Usha Ramanathan works on the jurisprudence of law, poverty and rights. She writes and speaks on issues that include the nature of law, the Bhopal Gas Disaster, mass displacement, eminent domain, civil liberties including the death penalty, beggary, criminal law, custodial institutions, the environment, and the judicial process. She has been tracking and engaging with the UID project and has written and debated extensively on the subject. In July-September 2013, she wrote a 19-part series on the UID project that was published in The Statesman, a national daily.

Her work draws heavily upon non-governmental experience in its encounters with the state; a 6 year stint with a law journal (Supreme Court Cases) as reporter from the Supreme Court; and engagement with matters of law and public policy.

She was a member of: the Expert Group on Privacy set up by the Planning Commission of India which gave in its report in October 2012; a committee (2013-14) set up in the Department of Biotechnology to review the Draft Human DNA Profiling Bill 2012; and the Committee set up by the Prime Minister's Office (2013-14) to study the socio-economic status of tribal communities which gave its report to the government in 2014.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

11 - Whose AADHAAR is it any way ? - LASSnetPanel Discussion


Who’s AADHAAR is it anyway? 
Reflections on the UID debate  
Chair: Ravi Sundaram
 
Panelists:
The Unique ID project in India: A Skeptical Note
~ R. Ramakumar 
 
A Unique Identity Bill ~ Usha Ramanathan
 
The Unique Identity Number Project: 
Should Non-Citizen Residents be Concerned? 
~ Sahana Basavapatna
 
The UID Project & Social Welfare Schemes
~ Reetika Khera
 
Panel Coordinator: Subasri Krishnan & Reetika Khera
9.00  - 10.45 am  

From: siddharth narrain : siddharth.narrain@gmail.com
 
Dear All,

You are most cordially invited to the second Law and Social Sciences Research Network (LASSnet) Conference, on 27-30th December 2010 at FLAME, Pune. The conference is being co-organised by the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) Bangalore, the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance (CSLG), JNU, Delhi, the Foundation for Liberal and Management Education, (FLAME) Pune and the

Alternative Law Forum (ALF), Bangalore. The invite and the brochure is attached for your perusal.

Regards
Siddharth Narrain and Sruti Chaganti

On Behalf of 
the LASSnet Steering Committee
Law and Social Sciences Research Network,
Anchored by the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

lassnet@gmail.com 
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