Draft:G. B. Reddy

Dr. G. B. Reddy is Senior Professor of Law at University College of Law, Osmania University. He is a lawyer turned academician, born in June 1967 at Gowdavalli Village, Medchal Mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri District (originally in Hyderabad and later in Ranga Reddy District) of Telangana State. Studied Graduation, LL.B., and LL.M. (Constitutional Law) at Osmania University, and P. G. Diploma in Human Rights from University of Hyderabad. Obtained Ph.D.in Law from Osmania University in 1999 on the topic “Supreme Court and Judicial Activism – Its Contribution in Specific Areas of Constitutional Law after 1980”. His area of specialization is Constitutional Law in LL.M. and Judicial Activism in Ph.D. He specialized in the area of Intellectual Property as an independent researcher, publisher and teacher. He was appointed as Assistant Professor at Osmania University in 1997 and has 30 years of teaching experience. He has served as Dean of Faculty of Law, Head of Department of Law and Principal, University College of Law, Osmania University. He was awarded State Best Teacher Award in 2021 by the Telangana State Government.

He has three Gold Medals in LL.B. and one Gold Medal in LL.M. apart from being the first candidate to have qualified for UGC-JRF in Law from Osmania University in 1993.He practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh for about seven years before joining the faculty of law, Osmania University. He authored 28 books on law including Women and Law , Intellectual Property Rights and Law , Copyright Law in India , Practical Advocacy of Law , Right to Information and Law and Judicial Activism in India. Two of his books namely Women and Law and Judicial Activism in India have been reviewed favorably in the Book Review section of the Hindu by Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer. He also published 89 articles on law in standard law journals, and more than 30 newspaper articles (as of December 2023). He offered seven SWAYAM Courses (MOOCs) successfully from 2019 to 2023 on Human Rights and International Law, IPRs and Competition Law, Indian Judicial System and Environmental Laws, Private International Law and ADR in India, Legal Theory and Law Relating to Women.