Prof. Ranbir Singh attended the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Conference of Executive Heads held in Cyprus from 22 to 26 April 2001. Dr. Singh attended a two-week course on International Refugee Law at the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada for which his candidature was sponsored by UNHCR on 16-24th June 2001. He was unanimously elected as President of the All India Law Teachers Congress for 2001-2003 at the meeting of the AILTC held in New Delhi in March 2001.

Prof. V. Ramakrishna, Professor of History was invited to speak on ''Culture and Preservation of Heritage', by Prajanatyamandali (IPTA) Hyderabad on 10.6.2001. Participated in the Panel discussion on ''Issues in Pedagogy'', for the participants of orientation course, Academic Staff College, University of Hyderabad on 11.6.2001. Addressed the participants of the Seminar on 'Saffronisation of Education and Culture', organized by A.P. Mahila Samakhya, Hyderabad, 23.6.2001. Delivered a lecture on 'Literature and History' to the participants of Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 28.6.2001. Participated as a panelist in the Teleconferencing on 'Indian Culture - Evolution and Growth', under the auspices of the A.P. Open University, Hyderabad, 15.7.2001.

Prof. Amita Dhanda (Professor-Registrar) spoke at the one-day workshop on ''Law and Mental Health: Facilitating Legal Activism in Mental Health'' organized by BAPU Trust for Research on Mind and Discourse, on 24th February 2001 in Pune. She also delivered a public lecture on ''Disability and Law'' son 25th February 2001 in Pune. Addressed the participants at the workshop on Maternity entitlements in the unorganized sector at New Delhi organised by FORCES. Prof. Dhanda delivered the Alladi memorial Trust lecture on ''Women and Law Unexplored areas'' in Hyderabad organized on the International Women's day. She spoke at the workshop on ''Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Persons with Mental Illness through Mental Health Legislation'', Galle, Srilanka in May 2001 at the instance of the WHO and SEARO. She participated at the National Consultation on ''Future of Social security in India'' conducted in Delhi in June.

Dr. Kalpana Kannabiran, Associate Professor (Sociology) was the panel speaker at the National Seminar on a Review of Women's Studies ''Interrogating Disciplines'' organized by the entre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi in February 2001. In February she was also invited to the National Consultation on Gender, Caster and Race organised by the National Federation of Dalit Women, New Delhi, to draft a Women's Declaration for the World Conferene Against Racism, Dirban. She coordinated the National Consultation on the International Criminal Court, Hyderabad in Mzarch. She was the Consultant of the South Asian Regional Workshop on Gender Mainstreming Strategies organised by the Common Wealth Secretariat, London at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Kalpana is the Co-editor of the bi-lingual pictorial history of Andhra 1850-2000.

Dr. Madhabhushi Sridhar Acharyulu, Associate Professor (Law) published an article on ''Tehelka tapes & Admissibility of Electronic evidence'' in AIR 2001 (All India Reporter) Journal section on page 161. Presented a paper on ''Surreptitious and Intensive technique by investigative reports: Legal & ethical dimention'' at a day long seminar organised by Press Council of India and Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad, in April, 2001. An article on ''Concerous Corruption'' was published in Andhra Weekly Reporter 2002(2) AWR. at page 49. Delivered a lecture on ''Humanitarian Law'' at a UGC programme to train lecturers of Government colleges at American Studies Research Centre, March, 2001. Delivered a lecture on 'Liabilities for causing Environmental Hazards, with reference to Hospitals and Doctors'' at a state level conference of Doctors and Medical Officers organised at NIMS, Hyderabad, March 2001. Delivered a lecture on 'Liability of teacher and school managements for imposing corporal punishment on school children and need for prohibiting corporal punishment in school'' at a state level conference of Teachers at Hyderabad, March 2001.

Mr. Ghanshyam Singh, Asst. Professor (Law) participated in the National seminar on Cyber Space & Copyright organised by the Indian law institute new delhi and presented a paper on dispute resolution mechanism in cyber space. He was elected the Secretary of All India Law Teachers Congress at its meeting held in Delhi in March 2001-2003.

Dr. Vijender Kumar, Asst. Professor (Law) Published ''Speedy Justice: Relevance of Ancient Indian Procedural Law'' published in Andhra Law Times, 2001 Vol. 3, PP7-13. Attended workshop on ''Improving the Quality of care on safe motherhood through strengthening Midwifery'' conducted by UNICEF and SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) at Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare on 11th - 15th June, 2001 at Hyderabad. Spoken on ''Muslim Law - Wakfs, gifts and wills'' at the VI Specialised Course for Senior Civil Judges on the 8th of August 2001 at the A.P. Judicial Academy.

Dr. Balakista Reddy, Asst. Professor (Law) participated in the workshop on ''Environment compliance & Enforcement in India'' organised by UNEP, MOEF, WBI & Confederation of Indian Industry on 19-22 June 2001, in New Delhi. He also prepared a paper on ''Enforcement of International Environmental Laws'' for presentation at the workshop.

Ms. Vidyullatha Reddy, Teacher Asst. (Law) addressed the participants on ''Muslim Law - Succession'' at the VI Specialised course for Senior Civil Judges on the 8th of August 2001 at the A.P. Judicial Academy.

In Ancient India the foremost duty ordained to the king is the protection of the people. Protection includes protection from social injustice and protection from fear - from anti-social elements inside the state and from foreign aggression.

Kautilya for instance lays emphasis on the duties of the king and says that the King should ensure social justice. He should not allow people to swerve from their duties. He who keeps dharma intact, enjoys bliss in this world and the next. Narada states that the duty of the king is to protect the subjects, to listen to and honour the aged and the wise, to settle disputes among people and to be energetic in his functions as king. Surka similarly says that the highest dharma of the king is to protect the subjects and to put down the wicked. To punish the wicked to honour the good to enrich the treasury in the right way, to deal impartially with litigants and to protect the Kingdom - these five are declared to be sacrifices in the case of king. These few examples from the ancient Indian legal literature established that the principal duties of the king were conceived to protect the subject and to see that the social norms are observed.

He was to administer civil and criminal justice properly. In modern times States seem to have abdicted their primary duties, switched over to commercial activities and thereby have taken to mammonism. The tax payer's money gets spent in politicking security of politicians and their families as well as for the payment of their T.A., D.A., besides their regular salary the welfare of the general public occupies marginal space in their scheme of actions. The state is unable to protect its people from social injustices, legal injustice, militancy, daylight looting, murder and robbery.

The state has no wherewithal to appoint adequate number of judges and establish courts to ensure speedy justice to the aggrieved. Litigation continues for decades not to mention the travails of the under trials who are languishing in prison.

Law schools have a significant role in creating a generation of lawyers who are sensitive to the link between rights and duties. It is at this juncture that the emphasis on duties in ancient Eastern jurisprudence becomes relevant.