Prof. Balraj Chauhan is a distinguished academician and administrator with vast national and international experience. A recipient of several fellowships and awards including the Commonwealth Foundation Fellowship, 2001, Prof. Chauhan specialises in Criminal Law, Law of Evidence, Criminology and Clinical Legal Education. He has so far guided several LL.D scholars and has numerous publications to his credit in different leading journals. Prior to his present position, he was a Director of National Law Institute University, Bhopal. He was also in Lucknow University where he held the office of the Director, Legal Affairs and was the founder Director, Post Graduate Diploma in Criminal behaviour and Advocacy. Besides this, he has been a member of U.P. State Law Commission, U.P. State Legal Services Authority and several high-level legal, administrative and academic committees and commissions. He has also visited several universities in the U.K, the U.S.A., Africa and Europe in various capacities.

He is also the member of so many board of studies and selection committees of the leading universities of the country.
Besides the present responsibility as Vice- Chancellor, RMLNLU he also owes the responsibility of member of State Law Commission of Uttar Pradesh and member of General Council of NALSAR, Hyderabad.

Recently he was conferred the ISC- Kumarappa Reckless Award in recognition of his contribution to research, teaching and administration In the field of criminology and criminal justice administration.