Establishment

of
Jindal School of International Affairs
(JSIA)
Vision
The increasing interconnectedness of international phenomena due to greater density of cross-

border contact and exchanges is rendering the practical and academic use of single-disciplined and

methodologically incomplete studies obsolete. A School that combines the essences of International

Relations, International Law and International Business is a necessity of our globalised times because
of the density and thickness of international problems.

Internationally conscious students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline, as well
as diplomats, international lawyers, media personnel and corporate managers, require broad-based,

eclectic and inter-disciplinary education and training that will be assets in the knowledge-oriented

global workplace.

The Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) aims to address this need and enhance Indian
and international capacities of analysing and solving world problems. It intends to strengthen the

intellectual basis for planning India’s march to great power status as a responsible member of the

international community with its own trademark vision for global governance and stable world order.
 O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)

O.P. Jindal Global University is a non-profit global university
established by the Haryana Private Universities (Second
Amendment) Act, 2009. JGU is established in memory of
the Late Mr. O.P. Jindal as a philanthropic initiative of Mr.
Naveen Jindal, the Founding Chancellor. The University
Grants Commission has accorded its recognition to O.P.
Jindal Global University. The vision of JGU is to promote
global courses, global programmes, global curriculum,
global research, global collaborations, and global interaction
through a global faculty. JGU is situated on a 60-acre state of
the art residential campus. JGU is one of the few universities
in Asia that maintains a 1:15 faculty-student ratio and
appoints faculty members from different parts of the world
with outstanding academic qualifications and experience.
The international educational background and experience
of our faculty members augurs well for our inter-disciplinary
approach towards higher education. JGU’s global vision and
global orientation are its unique characteristics.
JGU’s global vision is also recognised by many institutions
worldwide and has enabled JGU to develop international
collaborations with Harvard University, Yale University,
University of Michigan, Cornell University, New York
University, King’s College London, University of Cambridge,
and many other reputed universities and educational
institutions worldwide. These collaborations position India
to situate itself within global networks of academic excellence
and assume a leadership role in the field of higher education.
The vision of JGU is to establish four schools: a Law School,
a Business School, a School of International Affairs and a
School of Government and Public Policy. Each school will
aspire to promote innovative programmes and initiate cutting
edge research that would have profound impact in India and
the world at large. JGU has already established three schools,
Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), Jindal Global Business
School (JGBS) and Jindal School of International Affairs
(JSIA).

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) Jindal Global Business School (JGBS)

In September 2009, JGU began its first academic session with
the establishment of India’s first global law school, JGLS.
JGLS is recognised by the Bar Council of India and offers a
three-year LL.B. programme, a five-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)
programme and an LL.M. programme. JGLS has established
several research centres in a variety of fields including on issues
relating to: Global Corporate and Financial Law and Policy;
Women, Law, and Social Change; Penology, Criminal Justice
and Police Studies; Human Rights Studies; International Trade
and Economic Laws; Health Law, Ethics, and Technology;
Intellectual Property Rights Studies; Public Law and
Jurisprudence; Environment and Climate Change Studies;
South Asian Legal Studies, and Clinical Legal Programmes.
In August 2010, JGBS began its first academic session with an
MBA programme. The vision of JGBS is to impart global business
education to equip students, managers and professionals with
necessary knowledge, acumen and skills to effectively tackle
challenges faced by business and industry. JGBS offers multi-
disciplinary global business education to foster academic
excellence, industry partnerships and global collaborations. JGBS
has also established several research centres and JGBS faculty are
engaged in research on : Corporate Governance and Applied Ethics;
Social Entrepreneurship; BRIC Economies and Emerging Markets;
Infrastructure Energy and Green Technologies; Innovative
Leadership and Change; New Consumer Trends Studies; Wealth
Creation and Family Business; and Applied Finance.

Programmes at the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA)

In August 2011, JSIA will be offering its first degree programme, Master of Arts in Diplomacy, Law and Business (MA DLB).
This will be followed by the offering of a Master of Arts in Global Governance (MA GG) in the Fall of 2012. MA
DLB stresses theoretical and policy research, but insists on relating it to the empirically rich phenomena from the world of
international affairs. It equips students with practical skills and techniques that are informed by theoretical generalisations
and debates drawn from the three disciplines of International Relations, International Law and International Business. MA
DLB has been designed as a geographically comprehensive Masters degree programme that will raise awareness and analytical
depth in India about academically neglected regions such as Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
MA DLB will engage students and professors in academic instruction and research of topics in cutting edge areas such as:
• the rise of ‘BRIC’ multinational corporations and their • the impact of geo-economics on foreign policy calculus of
impact on corporate practice in advanced economies states
• the emergence of global governance headaches like • the social, political and business implications of the
climate change and piracy which require multi-faceted information technology (IT) revolution
policy responses that are political and legal, while • the resort to private military firms (PMFs) by great powers
involving commercial interests and the ensuing legal loopholes in curbing impunity in
• the politicisation of international criminal law with the war
reintroduction of the ‘crime of aggression’ and selective • the relevance of economic intelligence and consultancies
application of ‘humanitarianism’ in international policy making, and the challenges posed
• the growing weight of business associations in to the status quo on global institutions by emerging
international policy determination powers like India
 Curriculum and Pedagogy of the MA DLB Programme

The MA DLB degree requires completion of 12 courses (36 credits) over 4 semesters in 3 thematic areas of specialisation, viz.
International Relations, International Business and International Law. Out of these 12, there will be 7 core courses spread
over the first 2 semesters which are mandatory for all students. The remaining 5 elective courses can be chosen from a wider
range of course offerings depending on the specialisation interests and career aspirations of students. Apart from these, there
will be a mandatory Master’s Thesis requirement, a Foreign Language requirement, and a Guided Internship requirement for
completion of the MA DLB programme. One of the hallmarks of the educational experience at JSIA will be a commitment to
fostering innovation and excellence in teaching, in line with the high standards already set by the first two Schools of JGU, the
Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) and the Jindal Global Business School (JGBS). Students will be
• introduced to a ‘think theoretically’ perspective so that • urged to ask how and why political considerations
they appreciate the value of generalisations on the basis of influence legal provisions and trained to articulate ‘what
empirical observations. if’ and ‘why not’ (counterfactual) scenarios
• probed to go beyond immediate news-making events • oriented to appreciate how international law, politics and
and encouraged to perform deeper thinking about the the global economy have co-evolved over time
wellsprings of particular phenomena. • exposed to interactions with practitioners from
• familiarised with underlying power realities that have led foreign diplomatic missions, business associations and
to violations of international law by powerful actors. international lawyers based in or visiting Delhi.

Preparing Students for an

Faculty International Career

JGU has faculty members with outstanding international
education backgrounds, scholarship, experience and
orientation in the disciplines of International Relations,
International Law and International Business. JGU’s three
Schools– JGLS, JGBS and JSIA– have faculty members from
reputed institutions around the world, including Harvard
University, Columbia University, Stanford University, Yale
University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, London
School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Australian
National University, Monash University, University of
Hamburg, Dalhousie University, Queen’s University and
University of Toronto, Jawarharlal Nehru University, Indian
Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Management and
other institutions of repute in India and abroad. Apart from
full-time faculty members from globally reputed universities,
JSIA will also host a number of specialist visiting faculty.
As a programme that revolves around current international
affairs and policymaking, the MA DLB aims to engage
its students on the frontlines of action in the real world,
so that theoretical knowledge imbibed in the classroom
ambience is complemented by hands-on experience in
diplomacy, international law and business. O.P. Jindal Global
University’s numerous worldwide collaborations with think
tanks, research institutions, international organisations
and diplomatic missions will be leveraged to help students
spend the summer breaks in relevant bodies in Delhi, SAARC
country capitals, Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and
Latin America. Internships in the United Nations system,
other intergovernmental, regional and non-governmental
organisations, and in think tanks and diplomatic missions of
various countries are stepping stones for full-fledged careers in
international public service.

International Collaborations and Strategic Relationship with UNU

JSIA is being launched through a strategic partnership with the United Nations
University (UNU)’s Institute for Sustainability and Peace. In a letter to the
O.P. Jindal Global University, the United Nations University has observed:

“The UNU strongly supports the planned establishment of Jindal School of International Affairs in the current
academic year, as the third school of O.P. Jindal Global University....By applying the global perspective and
approaches of JGU in the context of international affairs, the Jindal School of International Affairs has the
potential to make a significant contribution towards scholarship and the training of future international
leaders..., the UNU is keen to engage in collaborative initiatives with JGU and the new Jindal School of
International Affairs. ”
Professor Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Vice Rector, United Nations University
Director, UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace, Japan

JSIA intends to enter into Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with a number of other universities to institutionalise an
international exchange component in the final semester of its Masters’ programmes. The basic goal of having a foreign student
exchange programme within JSIA is to give our students an opportunity to take graduate-level courses for a trimester or a
semester in a foreign institution in lieu of some of the elective courses at JSIA. The School’s Board of International Advisers
will facilitate these arrangements.
Board of International Advisers Research Agenda

JSIA has constituted a Board of eminent policymakers and
academicians with exemplary records in international affairs
to endorse and advise the School’s admissions, faculty hiring,
curriculum development, student career advancement, and
international outreach efforts. The Board currently includes the
following distinguished personalities:
• Robert Keohane, Professor of International Affairs,
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University.
• Beth Simmons, Director of the Weatherhead Center
for International Affairs and Clarence Dillon Professor of
International Affairs at Harvard University.
• Yogesh Tyagi, Dean of the School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University.
• Yasheng Huang, Professor of International Management,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
• Harsh Bhasin, Chair of the Department of Asian &
Asian-American Studies, Stony Brook University, and
former Indian Ambassador to Botswana, South Africa and
Denmark.
• Horace Campbell, Professor of Political Science, Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
• Mitchell Orenstein, Richard Hirsch Associate Professor
of European Studies, School of Advanced International
Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
• Piers Ludlow, Reader in International History, London
School of Economics and Political Science.
• C. Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor, The Indian
Express.
• Stephan Richter, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The
Globalist magazine, and President, The Globalist Research
Centre.
With the ambition of becoming a premier graduate school on
global policy studies, JSIA is establishing a number of thematic
research centres catering to a variety of emerging issues and
geographical regions of the world. The centres will be staffed
by the School’s full-time faculty members and will engage in
scholarly research leading to concrete output on a semester-to-
semester basis in terms of publications, seminars, conferences
and international exchange visits.
The following eight Centres have been visualised for the first
two years of JSIA:
• Centre for Global Governance and Policy (CGGP)
• Centre for ‘Inter-Mestic’ Strategy and Learning (CISL)
• Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CDN)
• Centre for Emerging Economy Diplomacy (CEED)
• Centre for Study of Political Violence (CSPV)
• Centre for Indian Ocean Studies (IOS)
• Centre for Middle East Studies (CMES)
• Centre for Africa, Latin America and Caribbean Studies
(CALACS)
One of the pillars of JSIA by which it aims to expand its
footprint on the global policy space will be the Jindal
Journal of International Affairs (JJIA), a peer reviewed
publication that will begin with an annual edition in Fall
2011 to coincide with the first academic session of the School.
Dr. Sreeram Sundar Chaulia, Vice Dean of JSIA, will be the
Editor-in-Chief of the journal. The United Nations University
(UNU) Press has agreed to publish JJIA editions as a mark of
recognition of the intellectual promise and unique facets of
JSIA.

“There are many asymmetries of capability in this increasingly globalized but highly unequal world.
For universities and social science scholarship, one of the most immediate asymmetries is in higher
education: not enough scholars are educated in the rapidly growing developing countries, familiar with
their conditions and reflecting their distinctive perspectives. If the Jindal School of International Affairs
helps to alleviate this asymmetry, it will be a very important institution indeed.”
Robert O. Keohane
Professor of Public and International Affairs
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University, USA

Important Dates
1 October 2010 : Launch of Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA)
1 November 2010 : Announcement of admissions process
March 2011 : Entrance exam
April-June 2011 : Interviews and admission offers
1 August 2011 : Commencement of classes for the MA DLB programme and publication of the inaugural issue of the
Jindal Journal of International Affairs (JJIA)

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Sreeram Sundar Chaulia
B.A. Hons. (Delhi), B.A. (Oxford),
M.Sc. (LSE), M.A. & Ph.D. (Syracuse)
Vice Dean
Jindal School of International Affairs

O.P. Jindal Global University

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