AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Labour and Employment Laws, Rights of the vulnerable and marginalised populations. Crimes Against Women and Children, Gender Justice Research, Human Rights Law, Civil Procedure Code, Administrative Law.

Area of Expertise

Human Rights Law with special emphasis on Industrial and Labour Laws with a passion towards Gender Justice and Feminism. Other areas of expertise and interest- Constitutional Law, Procedural Laws, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Administrative Law.

Area of Research

Labour and Employment Laws, Rights of the vulnerable and marginalised populations. Crimes Against Women and Children, Gender Justice Research, Human Rights Law, Civil Procedure Code, Administrative Law.

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Practised as Advocate for around 3 years at the High Court and trial courts in Kerala. Academic career started in the year 2005 followed by extensive teaching and research experience at Government Law College, Thrissur, Kerala and School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, the prestigious premier Law Institute in the country, National Law School of India University, (NLSIU) Bengaluru for more than 9 years, Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli and Associate Professor at Ramaiah College of Law affiliated to Karnataka State Law University, Hubbali.

•  Expert Member, Building and other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and conditions of Service ) Act,1996,Expert Committee nominated by NLSIU and approved by the Government of Karnataka, in 2014.
• External Member, Board of Studies , Central University of Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur
• Resource Person/Guest Faculty, V.V.Giri National Labour Institute ,New Delhi
• Resource Person, National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi
• Author of articles in Silver Jubilee Edition of National H uman Rights Commission English Journal,2018 & 2022
• Coordinator, ENVIS Centre on Environmental Law and Policy at NLSIU, Bengaluru sponsored by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Centre
• Co-ordinator for the Para-Legal Training (Certificate Course), to the Central University of Tamilnadu, Thiruvarur for three years since 2014, the first of its kind of MOU between NLSIU, Bengaluru and Central university of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur.
• Co-coordinator for MOOC’S Course on Human Rights, NLSIU, Bengaluru
• Co-ordinator to Centre for Labour Studies and Development, Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappally.
• Presiding Officer for the Internal Complaints Committee constituted at Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappally.
• Peer Reviewer – Chanakya National Law University, Patna, Centre for Innovation ,Research and Facilitation in Intellectual Property for Humanity and Development. (CIRF in IPHD)- Chanakya Law Review
• Resource person ,Orientation and training programmes for the Indian Economic Service , officers at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur, Income tax Commissioners and Officers, Southern Region, Direct Taxes Regional Training Institute, Bangalore, Administrative Training Institute, Mysore, Karnataka Power Corporation, HAL Management Trainee (Legal) Orientation Programme, Distance Education Department at NLSIU, Bangalore and Employers Federation of Southern India and various other NGO’s like the International Justice Mission working on marginalized populations like the bonded labourers.
• Administrative capacities at NLSIU Bengaluru including being the warden for the Ladies Hostel, Sexual Harassment Policy Advisor, member of Disciplinary Committee, Anti ragging Committee, Sexual Harassment Inquiry Committee, Scholarship Committee, Undergraduate Council Committee etc.,
• Co-ordinator, IQAC Ramaiah College of Law (Affiliated to Karnataka State Law University, Hubli) Bengaluru.
• Question Paper Setter to various universities and National bodies.
• Published Articles in around 40 journals(including UGC Care List),10 chapters in edited Books(including Springer),Editor of one book under the ageis of ENVIS Centre on Environmental Law and Policy at NLSIU, Bengaluru sponsored by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Centre

International Visits:

• Resource Person for International Teaching Week, HoF University of Applied Sciences, Germany, on Labour Laws in India consecutively for three years -2015,2016 and 2018
• Resource Person-Lectures at Yunnan University, School of Law, Kunming, China
• Train the Trainer Programme- Regional Capacity Development Technical Assistance Strengthening the Capacity for Environmental and Climate Change Laws in Asia and the Pacific: Developing Environmental Law Champions, Conducted by the Asian Development Bank, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and the Open University of Sri Lanka- Colombo, Sri Lanka.