Faculty

Dr. V. Shyam Kishore
Principal In-charge & Associate Professor of Law

Ph.D. – University of Madras, Tamil Nadu;
LL.M. (Corporate & Financial Services Law) – National University of Singapore, Singapore;
B.A.LL.B. (H) – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.

Dr. V. Shyam Kishore joined Ramaiah College of Law, as an Associate Professor in July 2018. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Madras in 2017 on the topic: “Law Relating to Derivative Action and Protection of Minority Investors: A Critical Study”. He completed his LL.M. (Corporate and Financial Services Law) from the prestigious National University of Singapore, Singapore. He secured second rank during graduation in B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) from the School of Indian Legal Thought, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.

He has to his credit publications in various journals of national and international repute including Scopus indexed journals.

He has also worked as a corporate foreign lawyer in a couple of reputed law firms in Singapore before joining the academia. During this period, he was involved in advising multi- national companies in matters relating to corporate finance, IPOs and listed Singapore companies on matters relating to shareholder agreements and circulars to be issued to shareholders.

Mr.Omprakash
Assistant Professor of Law

B.E, LL.B, LL.M, K.SET, NET-JRF (Ph.D)

Mr. Basavarajaiah M.S
Assistant Professor, Economics

M.A., M.Phil., M.B.A.

He obtained his Master’s degree from Kuvempu Univerisity, Davanagere in 2005. He completed M. Phil in Economics and M.B.A. from Vinayaka Mission, Tamil Nadu. He worked in M.S. Ramaiah Composite PU College as a full time faculty from 2008-09. He also worked as a visiting faculty at Ramaiah college of Law and became full time faculty since 2010.

He has served as flying squad, sit in squad, external supervisor for the Karnataka State Law University. He has attended various seminars and conferences.

Mrs. Brinda Balaji .K
Assistant Professor, Political Science

• She has completed M.A. from Department of Political Science, Bangalore University with the specialization in Bureaucracy and Management (Public Administration). She pursued M.Phil (Political Science) from Salem University. She has graduated in M.A. (Economics), B.Ed. from Bangalore University.

• She has 20 years of teaching experience. She has taught the subject ‘Polity’ for IAS & KAS aspirants at Swarnavalli Competitive Coaching Centre, Bangalore. She has prior work experience at the Department of Political Science, Sarvodaya Degree College & Soundarya PU College. She has taught Economics & Political Science at MET PU College.

She was invited as a Judge for the National Level Student Conference on “Human Rights Violation in the Contemporary World” organised by Samata- Equal Opportunity Cell in association with Seshadripuram Degree College.

She has attended conferences & Seminars -- Training Workshop on Tobacco Cessation Counseling for Teachers organized by Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology of M.S. Ramaiah Dental College & Hospital. Faculty Development Programme at Vivekananda College of Law. Seminar on the topic “Smart Governance of Smart Cities: From Vision to Implementation” organized by RPPC. Participated in 1 st Reva National Law Conference, 2018- A Multidisciplinary Conference on Law, Economics, Political Science and Sociology organised by Reva University. Workshop on framing of syllabus of Economics for 5 years B.A., LL.B course at KSLU, Hubballi. Presented a paper on “Uniform Civil Code” in two days 18 th State Level Political Science Teacher’s Conference on “State, Religion & Politics” organised by Kuvempu University, Shimoga.

Mrs. Ramya .V
Assistant Professor, Sociology

She has obtained her Master’s degree from the Department of Sociology, Bangalore University in 2009. In continuity of that, she pursed P.G. Diploma Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from Bhavan’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management in 2010 and received R & M. Associates Cash Award for securing highest marks in Human Resource Management. She obtained her Master’s degree from Department of History from Karnataka State Open University in 2013. She completed an online non-credit course authorized by University of Amsterdam offered through Coursera on the topic ‘Classical Sociological Theory’ on 19 th August, 2018. She has taught at Maharani Lakshmi Ammani College for Women for pre-university course and under graduation course. She joined Ramaiah College of Law as visiting faculty and became full time faculty in 2012. She has attended various conferences & Seminars

Ms. Rhea Roy Mammen
Assistant Professor (Law)
IQAC Coordinator

Indo -Canadian shastri fellowship, 2019

LLM (NLSIU), UGC- NET(Law), PhD(Pursuing)

Rhea Roy Mammon, has been working with Ramaiah college of law for past four years. She finished her graduation from CUSAT with University gold medal.  She was also awarded the Sharada foundation merit award for the highest  marks in law in the 2013. Thereafter, she joined for her masters at NLSIU, Bangalore. She was also awarded the Linneus Palme scholarship to Sweden for land and water governance. She has presented various paper international and national seminars and published papers.  She is keen in research and is currently pursuing her P.hd from NLSIU, Bangalore.  She has been part of projects as such as UNDP,  NCW,  etc.  Her other academic endeavors included mooting, debates,  etc.  She has also been keen in extra curricular  activities of sports n cultures representing the state at national level.

She is currently  involved  with ramaiah  college of law as IQAC coordinator  for naac,  and faculty coordinator  for different  committees.

Ms. Nikhila S. Tigadi
Assistant Professor of Law

B.A., LL.B. (Hons), LLM, K-SET.

Pursued B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from University College of Law, Karnatak University, Dharwad in 2011, LL.M. from Post-Graduate Department of Law, Karnatak University, Dharwad in 2013 and secured Second Rank. She has also qualified K-SET examination in 2013. Presently, pursuing Ph.D. from Post-Graduate Department of Law, Karnatak University, Dharwad. Previously, she has worked as Teaching Assistant at Post-Graduate Department of Law and as Guest Faculty at Karnatak University’s Sir Siddappa Kambali Law College, Dharwad, formally known as from University College of Law, Dharwad for a period of one and half years. On 2 nd February, 2016, she joined Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru as an Assistant Professor. Her area of Specialization is Business and Trade Laws. She has taught Family Law-I, Property Law, Company Law, Consumer Law, Contract-I. She has participated and presented papers in various National Seminar, Conferences and workshops. She has also published articles in various reputed journals.

Sangeetha Murali S
Assistant Professor (Law)

LLM- Corporate and Commercial Law
KSET

Working as the Assistant professor of Law at Ramaiah College of Law since February 2016. She is the Coordinator for Ramaiah Intellectual Property Rights Cell (RIPRC) and the RCL Moot Court Society.

She has previously worked at BMS college of Law Bangalore. She pursued her B.A., LL.B. (Hons) from JSS Law College (Autonomous) Mysore and LL.M. with specialization in Corporate and Commercial Laws from Bangalore University. She has various publications and paper presentations to her credit in the area of IPR, Gender Justice & Rights of Women, National Security and Intelligence and Forensic & Medical Laws [s1]  . She Engages the courses on Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Law and Information Technology Laws. She has previously engaged the courses on Interpretation of Statutes, Administrative Law, Taxation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Law – Hindu Law.

Mr. Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra
Assistant Professor of Law

B.Sc., LL;B , LL;M ,NET(UGC)

• 11 Years

• Working as Asst. Prof. (Law) in Ramaiah College Of Law since 28th. Of July 2016.
• Worked as Asst. Prof.(Law) in Symbiosis School Of Law, Pune from 7th. Of Dec. 2015 to 20th. Of July 2016.
• Worked as Lecturer/ Asst. Prof. (Law) in M.S. Ramaiah College Of Law, Bangalore from July 2009 to March 2014; Rejoined on 26-3-2015 and continued upto 5th. Of Dec.2015.
• Worked as Guest Faculty in P.G.Dept. of Law, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from 24th. Of sept.2014 t0 31st. of Dec.2014
• Worked as a lecturer in Unison School Of Law, Dehradun from Oct.2006 to June 2009
• Worked as lecturer in Neelakhanta Law College; Jabalpur from Aug.2005 to sept. 2006.

• “The Doctrine Of Good Faith” in Legal Mirror (ISSN-2454-6216) Volume 1 Issue 4 June 2016
• “Dilemma of Death Sentence in Indian Criminal Justice System in “ International journal of Socio Legal Research (ISSN-2393-8250). Volume -2 , Issue- 3 (March-May 2016)
• “ The Concept of Plea Bargaining” in ‘”THE THEMIS”(An in house publication of Ims-Noida Law College, Noida,( ISSN-2278-4020)
• “Dishonor of Cheques” ( Praayas An in house publication of Unison School of Law ,Dehradun)

Mrs. Rajashree K
Assistant Professor

LLM, KSET

Rajashree has received her LLB and LLM from University Law College, Bangalore University, Bangalore. She is the recipient of Prof.Ravishankar Gold medal for topping the overall branches of specialization in LLM and Vombatkere Gurunandan Rao Memorial Award for Labour Law and Human Rights Law in LLB. She has secured first rank in LLM, 3 rd rank in 5 year BA.LLB and 8 th rank in the 3 rd year BA.LLB. She has completed her KSET.

Rajashree comes with experience of having worked in Fortune 500 companies before joining academics. She has worked as Manger-Legal in Sterlite Industries India Limited, Tuticorin, Chess Management Services Limited, Chennai & Delhi and Anup.S.Shah Law firm, Bangalore. She has 5 years of teaching experience with a brief stint at REVA University, Bangalore.

Her area of specialization is Environmental Law and areas of interest include Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms, Labour laws and Law of Contracts.

Ms. Tulika Shree
Assistant Professor of Law

BSc. (Biotechnology), LL.B., LL.M., NET

Ms. Tulika Shree is Assistant Professor of Law. She has a teaching experience of more than 4 years. She worked in National Law School of India University, Bangalore as Teaching Associate. Prior to that she has taught in Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. Her areas of interest include Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights. She has pursued LL.B. from Campus Law Centre University of Delhi and LL.M. degree from National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She qualified NET in the June, 2015. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. in NLSIU, Bangalore. She has publications to her credit in the area of IPR, Company Law, and Environmental Law. She handles the Placement Committee of Ramaiah College of Law. She has been the organizing committee member for various seminars and conferences.

You may reach out to her at tulikashree@msrcl.org

Ms. P Vaishnavi Narayeni
Assistant Professor of Law

• B.A.,B.L. (HONS), School of Excellence in Law, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University.

• M.L., Department of Legal Studies, University of Madr
• UGC NET June 2015.

P. Vaishnavi Narayeni graduated from the School of Excellence in Law, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University. She pursued her Master’s Degree in International Law and Organisation, from University of Madras. She topped in all the four semesters and received University Merit Fellowship. She secured the First rank and Gold medal - The President of India, ‘Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal from the University of Madras’. She also cleared the UGC-NET examination twice, and secured the JRF once. She started her career at Ramaiah College of Law in 2016. She has taught Labour Law, Public international Law, and Human Rights. In addition to serving as a member on the Editorial Committee of the M.S. Ramaiah Journal of Law & Sadhana, she has also been a faculty coordinator for The Literary and Debating Society, and the Moot Court Committee. Over the years she has participated and presented papers in several seminars and workshops.

Dr. Chetan Singai
Assistant Professor of Political Science

MA (Political Science), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
MPhil (Law and Governance), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
UGC-NET in Political Science and K-SET in Political Science

• Ph.D. in Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru (affiliated to Manipal University, KA, India)
• MPhil in Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• MA in Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• MA LLL (European Master’s in Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management) joint degree from University of Aarhus, Denmark; Institute of Education, London and University of Deusto, Spain (Erasmus Mundus Scholarship)
• UGC-NET in Political Science
• K-SET in Political Science

• Political theory; Political Obligation, International Relations, Public Administration, Research Methods and Public policy

• 5 years 6 months (teaching) and 03 years (research)

• BOOK: Singai, C (2010). Railway Reforms in India: A Transition from Regulation to Privatization. Varleg VDM Publishers: Germany. ISBN: 978-3639249484.
• Research Articles/Book Chapters (last two years 2017-2019)
  Singai, C (2019) (forthcoming). The Public and Private Dichotomy: An empirical insight into the University governance in India in Education and the Babu, S (Eds.) Public Sphere: Exploring the Structures of Mediation in Post-Colonial India. Routledge publishers: UK.
• Clara, S. F. B., Singai, C., &Oludeyi, O. S. (2018). Soft Skills for Young Adults: Circuit in the Formal, Non-formal and Informal Models’. Journal of Issues and Ideas in Education. Volume 06, March, No. 01. Pp. 99-112. ISSN: 2320-7655.
• Singai, C. (2017). Recognition of Prior Learning, Skill Development and Migration: The Construction Sector in India. Indian Journal of Adult Education, Vol. 78, No. 04. October-December 2017. New Delhi: India
• Kurup, A. &Singai, C. (2017). Redefining University Education in India: Pedagogy and Student Voices in Hornsby, D & Osman, R. (Eds.) in Palgrave Critical University Studies Series: UK.

• DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) fellowship "A New Passage to India" Programme, Ministry of Education, Germany – Visiting-faculty to University of Wurzburg and Max Plank Institute (2014-2016)
• Social Justice Medal, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India (awarded by Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Government of India) (2007)
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, European Commission, Brussels(2008)

• Presented paper on “Rating, Ranking and Accreditation” at the National Conference on “Indian Higher Education: Challenges of Quality & Brand Building”, held on 24 November 2018 by Education Promotion Society of India, New Delhi.


• Presented paperon “Revisiting the Contours of the Discipline of International Relations: Perspectives from the Global South” at the 25 th World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association (IPSA), July 21-25, 2018, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.


• Presented paper on Higher Education in India: Evaluation of Undergraduate Education and its prospects at the National seminar on Rejuvenation of Undergraduate Education in India, orgnaised by the Centre for Educational and Social Studies (CESS) in Collaboration with NAAC, AIU and KSHEC held on 10-11 August 2018 at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru.
• Resource Person for Panel discussion at ‘World Doctorate’s Day-2018’ seminar on 25 August 2018 at Christ (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore.


• Resource Person for Panel discussion on ‘Higher Education Rating and Ranking in India’, at Le Merdian, Bangalore hosted by Elsevier.


• Chaired session on "Civic Amenities and Delivery of Services" at the National Seminar on “Smart Laws for Smart Cities: Agenda for Reform, Consolidation and Codification” held on 29 th  and 30 th  October 2018 by National Law School of India University and Directorate of Municipal Administration, Govt. of Karnataka.


• Panelist to discuss on “Higher Education- Issues of Quality, Accessibility, Pedagogy, Ideology and Challenges for Youth Work” at the National Symposium on Youth Work and Youth Rights in Contemporary India,30 - 31 October 2018, Youth Work Resource Centre,Samvada, Bangalore.


• Resource Person for technical session on ‘Key Government Policies - The art of policy making’ at International Conference on Public Policy Affairs held on 4 September 2018, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru.

• Member, International Political Science Association, USA.
• Member, Academic Council, Karnataka Residential Education Institutions Society, Government of Karnataka
• Member (university nominee), Board of Studies, Department of Political Sciences and Public Policy, Mount Carmel College (Autonomous), Bengaluru (2018-2020)
• Member, Academic Board of Studies, Department of Political Science, Lingaraj College, Rani Channamma University, Belgaum, Karnataka (March 2017-2019)

Dr. Chetan B Singai, Ph.D from the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru. He completed his MPhil in Law and Governance at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Chetan received his MA in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He received the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to pursue Master's in Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management, joint degree from University of London (UK), University of Aarhus (Denmark) and University of Deusto (Spain).

He is DAAD visiting-faculty Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany for theperiod of 2014-2018. Dr Chetan was visiting-faculty at the Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.Hehas taught at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru. He has served as Research Fellow at JanaagrahaCenter for Citizenship and Democracy; Research Associate with Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, New Delhi and Intern at the National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi.He has published 11 journal articles; 6 book chapter and 1 book on areas associated with political science, higher education and public policy.

He is recipient of Social Justice Medal awarded by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India for his service towards Human Rights and Women Empowerment by the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India in 2007. He is associated with research projects on higher education, issues of social justice, health and nutrition and political/electoral reforms.

He was associated with the Committee to Draft the National Education Policy-2018 (Dr K. Kasturirangan Committee), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi as Chief Consultant (Technical Secretariat at NAAC, Bengaluru). Currently he is associated with the expert committee (under the Chairmanship of Dr P. Balaram, former Director, IISc, Bangalore)as Research Consultant to review the quality mandate to promote research and review the existing M.Phil/Ph.D. Regulations-2018, constituted by the Chairman, University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi.

Ms. Pragnya S. Patil

B. A. LL. B.(Hons), LL.M. PhD(pursuing)

She completed her B.A. LL.B., (Hons) with Gold Medal and 3 rd rank from University College of Law, Dharwad and LL.M., Business and Trade Law specialization with 3 rd rank from P.G. Department of Studies Karnatak University, Dharwad and is currently pursuing Ph.D. on the topic “Critical Analysis of Law relating to E-commerce in India” from the same institution. She has presented and participated in various national and international seminars, conference and workshops and has 4.5 years of teaching experience and 1 year of practical experience in District and High Courts of Dharwad. She was invited by State Bar Council and few Bar Associations in Karnataka, as a guest Speaker, to deliver lectures on Cyber Laws and to create Cyber awareness, in the year 2017. Her areas of teaching are Environmental Law, Moot Courts, Cyber Crimes and Information Technology Act, Civil procedure Code, International Trade laws, Intellectual Property Laws and Land laws.

As a student, she was an active mooter and has participated in around 11 National and 1 State Level Competitions including Moot Courts and Client Consultation Competitions. She has received “Best Lady Advocate Award’ and ‘Best Memorial’ Award in National Level Moot Competitions. She has been Moot Court Coordinator throughout her career in institutions that she has worked in. She has keenly spread environmental awareness and has founded the Green Lawyers Club in KLE Law College and is faculty coordinator of the Ramaiah Go Green club. She has conducted various Environmental awareness events since last 5 years.

Ms. Pooja Ogale
Asst. Professor (Law)

She has been entrusted with teaching Legal Methods and Law of Torts at Ramaiah College of Law. Besides her teaching onuses she is keenly interested in research in various areas of law. Her areas of interest apart from her subjects of specialization are IPR, Cyber Laws, Health Laws, International Humanitarian Law. She has research papers published in reputed law journals and have presented papers in national conferences and seminars.

Ms. Parvathi Balachandran
Assistant Professor (Law)

LL.M, UGC-NET

Dr.Roopa T.S

Dr.Roopa T.S  working as Assistant professor in Department of Management  has 19 years of rich teaching experience to her credit.

She has completed M.com from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore university in the year  1998, M.Phil from Madurai Kamaraj University in the year 2008 and MBA from Annamalai University in the year 2010.She is also awarded Doctorate in Management from Himalayan university ,Arunachal Pradesh for her thesis titled ‘’Management of NPAs with reference to commercial Banks and Co-operative Banks-A Comparative Study’’in the year 2018.Her areas of expertise include Financial Management, Cost Management, Financial Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Business Management, Marketing Management, Retail Management  Organisational Behaviour .She has authored a book titled ‘’Cost Management’’  for fifth semester B.com students of Bangalore University She has presented papers and participated in many national and International Seminars &conferences. To name a few: service Quality evaluation in internet Banking, A study on flow of FDI in Banking and its impact on NPAs, Recent trends In financial statement analysis etc. She has guided around 70 students of BBA,Bangalore university in completion of their project work.

She has participated  in Industrial visits and has accompanied students of BBA to various factories such as coco-cola,parle-G,Chocolate making factory etc. Her Motto is ‘’To Strive for Excellence’.

Mr. Shekarappa. S

Assistant Professor

Mr Sagar holds a master’s degree in English and he graduated from St Joseph’s College Bangalore. He has teaching experience of two years and has served as Assistant Professor in Acharya College of Graduate Studies prior to joining Ramaiah College of Law as an Assistant Professor (English).He also has an experience of one year as a student counsellor. The major achievements at Acharya College was being one among eight members to be selected among the entire faculty members to undergo Cambridge English training and passing the test to be a language trainer.He has also chaired National Level Conference held in Garden City College in April and is also a contributed for the syllabus review committee for Garden City College. He has successfully completed MOOC courses, namely’ Modern Masterpieces of English Literature’ from Harvard University and ‘Sports and Society’ from Duke university. He is actively involved in sports and has ensured that the students do engage in sports and has headed sports committee and is also actively involved in promoting cultural activities amongst the students and feels that education must comprise of academics, Sports as well as cultural activities.

Dr. Subhoda Banerjee

Assistant Professor (Law)

Dr. Subhoda Banerjee obtained her BA.LLB degree in the year 2010 from Surendranath Law College, Kolkata, which is affiliated to University of Calcutta. Thereafter she obtained an LL.M degree in Corporate Law and governance in the year 2012 from Chanakya National Law University, Patna. Later she obtained her Ph.D. degree in the year 2018 from National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. Besides the degree courses, she has post graduate diploma in Personal Management and Industrial relations. She was selected for Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Scholarship for Research in Social Sciences in the year 2014- 15. She has as of now four paper presentations in national seminars to her credit. She has also published few papers in national and international journals. She has worked in Alliance University as an Assistant Professor and has also worked in Accendere Knowledge Management Services (subsidiary of CL Educate Limited) as Manager - Research Mentor. Her area of interest is in corporate and anti-corruption laws.

Mrs. Astha Khare
Assistant Professor (Law)

B.A.LL.B. (HONS.), LL.M., KSET

Mrs. Astha Khare, completed her B.A.LL.B. (HONS) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, in the year 2010 and LL.M. in the year 2012 from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. She has five years of teaching experience in Law. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from Karnatak University, Dharwad. Her teaching interest includes Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Jurisprudence and Judicial process. She has participated in several national and international seminars, workshops and conferences in India. During the course of her studies she worked with some of the noted lawyers of the Supreme Court of India and also at the High Courts of Delhi & Lucknow.

Mr. Jayakiran
Assistant Professor (Law))

Indian Law Institute, LL.M (Specialization in Criminal Law and Human Rights Law) (2014- 2016) 

UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) Qualified (December, 2015)

National Law University Jodhpur,   B.P.SC  (HONOURS)., LL.B. (Constitutional Law Hons.)

Practiced criminal law for 2 years in various courts in Kerala.

Sweta Kumari

Assistant Professor

Sweta Kumari is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at MS Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru. She is both JRF and Net qualified. Her highest educational qualification is Master’s degree from University of Delhi and She is also Miranda House graduate, Delhi University. Her area of interest and specialization is in the course of western Political Philosophy and Contemporary Political Theory. She started her career in academics as Assistant Professor at SRM Chennai, Main Campus in the year 2016, August. In her two years of experience as a faculty in the Department of Law, presented papers in International and National Seminars. Her primary research area is “Marginalized sections of Indian Society”. She has published newspaper article in Rising Kashmir. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and UGC Journal. Prior to her current assignment as Assistant Professor at MSRCL, she has worked at KLE Law College, Bengaluru.

swetadasdu@gmail.com

Ms. RIMLI RAJAN

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (ECONOMICS)

Rimli Rajan pursued her MA Economics degree from Vivekananda Degree College. She did her II PUC taking PCMB as her course from Seshadripuram Composite PU College. Later she changed her interest completely from Science to Arts taking BA (History, Economics, Sociology) from Bangalore University. After her completion of her PG Degree, she worked in Vivekananda Women’s Degree College for 6 months and was also the guest faculty in PG department of Economics in Vivekananda Degree College. Later she worked in Seshadripuram Composite PU College for one year and resigned from the job to pursue her studies in B.Ed from Bapu B.Ed College. After completion of this course, she worked in Hymamshu Composite PU College for 5 years. Consequently, she cleared her NET exam as well as KSET exam. Later she worked as a Statistics Lecturer in St. Claret PU College for one year.

MS. PREETY ANAND

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Law)

Ms. Preety Anand is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru since August 2019. She is a native of Patna, Bihar. She has studied BA LLB (Hons.) at Chanakya National Law University, Patna and graduated in the year 2017. Thereafter, she has completed Master of Laws (LLM) from Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal in the year 2019. Her specialization lies in Criminal Law. She has qualified UGC- NET in December, 2018. Her areas of interest are criminology, female criminality and women & law.

She is currently entrusted with teaching Criminal Law II comprising of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 973 and the cognate acts. Apart from the academic activities, she is an active member of the Internship and Placement committee and the ADR committee at the Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru.

MS. ANJALI PRABHAKARAN

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Law)

Anjali Prabhakaran completed her B.A. LL.B from the Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and thereafter her LL.M from the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, with dual specialization in Criminal Law and Human Rights Law. She started her career in academics from Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida and has been working in Ramaiah College of Law since August 2019. Her areas of interest are Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Public International Law and Hindu Law. She has presented papers at several national and international conferences. Currently, she teaches Penology and Victimology.

ARCHANA S KOTHAVALE

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Law)

Archana S Kothavale is an Assistant Professor at M.S. Ramaiah College of Law .Her Educational qualification is B.COM ,M.B.A.(Marketing &Finance) She started her career in Academics in June 2008. She has worked in Brindavan College for 9 years, in S.Y.A. College for one year ,Vidyavahini College one year.

ROSIE ATHULYA JOSEPH

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Law)

Rosie Athulya Joseph has graduated with a BA.LL.B(Hons) from Nuals, Kochi in 2013 following which she practiced in Kerala High Court. She later did her LLM in Public Law and Legal Theory from NALSAR, Hyderabad. Her areas of interest are family law, law and technology and contract.

MS. SOMALATHA MOLY T.S

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Law)

Ms. Somalatha Moly T.S is an Assistant Professor of Law in Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru. She earned her law degree from Kerala University in the year 2012. She completed her LL.M in ‘Corporate Governance and Securities Laws, from Cochin University of Science and Technology. She qualified UGC NET and secured UGC Junior Research Fellowship in 2012. She went on to pursue her Ph.D in the area of ‘Intellectual Property Rights and Agriculture’ from Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology as a full-time UGC-JRF Fellow for over three years before entering the field of law teaching. Her areas of interest include Intellectual property Rights with special focus on IPR and Agriculture, Biotechnological Patenting, Plant Variety Protection, Patenting and related areas, Competition Law and Consumer Protection Laws. She has published several papers in the area of IPR and also associated with a few international projects with Third World Network, Visionary IP Professors Roundtable etc. in the area of IPR as a researcher.

Dr. ANITA A PATIL

SENIOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (LAW)

Dr. Anita A. Patil is a Senior Assistant Professor, M.S. Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru. She joined MSRCL in February 2020. She has completed her Bachelors & Masters in Law with specialization in Business and Trade Law from Karnataka University Dharwad. She was awarded with two Gold Medals for securing 1st Rank in Specialization of Business & Trade Laws, Masters of Law 2012, Karnataka University Dharwad, Karnataka. She has qualified UGC- NET- JRF Fellowship Award in the year December 2012. She has joined Chair on Consumer Law and Practice, NLSIU in July 2012. She has successfully completed her Ph.D. research degree on the research topic “A Critical Study of Legal Framework to Control Misleading Advertisements in India: with special reference to Food, Drugs and Cosmetics” from NLSIU, Bangalore in 2018. She is an Accredited Mediator by completing 40 hours training module in Negotiation and Mediation, at Indian Institute of Arbitration & Mediation, (IIAM) Mediation Training Program held from 13th -17th June, 2016 at Cochin. She has also presented research papers at National Conferences and published National & International articles. Her area of interest is Law of Torts, Consumer Welfare Laws, Competition Law, Contract Law & Company Law.

Ms. Gnanavi Bopaiah

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (LAW)

Ms. Gnanavi Bopaiah, an alumni of Ramaiah College of Law (2016), enrolled as an Advocate with the Karnataka State Bar Council and practiced in Bangalore under Senior Advocate M T Nanaiah (2016-2017) and at Atman Law Partners (2017-2018). During the course of which, she handled civil, consumer, matrimonial, labour and corporate matters. Thereafter, she pursued her LL.M. in Corporate and Financial Law and Policy from O.P.Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat by securing 2nd rank (2018-2019). She was a visiting faculty at Sheshadripuram Degree College and at St. Joseph’s College of Law, Bangalore. She is UGC-NET qualified (Dec. 2019) and commenced teaching full-time at Ramaiah College of Law from Feb. 2020. As a student, Ms. Gnanavi was an active mooter and participated in various National and International Moot Court Competitions. Alongside securing 2nd rank during her LL.M., she was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for “Outstanding All-round Performance” by O.P.Jindal Global University. Besides participating in various seminars and workshops, she has also pursued a Diploma in Internet Law and Policy from Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. Her area of specialization includes Corporate and Business Law, Moot Court, Contract Law and Contract Drafting.