriculum Vitae Designing” at India International University Of Legal Education And Research, Goa on 6th December, 2022.

Technical Session Chaired/Co-Chaired/ Rapporteur

• Special Rapporteur for the Authors Workshop organized as part of the South Asia Research Colloquium on Environment and Climate Change (SARC) by South Asian University, Delhi, GNLU, Gandhinagar and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi with support from Asian Development Bank in December, 2021.