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

27 - UID:Blueprint of A Surveillance State? For Corporate Interests OR Public Welfare?



Speakers

Dr Edgar Whitley, London School of Economics (LSE), Co-author, “Global Challenges for Identity Policies” Whose Report Led to the Nation-wide Campaign and Scrapping of the Biometric-based National Identity Scheme in Britain

Usha Ramanathan, Independent law researcher and noted jurist

and 

Gopal Krishna, Independent Researcher , Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties

Date: 21.04.12
Venue: Mahi-Mandavi Mess
Time: 9.30pm

Gopal Krishna
Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties (CFCL)
New Delhi 
Phone: +91-11-2651781, Fax: +91-11-26517814
Mb: 9818089660 

Surveillance State is unfolding using National Population Register (NPR) for Multi-purpose Identity Card (MNIC), Unique Identification /Aadhaar Number, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), DNA Profiling Bill, 2012, National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID),  National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, Electronic Services Delivery Law, amendments in Information Technology Act, Land Titling Bill etc.
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