Mr. DAM Shubhankar

• Singapore Management University School of Law Teaching Excellence Award, 2015 (made ineligible by resignation).
• Singapore Management University School of Law Most Outstanding Teacher Award, 2014.
• Singapore Management University School of Law Teaching Excellence Award, 2013.
• Singapore Management University Most Promising Teacher Award, 2011.
• Singapore Management University School of Law Teaching Excellence Award, 2011.
• Singapore Management University School of Law Most Promising Teacher Award, 2010.

Selected Interviews

• Business Standard, “Ordinances have undermined our parliamentary system”, July 26, 2015.
• Frontline Magazine, “The Arrogance of Alternatives”, January 23, 2015.
• Bar & Bench, “Indian courts have been remarkably reticent when it comes to ordinances”, January 20, 2014.
• Livemint (in association with Wall Street Journal), “Decoding India’s Ordinance System”, January 10, 2014.

Selected op-eds, blog post, and essays

• Op-ed, “India’s apex court has set off a chain of events that can torpedo Modi’s demonetisation drive”, Quartz, Jan. 15, 2017.
• Op-ed, “Demonitisation: If only the Modi government and the Indian parliament had looked back at 1978”, Quartz, Dec. 19, 2016.
• Op-ed, “A beast, unleased”, Week (Anniversary Special Issue), Dec. 18-25, 2016 (along with Soli Sorabjee, HK Dua, Patrick French, Dipankar Gupta, Shiv Vishvanathan, Madhav Godbole, George Matthew and MR Madhavan.)
• Op-ed, “A constitutional expert explains why Modi government can’t stop Indians from accessing their money”, Quartz, Dec. 1, 2016.
• Op-ed, “Demonitisation: The wall between the RBI and government must not be breached”, Economic Times, Nov. 27, 2016.
• Essay, “Words and worth: Why Narendra Modi need not retake his prime ministerial oath”, Scroll India, Nov. 30, 2015.
• Op-ed, “Collegium 2.0: How Should India Appoint its Judges”, Quartz, November 03, 2015
• Essay, “Past Expiry: The tenuous grounds for re-promulgating ordinances”, Caravan, Sep., 2015. 
• Op-ed, “Lok Sabha vs Rajya Sabha: Government needs legislative, not just administrative, majority”, The Economic Times, June 26, 2015.
• Op-ed, “Repromulgation Game”, The Hindu, June 3, 2015.
• Blog Post, “Repromulgation of Ordinances in India”, Presidential Power: Presidents and Presidential Politics around the World Blog, May 21, 2015.
• Blog Post, “Presidential Assent in India”, Presidential Power: Presidents and Presidential Politics around the World Blog, Mar. 19, 2015.
• Blog Post, “Presidential Ordinances in India: An Analysis”, Presidential Power: Presidents and Presidential Politics around the World Blog, Feb. 6, 2015.
• Op-ed, “The Crisis in Hong Kong: Can Comparative Law Help?” Jurist: University of Pittsburg School of Law Online Journal, Oct. 22, 2014.
  (The proposal was reported and discussed in the media in Hong Kong and India. Stuart Lau, Is the blank vote option for 2017 chief executive election a realistic idea, South China Morning Post, 13 January 2015; Atul Aneja, Indian jurist’s NOTA proposal could ease Hong Kong tension, The Hindu, 14 January 2015)
• Op-ed, “Constitutionally Lawless: Ordinance Raj in India” India in Transition Series, Centre for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, Mar. 10, 2014.
• Op-ed, “India’s Archaic Turn on Equality” Jurist: University of Pittsburg School of Law Online Journal, Dec. 28, 2013.
• Op-ed, “The Singur Sham” The Indian Express, July 4, 2012.
• Op-ed, “Mr. Gandhi’s Terror Sermon” Daily Times, Aug. 1, 2011.
• Op-ed, “A Tale of Judicial Appointments” Jurist: University of Pittsburg School of Law Online Journal, Mar. 23, 2011.
• Op-ed, “Pakistan’s Dialogic Turn” The Express Tribune (with the International Herald Tribune), Oct. 21, 2010.
• Op-ed, “Constitutionally Hazardous Ordinances in Pakistan and India” The Friday Times, Oct. 15, 2010.
• Op-ed, “Iftikhar Chaudhry’s Options: Can the courts remake Pakistani democracy?” Newsweek Pakistan, Oct. 11, 2010.
• Op-ed, “Judicial Appointments: Notes from India” The Friday Times, Mar. 19, 2010.
• Op-ed, “The Pakistan’s Lawyers Movement: A Losing Plot?” Jurist: University of Pittsburg School of Law Online Journal, Feb. 06, 2008.
• Op-ed, “An Insider’s Challenge to Judicial Power” Daily Times, Jan. 18, 2008.
• Op-ed, “India’s Socialist Constitution?” Daily Times, Jan. 13, 2008.
• Op-ed, “Lawyers and Great Expectations in Pakistan” Jurist: University of Pittsburg School of Law Online Journal, Nov. 12, 2007.
• Op-ed, “The Supreme Court and the Hamiltonian Dilemma” Daily Times, Oct. 26, 2007.
• Op-ed, “Musharraf: A Class by Himself?” The Friday Times, Oct. 12, 2007.
• Op-ed, “In Defense of the Supreme Court: A Conservative View” Daily Times, Oct. 08, 2007.

• Constitutional law and governance in India
• Executive Powers
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Introduction to Legal Methods
• Legal Ethics