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B C Nirmal (Hindi: बी सी निर्मल) born 19 February 1952, is an Indian Professor of Law specialized in International law, Human rights.[1] He has 42 years teaching and research experience in law, and has played a role in the overall development of the BHU Law School. He was vice chancellor at National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Before that, he was Head and Dean of Law School, Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi). He has also been the Vice-President of Indian Society of International Law (ISIL, New Delhi), Vice President of All India Law Teachers Congress, Member of Executive Council, Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi and Member of Governing Council of Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.[2][3] He has also been a Member of the Academic Council of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Deen Dayal University, Gorakhpur. Before he took on the post of vice chancellor, he was a member of the Academic Council and honorary professor at Gujarat National Law University, Gujarat. He has written on Public International Law, Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law, International Space Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Institutional Law, International Environmental Law and Legal Education.
Prof. BC Nirmal Legal Scholar
Former Dean, Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University, India AND Former Vice-Chancellor, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, India | |
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Born | बी सी निर्मल 19 February 1952 |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | B.Sc., LL.M., Ph.D. |
Alma mater | Banaras Hindu University |
Occupation(s) | Professor of Law specialised in International law, Human rights |
Known for | International Law |
Notable work | The Right to Self-Determination in International Law (Deep & Deep Publications, New Delhi, 1999), Contemporary Issues in International Law (Springer,2019), Legal Research and Methodology: Perspectives, Process and Practice(Satyam,2019), Combating Corruption: Black Money and Money Laundering Issues & Challenges Ahead(Satyam,2018) |
Honours | Awarded विधिवाचस्पति on 25th June, 2024 by हिंदी साहित्य सम्मलेन, प्रयाग for promoting the knowledge of law through Hindi language. Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi in 2020.[citation needed] Life Time Achievement Award by All India Law Teachers Congress (2009) for contribution to the field of International Humanitarian Law.[citation needed] |
In 2012 Nirmal was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Banaras Hindu University for a term of 3 years.[4] Under his leadership, the law school held its first international conference on international environmental law, commercial law, law of information technology and legal studies and gathered 400 delegates came from 18 states and 7 countries.[5] During his tenure as Dean, Prof. Nirmal introduced new courses in the BHU Law School, notably five year course of BALLB and one year LL.M. besides 8 diploma courses. Prof. Nirmal created the BHU Law School Newsletter , a quarterly which he is editor.[4] And, he has been Executive Editor of Banaras law Journal, and Editor-in-Chief of the same journal from 2012-2014. He digitized the Banaras Law Journal making all the volume available online. He is the founder of NUSRL Journal of Law and Policy.
In 2014, was appointed by the Jharkhand High Court Vice Chancellor at National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
He has been honored with a Lifetime achievement award by the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi for his contribution to the field of law and higher education[citation needed] and has been felicitated by the All Indian Law Teachers Association, Kashi Vidwat Parishad for his contribution to the fields of humanitarian law and human rights(2009).[citation needed] He has been awarded an Observer Lifetime Achievement Award and award of Ashray Sansthan for his contribution in the field of higher education.[citation needed] State of Jharkhand felicitated him for his contribution in the field of Hindi.[citation needed] The title of Professor of Eminence Humanitarian Law was conferred upon him by the Lex Concilium Foundation.[citation needed]
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