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Dr. Seema Bhaskaran: Resource person and activist in Kerala. She holds MSW from TATA Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and Doctorate from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. She is actively associated with various movements in Kerala. She has worked as a resource person for several organisations and women’s groups in Kerala. Dr. Seema is currently the State Director of the Mahila Samakhya (Education for Women’s Equality) Programme in Kerala, and her areas of interest are gender studies and child sexual abuse.
Mr. Gopakumar K.M.
Adv. Anil Srivastava: Supreme Court Lawyer and Standing Counsel of Arunachal Pradesh, and counsel for NHRC and Indian Council for Child Welfare. He is engaged in various public interest cases. He heads an organistation called Society for Legal Support and Research, New Delhi, which is engaged in providing legal aid, legal awareness and access to justice for the marginalised. He was former Deputy Director of PILSARC, New Delhi.
Dr. Muhammed Shaffi F : A public health consultant and researcher. He holds MPH from Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, in Kerala. He has completed his MBBS from Government Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala. His areas of interests are Health Policy research, Social determinants of health, HIV/AIDS and Non-communicable disease epidemiology. He was selected as BBC-YUVA STAR in 2006 for his work in the field of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Shaffi is currently working with WHO India as a Surveillance Medical Officer in Bihar.
Mr. Vishnu Konoorayar K: Assistant Professor at the Indian Law Institute, a Deemed University in New Delhi. He was formerly Lecturer at the National University of Juridical Science, Kolkata and also at Kannur University, Kerala. He holds LLM in Human Rights Law and Commercial Law from School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology. His areas of interest are Human Rights Law, Globalisation and Law, and Agricultural Law. He has contributed articles and research papers in various national and international journals and books.
Ms. Rujuta Deshmukh: Formerly associated with the Gandhian studies and developmental work in Wardha in Maharashtra. She holds Masters in English Literature from Nagpur University and has taught English Literature in Janaki Bajaj College, Wardha. She contributes articles to Marathi newspapers and journals on issues related to women and children. Her areas of interest are gender studies, child issues and parliamentary reporting.
Dr. R. Sugathan: Researcher in development and intellectual history, he holds PhD and Postdoctorate in Philosophy from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His noted works are Philosophy of Thought: Dialectics and Polylectics (Shubhi, Gurgaon - India, 2007) and Polylectics: Logic of Postmodernism (Manak, New Delhi, 2002). Dr. Sugathan is engaged in development research and writing.
Dr. R. Senthil: He is a Member of Parliament and recognised for his service as a public health doctor, and has brought specialised medical services at an affordable cost to the rural poor in Tamil Nadu. He holds his M.B.B.S., MS in general surgery and specialised in Urology (M.ch.) and secured his FRCS from UK. Dr. Senthil has travelled widely and presented papers in international seminars on issues related to public health.
Ms. Devika Prasad: Researcher on police reform and comparative justice system. She holds Masters in Comparative Legal Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She works with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi. Her areas of interest include police reform, access to justice, and human rights.
D.Sankar Rajakumar : He has done his postgraduate in social work from Madras School of Social Work and the masters in development studies from the Institute of Social Studies, Hague Netherlands. He has been in the NGO sector for the past 15 years. He has extensively worked on several issues such as the rights of dalits and indigenous people, housing and livelihood issues of the vulnerable communities, violence mitigation amelioration project, rehabilitation policy, evaluation and consultancies for national and international organizations. His major contributions are developing participatory training methodology for community leaders on Human Rights issues. He is presently working on the issue of HIV positive peoples right.
Mr. Vinod Bhanu: Lawyer by training, he holds Law Degree from Government Law College, Ernakulam, Kerala. He has been associated with the civil society sector for over a decade. He has been a consultant/advisor to several organizations. He has developed expertise on parliamentary affairs, legislative advocacy and parliamentary development work. His areas of interest include Parliamentary studies, governance and social policy studies.
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