What is the role of GNLU in drafting government bills?
The state government doesn’t have adequate legal infrastructure to draft various legislations. We approached the govt’s legal department with our teams and they were happy to have our assistance. Now, our teams are working on government bills like Gujarat Innovation Commission Bill, Common University Bill, Teacher Education and Training University Bill, Kalpsar Project Bill etc. We want to partner with the government for research and legal governance. What other assistance is the GNLU providing to the state govt? Our team went to Copenhagen last month, which was the only team from south Asia. We and Singapore were the only teams in Asia to be selected to negotiate the climate change protocol. Negotiations will begin in December 2009. We were selected as the Gujarat government has set up a department for climate change, which is first of its kind in India.
