Faculty Profile

Teaching Experience

• 7 years (Starting from January 2016)

Research Experience

• 8 years (Starting from January 2015)

Research Projects-Ongoing

• Working as Co-investigator in a project titled ‘An empirical Study on the Status and Functioning of Child Care Institutions (CCI’s)/Children Homes established under Juvenile Justice Act 2015 in India’ funded by WBNUJS.
  
• Working as co-investigator on a project funded by Mahatma Gandhi National Council for Rural Education, Government of India on Role Played by Higher Education Institutions in India in promotion of Social Entrepreneurship. 
• Working as Principal Investigator of project titled “A Study of Impact of Urban Labor Migration on Right to Education of their Children: With Special Reference to Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar”, funded by GNLU under the Faculty Seed Grant Programme.
• Working as Co-investigator in a project funded by National Commission for women to conduct the Safety Audit of Women in Jodhpur city, Rajasthan.
• Working as Co-investigator in a project funded by National Commission for women to conduct the Safety Audit of Women in Aurangabad city, Maharashtra.

Research Projects-Completed

• Worked as Co-Investigator in a project titled “An Empirical Analysis of Impact of Food insecurity and Hunger on Nutrition and Right to Health of Urban Poor Living in State of Gujarat” funded by IGIDR-SPANDAN Grants and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation during 2020-2022.
  
• Worked as co-investigator in the project titled “A Socio-Legal Analysis of Impact of Climate change and Sea Level Rise on Right to Livelihood of inhabitants of the Coastal Villages in State of Gujarat” funded by the Government of Gujarat, India during 2019-2021.
• Worked as Co-investigator for a project titled “Perceptions of Students with Disabilities on the Support System Provided by Educational Institutions of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar” funded by Ministry of Human Resource Management (MHRD) during the year 2019-2020.
• Contributed a Chapter to the Research Report prepared by Gujarat National Law University titled “In the Face of Covid-19: Assessing the Readiness of India’s E-Court Structure” in 2020.
• Worked as a researcher in the report on Criminal Law reforms prepared by GNLU and submitted to the Government of India under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) S. Shanthakumar, Director, GNLU in 2020.

Areas of General Interest

• Constitutional Law; Medical Law, Policy and Ethics; Human Rights; Environmental Law, Climate Change and Sustainable Development; Gender studies

Current Research Interest

• Constitutional Law; Medical Law, Policy and Ethics; Human Rights; Environmental Law, Climate Change and Sustainable Development; Gender studies
  

New Course(s) Designed/Introduced

• PG Diploma in Medical Law, Policy and Ethics

Book Chapters

• S Shanthakumar and Dhanya S, 'Socio-legal Analysis of the Impact of Food Insecurity and Hunger on the Right to Health of Urban Poor Living in the State of Gujarat' in S Mahendra Dev, A Ganesh-Kumar, and Vijay Laxmi Pandey (eds), Achieving Zero Hunger in India - Challenges and Policies (Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2023) 289-316.
• S. Dhanya, 'Impact of Globalization on Poverty in India: Cross-Country Comparative Analysis with China and Indonesia' in R. Baikady, J. Gal, S. M. Sajid, V. Nadesan & G. Jianguo (eds), Handbook of Poverty in the Global South (Routledge India).
• Published one chapter in the book titled “Changing Contours of Criminal Law in India” (ISSN No: 978-93-5274-653-8).

Journal Articles

• Ms. Dhanya and Dr. Meenu Chopra, Right to Healthcare in India: Current Status, Issues and Challenges’ (2022) 12 GJLDP 133.

• Presented a paper titled ‘A Socio-Legal Analysis of Impact of Climate Change on Right to Livelihood of Farmers Living in Kutch Region of Gujarat’ was presented in International Symposium on Deliberations on Rethinking the Environment Sustainability in Modern Era organized by DME Law School, Noida during March 2022.
• Participating in South-Asian Colloquium on Constitutional Law 2021-23 (two workshops completed (1st during 22-23 Jan 2022 and Second on 29th June and 9th July 2022). Research Article submitted for publication is under review).
• Worked as volunteer of International Conference of Academic Institutions, Vibrant Gujarat Education Summit 2022 held on 5-6th January 2022.
• Presented 3 papers in the 21st International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research organized by the International Foundation for Researchers Philippines, Research Community Connections Manila, and Educational Researchers Foundation, Shanghai, China.
• Participated in National Webinar on “Judicial Activism and Sustainable Environment” organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Centre for Environmental Education and Ecological development during September 2021.
• Attended half day workshop on How to publish in Scopus Indexed and ABDC Journals organized by Delhi Metropolitan Education on 2nd October 2020.
• Attended webinar on Legal Education Pedagogy and Role of E-Learning Tools in Post Covid-19 Organized by Chanakya National Law University, Patna and Association of Indian Law Libraries (AILL) on June 19, 2020.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Gender inequalities in Access to healthcare: An Indian Legal perspective’ at National Seminar organised by Gujarat University during 27/01/2019-28/01/2019.
• Attended FDP and International Seminar on Fugitive Economic Offenders law organized by LPU during 22 December 2018.
• Presented a paper at the 18th APG meet and International Conference on ‘Re-envisioning Globalization, Development and New World Order’ organized by Lovely Professional University on 27-28 of October 2017.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Legal and ethical issues involving surrogacy in India’ in a Two-day Seminar Organized by Central University of Kashmir on 24-25 October 2017 on topic of Medicine, Law and Ethics.

• Completed 3 days’ workshop on Data Analysis organized by Guru Nanak Dev University under Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching sponsored by MHRD during 20-22 January 2021.
• Completed 14 days’ online workshop on Preparation of Tools for Research organized by Guru Nanak Dev University under Pandit Madan Mohan Malvya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching sponsored by MHRD from 16-29 October 2020.
• Completed 14 hours ‘Advanced Training Programme on Philosophical Approach to Research in Social Science and Law’ organized by Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar from 15-18 Feb, 2018.

• As part of research and development cell, coordinated a one credit short term Course on Fundamentals of Research Methodology for the students of GNLU and GMU.
  
• Coordinated 27 hours of Course Work on Research Methodology for Ph.D. scholars of 2021 Batch of GNLU during March 2022.
• Worked as Coordinator for the Research Methodology Workshop sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) during February 2022.
• Coordinated 27 hours of Course Work on Research Methodology for Ph.D. scholars of 2021 Batch of GNLU during February 2022.
• Coordinated 30 hours course on Research and Publication Ethics for Ph.D. Scholars of the 2019 batch of GNLU during December 2021.
• As part of Constitution Day Celebration organized a webinar on the topic “The Constitution and the Idea of India” scheduled on 26th November 2021.
• Organizing Committee member of Research Chat Room: Expert Forum I –Discussion on Healthcare, scheduled on 27th October 2021.
• Worked as Coordinator for the Capacity Building Programme on Legal Research Methodology organized by AURO University in Collaboration with GNLU during July 2021.
• Worked as Coordinator for the Research Methodology Workshop sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) during May-June 2021.
• Organized Research Methodology Workshop for final year students of GNLU in Aug 2020.
• Organized a webinar on "Right to Privacy and Data Protection law in India" in collaboration with Nishith Desai Associates.
• In collaboration with CAN foundation organized a webinar on the topic "Dissents that made a difference India and Abroad" on Saturday, 5th September 2020 from 05:00 PM.
• As part of Constitution Day Celebration organized a webinar on the topic “The Constitution and the Idea of India” scheduled on 26th November 2020 from 05:00-06:00 pm.
• Coordinated with Ph.D. department for organizing the PhD Coursework on Research Methodology for the 2020 batch of GNLU from Nov 2020 to Jan 2021.
• Coordinated with Research and Publication Division in organizing 7 virtual conferences on Criminal Law reforms in collaboration with many other universities from various parts of India.
• Worked as organizing Committee Member of GNLU Air and Space Law Academy conducted during September 2019.
• Worked as organizing Committee Member of V.S Mani Memorial National Essay Competition Organised by V.S. Mani Centre for Air and Space Law, GNLU.
• Organized workshop on Legislative Drafting during the course of employment with Nirma University.
• Organized workshop on Family Law during the course of employment with Nirma University.

• Attended 1-week Faculty Development Programme on Research Methodology in Legal Studies organized by Glocal Law School from 3-9 November 2020.
• Faculty Development Programme on E-Content Development of MOOC’s for blended Teaching and Learning organised by GNLU during 17-19th January 2020.
• Attended Faculty Development Programme organised by Department of Training and Extension, Gujarat National Law University during May 2019.
• Attended FDP and International Seminar on Fugitive Economic Offenders law organised by Academic Staff College, Lovely Professional University during December 2018.

• Research excellence award from Nirma University during 2016.
• Best paper award winner of National Conference on Justice Education, 2016, organized by Institute of Law Nirma University.
• Awarded with gold medal by Nirma University for securing first position in LLM programme in 2014-2015 batch.
• Awarded with Scholarship of teaching assistantship in the month of April 2015 by Nirma University for being university topper for two consecutive trimesters.
• Received RASTRAPATI award for participation in Bharat Scout & Guides during the year 2002.

• Invited speaker on topic ‘Ethics in Higher Education: Legal Perspective’ jointly organised by Globethics South Asia Centre, Bangalore and Rani Anna Government College for Women, Tirunelveli on 23rd September 2023.
• Delivered session on topic ‘Formulating Research Objectives’ for the students of PG Diploma in Biotechnology and Law offered by GNLU in collaboration with GSBTM during September 2023
• Sessions on Research Methodology were conducted for PG Diploma in IPR batch 2023 during the month of August 2023.
• Delivered a session on ‘Medico-Legal Issues’ during the National Conference organised by GMERS Medical College, Ahmedabad during August 2023
• Invited Speaker on topic ‘Medico-Legal issues for the Zonal PPF Educational Seminar Organised by Indian Medical Association during July 2023.
• Delivered session on topic ‘Empirical approach in Legal Research’ for the students of PG Diploma in Biotechnology and Law offered by GNLU in collaboration with GSBTM during June 2023.
• Invited Guest lecturer for two sessions on “Empirical Legal research” by Gujarat Maritime University.
• As a visiting faculty taught subject Health Law to the PG students of MNLU Mumbai during summer semester 2022.

• Invited panel member of the team comprising of representatives of IMA-GSB, SOTTO, Gujarat Media Club, Medical Practitioners, Academiciaqns, researchers and Civil Society, who drafted the white paper on Organ donation-Vision 2023 submitted to CM and the health minister during July 2023.
• Invited judge for the first round of 1st RRU National Moot Court Competition 2023, during August, 2023.
• Co-Chaired the technical session of One Day national Seminar on Legal regime Regulating Reproductive Right of Indian Women and Social Reality organized by Shankar Rao Chavan Law College, Pune, Maharashtra.
• Invited as external examiner by Amity University, Noida for conducting Viva of final year students on subject Legal Writing during January 2021.
• Judged the Louis M.  Brown and Forrest S.  Mosten International Client Counselling Competition organized by Institute of Law Nirma University.

• Husband: Mr. Mahesh Kumar K.R
• Son: Vishwas M