Prof. (Dr.) Pratyush Kumar

Professor of Law

ABOUT

Dr. Pratyush Kumar has joined CNLU Patna in January 2026 as a Professor of Law. He has more than fifteen years of experience in legal academia including teaching and research in some of the most prestigious institutions in India, Italy, USA and Germany. He held the prestigious Humboldt Stiftung Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2022-2025) in law at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany where his host is the eminent sociologist of law, Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. h.c.mult. Gunther Teubner. Pratyush Kumar is PhD in Public and Comparative Law from University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy (2018-2021); he taught LLB and LLM students at National Law University Delhi (2012-2017), Amity Law School (2012) and KIIT Law School (2011-2012); he is LLM in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University, Washington DC, USA (2009-2010); BA, LLB (Cons. Gov. Hons.) from NLU Jodhpur, India (2003-2008); and has peer-reviewed publications in India, Italy, Germany, France, UK, USA, Brazil, South Korea, Peru with his works translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Korean;he has leading European publications, 11 (eleven) Scopus indexed publications, and his work Colours for Constitutions has been reviewed in a Scopus indexed journal; he has co-edited the autobiography “Recollections and Reminiscences of a Long Life” of Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha, the founding Chair of the Constituent Assembly of India and brought it out to the public for the very first time (New Delhi: Anamika, 2022; revised edition with open access: Baden Baden (Germany): Ergon/Nomos, 2025, “Recollections and Reminiscences of a Long Life” by Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha – 978-3-98740-243-2 | Nomos); he is the author of works including: Colours for Constitutions, Torino (Italy): Giappichelli, 2022; Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus, Baden-Baden (Germany): Ergon/Nomos, 2025; and, Capillaries of Constitutionalism, Baden-Baden (Germany): Nomos, 2026 (forthcoming).

QUALIFICATION

Humboldt Stiftung Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2022-2025) in law at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
PhD in Public and Comparative Law from University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy (2018-2021);
LLM in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University, Washington DC, USA (2009-2010);
BA, LLB (Cons. Gov. Hons.) from NLU Jodhpur, India (2003-2008).

TEACHING / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Has more than fifteen years of experience in legal academia including teaching and research in some of the most prestigious institutions in India, Italy, USA and Germany.

AREA OF INTEREST

Ius Publicum (Public Law – Public International Law, Constitutional law, Comparative Law and Comparative Constitutional Law); Legal Theory (Philosophy of Law) and Sociology of Law; Electives – International Trade Law (Jurisprudence), Law and Culture, Law and Literature, Classical Law (15 years-experience in teaching, research and academics in India, USA, Germany and Italy)

PUBLICATIONS

A) PUBLICATIONS WITH PEER REVIEW PROCESS:

A.1. BOOKS:

A. 1.1 PUBLIC LAW:

Kumar, P. (2025), Capillaries of Constitutionalism (forthcoming, contract signed), Baden-Baden (Germany): Nomos, pp. 1000 (one thousand pages approximately).
Kumar, P., (2022): Colours for Constitutions, Torino (Italy): Giappichelli Editore, pp. 310.ISBN No. 9788892160040. A full-fledged monograph based on the PhD thesis (awarded with very good remarks on 23^rd Sept., 2021 by the University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy) with the same title.Can be reached at:Colours for Constitutions – KUMAR P. | Giappichelli.
Reviewed in: Verfassung und Recht in Übersee (World Comparative Law, Scopus Indexed), 56 (2023),pp. 263-266 by Dr. Emeric Prévost, Can be accessed at:0506-7286-2023-1-263.pdf(last accessed: March 31, 2025).

A. 1.2. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY:

Kumar, P. and Mishra, M.,* (eds.), (2025): ‘Recollections and Reminiscences of a Long Life by Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha’, Baden-Baden (Germany): Nomos (Bibliotheca Academica – Rechtswissenschaft series in an open access format and thoroughly revised edition), can be accessed at: “Recollections and Reminiscences of a Long Life” by Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha – 978-3-98740-243-2 | Nomos.
Kumar,P. and Mishra, M.,* (eds.), (2022): Autobiography of Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha ‘Recollections and Reminiscences of a Long Life’ (he was the first temporary Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India which framed the Constitution of India, 1950), New Delhi (India): Anamika Publishers, ISBN No: 978-93-91524-09-8, 2022, pp. 340.

A. 1.3. SOCIOLOGY/SOCIAL-CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY/HISTORY/CULTURAL STUDIES:

Kumar, P., (2025): Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus: Marriage Relations among Brahmins, Baden-Baden (Germany): Ergon Nomos (Sociology Series), ISBN 978-3-98740-189-3, pp. 130. Can be reached at: Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus – 978-3-98740-189-3 | Nomos

A.2. JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

A.2.1. PUBLIC LAW AND LEGAL THEORY:

Kumar, P. (2022): Human Dignity in Context: For the Living, Dying and the Dead Person, Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI) Journal of Law and Legislation (South Korea, SSRN and Korea Citation Index), ISSN No. 2234-7526, Vol 12, Number 1,2022, pp. 159-201. Also available at:https://www.klri.re.kr/eng/journal/U/21/view.do,https://www.klri.re.kr/view e r/skin/doc.html?fn=5.%20V12.1- 5.pdf&rs=/doc_convert/FILE_000000000032248wyHi3(last accessed: July 29, 2022).
Kumar, P., (2022): Interpreting Aspects of Santi Romano’s Institutional and Pluralistic Theory of Law in India, New Delhi: Indian Journal of Public Administration (SAGE), Scopus Indexed, ISSN: 0019-5561, 2022, 68(1), pp. 139-150 (first part of a two-part article);

Kumar, P., (2022): Interpretations and Applications in India (Interpreting Aspects of Santi Romano’s Institutional and Pluralistic Theory of Law in India Part II), New Delhi: Indian Journal of Public Administration (SAGE), Scopus Indexed, ISSN: 0019-5561, 2022, 68(2), pp. 320-332 (second and final part of a two-part article).

Kumar,P. (2022): Introduction to Constitutional Structure and Practice of Local Democracy in India and Italy, In: Revista Argumentum (Argumentum Journal of Law) – RA, eISSN 2359-6889, Marília/SP (University of Marilia, São Paolo, Brazil), V. 23, N. 1, pp. 335-368,Jan.-Abr. 2022 (Jan.-April,2022). Also available at: http://ojs.unimar.br/index.php/revistaargumentum/issue/view/70/showToc, http://ojs.unimar.br/index.php/revistaargumentum/article/view/1695/999 (last accessed: May 11, 2022).
Kumar,P., Prévost, E., * (2022): “Regulatory power and the new (im)balance of powers in constitutional liberal democracies: some reflections on the relevance of Norberto Bobbio’s thoughts from an Indian and European perspective”, Kolkata: NUJS (National University of Juridical Sciences) Law Review (UGC CARE Listed), 14 NUJS L. Rev. (4) 2021, ISSN: 0975- 0029, pp. 35. Also available at: http://nujslawreview.org/2022/03/26/regulatory-power- and-the-new-imbalance-of-powers-in-constitutional-liberal-democracies-some- reflections-on-the-relevance-of-norberto-bobbios-thoughts-from-an-indian-and- european-perspective/ (last accessed: May 11, 2022).
Kumar, P., Prévost, E., * (2022): “Global constitutionalism and fundamental rights at risk of the Covid pandemic: some thoughts for further reflections”, Grenoble: Revue des droits et libertés fondamentaux (France), Chron.43, ISSN: 2258-1308, pp. 15. Also available at: http://www.revuedlf.com/droit-constitutionnel/article-global- constitutionalism-and-fundamental-rights-at-risk-of-the-covid-pandemic-some-thoughts- for-further-reflections/ (last accessed: Nov. 2, 2022).
Kumar, P., (2021): “Locating Italian Seasoning in Gandhian Constitutionalism” (‘Individuazione dell’“aroma Italiano” nel Costituzionalismo Gandhiano’, Issue 1-2021 (April), Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo (SCImago/Scopus Indexed), (ISBN: 978-88-15-29628-3), Italy, pp. 3-39.
Kumar, P., (2021): ‘Gandhi and the Culture of Constitutionalism’, In: M. CASOLARI (ed.), Gandhi After Gandhi: The Relevance of the Mahatma’s Legacy in Today’s World (ISBN 9781032056814, an edited volume publishing selected papers presented at the international conference on ‘Gandhi after Gandhi’ at the University of Torino, 2-3^rdDec, 2019), Routledge,Scopus Indexed, UK, pp. 9-21. (Relevance-of-the-Mahatmas-Legacy-in-Todays/Casolari/p/book/9781032056814)
Kumar, P., (2020): A book on the cultural context of European Constitutional and Public Law: too far from India? in Dr. BERNHARD EHRENZELLER and Prof. Dr. MARKUS KOTZUR (eds.), “Verfassung, Gemeinwohl und Frieden – nachgedacht aus Anlass des 85. Geburtstages von PETER HÄBERLE” (ISBN: 978-3-8487-7788-4), Baden-Baden (Germany): Nomos, pp. 75-108.
Kumar, P.,(2020): Seeing India through the Häberlean Mirror of Constitutional Theory, Argumentum Journal of Law (eISSN 2359-6889), University of Marilia, São Paolo, Brazil, RA, Marília/SP, 21, N. 3, pp. 1413-1436, Set.-Dez. 2020. Also available at: http://ojs.unimar.br/index.php/revistaargumentum/issue/current/showToc, http://ojs.unimar.br/index.php/revistaargumentum/article/viewFile/1455/834 (last accessed: Dec. 29, 2020).
Kumar, P., (2020): “Asymmetrical Symmetricalism” of Indian Constitutional Structure and Practice: Note on Govt. of National Capital Territory (“NCT”) of Delhi v. Union of India.DPCE Online(Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo – SCImago/Scopus Indexed); ISSN: 2037-6677), [S.l.],v. 43, n. 2,July 2020, pp. 14. Also available at<http://www.dpceonline.it/index.php/dpceonline/article/view/1037>.
PDF copy:http://www.dpceonline.it/index.php/dpceonline/article/view/1037/1011(last accessed: 25 July 2020).
Kumar, P., Andreas Buser * (2019), ‘A Peasant’s Imagination of Alternative Legal Order: Land Reform in India, Food Security and the WTO’, (Chapter 5) for MAHENDRA PAL SINGH, WOLFRAM CREMER and NIRAJ KUMAR (eds.), ‘Open Markets, Free Trade and Sustainable Development – Perspectives from the EU and India’ (ISBN: 978 981-13- 7425-8), Springer,Scopus Indexed, 2019, pp. 61-88.
Kumar, P. (2018), ‘The Right to Food as Right to Life under Classical Hindu Law’ in JÖRG LUTHER, GIOVANNI BOGGERO (eds.), Alimentare I Diritti Culturali (ISBN: 978-88 255-1904-4), Roma (Italy): Aracne, 2018, pp. 135-147.
Kumar, P. (2017), ‘Alternative Modernity as a Possible Foundation of International Law: Some Epistemic Formulations’, Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI) Journal of Law and Legislation (South Korea, SSRN and Korea Citation Index), ISSN No. 2234-7526, Vol 7, Number 1, 2017, pp. 87 116. Also available at:http://www.klri.re.kr:9090/handle/2017.oak/5380,http://www.klri.re.kr:9090/bitstream/2017.oak/5380/1/16020k.pdf (last accessed: Nov. 2, 2020).
Kumar, P. (2014), ‘In Defence of Plurality/First – Past – the – post Representation Law and Parliamentary System in India’, Patna: Bihar Journal of Political Science, ISSN 2277-422X, Vol III No. 2 July-December 2014, pp. 31-41.
Kumar, P. (2014), Among the India Contributors to the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2014 project report, The World Bank, ISBN: 9-781-4729-0643-4. Also available at: http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/709981519930723025/Women-Business- and-the-Law 2014.pdf (last accessed: 2 February, 2018).
Kumar, P., Kundan Kumar Ojha * (2012), ‘Indian environment: Effect of global warming and climate change and their policy responses’ (co-authored with Kundan Kumar Ojha), Korean Legal Research Institute (KLRI), South Korea (Global Legal Issues 2012-2013), ISBN No. 978-89-6684-228-5, Vol-III, 2012, pp. 353-389 (also translated into Korean).
Kumar, P. (2012), Among the India Contributors to the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2012 project report for 2011-2012, The World Bank, 2011. Also available at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/27444/680240WP0Box36 0ess0and0the0Law02012.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y; (last accessed: 2 February, 2018).

A.2.1.1. REVIEW ARTICLES:

Kumar, P. (2025), Democratic Constitutionalism’s autophagic allurement of populism, A Review Article on Giuseppe Martinico, “Filtering Populist Claims to Fight Populism: The Italian Case in a Comparative Perspective”, Kolkata: NUJS Law Review (UGC CARE Listed), 17 NUJS L. Rev. 4 (2024), pp. 1-25. Also available at: Democratic Constitutionalism’s Autophagic Allurement of Populism: A Comment on “Filtering Populist Claims to Fight Populism: The Italian Case In A Comparative Perspective” By Giuseppe Martinico – NUJS Law Review; 17.4- Dr Kumar (last accessed: June 5, 2025).
Kumar, P. (2019), A detailed review essay in the special issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on Asia of MARKUS KOTZUR (ed.), “PETER HÄBERLE on Constitutional Theory: Constitution As Culture And The Open Society Of Constitutional Interpreters”, Nomos, Baden-Baden Germany, 2018, guest edited by CAMERON RICHARDS, Australia, New Delhi: Indian Journal of Public Administration (SAGE), Scopus Indexed, ISSN: 0019-5561, 2019, 65(3), pp. 769–790.
Also published: Kumar, P. (2021). A European Constitutional and Public Law Scholar. RDP, Brasília, Volume 18, n. 98, 414-441, mar./abr. 2021 [Public Law (Brazil), 18 (98)]. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.11117/rdp.v18i98.5851 (last accessed: Nov. 2, 2022).

Spanish Translation: Kumar, P. (2019), ‘Recensiónsobre la obra del profesor Peter Häberle’ (Traducido del inglés (India) por Claudia Pómez Villanueva), Pensamiento Constitucional (Peru) N° 24, 2019, pp. 115-143 / ISSN 1027-6769. Also available at: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/pensamientoconstitucional/article/view/22674/2182 1 (last accessed: Nov. 13, 2020).
Kumar, P. (2018), Review article of MAHENDRA PAL SINGH (ed.), The Indian Yearbook of Comparative Law 2016 for the special issue of New Delhi: Indian Journal of Public Administration (Sage), Scopus Indexed, ISSN: 0019-5561, Volume 64, Issue 4 (Special Issue— Independent Regulatory Authorities in India: A Comparative Perspective (Part 2)), 2018, pp. 756-768.

A.2.1.2. BOOK REVIEWS:

Kumar, P. (2015), M.P.Singh, Veena Kukreja, “Federalism in South Asia”, Routledge for Humboldt University, Berlin: Verfassung und Recht in Übersee, (Germany, Scopus Indexed), ISSN: 0506 7286, 2 (2015), pp. 227-229.
Kumar, P. (2015), Pierre Rosanvallon, “The Society of Equals”, Harvard University Press, 2013 for New Delhi: The Indian Journal of Public Administration, Scopus Indexed, ISSN: 0019-5561, April June 2015, Vol LXI (61) No.2, pp. 350-352.
Kumar, P. (2015), Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, “Thinking Politically: Commentaries on Indian Political Sensibilities with Indian Wisdom”, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2013 for Patna: Bihar Journal of Political Science, ISSN 2277-422X, Vol. IV, No. 1, January-June 2015, pp. 228-230.
Kumar, P. (2014), Richard Sorabji, Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern Experiments on Ancient Values, Oxford University Press, 2012 in New Delhi: Gandhi Marg (Gandhi Peace Foundation), ISSN No. 0016-4437, Vol. 36, Number 1, April-June 2014, 2014, pp. 183-185.
Kumar, P. (2014), Richard Sorabji, Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern Experiments on Ancient Values, Oxford University Press, 2012 in New Delhi: Journal of National Law University Delhi, Sage, ISSN: 2277-4017, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 140-44.

A.2.2. LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY:

Kumar, P. (2025), India’s Beleaguered Trade Union Movement and Labour Rights Jurisprudence in Colonial and Immediate Post-Colonial Legal History through the Works of Basawon Singh, In: Revista Argumentum (Argumentum Journal of Law) – RA, eISSN 2359-6889, Marília/SP (University of Marilia, São Paolo, Brazil), V. 26, N. 2, Mai.-Ago. (May-August) 2025, pp. 297-329. Also available at: INDIA’S BELEAGUERED TRADE UNION MOVEMENT AND LABOUR RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE IN COLONIAL AND IMMEDIATE POST-COLONIAL LEGAL HISTORY THROUGH THE WORKS OF BASAWON SINGH | Revista Argumentum – Argumentum Journal of Law (last accessed: Oct. 1, 2025).
Kumar, P. (2021), “A Kisan at the Crossroads of History, Politics and Law: Political Thought and Action of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati”, Südasien-Chronik – South Asia Chronicle 11/2021, SüdasienSeminar der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (South Asia Chronicle, 2021, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, UGC CARE Listed), ISBN: 978-3-86004-348-6, pp. 179-215. Also available at:
https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/bitstream/handle/18452/24857/11%20-%20Forum%20-%20Kumar%2c%20Pratyush%20-%20A%20Kisan%20at%20the%20Crossroads%20of%20History%2c%20Politics%20and %20Law.pdf?sequence=1 & isAllowed=y (last accessed: Nov. 2, 2022)
Kumar, P. (2020), Book chapter titled “Swami Sahajanand Saraswati: Social Reforms and Democratic Praxis” in M.P. SINGH, HIMANSHU ROY (eds.), Indian Political Thought: Themes and Thinkers (3rd edition; ISBN: 9789353949280), Noida: Pearson Education,2020,(https://www.pearsoned.co.in/web/books/9789353949280_Indian- Political-Thought-Themes-and-Thinkers_Himanshu-Roy.aspx), pp. 18.
Kumar, P. (2019), ‘Some Aspects of the Language and History of “Subaltern Peasants” Shaping Law in Modern India’ in JÖRG LUTHER, PRASANNANSHU, STEFANIE ROHLFING – DIJOUX (EDS.), Interactions between Culture and Law in India and Europe (ISBN: 978-88-255-2474-1), Roma (Italy): Aracne, January, 2019, pp. 293-310.
Kumar, P., Madan Mishra * (2017), ‘Lineages of Peasant Revolt: Bakasht Movement in Darbhanga’, Patna: Abhilekh Bihar (Journal of the Bihar State Archives), ISSN: 2249- 5355, Bihar State Archives, Government of Bihar, Volume 8, 2017, pp. 251-282.
Kumar, P. (2016), One of the Principal Contributors of Courts of India – Past to Present (ISBN: 978-81-230-2214-7), a project under the leadership of the then Chief Justice of India, published by New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2016.

A.2.2.1. REVIEW ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS AND TRANSLATIONS:

Kumar, P., (2021): A “Countertenor’s” polyphonic rendition of the Constituent Assembly Debates (A Review Article on Udit Bhatia (ed.), The Indian Constituent Assembly: Deliberations on Democracy, Routledge, 2020 (2018)) In: Verfassung und Recht in Übersee (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany; Scopus Indexed), ISSN: 0506-7286 (Issue: 04/2021; Available: Jan./Feb. 2022), pp. 552-572.
Kumar,P., (2020): Review Article on “Norms and Politics: Sir Benegal Narsing Rau in the Making of the Indian Constitution, 1935-50” by Arvind Elangovan, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2019, in Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (UGC CARE Listed) (ISSN: 0972-1401), Indian Institute of Advanced Study, President Palace, Shimla, SHSS, XXVI, NUMBER 1, SUMMER 2019, pp.209-231.Also available at:
http://14.139.58.200/ojs/index.php/shss/article/view/1277; http://14.139.58.200/ojs/index.php/shss/article/view/1277/1289, (last accessed: Nov. 7, 2022).
Kumar, P., (2016): An interview (in Hindi) of Prof. (Dr.) Ramjee Singh; a leader of the Indian Freedom Movement (during Quit India Movement), a philosopher, a Gandhian, former Member of Indian Parliament, a “worker” of Gandhian constructive programme, an activist for democracy during Indian Emergency of 1975-77 (when he was jailed for 21 months), and an activist; published by Patna: Abhilekh Bihar (Journal of Bihar State Archives), ISSN: 2249-5355, Bihar State Archives, Government of Bihar, Volume 7, 2016, pp. 328-344.

B) PUBLICATIONS WITHOUT PEER-REVIEW PROCESS:

Kumar, P. (2022): Reminiscences of my Grandfather, In: GAYATREE SHARMA (ed.), Basawon Singh: A Revolutionary Patriot (Commemorative Volume), ISBN: 978-93- 91524-56-2, New Delhi: Anamika Publishers, p. 226.
Kumar,P., (2022): Deoli Papers (typescript prepared and edited), In: GAYATREE SHARMA (ed.), Basawon Singh: A Revolutionary Patriot (Commemorative Volume), ISBN: 978-93-91524-56-2, New Delhi: Anamika Publishers, pp. 284-287.
Kumar, P., Sharma, G.,* (2022): Speech of Basawon Singh as the Labour & Industries Minister in the Samvit Government (First Non-Congress Government) of 1967 in Bihar (edited and translated from Hindi into English with expanded notes), In: GAYATREE SHARMA (ed.), Basawon Singh: A Revolutionary Patriot (Commemorative Volume), ISBN: 978-93-91524-56-2, New Delhi: Anamika Publishers, pp. 297-309.
Kumar, P. (2022): Bihar Labour Enquiry Committee Report 1941 (typescript prepared and edited), In: GAYATREE SHARMA (ed.), Basawon Singh: A Revolutionary Patriot (Commemorative Volume), ISBN: 978-93-91524-56-2, New Delhi: Anamika Publishers, pp. 333-368.
Kumar, P. (2017): Vijoy Babu: Beacon of Light for the Bihar State Archives, In: Prayas ki Parinati (Festschrift in honour of Dr. Vijoy Kumar; the then Director of Patna: Bihar State Archives, Government of Bihar), ISBN: 978-81-934306-2-0, Patna: Impression Publication, 2017, pp. 56-57.
Kumar, P., (2016): Personal memoir on Professor Bimal Prasad, founding Dean, School of International Studies, JNU and Indian Ambassador to Nepal, “Bimla nana bahut yaad ayenge” (Bimla nana will be sorely missed), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Quarterly Hindi Journal), July, 2016.
Kumar, P., (2015): Pustak Sameeksha: Ram Bahadur Rai, “Shaswat Vidrohi Rajneta: Acharya J.B. Kripalani” (Book Review of Ram Bahadur Rai, Eternally Rebellious Leader: Acharya J.B.Kripalani, National Book Trust, Government of India) for Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Quarterly Hindi Journal), December 2015, pp. 67-68.
Kumar, P., (2014): ‘Pustak Sameeksha: Gandhiji aur Stoic Darshanik’ (Book Review: Gandhi and the Stoics), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Quarterly Hindi Journal), March,2014.
Kumar, P., (2014): Contributed to a commemorative volume on 150^th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda by Ramakrishna Mission, Muzaffarpur.
Kumar, P., (2013): Bankimchandra: Ek Punardrishti (Bankimchandra: A Reassessment), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Quarterly Hindi Journal), September 2013, pp. 63-64.
Kumar, P. (2013): ‘Kisan Andolan ke Praneta Swami Sahajanand Saraswati’ (Leader of the Peasant Movement Swami Sahajanand Saraswati), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Quarterly Hindi Journal), March 2013, pp. 58-59.
Kumar, P. (2012): ‘Vrihattar Kanyakubja Brahmano ke Itihas ki Ek Jhalak’ (A Peek into the Extended History of Kanyakubja Brahmins), Indore: Tilakvani (Monthly Hindi Journal), Issue No. 10, September-2012, pp. 22-23.
Kumar, P. (2012): ‘Sahaj Svabhav ka Dhani Vidwan’ (Simple Person and a Profound Scholar – Obituary of Historian R.S. Sharma), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Quarterly Hindi Journal), March 2012, pp. 59-60.
Gupta, A.K., Kumar, P.,* (2006): ‘Free Trade vs. Fair Trade – Economic security of developing countries at stake’ in India Defence Consultants, New Delhi, 18 January 2006, accessed at: http://www.indiadefence.com/WTO2005.htm (last accessed: 2 February, 2018).
Gupta, A.K., Kumar, P.,* (2006): ‘Clemenceau: a threat to Individual Security’ in Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, 13 January 2006, accessed at: http://www.ipcs.org/comm_select.php?articleNo=1923(last accessed: 25 July, 2018).

CONFERENCE / SEMINAR / WORKSHOP

CONFERENCES ATTENDED WITH PAPER PRESENTATIONS/ INVITED LECTURES/ GUEST LECTURES/ DISCUSSANT IN ROUND TABLE:

Attends and actively participates in the weekly “Political Theory” colloquium of Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst at the Normative Orders Research Group of Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2023-2025).
Attended on invitation the Third Annual Contrust (Comparative Perspectives on Trust in Conflict) Conference at Normative Orders, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 16^th-17^th Nov, 2023.
Regularly attends conferences and workshops (including invited ones) at Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Closely cooperates with scholars from the Institute both for intellectual and publication purposes.
Helped organize an International Conference on Climate Change Justice, 25-26 April, 2023 (https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SHRI-Call-for-Papers-Int-Conference-2.pdf) where he presented a paper on “Exploring the Nyāyā and Niti in the concept of “Justice” in Climate Change Justice” which is due publication.
Gave a lecture on “Gandhian Constitutionalism” at University of Marilia, São Paolo, Brazil on June 16, 2021, accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_- Vtumwgepc (last accessed: January 25, 2022).
Attended the annual conference “Settimana di studi sulle Autonomie locali: La democrazia locale: ragioni, forme, prospettive” from 5-9 October, 2020, Alessandria, Italy. I presented on “Local Democracy in India” at this week-long conference at Prefettura di Alessandria, Piazza Libertà 17, Palazzo Ghilini, Alessandria, Italy on Oct. 6, 2020 (accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJgOHd4jyfU).
Gave a lecture on Prof. Peter Häberle’s Constitutional Theory at University of Marilia, São Paolo, Brazil on May 13, 2020, accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmob-82u0XM&t=354s (last accessed: January 25, 2020).
Attended the 4^th Annual Conference of the Law and Development Research Network from 25-27 September 2019 at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany where I presented a paper titled “Reading Santi Romano’s ‘The Legal Order’ in India” on 26^th September, 2019 in Panel 46, https://ldrn2019berlin.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/programmheft_23.09.19.pdf (last accessed: Oct. 26, 2020).
Attended the summer school organized by Prof. Domenico Amirante, University of Campagna at Giambattista Vico Foundation, Vatolla, Naples from 17^th to 23^rd September, 2018. The theme was “Comparative Law in the Age of Globalization: Contributions from the Global South to the Contemporary Debate on Legal Theory”. I presented my on-going thesis “Colours for Constitutions”, which was then discussed by the delegates present.
Conference in Florence on Bioethics and End of Life Legislations in Florence, Italy from 25^th June, 2018 to 27^th June, 2018.

This conference focussed on end of life legislations and the ethical issues surrounding it in Italy, France, Germany, India, U.K. and Mauritius as a second edition of “Interactions Between Law and Culture between India and Europe” (the first being held in Delhi in February, 2017). I made a presentation on the philosophical and cultural underpinnings of end of life legislation in India and the recent Supreme Court decision (Common Cause v. Union of India, 2018) which has legalised passive euthanasia in India.

Conference in Alessandria (February 9, 2018) at UNIUPO on Local Autonomies. I presented on Indian federalism and constitutional dynamics. A suggestion to write on National Capital Region/Delhi/New Delhi as a unique form of local/regional administration for the university journal came out (and possible comparisons with Rome as the national capital of Italy). There is a dearth of academic literature on the subject and the issue of the statehood of Delhi and the legal power and responsibilities that come with it is a bone of contention between the present government in Delhi and the Government of India.
Two-day conference in Alessandria at UNIUPO in January 2018 on Santi Romano. Based on these discussions at the round table where I took part and the recent translation of ‘The Legal Order’, I have written an article titled ‘Interpreting Aspects of Santi Romano’s Institutional and Pluralistic Theory of Law in India’ applying Santi Romano’s institutional theory of law and plurality of legal orders to the Indian condition. It is being published in the forthcoming issue of the Indian Journal of Public Administration/SAGE (being published in two parts, in volumes 68 (1) and 68 (2) of the journal).
Presented a paper titled, “‘Religious’ Colours and Symbols of a ‘Secular’ Constitution: India from Colonial to Post-Colonial Times”, at an International Winter University (with participants and scholars from India, Germany and France) held in February (20-26), 2017 at National Law University Delhi, India on “Law and Culture”.
Presented a paper titled, “Is there ‘an Indian’ – an ‘our’ way of looking at language, literature and Law: some readings” at a national conference on Law and Language at National Law University Delhi, India on January, 2017. This paper later got published as ‘Some Aspects of the Language and History of “Subaltern Peasants” Shaping Law in Modern India’ in JÖRG LUTHER, PRASANNANSHU, STEFANIE ROHLFING– DIJOUX (EDS.), Interactions between Culture and Law in India and Europe, ISBN: 978-88-255-2474-1, Aracne, Roma (Italy), January, 2019, pp. 293-310.

Presented a paper titled ‘Religion influencing Public Sphere, Public Reason and Public Law discourse in Colonial and Post-Colonial India (Panel 126 – The Law(s) of Societies)’ in Berlin, Germany on June 19, 2016 in the conference “Borders, Otherness and Public Law” organized by International Society of Public Law (ICON- S) at Humboldt University Berlin, the WZB Center for Global Constitutionalism, in collaboration with the New York University School of Law and the NYU Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, https://icon-society.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160616-ICON-S- PROGRAMME-DIGITAL.pdf (last accessed: Oct. 26, 2020).
Presented a paper along with Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Jain titled, ‘Is Supreme Court the Guardian of Indian Constitution? Reflections on Constitutionalism in India through the Philosophical lenses of Kelsen and Schmitt (Panel 41 – Constitutional Guardians: Comparing Supreme Courts)’ in Berlin, Germany on June 18, 2016 in the conference “Borders, Otherness and Public Law” organized by International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) at Humboldt University Berlin, the WZB Center for Global Constitutionalism, in collaboration with the New York University School of Law and the NYU Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, https://icon-society.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160616-ICON-S- PROGRAMME-DIGITAL.pdf (last accessed: Oct. 26, 2020).
Attended a two-day national conference on “Dialectics and Dynamics of Interface of Public Law in India”, January 30-31, 2016 at ILS Law College, Pune where I presented a paper titled, “Alternative Modernity as a Possible Foundation of International Law.” This paper later got published in South Korea ‘Alternative Modernity as a Possible Foundation of International Law: Some Epistemic Formulations’, Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI) Journal of Law and Legislation (SSRN and Korea Citation Index), ISSN No. 2234-7526, Vol 7, Number 1, 2017, pp. 87-116.
Was invited by Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal to give lecture on International Trade Law (GATT & WTO) to LLM students some of whom were government officials from 19^th June till 25^th June,2011.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED (MAJOR AND RECENT):

Lecture “The search for good administrative law” held by Prof. Barbara Mameli (University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro”), Alessandria, 16 September 2019.
Conference “Regions, local authorities and the environment. Profiles of Italian public and comparative law “, Palazzo Ghilini, Alessandria, 10 May 2019.
Seminar “Cultural assumptions for environmental protection”, Casale Monferrato, 9 May 2019.
Lesson “Youth and the environment: data, analysis, perspectives” held by Prof. Alessandro Rosina (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart), Tortona, 8 May 2019.
Presentation of the volumes of R. Di Maria, C. Naples, A. Pertici, Law of local autonomies, Giappichelli, Turin, 2019 and R. Louvin, AcquaAEqua. Legal devices, participation and justice for the water element, Giappichelli, Turin, 2019, Palatium Vetus, Alessandria, 7 May 2019.
Conference “The most polluted province of Italy”? Let’s try to understand if it’s true”, Palazzo Ghilini, Alessandria, 7 May 2019.
Week of Local Autonomies; – Lecture on the theme of the week by Luca Mercalli, University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro ”, Alessandria, 6 May 2019.
Lecture “The challenges of differentiated health in regionalism” held by Prof. Luciano Vandelli (University of Bologna) in Alessandria, 9 April 2019.
Seminar lesson on “The European Social Charter” held by Dr. Stefano Saluzzo (University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro”) in Alessandria, 8 April 2019.
Seminar lesson “The European Social Charter” held by Prof. Fabrizia Santini (University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro”) in Alessandria, 8 April 2019.
Lesson “Procedural and substantive profiles of the law implementing the art. 116 co. 3, Const. “Held by Prof. Giovanni Tarli Barbieri (University of Florence) in Alessandria, 2 April 2019.
Seminar lecture “The European Social Charter” held by Dr. Giovanni Boggero (Collegio Carlo Alberto) in Alessandria, March 25, 2019.
Lesson “Differentiated regionalism and principle of unity of the Republic” held by Prof. Sandro Staiano (University of Naples Federico II) in Alessandria, March 18, 2019.
Lesson “Differentiated regionalism and principle of unity of the Republic” held by Prof. Sandro Staiano (University of Naples Federico II) in Alessandria, March 18, 2019.
Lecture “Lights and shadows of differentiated regionalism” held by Prof. Matteo Cosulich (University of Trento) in Alessandria, 19 December 2018.
Attended the 2018 Annual General Conference of the European China Law Studies Association on 13^th and 14^th September, 2018 in Turin, Italy.
Attended the annual conference of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP) from September 6, 2018 to September 8, 2018 at University of Turin.

Attended the week-long workshop (23^rd to 27^th July, 2018) organized by the School of Excellence, UNIUPO on “Sciences and Societies: perspectives and contaminations” by Prof. Geraldine Healy, Prof. Conchita D’Ambrosio, Dr.Saher Ahmed, and Nicola Magrini.
Conference in Alessandria (May 7, 2018 to May 11, 2018 Settimana di studi sulle Autonomie Locali) at UNIUPO for ‘Dottorato di ricerca in autonomie locali, servizi pubblici e diritti di cittadinanza’ on ‘le autonomie locali e regionali a confronto con il nocciolo duro della statualita e la pressione della sovranazionalita europea’
Conference in Alessandria (March 16, 2018) at UNIUPO on “L’evoluzione della provincial nella storia del diritto e delle istituzioni italiane”.
Conference of Professor Richard Falk and Hilal Elver at University of Turin (February, 2018).

CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Was invited by Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal to give lecture on International Trade Law (GATT & WTO) to LLM students some of whom were senior government officials from 19^th June till 25^th June, 2011.

HONOURS / AWARDS / MEMBERSHIPS

Held the prestigious Humboldt Stiftung Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2022-2025);
Selected with distinction but declined the Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Turin, Italy (2022);
Received Italian university scholarship to pursue PhD in Law (2018-2021);
The prestigious Korea Legislation Research Institute, Seoul awarded US $ 2000 three times for getting selected to publish in their prestigious journal KLRI Journal of Law and Legislation;
Was awarded € 2000 for my work on Peter Häberle’s Constitutional Theory first published in Indian Journal of Public Administration (SAGE, Scopus Indexed) and later invited for contributions and lectures in Brazil and Germany;
Life Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi: India;
Member for several years, International Society for Public Law (ICON-S);
Student Member, American Bar Association;
Research stay at Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France in 2023 where presented my work “Colours for Constitutions” and later colour was added to their non-discrimination clause.

VISITING FACULTY / GUEST LECTURES / KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Was invited by Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal to give lecture on International Trade Law (GATT & WTO) to LLM students some of whom were senior government officials from 19^th June till 25^th June, 2011.

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Judged the Bar Council of India Moot Court Competition held in MITS, Rajasthan (Sept.13-15, 2013).
Has collaborated and co-taught a second-year contracts level course (BA, LLB) with Dr. Danixia Cuevas, an American Fulbright-Nehru Scholar assigned to teach at NLU Delhi during the fall term 2013.
Judged the first Bar Council of India (BCI) International Law Moot Court Competition held at KIIT Law School, Bhubaneshwar in February,2011.

*Proficient in English and Hindi and has fair knowledge of Bengali, Sanskrit, Italian and German.

*Writes poetry (working on the publication of his collection of poetry in English) and plays Indian classical sitar