Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Devakumar Jacob

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus, School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance

Qualification

Ph.D - Loyola College, Madras University

M.Phil - Loyola College, Madras University

M.A - Loyola College, Madras University

Contact

devakumar.jacob[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

devakumar.jacob@tiss.ac.in

Short Profile

Dr. Devakumar Jacob has a doctorate in ‘Public Applied History’ with over a decade of service at the prestigious Loyola College, Chennai. He obtained his LLB and LLM from Mumbai University. He has been engaged in teaching socio-legal history and social science research at premier educational institutions for the last twenty years. Presently, he teaches as a faculty member at the School of Law, Rights, and Constitutional Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, Labour Law, Corporate Law, Social Justice and Social Legislation, Contemporary Social History, Legal History, Caste and Gender, Subaltern History, Migration and Forced Migration, State and Society, Social Welfare Administration, Human Rights Education, International Humanitarian Law, and Research Methodology have been his areas of academic interest. He has mentored M.Phil. Students and PhD scholars. He is a member of many academic and professional bodies.

His research paper titled ‘Caste Clashes and Dalit Rights Violation’ has been adjudicated as the best paper by the Indian History Congress. He has authored books on ‘Women and Human Rights’, ‘Access to the House of God: History, Law, and Governance', and ‘Marginalised History’, and published twenty research articles on various social themes. He has also presented papers, actively participated in many international and national workshops and seminars, and served as a resource person in FDP and training programmes. He closely works with judicial and quasi-judicial institutions to make meaningful legal interventions. He conducted a public hearing in three villages in Dharashive district and mapped the unmet legal needs of the marginalised people.

Academic Research Interests

Labour Law, Industrial Jurisprudence, Legal Jurisprudence, Business and Company law, Corporate Law, Social Justice and Social Legislation, Contemporary Social History, Legal History, Caste and Gender, Subaltern society's rights and Development Minority Rights, Migration and Forced Migration, State and Society, Social Welfare Administration, Human Rights Education, International Humanitarian Law, and Research Methodology have been his areas of academic research interests.

Guided four PhDs and twelve M.Phil.s in various research themes. MA. and LLM dissertations, forty-five students successfully completed them under his guidance in various social-legal thematic areas.

Publication

Books

Women and Human Rights, APH Publisher, ISBN-9789-89875-0401, New Delhi, March 2020.
Access to House of God to the Marginalised: History, Law, and Governance of Places of Worship, BlueRose Publisher, ISBN -9789353471811, New Delhi,2019.
History of the Marginalised ISBN-978-93-81-992-18-0, Today Publication, Chennai,2014.
Indo-American Relations: –A Political History of the Ambassadors, ISBN-978-93-81992-19-7, Today Publication, Chennai, 2014.
Human Rights: Victims and Rehabilitation, ISBN-978-81-908633-9-1, Mangala Publication, Chennai-2014.
Social Security of the Child, ISBN-978-93-81992-95-1, Today Publication, Chennai,2014
Chapter authored in an edited book ‘Lab to Land’ title of the chapter, Service Learning and its Relevance Today, pages 1–15, ISBN 9789388316-14-9, APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2019
Chapter authored in an edited book, 'Health is the Next Rights’. Access to Health care: Mapping Health and Humanitarian services during the Sri Lankan Ethnic Armed Conflict. Pp.215-243, ISBN-978-81-8286-025-4, T.R. Publication, Chennai,2017.
Chapter authored in an edited book Human Rights Regime Dialogic and Debates. Impact of Sri Lankan Armed Conflict: Decoding International Legal Regime on Grave Violations and Victimisation of Children, ISBN-978-81-212-1310-3 GYAN Publishing House, Delhi, 2017.

Articles published in International journals

CEDAW –Application, Relevance of its Cardinal Provisions, and A Critical Study of its Implementation. IOSR-IJHSS (January2020 (SCOPUS) with Impact Factor-4.56 ,ISSN22790837(http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosrjhss/papers/Vol.%2025%20Issue1/Series9/cover%20page.pdf)
Human Rights Legal Regime Against Rape at Conflict Zone. IOSR-IJHSS (February 2020) (SCOPUS) with Impact Factor-4.56 4.56 ISSN 22790845 (https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosrjhss/papers/Vol.%2025%20Issue2/Series1/cover-page.pdf)
Legal and Safe Abortion: Women's Human Rights, IJSRP, Volume 10, Issue 4, April ,2020, http://ijsrp.org/ijsrp-paper-format.php
Inadequate Legal Instrument and human rights impediments on acid attacks against women and girls. The International Journal of Human rights, ISSN 2330-6940, 2017
Rural Women in Higher Education: Issues and Challenges’, Journal of Human Rights International, February 2014, ISSN 2320-6942, 2014.
Image of Women in Media Today, Journal of Human Rights International, February 2014, ISSN 2320 – 6942
legal mechanism for the development of inclusive education. Journal of Language in India, pp 26 – 29, Vol 13; ISSN 1930 – 294.
D. Jacob (2023). Technology-enabled crime prevention: Mapping the crime-preventive utility of drones as a crime barrier in India. Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science. https://www.questjournals.org/jrhss/papers/vol11-issue3/11030917.pdf. 11(3), 9-17. [ISSN: 2321-9467]
D. Jacob and S. Kumari (2023). Bihar liquor prohibition policy: Assessing and measuring the outcomes for social transitional justice. IOSR-Journal of Humanities and Social Science. https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.28-Issue2/Ser-6/A2802060109.pdf. 28(2), 1-9. [ISSN: 2279-0837]
D. Jacob and U. Ashutosh (2023). Inclusivity and marginality in modern law schools: An undocumented challenge and way forward. IOSR-Journal of Humanities and Social Science. https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.28-Issue2/Ser-6/B2802061016.pdf. 28(2), 10-16. [ISSN: 2279-0837]
D. Jacob and T. Neogi (2023). Privacy in the age of technology: Implication of Criminal Procedure (Identification)Act, 2022 and unravelling concerns to criminal justice – An explorative study. IOSR-Journal of Humanities and Social Science. https://www.iosrjournals. org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.28-Issue2/Ser-6/A2802060109.pdf. 28(2), 17-23. [ISSN: 2279-0837]
D. Jacob and M.A. Shery (2023). Access to education in Madrsas: An inductive analysis of the educational needs of children of Budaun in UP. IOSR-Journal of Humanities and Social Science. https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.28-Issue2/Ser-6/D2802062430. pdf. 28(2), 24-30. [ISSN: 2279-0845]
D. Jacob and V. Singh (2023). Reservation in the private sector and its feasibility for social exclusion. IOSR-Journal of Humanities and Social Science. https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.28-Issue2/Ser-5/G2802055663.pdf. 28(2), 56-63. [ISSN: 2279-0845]
D. Jacob, The Legal Importance of Fasttrack Special Courts (FTSCS) in the Indian Judicial System, NLSU Ranchi, Journal of Law and Policy, vol. ix, 2023.
D.Jacob, Evaluation of Performance of the Enforcement Directorate in Combating Corruption in India, International Journal of Transparency and Accountability in Governance, Volume-IX, 2023, NLU Delhi.

Note: Listed above publications are between the period of 2020-2023 only, these publications may be availed by writing a mail.

Research Projects

NRC Study in Assam in collaboration with UNHCR-2018-2019

Access to House of God to the Marginalised: R&D-TISS-2016-2017

Teaching

Teaching in the LLM Programme in Access to Justice at SLRCG.