Research Methodology

Prof. (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai serves as the Vice Chancellor of National Law University Delhi. He is equipped with more than thirty years of professional experience as an author, researcher, teacher and administrator.

He has previously served as the Vice Chancellor at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, and Registrar at National Law University Delhi. He has also served as Senior Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Law), Chair Professor at K.L Arora Chair in Criminal Law, and Chairperson of the Centre for Criminology & Victimology at National Law University Delhi. Before that, he served as Professor (Law and development) & Chairperson at the Centre for Criminal Justice Administration, National Law Institute University, Bhopal. He has also held positions at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (1989), Bureau of Police Research & Development (1989- 1995), Punjab Police Academy, Punjab and Department of Criminology & Forensic Science, University of Saugar, M.P. Under his guidance, as many as 12 students have already completed doctoral dissertations (Ph. D.). In addition to a Master’s specialisation in Criminology and criminal Justice, he holds a doctorate in victimology and a post-doctorate in criminal justice from Leicester University, U.K., as a Commonwealth Fellow at the Department of Criminology, Leicester University, U.K.

Prof. Bajpai has authored twenty-two books/monographs, more than sixty papers, over a hundred op-eds in leading dailies like Indian Express, the Hindu, and the Tribune and thirteen project reports. His books (2011) 'Witness & Criminal Justice Systems', 'On Cyber Crime & Cyber Law', 'Situational Crime Prevention & Crime Reduction' and ‘Victimological Narratives on Gender Violence’ (2014), Victim Justice- A Paradigm Shift in the Indian Criminal Justice System" and "Judgments that Shaped the India Jurisprudence" published (2017) by Thomson & Reuters, 'Living on the Edge' and 'Juvenile Justice' (Bloomsbury (2019) have been well-received. His recent publications include 'Handbook of Laws and Case Laws for Victims of Crime', Thomson Reuters (2022), and Fast Track Courts in India Promise & Performance, published by Satyam Law International (2022) and 'Hate Crime in India' from Springer (2023) are noteworthy.

He is the editor of two prestigious international journals: Journal of Victimology & Victim Justice (published by Sage Publications) and Indian Journal of Criminology, a publication of the Indian Society of Criminology since 1972.

Prof. Bajpai has been conferred various awards and honours for consistent, high-quality research. He received the G. B. Pant Award for his book on Human Rights and Police. In recognition of his contribution to the growth of Criminology in India, Dr Bajpai was conferred the title of Fellow of the Indian Society of Criminology (FISC) by the Indian Society of Criminology (ISC). He was also awarded (2005) the coveted Prof. S. Srivastava Memorial Award for excellence in research/teaching in Criminology and the ‘Best Social Scientist Award’ of the Indian Society of Criminology (2014). He was conferred the prestigious Prof. K. Chockalingam Award in the Fourth International & Eight Biennial Conference of the Indian Society of Victimology in October 2014. Prof. Bajpai was conferred upon the 'ISC-Kumarappa Reckless Award', the highest honour and award of ISC, in recognition of his significant contribution to research, teaching and administration in the field of Criminal Justice Administration (2018). Sagar Ratna Award by the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh for his contribution to Higher Education, especially in Legal Education (2022). He has been conferred the Life Time Achievement Award (2023)  by the Commission for Other Backward Classes, Govt. of NCT. on the occasion of Teacher’s Day for distinguished services in the field of education.

Prof. Bajpai is the Secretary-General of the World Society of Victimology (WSV). He is the first Indian to be elected as Secretary-General of the WSV. He is also the Vice President of Victim Support Asia, President of the Indian Society of Victimology, and Vice-Chairman of the Indian Society of Criminology. He has also been appointed as a Member of BPR&D's ‘Standing Committee on Research Methodology for Research Projects’ of BPR&D.

As a passionate criminal law teacher for over two decades, he is credited with designing and pioneering the expression 'Critical Criminal Law ' in India, now an LL.M. Course in many universities. Besides, he is also credited with conceptualising the novel paradigms of "Victim Justice", "Victim Jurisprudence", and "Wrongful Prosecution" in the Indian context.

Please visit www.profgsbajpai.in 

Course Co-Coordinator:

Dr Garima Pal, Assistant Professor, MNLU Mumbai

Dr. Garima Pal was awarded PhD in the field of “Drug Abuse and Alcoholism and role of Re-habilitation centers in Uttarakhand. She comes from inter-disciplinary field. Her specialisation is in the area of Criminology, Victimology, Human Rights. Her interest area lies in Legal Research, Criminal Justice Administration, Gender Justice, Sociology of law, Forensic

She was prior employed as Assistant Professor in Symbiosis Law School, Pune till July, 2018. She has also done a certificate course with Harvard University on “Justice”. She is associated with an NGO, Care Village Foundation, New Delhi as their Executive Director. She has also qualified UGC-NET for Lectureship in the year 2011. She has previously worked as a Research Associate with Institute of Social Sciences, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi in research project sponsored by TATA. She worked with NLU Delhi and was also Project Coordinator of research projects titled “Hate Crimes: prejudices and violence faced by people from North Eastern States and Measures to counter”,-an empirical study”, funded by Indian Council of Social Sciences Research , Ministry of Home Affairs at National Law University Delhi and ( on-going) Transport and crime : An account of crimes committed against female commuters in NCR region with National Commission of Women and RGNUL (Patiala) and BOA member with RMNLU( Lucknow)(Ongoing) 

Dr. Pal has written number of publications in National and International Journals as well as in Book Chapters with Bloomsbury and Book publishers, Ireland. She is member of International and National bodies like International Sociological Association, ISA; International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Japan, Life Member of South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SACV), International Council Of Jurists, London, Indian Society of Criminology. She acted as Executive editor for both Indian Journal of criminology as well as Victim Justice and Victimology. Recently, appointed as Managing Editor for Victim Justice and Victimology( SAGE publishers). She is currently co-authoring a book on Hate Crimes in India (SpringerNature, New York); and Editing book on Over-Criminalisation (BRILL Publishers).

Teaching Assistant:

Mr Aashish Gaur, Assistant Professor, RGNUL, Patiala, Punjab

Mr. Aashish Gaur is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab and pursuing PhD at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He cleared the UGC (NET-JRF) exam in the subject of Sociology in 2018. He has participated and presented papers at various National and International Conferences and has multiple publications in UGC-CARE listed journals. His research interests include culture, gender, sociology of law and sociology of sports. He has a strong affinity for qualitative research techniques and is an ethnographer at heart. His work is grounded in a variety of academic fields, including sociology, anthropology, law, history, and area studies.