1. Vision & Mission
Mahatma Gandhi
Centre for
Peace Studies
The Mahatma Gandhi Center for Peace Studies
is an integral part of the O.P. Jindal Global
University (JGU). JGU is a leading academic
organization dedicated to promoting the
philosophy of nonviolence and advancing peace
studies nationally and globally. The Mahatma
Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies is committed
towards enhancing research and developing
knowledge in relation to all aspects of
nonviolence and peace. The center conducts
research and teaching that targets the reduction
of violence in our world. It does so by developing
the principles and practices of Gandhian
nonviolence and by providing profound
knowledge and understanding of the history and
theory of nonviolence to students, scholars and
all those who can positively contribute to
spreading peace in the world. With the aim of
establishing a value based research institute
with global ambitions and capabilities, the
Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies will
strive to promote interdisciplinary studies in
broadareaslike conflictology, cultures of peace,
mediation, and management of peace among
others. The center hopes to build a global
culture of peace in a world plagued by excessive
violence.
Professor (Dr.) Ramin Jahanbegloo meeting with
His Holiness the Dalai-Lama at Dharmsala

2. DR. RAMIN JAHANBEGLOO
Professor and Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School
Executive Director
Ramin Jahanbegloo is a political philosopher. He is presently the Executive Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for
NonviolenceandPeaceStudiesandtheVice-DeanoftheSchoolofLawatJindalGlobalUniversity-Delhi,India.
He received his B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy, History and Political Science and later his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Sorbonne
University. In 1993 he taught at the AcademyofPhilosophyin Tehran. He hasbeen aresearcherat the French Institute forIranian Studies and afellow
at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. Ramin Jahanbegloo taught in the Department of Political Science at the University of
Toronto from 1997-2001. He later served as the head of the Department of Contemporary Studies of the Cultural Research Centre in Tehran and, in
2006-07, was Rajni Kothari Professor of Democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi, India. In April 2006 Dr.
Jahanbegloo was arrested in Tehran Airport charged with preparing a velvet revolution in Iran. He was placed in solitary confinement for four months
and releasedon bail. He wasan AssociatedProfessorofPolitical Science and a Research Fellowin the Centre forEthics at University ofToronto from
2008-2012 and an Associate Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto from 2012 – 2015. He is also a member of the advisory
board of PEN Canada. He is the winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain (2009) for his extensive academic works in
promoting dialogue between cultures and his advocacy for non-violence and more recently the winner of the Josep Palau i Fabre International Essay
Prize. Among his twenty-seven books in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Persian are Conversations with Isaiah Berlin (Peter Halban, 1992),
Gandhi: Aux Sources de la Nonviolence ( Felin , 1999), Penser la Nonviolence (UNESCO,2000), Iran: Between Tradition and Modernity (Lexington
Books, 2004) India Revisited: Conversations on Contemporary India(Oxford University Press, 2007), The Clash of Intolerances (Har-Anand 2007)
The Spirit of India (Penguin 2008), Beyond Violence (Har-Anand 2008), Leggere Gandhi a Teheran (Marsilio 2008), India Analysed (Oxford
University Press 2009),Talking Politics (Oxford University Press 2010), Civil Society and Democracy in Iran (Lexington Press, 2011), The Gandhian
Moment (forthcoming at Harvard University Press) Democracy in Iran (Palgrave 2013) Introduction to Nonviolence (Palgrave 2013) Time Will Say
Nothing (University of Regina Press 2014), Talking Philosophy (Oxford University Press 2015) and very recently Gadflies in Public Space: The
SocraticLegacyofDissent(LexingtonPress,2017),TheDeclineofCivilization(Aleph,2017).
Objectives
To expand and strengthen the
links between practitioners of
nonviolence and reserachers
fromprestigiousuniversities.
To establish contacts and
collaborate with peace
research institutes from
different countries around the
world.
To promote the Gandhian
concept of trusteeship in order to
improve the stakeholder value
and sustainable livelihoods for
the common good and the
welfareofothers.
To train students, civic actors &
political and economic decision
makers in all applications of
nonviolence and peace (social,
political, international, armed
conflicts & corporate).
To facilitates internships,
conferences and seminars and
the development of research
programsonthesubjectmatter.
To bring together the largest
network of people working to
promotepeaceintoday'sworld.
Faculty
MR. SACHIN DHAWAN
B.A. (Amherst,USA), J.D. (Wisconsin, USA)
Assistant Professor and
Assistant Director, Centre for Law and Humanities
Jindal Global Law School
Fellows
MS. YASODHARA RAKSHIT
B.A (Hons.) English Literature, Delhi University
Post-graduate degree in Print Journalism from
Asian College of Journalism
MA-Mphil from JNU in Film and Performance Studies
Research Associate, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
MS. SHAMA BANOO HUSSAIN ABBASI
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) JGU; B.C.L. (Oxford University)
Research Associate
Jindal Global Law School
Assistant Director

3. Mr. Abdessattar Ben Moussa
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015
President of The Tunisian Human Rights League (Tunisia)
Prof. Romila Thapar
Historian, Writer
Professor Emerita Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)
His Excellency Roberto Toscano
Former Italian Ambassador to India and Iran
Political Analyst (Italy)
Mr. Baron Bhikhu Parekh
Political Theorist and
Labour Member of the House of Lords (United Kingdom)
Mr. Gabriel Masfurroll
Entrepreneur (Wings 4 Business) and
Philanthropist, Board of Trustees of Universitat Autonoma de
Barcelona (Spain)
Mr. Andres Ortega
Writer- Analyst (Spain)
Mr. Rajagopal PV
A Gandhian Leader & Founder of Ekta Parishad, a non-violent
People's movement on People's control over land and
livelihood resources (India)
Prof. Nilufer Gole
Professor, Sociology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS),Paris. Director, European Public Islam European Research
Council Project 2008-2012 (Turkey)
Prof. Fred Dallmayr
Packey J. Dee, Professor, Departments of Philosophy and
Political Science, University of Notre Dame (Germany)
Dr. Vandana Shiva
Scholar, Author, Environmental Activist (India)
Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi
Author, Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing
Societies (India)
Mr. Raj Rewal
Architect, Gold Medal 1989 by the Indian Institute of Architects,
Chevalier des Arts des Lettres Award, 2005 by the French
Government (India)
Dr. Mujibur R Shaikh
Jamia Millia Central University, New Delhi (India)
Dr. Nicolas Tenzer
Associate Professor
School of International Affairs-Sciences Po) editor review Le Banquet,
(France)
Professor Touraj Daryaee
The Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies & Culture and the Director of the
Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the
University of California, Irvine (USA)
Prof. Costica Bradatan
Associate Professor Religion, Texas Tech University, Comparative
Studies Editor Los Angeles Review of Books (USA)
Dr. Sudhir Kakar
Psychoanalyst and Writer (India)
Mr. Soheil Parsa
Artistic Director of Modern Times Stage Company in Toronto
(Canada)
Mrs. Ruchira Gupta
Founder and President of Apne Aap Women Worldwide (India)
Mehrdad Loghmani
Iranian-Canadian Mathematician and technology adviser, (Canada-
USA)
Prof. Hitoshi Kiyotaki
Professor of Political Thought at Komazawa University, Tokyo (Japan)
Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Indian Civil Servant, Former Governor of West Bengal (India)
International Board of Advisors

4. O.P. JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
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ESTABLISHED
Jindal Global Law School;
Jindal Global Business
School; Jindal School of
International Affairs; Jindal
School of Government and
Public Policy and Jindal
School of Liberal Arts &
Humanities through
a philanthropic initiative
of over US$100 Million by
the Founding Chancellor,
Mr. Naveen Jindal in
memory of his father,
Mr. O.P. Jindal.
RECRUITED APPOINTED
CREATED
Several research centres
and 3 research and
capacity building
institutes-Jindal Institute
of Leadership Development
& Executive Education;
Jindal Institute of
Behavioural Sciences;
and International Institute
for Higher Education
Research & Capacity
Building.
PUBLISHED
Over 600 peer reviewed
articles in journals and
law reviews, research
reports, policy papers, book
chapters, and
books by the faculty
members of JGU.
All schools of JGU have
their own academic
journals.
Over 600 lectures,
seminars, workshops
and conferences with
participation by scholars
and practitioners from
India and around the
world. JGU has also
organised joint
conferences with the
leading universities of the
world.
HOSTED
GRADUATED
As of August 2016,
five batches of over
1000 students from
the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.),
LL.B., LL.M., MBA,
M.A. (Diplomacy, Law
& Business), M.A. (Public
Policy) programmes from
the Jindal Global Law
School, Jindal Global
Business School, Jindal
School of International
Affairs and the Jindal
School of Government
and Public Policy.
DEVELOPED PROMOTING
Access to education
through the award of
scholarships
and fellowships to the
tune of over US$ 2
Million/Rs.12 crores
every year with over
70% of the students at
JGU studying with merit
or means based
scholarships /
studentships.
International collaborations
with over 160 universities
and institutions in 38
countries implementing
10 different forms of
partnerships: faculty
exchanges, student
exchanges, joint-teaching,
research, conferences,
publications, dual degree
programmes, executive
education programmes,
summer schools, winter
schools and study abroad
programmes.
Over 200 full time faculty
members, including more
than 45% graduates from
some of the top 50
universities of the world
that include, Oxford,
Cambridge, Harvard, Yale,
Stanford, Columbia,
Brown, Berkeley
Cornell, Johns Hopkins,
Chicago, UPenn, Duke and
Toronto which
includes 5 Rhodes
Scholars.
Over 200 full time faculty
members, of which 20%
are international and
nearly 45% are women
faculty members. Almost
all faculty members
possess strong international
qualifications and
experience, maintaining a
1:12 faculty-student ratio
engaged in imparting
education to
over 2700 students.