Kamala Sankaran
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Kamala Sankaran is a legal academic, and currently a professor of law at
National Law School of India University The National Law School of India University (NLSIU or simply NLS) is a public law school and a National Law University located in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was the first National Law University to be established in India as well as one of the f ...
, Bengaluru, she has also been the vice-chancellor of Tamil Nadu National Law University. She has served as a member of the Working Group on Migration, set up by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India; and on the Delhi High Court Legal Service Committee and the Delhi State Legal Services Authority.


Education

Sankaran obtained an undergraduate degree in law (LLB) and master's of law (LLM) from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1982 and 1985, respectively. She obtained a PhD from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1999.


Academic career

Sankaran has taught at the Faculty of Law, Jamia Milia Islamia, Indian Law Institute and Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. She currently teaches at the National Law School of Indian University, Bengaluru where she is a Professor of Law, Ford Foundation Chair in Public Interest Law. Additionally, she is the Dean of the university's research.


Selected publications

* Sankaran, Kamala; Dupper, Ockert eds. (2014). ''Affirmative Action: A View from the Global South.'' Stellenbosch: Sun Press. . * Sankaran, Kamala; Fudge, Judy; McCrystal, Shae eds. (2012). ''Challenging the Legal Boundaries of Work Regulation.'' Oxford: Hart Publishing. . * Sankaran, Kamala. (2009). ''Freedom of Association in India and International Labour Standards.'' Nagpur: LexisNexis. .


References

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