Kalpana Kannabiran

Kalpana Kannabiran is an Indian sociologist and lawyer. She is the current Director of Council for Social Development, Hyderabad.^[1] She is also the co-founder of the ASMITA Resource Centre for Women, a women's rights group.^[2] She is the 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

• Devadasi
• Moovalur Ramamirtham

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. "Director". Council for Social Development. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
2. "About Us". ASMITA Collective. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
3. "Kannabiran, doyen of rights movement passes away". The Times of India. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
4. "Nalsar VC denies north-south divide". The Times of India. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
5. "To Impose A Uniform Belief Or Practice Is Antithetical To Freedom". Outlook India. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

External links

• ASMITA Collective
• Director, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad