Profile of Dr. Mohammad Nasir

DR. MOHAMMAD NASIR is Assistant Professor of Law at the Aligarh Muslim University (India). He has been a visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Uttarakhand, where he engaged with entrepreneurs and business executives on intersections between law and management. His interests in corporate and business law, socio legal studies and legal reforms have led him to undertake three ICSSR sponsored research projects – empirical analysis of ‘Startup India’ & ‘Atal Innovation Mission’ initiatives in the context of Green Tech Startups; the role of ancient Indian jurisprudence in Indianisation of legal system and education in India; and empirical study on the social impact assessment of Mann Ki Baat programme.

His research papers have been published in journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. His opinion pieces on legal and socio-political issues have been carried by the Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Wire, ThePrint, Scroll and OPEN.

In 2022, his book ‘Syed Mahmood: Colonial India’s Dissenting Judge’ was published by Bloomsbury with a foreword by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge, Supreme Court of India. The book was released by three judges of the Supreme Court of India—Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia—along with Prof. C. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, OP Jindal University on 29 August 2022 at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The book has been reviewed in the Economic & Political Weekly of India, Hindustan Times, Business Standard, The New Indian Express, The Book Review, OPEN etc. Recommended by news portal Mint ‘Looking for books to read? Here are 4 new titles on shelves’ in 2022, the book was shortlisted for the best book of the year 2023 in English Non-Fiction Category by the Valley of Words Book Awards 2023.  the book was shortlisted for the best book of the year 2023 by the Valley of Words Book Awards 2023. 

His writings elsewhere have received acclaim at academic forums. His paper on mapping the role of Mann Ki Baat Programme in engendering sustainability and equity was awarded Best Presentation at the ‘International Conference on Climate Change (Sustainable Climate Action and a Just, Inclusive and Equitable Future: India’s Vision for COP 33)’ organised by the International University of Legal Education and Research, Goa, in 2024. Further, his essay on 'Lifestyle Changes for Environment and Sustainable Development' was adjudged second best at the All India Higher Education Faculty Essay Writing Competition under the G-20 University Connect Events at Aligarh Muslim University in 2023. His paper on reforming India's disequalizing development pattern was awarded 2nd best paper at National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2012. He spoke on India's mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility regime at Edinburgh, Scotland in 2014, and against India's retentionist position on death penalty at Keble College, University of Oxford in 2016. The National Legal Services Authority of India published his contribution on Property Rights of Women under Muslim Law in its Module for Training of Legal Services Lawyers- with foreword by the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in 2018.

Proactive in the corporate and institutional life of the Aligarh Muslim University, he was the legal advisor in the ‘COVAXIN’ trial project at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), member of Institutional Ethics Committee of JNMC, member of University Ranking committee, member of governing body of Dara Shikoh Centre for Interfaith Dialogue & Understanding, and member of University NAAC committees. On the university centenary, he was a contributor to a recent book “100 years of AMU” published by the Times of India, and co-editor of Special Centenary Issue of the Aligarh Institute Gazette (July 2021) - a periodical started by AMU founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1866.