Ms. Manisha Band

Assistant Professor

Specialization – Constitutional and Administrative law, Human rights, and Public policy

Email – manisha.band@nmims.edu

Educational Qualifications

• Cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission in June 2013 with Junior Research Fellowshipsponsored by the UGC.
• LLM (Constitutional and Administrative law) from Yashwant Mahavidyalay, RTMNU, Nagpur (2014) - First class with distinction.
• B.S.L. LL. B from ILS Law College, University of Pune (2006-11) - First class.
• Diploma in Human Rights, Indian Law Society, Pune (2007-8)

Awards and Recognition

Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) administered by the University Grants Commission

Work Experience

• Working as Assistant professor (Status – permanent) at NMIMS School of Law, Navi Mumbai (November 2018 – till present)
• Wrote several articles for an online legal repository MyAdvo, which aim to simplify legal jargon and procedure.
• Completedinternship as a Research Assistant at Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, NLSIU, Bangalore. (May- October 2015)

Subjects – taught and interests

• Taught full credit courses on Constitutional law, Administrative law, Law of Contract, Jurisprudence and legal methods.
• Conducted a full credit clinical course on Moot Court for 2^nd year BA LLB and BBA LLB students.
• Keen interest in teaching subjects related to Constitutional law, Administrative law and Human rights.

 

Research, Writing & Publication

• Paper titled "Compensation to the victims of crime – Indian scenario” published in Precedent - A Publication of Jus Dicere Center of Research In Law Volume 1 Issue 2. (ISBN: 978-93-5281-177-9).
• Paper titled "Rohingya crisis: An impending genocide” to be published in Issue 2 of Volume 2 of South Asian Journal of Law and Human Rights (ISSN: 2518-6159).
• Paper titled"Reparative Justice for Violence Against Women:A Comparative Study of State Schemes For Victim Compensation”, co-authored with Prof. Saumya Uma, published as a part of the book titled "Victim Compensation and Restorative Justice” edited by Prof. (Dr.) Paramjit Jaswal and others. (ISBN 978-93-84166-11-3).
• Authored monograph on Industrial Relations law, commissioned by the Distance Education Department of National Law School of India University, 2015.
• LLM dissertation on ‘Comprehensive study of evolution of compensatory jurisprudence in criminal administration in India’.

Paper presentations

• Presented a paper titled "Revisitng Aadhar in Light of the Constitution of India” at National Seminar on Recent Trends in Development of Constitutional Law in India KLE Law College, Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai on 27^th February 2019.
• Presented a paper titled "Protecting the protectors: A case for Revisiting the Framework for Protection of Scheduled Tribes in India” at National Seminar on Protection and Improvement of Environment and Safeguarding of Forests and Wildlife: Challenges and Remedies held at NMIMS Kirit P Mehta School of Law, Mumbai on 16^th February 2019.
• Paper titled "Restorative Justice vis a vis Reparative justice: A complementary approach” presented at the 40^th All India Criminology Conference at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar held between 19 – 21 January 2018.
• Paper titled "Compensation to the victims of crime – Indian scenario” presented at the Conference on Rethinking on Criminal administration in India organized by Jus Dicere group on the 25^thNovember, 2017.
• Paper titled"Reparative Justice for Violence Against Women:A Comparative Study of State Schemes For Victim Compensation”, co-presented with Prof.Saumya Uma at the International Conference on Victim Compensation and Restorative Justice, to be organized by the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law on the 24^thNovember,2015.

Certifications and MOOCs

• Completed a course and scored among top 1% on ‘Constitutional Studies’ on SWAYAMplatform powered by National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), funded by MHRD and conducted by IIT Madras.
• Completed certification in ‘Citizenship and the law’ on Coursera.
• Completed certification in ‘International Water Law’ on Coursera.

Faculty Development Programmes

• Attended a 5-day Online FDP on "Climate Change and Environmental Legal Protection", conducted by - Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Central University of Tamil Nadu along with UGC under UGC- STRIDE project (Sep 2020)
• Attended a 7-day National FDP on "Current Trends in Legal Research", conducted by School of Law, Christ University, Delhi NCR.