Chancellor

Name: Shri Hans Raj Bhardwaj
Address: Raj Bhavan, Bangalore,Karnataka

Educational Qualifications:
M.A., LL.B., Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa)Educated at G.B.C.High School, Rohtak, B.M.College, Shimla, Agra University and Punjab University, Chandigarh

Profession:
Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Positions Held:
1972-77 Public Prosecutor for Delhi Administration in Delhi High Court,1980-1982 Senior Standing Counsel for State of Uttar Pradesh in the Supreme Court of India, April 1982 Elected to Rajya Sabha, April 1988 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha, April 1988-90 Senior Vice-President, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, New Delhi, 31 Dec.1984 - Nov.1989 Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice, 21 June 1991-2 July 1992 Minister of State (Independent charge) in the Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation, 3 July 1992-May 1996 Minister of State in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, April 1994 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha ,1996 -2004 Member, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha ,1998 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on Home Affairs ,April 2000 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha, May 2000 - 2004 Member, Advisory Council of the Delhi Development Authority,30 May 2002 - 2004 Member, Business Advisory Committee, 22 May 2004 onwards Minister of Law and Justice, April 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Countries Visited:
U.K., U.S.A., Mexico, Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cyprus, Germany, Algeria, France, Libya, Poland, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Republic of South Korea, Switzerland, Finland, Austria and Mauritius

Other Information:
Participated in law conferences and seminars at Bangkok, Tokyo, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Manila, Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tuffts University in Boston (U.S.A.); attended the 4th Congress of the Edek Socialist Party of Cyprus at Nicosia, International Law Association Conferences held in Seoul in 1986 and Warsaw in 1988, Commonwealth Law Ministers Conference in Mauritius in 1994, Malaysia in 1996 and in Ghana, 2006; Leader of parliamentary delegation to the Republic of Korea in 1989; Honorary Chairman, International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution; Member, (i) Bar Associations of District Court, Delhi, the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India, (ii) Bar Association of India, (iii) Legal Affairs Committee for Asian Games, 1982, (iv) Indo-U.S. Sub-Commission for Education and Culture, 1982-84, (v) Law Asia, (vi) International Law Association and (vii) United International Advocates (U.I.A.)