Shashikala Gurpur | |
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| Born | (1964-12-11)11 December 1964 (age 60)[1] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | BSc, LLB, LL.M, PhD |
| Alma mater | Mangalore University |
| Occupation(s) | professor, Author, Researcher |
| Title | Director ofSymbiosis Law School & Dean of the Faculty of Law,Symbiosis International University |
| Awards | Kittur Rani Chennamma Award, 2019 SILF's Legal Education Innovation Award, 2011 |
| Website | drshashikalagurpur |
Shashikala Gurpur (born 11 December 1964) is an Indian author and professor, who is the director ofSymbiosis Law School,Pune and Dean of the Faculty of Law,Symbiosis International University. She is a member of 19thLaw Commission of India[2] andNational Academic Council.[3] She is the recipient of aFulbright Fellowship. She is named in the list of Top 100 Legal Luminaries of India byLexisNexis in May 2016.[4] She was awardedKittur Rani Chennamma Award by theGovernment of Karnataka in March 2019.[5]
Gurpur completed her graduation in law fromMangalore University in 1988.[5] She has done a PhD ininternational law fromMysore University where she was also a Gold medalist inMaster of Laws. She hails from Golidadiguthu family of Gurupur inMangalore, Karnataka.[5] She is an alumnus ofSt. Agnes College and SDM Law College.[4]
Shashikala Gurpur is the Dean of the Faculty of Law,Symbiosis International (Deemed University) and director ofSymbiosis Law School. She has been a professor and her teaching experience includes tenures inNational Law School of India University, SDM Law College,Manipal Institute of Communication andUniversity College Cork, Ireland. Her research interests includeJurisprudence, Media Laws,International Law and Human Rights,Research Methodology,Feminist Legal Studies, Biotechnology Law, Law and Social Transformation. She has co-authored two books and published 60 research papers.[6]
In 1991, Gurpur guided national award-winning project on Community-basedlaw reforms forNational Law School of India and also acted as Advisor to research project and publication of Asian Network of Women in Communication (ANWIC), which was sponsored by WACC, UK from 1999 to 2004. In 2001, she received the NPS Sector research grant underFord Foundation on Gender Advocacy and European Commission law link grant in 1998.[6]
Dr Gurpur has recently been nominated as advisory board member of Pune based consumer technology firm udChalo[7]
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