Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy

Advisory Council

Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon is a distinguished academic and is noted for his role in shaping national legal education policies and curriculum. Prof. Menon set up the Bangalore based National Law School, which has since become the basis for mainstream legal education throughout India. Professor Menon has held a number of distinguished positions on Expert Committees and he was the first Director of the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal. He has authored several books and has contributed over a hundred research articles and seminar papers on a wide variety of legal and judicial topics. Prof. Menon was honoured by the International Bar Association with the Living Legend of Law Award in 1994, and, recognising his contribution to public services, the President of India honoured Professor Menon with Padma Shree in 2003. He is presently serving as a Member of the Commission on Centre-State Relations established by the Government of India in 2007.

Prof. Ajay K. Mehra currently holds Ford Foundation Chair in Dalit Studies in the Jamia Millia Islamia (a Central University), New Delhi. An expert commentator on institutions, governance and Indian politics, he has authored and co-authored several books and has also edited and contributed articles to various journals and collections. He has been consultant to the World Bank and SIDA and has traveled widely on academic assignments. He is also the Honorary Director of the Centre for Public Affairs, New Delhi, a forum for debate and research promoted by leading scholars and policy thinkers.

Dr. N.J. Kurian

CLRA Team

Vinod Bhanu
Executive Director of CLRA: He has been a consultant/advisor to several organisations. His expertise includes parliamentary affairs, legislative advocacy, parliamentary development work. Mr. Bhanu is incharge for all activities of the CLRA and also coordinates activities of the Indian Medical Parliamentarians' Forum and other parliamentary groups. His areas of interest include Parliamentary studies, governance and public policy research.

Dr. R. Sugathan
Senior Fellow: He holds PhD and Postdoctorate in Philosophy from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been working with CLRA since november 2007 and coordinates research programmes at CLRA. Dr. Sugathan's areas of interest include development and public policy research.

Binu Sebastian
Consultant : Mr. Binu Sebastian joined CLRA in October 2012. He, with a graduation in Philosophy and a Masters Degree in Social Work, has been with the development sector for eight years. His areas of interventions have been advocacy, partnership building, networking and communication.He has earlier worked with Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, Ekta Parishad and Voluntary Action Network India. At present, he runs an online web portal to generate informed discourses on development. For more details please visit his website at www.thesynthesist.co.in.

Richa Sonu George
Programme Associate – Research and Advocacy : Ms Richa Sonu George joined CLRA in January 2013. She is an MSc graduate in Population and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She also holds a Masters Degree in International Studies from Stella Maris College, Chennai. Her MSc research at the LSE was on WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in schools and its impact on educational outcome of adolescent girls. Richa has worked with Oxfam as a volunteer in London and has keen interest in social policy and administration, gender and development, and population changes and their bearing on the policy and practice of development.

Ms. Manjeet Kaur
She has joined CLRA in June 2010. She is graduated (BA-Hon's) from Delhi University. She is in charge of Administration and Account

Ms. Sushma Singh
Administrative Associate: Sushma joined CLRA in June 2010.She is graduated (BA-Pass) from Delhi University. She is assisting the Administration.

Mr. Mathew
Webmaster\Administrator: He has been working with CLRA since February 2009 as a webmaster and System administrator.

Mr. Dulat Singh Rawat
Office Assistant