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1 BIO DATA 1. Name : Professor. (Dr.) Amar Singh B.Sc., LL.M., PhD, FS (Academy of Sciences, USSR) Moscow Member: Curriculum Development Committee, Bar Council of India. 2. Place of Birth : Village Patta, District Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. 3. Permanent address : B-4, Lane-1, Sector 2, New Shimla Himachal Pradesh. 4. Present Address : Professor (Dr.) Amar Singh Director, School of Law, Neemrana, Alwar, Rajasthan, India. Phone: , [email protected] 5. Date of Birth : February 23, Designation : Professor of Business Laws B.Sc., LL.M., Ph.D, FS (Academy of Sciences, USSR), Moscow. 7. Citizenship : Indian 8. Spouse : Professor Dr. Seshan Radha M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., FS (Yale Law School) USA. Professor of Economics and Law. 9. Children : Karan Singh (Son) B.A., LL.M (Air and Space Law McGill University, (Montreal) Canada. Research Agreement Specialist, Concordia University. Montreal, Canada. Kunal Singh (Son) B.Com. M.B.A (Finance), CFA (CFA Institute, Charlles ville) Virginia, USA. Associate Vice President. Goldman Sache, New York, USA. 10. Address for Correspondence : Prof. (Dr.) Amar Singh Professor of Business Laws Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi Academic Qualification : B.Sc. Panjab University Chandigarh 1970 Page 1 of 16

2 LL.B Rajasthan University Chandigarh 1973 LL. M. Rajasthan University Jaipur 1976 Ph. D. H.P. University, Shimla 1983 F. S. (Academy of Sciences USSR) Moscow Ph.D Thesis Title : Significance of Doctrine of Consideration in the Contractual Relations in the Indian Social Welfare State. 13. Specializations : Business Laws, Mercantile Law and IPR. 14. Experience : Over 33 years 15. Administrative and Academic : As per Annexure-I Positions held 16. Membership of Academic : As per Annexure-II Bodies & other Committees 17. Countries visited for : As per Annexure III Academic purposes 18. Participation in International : As per Annexure IV Conferences / Seminars 19. Participation in National : As per Annexure V Conferences / Seminars 20. Participation in Refresher : As per Annexure VI Courses 21. Visiting Faculty in : As per Annexure VII different Institutions 22. Twenty Three Research : As per Annexure VIII Publications 23. Three Books Published : As per Annexure IX 24. Selection Expert and : As per Annexure X Examiner. 25. Member of Legislation Drafting Committees : As per Annexure- XI Page 2 of 16

3 Annexure -1 Academic Positions held: July 17, 2013 till date : Director,School of law, Raffles University, Neemrana. August 2010 to July 17, 2013: Convener, Academic Progrramme Committee August 2010 to date : Chairman, Academic Committee June, 2010 to date : Proctor February 2009 to date : Professor of Law 2010 to date : Guest Professor of Business Law South China University of Technology and Law Mega Education Centre, Guangzhou People s Republic of China : Dean, Faculty of Law National Law University, Jodhpur : Executive Chairman and Professor IPR Chair (HRD Ministry, Government of India) : Executive Editor, NLU, Law Journal National Law University, Jodhpur : Chairman - Discipline Committee National Law University, Jodhpur : Chairman - Deans & Directors Committee, National Law University, Jodhpur : Chairman, Department of Laws H.P. University, Shimla : Professor of Business NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad : Dean, Faculty of Law H.P. University, Shimla : Director Lincoln College Sirhind, Punjab Page 3 of 16

4 : Director Lloyd Law College, Noida : Cultural Advisor to the Permanent Delegation of UNESCO Paris, France : Professor of Business Law National Law School of India University, Bangalore : Professor of Business Laws Gulf Institute for International Law, Dubai, UAE Administrative Positions held: August 2010 to date : Convener, Academic Programme Committee July, 2010 to date : Member of Executive Council May, 2010 to date : Member of Academic Council : Dean, Faculty of Law National Law University, Jodhpur : Chairman - Deans & Directors Committee, National Law University, Jodhpur : Chairman - Discipline Committee National Law University, Jodhpur : Dean, Faculty of Law H.P. University, Shimla : Member of Academic Council H.P. University, Shimla : Director Lincoln College Sirhind, Punjab : Director Lloyd Law College, Noida : Chairman, Department of Laws H.P. University, Shimla Page 4 of 16

5 Annexure - II Membership of Academic Bodies and Other Committees held: 1. Life Member Indian Law Institute, New Delhi 2. Pakistan-Indo Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy 3. Bar Association, Himachal Pradesh 4. Campaigns for National Himalayan Policy 5. Governing Body of H.P. State Judicial Academy, Harvington Estate, Shimla 6. Member of the Core Group formulated by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, New Delhi to prepare a draft Model Rent Act., 2010 Annexure - III Countries visited for Academic purposes: 1. USSR (Moscow) China (Beijing) Pakistan (Lahore) United Arab Emirates (Dubai) France (Paris) USA (Hawaii) USA (Chicago) Nepal (Kathmandu) China (Wuhan) , 2008 Page 5 of 16

6 10. Taiwan China (Guangzhou) , Canada (Toronto) Foreign Universities & Institutes visited: 1. Gulf Institute for International Law, Dubai, UAE ; 2. UNESCO, Paris, France; 3. South China University of Technology and Law, Mega Education Centre, Guangzhou, People s Republic of China; 4. National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan; 5. Shin Hsin University, Taiwan; 6. Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology, Taiwan; Annexure IV Participation in International Conferences / Seminars: 1) Attended a Seminar on The Comparison of Court of Panchayat in Himachal Pradesh and People s Camaraderie Court in the USSR in the Faculty of Law and Economics at State University of Moscow, Moscow on January16, ) Attended a Seminar on Mafia in the USSR at Moscow on February 8, ) Attended the International Seminar on Extending the Frontiers of Judicial Review Organised by the United States Education Foundation in India in collaboration with Professor Lawrence Tribe, Harvard Law School, USA, held at Oberoi Continental, New Delhi from December 19-20, ) Attended the International Seminar on Constitutional Politics in the United States organised by the American Studies Research Centre at Hyderabad from December 26-27, Page 6 of 16

7 5) Attended a Seminar on Shaping the Future by Law, Children, Environment and Human Health at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi from March 21-25, (Paper presented) 6) Attended a Conference on Law Asia Biennial at Hotel Landmark, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China from August 16-20, ) Attended the 2 nd International Conference on Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy at Lahore from November 9-12, ) Attended the Lawasia Conference on General Practice and Family Law Rights at Hotel Agra Sheraton, Agra from January 20-23, ) Attended a Conference on Australia India Legal Conference at New Delhi from October 26-27, ) Attended the 3 rd International Conference on Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy at Kolkata from December 28-31, (Paper presented) 11) Attended the International Conference on Educating Lawyers for Transnational Challenges at JW Marriott Ihilani Resort, Ko Olina Oahu, Hawaii, USA from May 26-29, (Paper presented) 12) Attended the Conference of Chinese and American Law School Deans Conference, 2005 at Beijing, China from March 31 to April 2, 2005, as a special invitee from India and negotiated three Chinese Programmes, i.e. Summer School Chinese students, LL.M. programme for Chinese students and 6 year integrated course of B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) for Chinese students. 13) Attended the Conference of People s SAARC on Cultural Heritage and TRIPS at Kathmandu, Nepal from March 23-25, He has also made a presentation titled Cultural Heritage and TRIPS. 14) Attended the 2007 International Conference on Protection of the Cultural Heritage and IPR hosted by the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei Province PR China from April 21-22, 2007 and also negotiated the Agreement on Development of Academic Exchange in Intellectual Property Rights between Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (PRC) and Himachal Pradesh University (India) in a series of meetings held with the Director and his team IPR Centre the University and the President of the University on April 19, 23-24, He has also made Key note presentation titled Politics of TRIPS vis-ӓ-vis Traditional Knowledge and Folklore. Page 7 of 16

8 15) Attended the 2008 International Conference on Perfecting the Stratagem Implementing IPR System, Problems and Perspectives organised by Zhongnan University of Economics and Law at Wuhan, P.R. China from April 19-21, He has also presented the Key-note paper in the Conference. 16) Attended the Conference on Intellectual Property Rights organized by the National University of Science and Technology, China on June 3, (Paper presented) 17) Attended the International Conference on Protection of Communities IPR in Traditional Knowledge: Indian Experience at the National University of Science and Technology, People s Republic of China on June 9, (Paper presented) 18) Attended and chaired one session in International conference on Air and Space law, March 2010, NLU Delhi India. 19) Attended Second International Conference on the current developments in Air and Space law. November ) International Seminar on Law and Economics held in Taj Palace on November 21, New Delhi. 21) Attended Conference on Legal Risk and Real Estate and Construction Industry India and Internationally. November November 28, ) Participated and presented a paper in International conference for Academic Disciplines organised by the Central Connecticut State University,USA in Ryerson University,Toronto on May 23 to May 26, ) Chaired a Session in International Conference organised by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) on May 23,2011 and co-ordinated seven presentations over a period of two hours in Ryerson University,Toronto, Canada 24) Presented a paper on Corruption in government contracts, in International Conference, Corruption in Governance: Challenges and solutions on November 15-16, Organised by the. Annexure V Participated in National Conferences / Seminars: 1) Attended the Regional Seminar on Restructuring of Higher Judiciary sponsored by Punjab University, Chandigarh from October 28-30, (Paper Presented) Page 8 of 16

9 2) Attended the Conference on All India Conference on Indian Consumers, Problems and Solutions at New Delhi from July 27-28, ) Attended the Seminar on Centre-State Relations in India sponsored by the University Grants Commission in collaboration with Department of Laws, H.P. University, Shimla from June 7-8, ) Attended the Seminar on Uniform Civil Code for all Indians sponsored by the Law Commission of India and University Grants Commission at New Delhi from October 17-19, ) Attended the Seminar on Education and Disadvantaged Groups sponsored by the ICSSR in collaboration with the Department of Education, H.P. University, Shimla from December 26-28, ) Attended the Seminar on Problems of District Administration in India organized by the Department of Public Administration, H.P. University, Shimla from November 26-27, ) Attended the National Seminar on Law, Social Change and Communal Harmony organised by the Association of Law Graduates at Jullundhar, Punjab from October 20-23, ) Attended the Seminar on Reservation Policy in the Trainees of Staff College at H.P. University, Shimla on March 3, ) Attended the Seminar on Constitutional Politics in the United States and India organised by the American Studies Research Centre, New Delhi from December 26-27, ) Attended the Seminar on Market Linkages organised by the Institute of Economics Education, Madras held at Madras on February 24, ) Attended the Seminar on Environment and Economics organised by the Centre for Science and Environment at the India International Centre, New Delhi from December 27-29, 1996 Participated in National Conferences / Seminars: 12) Attended the Regional Seminar on Restructuring of Higher Judiciary sponsored by Punjab University, Chandigarh from October 28-30, (Paper Presented) Page 9 of 16

10 13) Attended the Conference on All India Conference on Indian Consumers, Problems and Solutions at New Delhi from July 27-28, ) Attended the Seminar on Centre-State Relations in India sponsored by the University Grants Commission in collaboration with Department of Laws, H.P. University, Shimla from June 7-8, ) Attended the Seminar on Uniform Civil Code for all Indians sponsored by the Law Commission of India and University Grants Commission at New Delhi from October 17-19, ) Attended the Seminar on Education and Disadvantaged Groups sponsored by the ICSSR in collaboration with the Department of Education, H.P. University, Shimla from December 26-28, ) Attended the Seminar on Problems of District Administration in India organized by the Department of Public Administration, H.P. University, Shimla from November 26-27, ) Attended the National Seminar on Law, Social Change and Communal Harmony organised by the Association of Law Graduates at Jullundhar, Punjab from October 20-23, ) Attended the Seminar on Reservation Policy in the Trainees of Staff College at H.P. University, Shimla on March 3, ) Attended the Seminar on Constitutional Politics in the United States and India organised by the American Studies Research Centre, New Delhi from December 26-27, ) Attended the Seminar on Market Linkages organised by the Institute of Economics Education, Madras held at Madras on February 24, ) Attended the Seminar on Environment and Economics organised by the Centre for Science and Environment at the India International Centre, New Delhi from December 27-29, ) Attended the Seminar on Tribal Development in Himachal Pradesh: Appraisal and Alternatives (poster presentation) sponsored by the Institute of Tribal Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla from June 26-27, (Paper Presented) 24) Attended the National Seminar on Education Development in India : Future Perspectives sponsored by UGC by the Department of Special Assistance in Education, H.P. University, Shimla from September 5-7, 1996 Page 10 of 16

11 25) Attended the Seminar on Joint Forestry Sustainable Development (poster presentation) at Hotel Oberoi, Shimla from October 4-6, (Paper Presented) 26) Attended the three days All Indian Consultative Meeting on Reforming Legal Education among Bar Councils, University Grant Commission, Universities and Governments sponsored by the Bar Council of India and organised by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore from October 12-14, ) Attended the Seminar on Corporate Governance : Ethics, Transparency and Accountability in Business and Industry organised by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz in India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on February 23, ) Attended the National Seminar on New Dimensions of Law: Growth and Relevance Organised by Panjab University, Ludhiana Centre on October, He also delivered the Key-note address in this Seminar. 29) Delivered the Badan Chandra Barua Memorial Lecture in Pragjyoti ITA Centre, Machkhowa, Guwahati, Assam on Protection of Communities Intellectual Property Rights in Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Indian Experience on September 13, ) Participated in the workshop on Better city, better life by the Ministry of Housing and urban poverty alleviation, Government of India, on world habitat day on October 4, ) Attended and chaired one session in the Conference on Right to Equality: Emerging trends. November 26-27, 2010, organized by MDU Rohtak, Haryana. 32) Attended National Conference on Environment pollution and law organised by M.D.University in collaboration with ICSSR and chaired one of its sessions on February 26-27, ) Participated in Project Inception Workshop on devising a legal regime for protecting traditional knowledge of medicinal plants on March 18, 2011 in Seminar Hall TERI, New Delhi. Annexure VI Participated in Seven Refresher courses: Page 11 of 16

12 1. Refresher Course for Law Teachers (Business Law and Intellectual Property Law) organised by National Law School of India University, Bangalore from February 4-24, Attended the Orientation Course for the Law Teachers in the New Pattern of Five Years Course held by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore from October 28- November 2, Attended the Refresher and Training Course for Clinical Law Teachers organised by Law School, Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University from March 17-26, Attended Refresher Course for Law Teachers (Business Law and Intellectual Property Laws) organised by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore from February 1-21, Attended Refresher Course for Law Teachers (Law and Economics) organised by the Faculty of Law, Department of Laws, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla 6. Participated in the Human Rights Education Course conducted by State Human Rights Commission in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla from June 3-4, Participated in the Training Programme in the Teaching of Securities Laws held at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore under the auspices of the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from September 15-17, 2003 Coordination of Refresher Course Coordinated a refresher course for law teachers drawn from different universities and colleges with effect from May 25 - June 14, 2007 at Faculty of Law, H.P. University, Shimla Staff College. I also organised the internationally reputed academics as resource persons for this course from Indian Law Universities, ILI Delhi and other reputed Indian Universities, Judiciary, etc. Annexure - VII Visiting Faculty in different Institutions: 1. South China University of Technology and Law, Mega Education Centers Guangzhou, People s Republic of China. Page 12 of 16

13 2. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Musoorie (IAS Trainees) 3. Himachal Pradesh Judicial Academy, Harvington Estate, Shimla (H.P.) (Judicial Officers Trainees) Annexure - VIII Research Accomplishments: 1. Promissory Estoppels: Twinkling Star in the Modern Contractualism, Civil and Military Law Journal, Vol.17, November 4, Sophisticated Criminality: Symptomatic of Lymphosacomatic Society, Civil and Military Law Journal, Vol.18, November 2, Rights and Duties of the Seller and Buyer under the United Nations Convention on International Sale of Goods, Chartered Secretary, November, Jurisdictional Expansionism: An Emerging Crisis, Indian Bar Review, Vol.X (1), Operation of Dispute Settlement Mechanism in the Recently Developing Law of the Sea Civil and Military Law Journal, Vol. 18, No.3, Also published in the Socio-Legal Journal, Promising Premises of Promissory Estoppel in India, Lawyer, April Undue influence as Contractual Restrictions, Commercial Law Gazette, Vol.6, No.22, Standing in the Public Interest Litigation: A Rising Pole Star of Judicial Activism, Civil and Military Law Journal, Vol. 19, No.2, Benefits to the Minor on the Admission to a Firm A Fact of Fiction, Civil and Military Law Journal Vol.19, No.4, 1983; Commercial Law Gazetteer, Vol.7, No.20, Contractual Liability of State in India: A Bird s Eye View, Commercial Law Gazette, Vol.7, No.20, Page 13 of 16

14 11. Raping the Rape, India Socio-Legal Journal, European Commission on Law of Contract in Search of Uniform Principles: Pros and Cons, Commercial Law Gazette, No.734, 35, Child and Negligence, Lawyer, October November, Contractualism under Control Legislation: A Jurisprudential Critique, Indian Bar Review, Vol. XI (2) 1984; Lawyer, Vol. 16, April 1984; Commercial Law Gazette, Vol Causes of the Exploitation of Child Labour in India, December 1993, Vol.3, Part 4, [pp. 66; Modes of Citation (1993) Supreme Court Journal 16. Study of the Dimension of the Principles of Frustration in the India Contract Law System, Journal of Indian Law Institute, Vol. 37, No.4, Female Labour Forces and Discrimination in the Market: A Legal Economics Perspective (Co-authored) Civil and Military Law Journal. 18. Legal Economics of Tribal Law and Culture, under publication by the Institute of Tribal Studies, H.P. University, Shimla 19. Forest Management: Economics and Legal Analysis, Journal of Indian Environment Society, New Delhi, Development of Promissory Estoppel in U.K., U.S.A., Commercial Law Gazette, Vol Government s Liability for the Informal Promises, Commercial Law Gazette, Vol. 38, Protection of Communities IPR in Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Indian Experience, published in the joint publication titled National IPR Strategy Implementing Measures and Performance Evaluation of South China University of Technology and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Wuhan. P. in Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Indian Experience, R. China. 23. Protection of Communities IPR in Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge : Indian Experience, Moheeruha published by Badan Chandra Barua Memorial Trust, Staya Bora Lane, Dighali Pukhuri Guwahati, First Edition Annexure - IX Books Published: Page 14 of 16

15 1. LAW OF CONTRACT IN INDIA, Doctrine of Consideration, Foreword by Justice H.S. Thakur, H.P. High Court, Shimla, Deep & Deep Publications, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, STUDIES IN COMMERCIAL LAW AND JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, Foreword by Minister of State for Law, Himachal Pradesh, Deep & Deep Publications, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGES OF THE 21 ST CENTURY, Foreword by Justice Kuldeep Chand Sood, H. P. High Court, Shimla Introduction by Justice Om Prakash Verma, Former Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala from THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIETY, LAW AND ECONOMICS, SHIMLA by Deep & Deep Publications, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, 2002 Annexure - X Selection Expert and Examiner He had been subject expert for the selection of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in various Universities and Public Service Commissions in India. He had been expert examiner for various Universities (LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D.).. Member of Legislation Drafting Committees : Annexure- XI 1. Member of drafting committee for drafting the Model rent Act constituted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India Page 15 of 16

16 2. Member of drafting committee for drafting the Legal and IPR framework through organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. March 18,2011. PROGRESS REPORT Evaluated five Ph.D theses of different universities in India. 2. Delivered lecture on IPR Legal Regime and Traditional Knowledge: Indian Experience to post graduate students of IPR of University of Kerala, Trivandrum on September 13, Delivered lecture to all the students of Rajiv Gandhi National Law University Patiala, Panjab,on September on the Politics of IPR and Traditional knowledge on September 30, Contributed in the Board of Studies meeting of M.D.University Rohtak in all its meetings in Page 16 of 16