DR. GURMINDER KAUR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF LAW, PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY. SHE IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW IN MOHALI, FROM WHERE SHE COMPLETED HER B.A.LL.B. IN 2009. THEREAFTER, SHE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT OF LAWS, PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH, FROM WHERE SHE PURSUED LL.M. IN 2001 AND WAS AWARDED A Ph.D. IN LAW IN 2019. SHE HAS TWO ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO HER CREDIT. SHE WAS AWARDED THE BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES RASHTRAPATI PURUSKAAR BY THE LATE DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM. ALSO, SHE WAS AMONGST ALL INDIA TOPPERS IN CLASS 12 IN THE CBSE EXAMINATION FOR SOCIOLOGY. SHE HAS SERVED AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW IN MOHALI, DEPARTMENT OF LAWS, PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH, AND DR. AMBEDKAR GOVT. LAW COLLEGE, PUDUCHERRY, WHERE SHE WAS SELECTED BY U.P.S.C. SHE HAS BEEN A MOOT COURT COORDINATOR IN HER PREVIOUS POSITIONS. SHE HAS NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS TO HER CREDIT AND HAS BEEN INVITED AS A RESOURCE PERSON TO DELIVER PUBLIC LECTURES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. SHE HAS ALSO SUPERVISED NUMEROUS LL.M. STUDENTS IN THEIR RESEARCH WORK. HER AREA OF SPECIALIZATION IS CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AND SHE CARRIED OUT RESEARCH FOR Ph.D. ON THE TOPIC “Issues Relating to Women Prisoners: A Socio-Legal Study with Special Reference to the State of Punjab” FOR WHICH SHE VISITED 13 JAILS IN THE STATE OF PUNJAB TO EXAMINE MORE THAN 600 RESPONDENTS. OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, FEMINIST JURISPRUDENCE, AND LAW OF EVIDENCE.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS