Applications Invited for Eklavya 2.0

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About the Organization

National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) is a law school in India, situated in Sector-14, Dwarka, Delhi.

The primary objective of the University is to evolve and impart comprehensive and interdisciplinary legal education that is socially relevant.

Through this education, we aim to promote legal and ethical values and foster the rule of law and the objectives enshrined in the Constitution of India. Furthermore, the University works toward dissemination of legal knowledge and its role in national development, so that the ability to analyse and present contemporary issues of public concern and their legal implications for the benefit of the public is improved.

About the Event

The National Law University Delhi first launched the Eklavya Research Affiliation Programme (ERAP) in 2023, with the objective of engaging in interdisciplinary research and to evolve quality publications through collaborative learning. As a step forward, NLUD now proposes ‘Eklavya 2.0’, i.e., Eklavya Research and Writing Programme (ERWP) to develop multidisciplinary academic engagement between scholars in law and social sciences. This provides an opportunity for NLUD to invite interested scholars outside the University to interact, exchange and learn from legal academia and share their valuable scholarship to create integrated knowledge for wider dissemination in the form of publications.

Why Eklavya 2.0:

The interdisciplinary integration of law and social sciences has attained a focus in legal research. The critical interdisciplinary research in law has contributed to understanding legal institutions, social behavior, and policy effectiveness. Legal realism movement in the early 20th century has emphasized the relationship between law and social sciences. Jurists like Oliver Wendell Holmes (1897) articulated that “the life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience”, indicating the need to understand law’s social context. This perspective laid the groundwork for modern interdisciplinary legal scholarship. The attempt in the Eklavya 2.0 is to promote interdisciplinary scholarship to evolve holistic knowledge of law and society. As part of ERWP, NLUD aims to interact with the wider scholarly community and explore new methodologies and approaches to learning. Most importantly, the scholarship that derives out of this interactive learning would be disseminated to society, in the form of publications.

Thematic Areas: Under ERWP, NLUD invites interested contributors to submit their proposals under the following broader themes (these are only indicative):

• State and Non-State Legal Orders
• Pluralism, Normative Diversity and (Legal) Consciousness
• Gender, Culture and Law
• Law, technology and Challenges of Change
• Law and (In)equalities
• Sentencing, philosophy and practice
• Movements and Law
• Rethinking politics and freedom in the Anthropocene
• The Politics of Migration and Displacement as a form of Life
• De-Growth and Law
• Law, Business and Governance
• Just transitions and policy measures
• Theoretical and Methodological approaches to liberal education
• Digital spaces and emerging forms of normative ordering

Process of ERWP:

Interested contributors should first submit a research proposal (max. 2000 words) online no later than 15th April 2025. The proposal should clearly outline the research question or purpose of the proposed paper, as well as how the paper contributes to current understanding in the identified research area. The proposal should also include a brief description of the empirical analysis used and/or an illustration of the theoretical/conceptual model to be developed. More details about the research proposal is given under heading 3 (ii).

Out of the submitted proposals, 25 scholars will be invited to an in-person two-day workshop on 31st May- 1st June 2025. The scholars will present their proposal before an expert panel. This two-day workshop, designed to deliver constructive feedback to the scholars, is instrumental for manuscript preparation for publication under the ERWP Scheme. While the exact details of the format of the workshop will be communicated to the selected applicants at a later date.

Certificate: Workshop certificates will be given to all the candidates participating in the workshop.

Honorarium: A participating grant of Rs.5000/- would be paid to selected candidates to facilitate participation in the two-day workshop. Accommodation will not be provided. An appropriate honorarium, as may be decided by the University, is also proposed after the completion and publication of the assignment.

Eligibility

Submitted proposals will be assessed to shortlist scholars for the workshop based on the following criteria:

• Applicants must be a graduate in law or in any other field but should be willing to work on topics that have an interface with the law.
• To be selected for the Eklavya 2.0 Workshop applicants must complete an online application form and also upload the documents mentioned below:
• Expression of Interest for participating in the workshop.
• A publication proposal with the following contents:
• Applicants will also have to upload their CV and academic transcripts.
• Expression of Interest for participating in the workshop.
• A publication proposal with the following contents:
• Tentative research title of the proposed manuscript.
• Research statement and relevance: Tentative research statement of no more than 500 words demonstrating experience with issues that have a significant interface with the law and its relevance for the proposed research.
• Research Questions and Scope of Research: A statement of no more than 1000 words on the proposed research and paper that the applicant intends to complete during the fellowship. It must clearly identify the research question and its scope must be such that it can be completed in a year.
• Feasibility and Justification: A statement of no more than 500 words explaining the manner in which the applicant intends to undertake this one year fellowship to complete publication, alongside existing commitments highlighting their availability. Generic justifications will not suffice and there must be a demonstrable feasibility contained in the statement.

How to Apply

Applications for this cycle must be submitted only by using the online form available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeO_P9G0XQgksT80B6QNm39YPRqx4XE4YWtQ5WLlezG4qeOA/viewform?usp=sharing

Registrations as per the details provided above must be submitted latest by 5.00 PM on 20th April 2025.

For all queries, please contact eklavya@nludelhi.ac.in

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