Kalpana Kannabiran
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 Kalpana Kannabiran around 1990 |
Kalpana Kannabiran is an Indian sociologist and lawyer. She is the current Director of Council for Social Development, Hyderabad.[1] She is also a co-founder of the ASMITA Resource Centre for Women, a women's rights group.[2] She is a daughter of notable human rights activist, K. G. Kannabiran.[3]
Career
Kalpana Kannabiran has a PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Master of Laws (LLM) in Jurisprudence from Osmania University. She works in the field of women studies and legal aspects of discrimination.[1]
In June 2009, she resigned from her post at the Nalsar University of Law claiming that there was a North-South divide on the campus.[4] In October 2015, she was among the sociologists who signed a joint statement condemning the Dadri mob lynching, and the murders of M. M. Kalburgi, Narendra Dabholkar, and Govind Pansare.[5]
Bibliography
- Kalpana Kannabiran; Vasanth Kannabiran (2003). Muvalur Ramamirthammal's Web of Deceit: Devadasi Reform in Colonial India. Zubaan. ISBN 978-81-86706-63-3.
- Kalpana Kannabirān (1 January 2005). The Violence of Normal Times: Essays on Women's Lived Realities. Women Unlimited, an associate of Kali for Women. ISBN 978-81-88965-06-9.
- Kalpana Kannabirān; Ritu Menon (1 January 2007). From Mathura to Manorama: Resisting Violence Against Women in India. Women Unlimited. ISBN 978-81-88965-35-9.
- Kalpana Kannabiran (1 February 2013). Tools of Justice: Non-discrimination and the Indian Constitution. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-19875-5.
- Kalpana Kannabiran, ed. (30 August 2013). Women and Law: Critical Feminist Perspectives. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-81-321-1868-8.
See also
Further reading
- Editorials by Kalpana Kannabiran, The Hindu
- "All crimes are crimes against the state: Kalpana Kannabiran". Live Mint. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
References
- 1 2 "Director". Council for Social Development. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ↑ "About Us". ASMITA Collective. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ↑ "Kannabiran, doyen of rights movement passes away". The Times of India. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ↑ "Nalsar VC denies north-south divide". The Times of India. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ↑ "To Impose A Uniform Belief Or Practice Is Antithetical To Freedom". Outlook India. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.