Dr. Kamala Sankaran is a legal academician, who is currently serving as Professor of Law, Ford Foundation Chair in Public Interest Law at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
An alumna of Delhi University, Dr. Sankaran has vast teaching experience, primarily encompassing the fields of Constitutional Law and Labour Law.
Dr. Sankaran served as the Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli. She was also Professor at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and Research Professor, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.
She was a Fellow at Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study, South Africa; Visiting South Asian Research Fellow at School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, Oxford University, and a Visiting Scholar and recipient of the Fulbright Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.
Additionally, Dr. Sankaran has a member, International Advisory Board, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations; member, Editorial Board, University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal, member Editorial Advisory Board, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, and has served as Editor of the Delhi Law Review.
Major Contributions of Dr. Kamala Sankaran:
Dr. Sankaran has significantly contributed in the domains of Constitutional Law, Labour Law, and Jurisprudence.
Scholarly Works of Dr. Kamala Sankaran:
Books:
Women in Politics: Forms and Processes (1992)
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Women_in_Politics/WzQqAAAAYAAJ?hl=en
Labour Laws in South Asia: The Need for an Inclusive Approach (2007)
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Labour_Laws_in_South_Asia/7EjOJAAACAAJ?hl=en
Towards Legal Literacy: An Introduction to Law in India (2008)
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Towards_Legal_Literacy/abvRPAAACAAJ?hl=en
Freedom of Association in India and International Labour Standards (2009)
Challenging the Legal Boundaries of Work Regulation (2012)
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Challenging_the_Legal_Boundaries_of_Work/x5V6BAAAQBAJ?hl=en
Affirmative Action: A view from the Global South (2014)
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Affirmative_Action/aHB2BgAAQBAJ?hl=en
Articles:
Domestic Work, Unpaid Work and Wage Rates (2013)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23528844
Legal and policy tools to meet informal workers’ demands: Lessons from India
Emerging perspectives in labour regulation in the wake of covid-19
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41027-020-00262-1
NREGA wages: Ensuring decent work
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27918140
Gender equality and social dialogue in India
http://oit.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—dgreports/—gender/documents/publication/wcms_150428.pdf
The human right to livelihood: Recognizing the right to be human
https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/cllpj34&div=8&id=&page=
Transition from the informal to the formal economy: The need for a multi-faceted approach
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41027-022-00398-2
Legal reforms for the self-employed: Three urban cases
https://www.wiego.org/sites/default/files/publications/files/IJIR%20July%202014.pdf#page=138
Labour law in South Asia: A right to development perspective
Special provisions and access to socio-economic rights: Women and the Indian Constitution
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19962126.2007.11864925
The ILO, Women and Work: Evolving Labor Standards to Advance Women’s Status in the Informal Economy
https://heinonline.org/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/grggenl3§ion=47
Building BRICS of success?
https://www.elgaronline.com/downloadpdf/edcoll/9781781000120/9781781000120.00022.pdf
Night work by women: How should special protective measures for women be defined
https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/newenjic9&div=18&id=&page=
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work: India and the ILO
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/rights%20at%20work.pdf
Minorities: a view from South Asia
https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781839101649/book-part-9781839101649-37.xml
Family, Work and Matrimonial Property: Implications for Women and Children
Human Rights and the World of Work
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43953322
The fundamental freedom to migrate within India
Importance of Property for a Women’s Well-Being
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Redefining_Family_Law_in_India/vGsJEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
Democracy, Universalism and Informal Employment: The Committee on Freedom of Association and South Asia
https://repository.nls.ac.in/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=book_chapters
“Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy”: The Continuing Relevance of State Law
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-7426-5_3
Durham, Dyarchy, and Difference: India’s Constitutional Development
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-2175-8_10
Realising employer liability for informal workers: Lessons from India
The ‘enforcement crisis’ and social rights in India
The Indian Constitution and Labour: The Road Ahead
https://vvgnli.gov.in/sites/default/files/Role_of_Labour_in_India_Development.pdf#page=12
Human Rights and Basic Needs: Theory and Practice
https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/nujslr1&div=33&id=&page=
FROM BROODING OMNIPRESENCE TO CONCRETE TEXTUAL PROVISIONS: IR COELHO JUDGMENT AND BASIC STRUCTURE DOCTRINE
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43952108
GENDER EQUITY, WORK AND THE LAW
GENDER JUSTICE
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43952066
TRADITIONAL FUTURES: LAW AND CUSTOM IN INDIA’S LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43952439
Towards legal literacy: An introduction to law in India
https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1130000797693653888
Gender equality and social dialogue in India
Speeches & Conferences:
Webinar: The Constitution and Right to Livelihood | Law Centre-I, University of Delhi
Faculty Voices | Inaugural Session on Constitutional Dimensions in Litigation Prof. Kamala Sankaran
The Law and The Reality Of The Right To Work | Realisation Of Socio-Economic Rights
V.B. Singh Memorial Lecture | Kamala Sankaran | D.N. Reddy | 62nd ISLE Conference | IIT Roorkee
National Conference on Role of Law| Lecture by Prof. KAMALA SHANKARAN
Conversations | PROF (Dr.) KAMALA SANKARAN | Mr. Saurabh | SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS