N L U, D C C G: Ational AW Niversity Elhi Entre For Ommunication Overnance

NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, DELHI
CENTRE FOR COMMUNICATION GOVERNANCE

Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi (India)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The National Law University, Delhi invites applications for various research and policy
positions at the Centre for Communication Governance. The positions will be based out
of the Centres offices and will ordinarily run full time for a duration of one to two years,
with an option of further extension at the discretion of the University.
About the Centre

Centre for Communication Governance is a research centre within National Law
University, Delhi, and is the first of its kind in India. It is meant to ensure that the Indian
legal education establishment engages more meaningfully with communication law and
policy, and offers academic contribution to communication policy making. Over the
course of three years, CCG has established itself as a leading, credible organization for
research in the field of information law and policy.
The Centre routinely works with a range of international academic institutions and policy
organizations. These include the Berkman Center at Harvard University, the Programme
in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford, the Center for Internet
and Society at Stanford University, Hans Bredow Institute at the University of Hamburg,
Access Now, Freedom House and the Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet &
Society Research Centers. We engage regularly with government institutions and
ministries such as the Law Commission of India, Ministry of Communications & IT,
Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Law & Justice. We work actively to
provide the executive and judiciary with useful research in the course of their decisionmaking on issues relating to civil liberties, cybersecurity and technology.
About Our Work

The work at CCG is designed to build competence and raise the quality of discourse in
research and policy around issues concerning civil liberties and the Internet,
cybersecurity and global Internet governance. The research and policy output is
intended to catalyze effective, research-led policy making and informed public debate
around issues of technology and Internet governance. Our work covers the following
broad areas:
1. Freedom of Speech & Expression: Research in this area engages with questions
concerning the development of the human rights and civil liberties discourse in the
context of the Internet and emerging communication technology in India. This addresses
research questions relating to the impact of any of the fundamental rights in Part III of
the Indian Constitution. We are particularly interested in work relating to law
criminalizing speech from a doctrinal and empirical perspective. Research on this track
squarely addresses the research gap around the architecture of the Internet and its
impact on free expression. An overarching focus of this area is studying the manner in
which the public sphere is constructed in the new media.
2. Markets and Public Interest: The research under this area considers questions of
access, including how the human right to free speech could help to guarantee access to
the Internet. Our research identifies areas where the intervention of competition law will
ensure free, fair and human rights-compatible access to the Internet, and opportunities
to communicate using online services. Work in this area considers how existing
competition and consumer protection law could be applied to ensure that freedom of
expression in new media, and particularly the internet, is protected given market
realities on the supply side. We have under this track produced research on net
neutrality that is closely associated to the competition, innovation, media diversity and
protection of human rights especially rights to free expression and the right to receive
information and particularly to substantive equality across media. The Markets and
Public Interest theme also engages with existing theories of media pluralism in this
context.
3. Privacy, Surveillance & Big Data: Research in this area considers questions
concerning the treatment of personal data by large public and private data collectors
and processors. This track closely examines surveillance as well as data protection
practices, laws and policies. Our research focusses on normative questions that arise in
the context of surveillance or data protection, or at empirical work, including data
gathering and analysis, with a view to enabling policy and lawmakers to better
understand the pragmatic concerns in developing realistic and effective privacy
frameworks. This includes the debate around the right to be forgotten and data
localization, and the manner in which standards for encryption that effectively balance
between privacy and security concerns, should be conceived. In the context of the
business process outsourcing industry, research under this can consider international
trade law questions, particularly the manner in which flows of data and online services
are treated as they flow across borders.
4. Cyber Security: There is at present only a very limited understanding of issues around
cyber security and cyber conflict. The work under this track focuses on assessing the
effectiveness of legal and policy solutions both globally and domestically. It produces
insightful research inputs to supplement cybersecurity policy debates in India and
influence policy making on critical issues that allow the securing of a safe cyberspace.
Research in this area includes analysing existing principles in public international law
including the laws of war applicable to cyber warfare and cyber conflict. The
investigation in this area looks at how far an analogy to conventional warfare and armed
conflict is sustainable and whether (and, if yes, how far) the international law binding
India on these issues would be relevant online. It looks closely at the multitude of issues
of national security from a human rights compatible cybersecurity perspective including
protection of national critical information infrastructure and online extremism.
5. Global Internet Governance: The Centre's work on global Internet governance engages
with international institutions that make rules on the Internet. Our research analyses
contemporary policy discourse from the lens of institutional accountability. It also
contributes to creating competence in Internet governance in India across the various
global fora in which these issues are being deliberated. On the policy side, we follow
and comment on policy processes at international internet governance institutions like
the Internet Corporation on Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), UN World Summit
on Information Society (WSIS), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
among others. Our academic research applies governance and regulatory theory to
Internet governance processes as it relates to access, participation and engagement.
This involves collecting and analysing historical and current information concerning the
interests and positions of nations from the global south generally, and India in particular,
and provide context and analysis in real time to Indian stakeholders, including the
government.
Role
CCG is a young and continuously evolving organization and the members of the centre
are expected to be active participants in building a collaborative, merit-led institution and
a lasting community of highly motivated young researchers.
Selected applicants will ordinarily be expected to design and produce units of
publishable research. They will also be recommending and assisting with designing and
executing policy positions and external actions on a broad range of information policy
issues.
Equally, they will also be expected to participate in other work, including writing opinion
pieces, blog posts, press releases, policy briefs, and help with strategic litigation support
and outreach. The selected applicants will also represent the Centre in the media and at
other events, roundtables, and conferences and before relevant governmental, and
other bodies. In addition, they will have organizational responsibilities such as providing
inputs for grant applications, networking and designing and executing Centre events.
Qualifications
The Centre welcomes applications from candidates with degrees in law,

international relations, public policy, or the social sciences, generally. An
advanced degree in any of these programmes is preferred.
All candidates must preferably be able to provide evidence of an interest in civil

liberties and human rights/ technology law and/or policy/ Internet governance as
well. In addition, they must have a demonstrable capacity for high-quality,
independent work.
However, the length of your resume is less important than the other qualities we are
looking for. As a young, rapidly-expanding organization, we anticipate that all members
of the Centre will have to manage large burdens of substantive as well as administrative
work in addition to research. We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a deep
commitment to building information policy that supports and enables human rights and
democracy. We are looking for people who see good research and policy designs as a
way to build a better world. Since we are still new and forming our identity, we are
looking for energetic institution-builders who are able to build and manage teams and
can communicate their enthusiasm and work ethic to the people they manage.
At CCG, we aim very high and we demand a lot of each other in the workplace. We take
great pride in high-quality outputs and value individuality and perfectionism. We also
look to maintain the highest ethical standards in our work and workplace, and while
managing all of this while being as kind and generous as possible to colleagues,
collaborators and everyone else within our networks. A sense of humour will be most
welcome. Even if you do not necessarily fit the requirements mentioned in the two
bulleted points but bring to us the other qualities we look for, we would love to
hear from you.
[The Centre reserves the right to not fill the position(s) if it does not find suitable
candidates among the applicants.]
Remuneration
The salaries will be competitive, and will usually range from 50,000 to 80,000 per
month, depending on multiple factors including relevant degree, experience and the
larger research project under which candidates proposals can be accommodated.
Where candidates demonstrate exceptional competence in the view of the Centres
Executive Director, there is a possibility for greater remuneration.
Procedure for Application

Interested applicants are required to send the following information and materials by
12th
April
2016
to
the
registrarnlud@nludelhi.ac.in.
Registrar,
Applications
National
must
Law
University,
also
be
Delhi
marked
at
to
ccg@nludelhi.ac.in.
1. Curriculum Vitae (maximum 2 double spaced pages)
2. Expression of Interest in joining CCG (maximum 500 words).
3. Contact details for two referees (at least one academic). Referees must be
informed that they might be contacted for an oral reference or a brief written
reference.
4. One academic writing sample of between 1000 and 1500 words (essay or
extract, published or unpublished).
5. Shortlisted applicants may be called for an interview.

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NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, DELHI

CENTRE FOR COMMUNICATION GOVERNANCE

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

About the Centre

About Our Work

The Centre welcomes applications from candidates with degrees in law,

All candidates must preferably be able to provide evidence of an interest in civil

Procedure for Application

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