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''' Dr. S B Mujumdar '''Director, Symbiosis Law School, Pune Dean, Faculty of Law, Symbiosis International University 'Dr. S B Mujumdar , has done her B.Sc., LL.M, Ph.D. and is the Director of Symbiosis Law School and the Dean - Faculty of Law in the Symbiosis International University, Pune since 2007.In 2010, she has been appointed as a Part-Time Member of the 19th Law Commission of India, Govt. of India. Recently, she has been selected for the Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Seminar by USIEF, New Delhi for the year 2011. On 10th September 2011, she has been conferred with the first ever ‘Legal Education Innovation Award’ by Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal advocacy & Training (MILAT) on Law Teachers Award function held at New Delhi. She holds a Ph.D. in International Law from the Mysore University, Karnataka State Government Youth Award, Gold Medal for topping in LL.M and was the AHRB Visiting Fellow, Edinburgh Law School (2004). She is an active Rotarian and competent Toastmaster. She attained visitor status to teach in Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. She has been M. Phil referee to JNU, New Delhi and Examiner in NUJS, Kolkata. She has also been on the Advisory of All India Radio, Mangalore, Advisory to several NGOs on Gender, Development and Human Rights and Asian Network of Women in Communication. She has been enlisted as an author in Kannada since 1992. She has keen interest in reading, writing, debating, literature, poetry & drama etc. Besides being a Reiki Master, she also has interest in palmistry, yoga, travelling, music and popular science.

EDUCATION
Dr. Shashikala Gurpur did her LL.M. with Gold medal for being the topper in University of Mysore. She holds a BA. in International Law from the University of Mysore and Karnataka State Government Youth Award. She was also the AHRB Visiting Fellow, Edinburgh Law School in 2004.

TEACHING AND CAREER
She has a teaching experience of 20 years including Post Graduate Teaching and Research and guiding Masters and Ph.D. students.

She has taught from 1990 to 1998 in SDM Law College, Mangalore, National Law School (NLSIU), Bangalore and in National University of Ireland, Cork. She has also taught as faculty in MIC, MAHE, Manipal from 1999 to 2004. She also has experience in working in an MNC, in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 2004 to 2007. She is actively teaching courses on Jurisprudence, Legal Research Methodology and Media Law to the under graduates and Biotechnology Law, Legal Education & Legal Research Methodology, Law and Social Transformation and International Law to post graduates besides guiding LL.M. and Ph.D. Theses.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND INTEREST
International Law, Jurisprudence, Legal Education and Legal Research, Public Law, Family Law, IPR, Community Legal Service, Global Justice and Biodiversity/biotechnology Law

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
 •	Nominated as the Member, Law Commission of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, for 2010-2012. •	Won the South Asia Legal Education Innovation Award of SILF-MILAT  in 2011 •	Nominated as the Member, Governing Council, NALSAR Hyderabad, for 2012-2015. •	Fulbright Fellowship 2010-2011 •	Member of the Advisory Board, School of Law, IGNOU •	Member, Research and Recognition Committee of Law, BPS Mahila Vidyalay Haryana and IGNOU •	Visitor at Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, 2008 •	M Phil Referee to JNU, PhD Referee NLU Jodhpur, Mumbai University and IGNOU, PG Examiner  to NUJS since 2008 •	Won Visiting Fellowship of AHRB to  Edinburgh Law School in 2004 •	Held the  PNPS-Ford Foundation Grant for Third Sector Research 2001-journalist  from 1981-2004 presented  programs in and English Tulu, Kannada, B-grade drama artiste since 1987, selected to AIR Advisory Committee in 2003 •	Resource Person to District Training Institute(1992-95) and UGC Refresher Programs and Seminars on Human Rights(1998 to date); and core committee member on training women panchayat members(1994-95) •	Won the Competent Toast Master Award in 2005 •	Listed among notable authors in Kannada in 1992 and in 2007; I have published poems, short stories and articles in Kannada (most distinct is cover page article in Sudha Weekly 28 nov.1998, on Ireland, ‘a green isle in the west’). •	Contributed to legal literacy and development education for women (1990-95, 1999-2000), as well as media literacy for women (2000-2002) through numerous workshops and lectures. •	Won the Karnataka State Youth Award for outstanding achievement in 1992 •	Won two Gold Medals and a cash for topping LLM in Mysore University in 1990 •	Top Mooter in Mangalore and Karnataka 1988 •	Topper in Karnataka Student Poetry  Contest 1988 •	Topped Karnataka State in  Science Teaching competition in 1985 •	Topper in Extempore and Second Topper in Karnataka State Debating Competition in 1985  

MEMBERSHIPS
•	Member, Board of Management, Symbiosis International University •	Member, Academic Council, Symbiosis International University •	Member, IQAC, Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune •	Member, Board of Studies – Law, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning •	Bar Council of India (through Institute) •	International Association of Law Schools (IALS), USA (through Institute) •	Asian Law Institute (ASLI), Singapore (through Institute) •	Association of Commonwealth Universities (through Institute) •	Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) •	Adviser to Gurpur Panchayat Development Team, Karnataka, 2012 •	Member, Local Managing Committee, Kaveri Group of educational institutes, Pune,2011 •	Adviser to VVET Group of Educational institutes, Mysore,2011 •	Adviser to Bijapur Women’s University, Karnataka (since 2004) •	Adviser to various NGOs on development, Gender, Human Rights since 1992 and Co-Director, Samvedi Gender and Law Network – DEEDS, Mangalore in 1999-2000 •	Member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal – Irish Review of CED Law & Policy. •	North side Community Law Centre, Dublin, Ireland  

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
She has around 30 articles/research papers and six book chapters published to her credit. She has attended several International and National Conferences and presented papers in various International and National conferences like IALS conference in Australian National University, Canberra, Asian Deans’ Round Table Conference in Singapore and Erasmus Mundus & ELPIS I Conference in Hannover, Germany and UGC sponsored National seminar on ‘Gender Equity at home and work’ in Mumbai, National Consultation at Ministry of Law & Justice.