University Faculty Details Page on DU Web-site Title Prof.(Dr.) First Name Usha Last Name Tandon Photograph Designation Professor Department Centre Address North Campus, University of Delhi (Campus) (Residence) 6/204, Sunder Vihar, New Delhi-110087 Phone No (Campus) 27667895 (Residence)optional 43305269 Mobile Fax Email utandon26@gmail.com Web-Page Education Subject Institution Year Details Ph.D Faculty of Law, DU 2000 Thesis topic: Population Law LL.M. Faculty of Law, DU 1988 Subjects: Civil liberties, Administrative law, Company Law LL.B. Centre, DU 1985 Subjects: General Papers Career Profile Organisation / Institution Designation Duration Role Centre, DU Professor 2008-till date Teaching and research Centre, DU Professor-In-Charge 13.05.2013-12.05. 2016 Centre, DU Associate Professor 2006-2008 Administration, teaching and research Vivekananda Law School, VIPS, GGSIP university Professor & Director (Deputation) 2004-2005 ---------------- do----------------------- Centre, D U Centre, DU Centre,DU Law Centre-II, DU Reader Lecturer -Temporary Lecturer (ad hoc) Lecturer (ad hoc) 2000-2006 1992-2000 1991-1992 1990-1991 Research Interests / Specialization Environmental Law, Human Rights and Women, Family Law, Population Law Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught) Environmental Law, Gender Justice, Family Law, Criminology, Jurisprudence, Interpretation of Statutes, Company law, Law of Partnership, Administrative Law, Indian Legal System Honors & Awards World Population Day Award, 2001 Max Plank Fellowship, Germany (2011) IIDH Fellowship, France (2007) www.du.ac.in Page 1
Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS) Books / Monographs Year of Publicati on Title Publisher Co- Author/Editor 2016 Human Rights and Trafficking of Women and Children: Legal & Policy Framework (ed.) Central Law Pub., All. Sidharth Luthra 2016 Climate Change: Law, Policy and Governance (ed.) Eastern Book Co. Luck. 2015 2016 2015 Gender Justice: A Reality or Fragile Myth (ed.) Proceedings of International Conference on Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Energy (ed.) Proceedings of International Conference on Combating Human Trafficking With Special Reference to Women and Children (ed.) Regal Publications, Delhi 2014 Proceedings of International Conference on Mitigation of Climate Change: Law, Policy and Governance (ed.) 2013-16 2010 Kaleidoscope, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 A Study of the Impact of Burgeoning Population on the Women in India National Commission for Women, N.D. 2003 Population Law: An Instrument for Population Stabilization. Deep & Deep Publications, Delhi www.du.ac.in Page 2
In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals Year of Publication Title Journal Co-Author Articles(LAST FIVE YEARS) Rape-Violation of the Chastity or Dignity of Woman :A Feminist Critique of Indian Law, with Sidharth Luthra, TOAEP, Torkel Opsahl Academic Epublisher FICHL Policy Brief Series No. 51 (2016) Human Trafficking and Human Rights: A Conceptual Analysis in Usha Tandon & Sidharth Luthra (ed.), Human Rights and Human Trafficking of Women and Children: Legal and Policy Framework (2016) Population Growth, Climate Change and the Law with Special Reference to India in Usha Tandon (ed.) Climate Change: Law, Policy and Governance, 2016 Carbon Trading and Climate Change: An Overview of Legal and Policy Framework, Journal of the Centre, Vol III: 49 (2015). Gender Based Violence and Female Foeticide in Usha Tandon (ed) Gender Justice: A Reality or Fragile Myth, (2015) Constitutional Justice and Social Integration with Special Reference to India: An Indian 2 Yonsei Law Journal Vol. 5 No. (2014) Analyzing Competing Human Rights in the Area of Law and Population, Coventry Law Journal, (UK) 28 (July 2013). Validity of Marriage under International Private Law with Special Reference to 1978 Hague Convention: Towards Unification of the Rules of International Private Law, Journal of the Centre, Vol I: 32 (2013). Family Planning in India: A Study of Law and Policy Journal of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, Vol. 45 Nos. 3-4, 180 (2011). Under-age Marriage in Pluralist Asia: An Analysis of Religious and Secular Laws of South Asian Countries, IIUM (International Islamic University, Malaysia) Law Journal, Vol 18. No. 2, 285 (2010). Conference Presentations INTERNATIONAL Presented a paper on Constitutional Justice and Social Integration with Special Reference to Women: An Indian Experience at Constitutional Court of Korea, Seoul, 28 th August, 2014 Presented a paper on Law and Population: Analyzing Competing Human Rights in the Asian Context with Special reference to India at Beijing, China held by Asian Society of International Law, August 27-28, 2011. Presented a paper on Family Planning in India: A Study of Law and Policy at Dallas, USA held by Population Association of America, April 15-17 (2010). Presented a paper on Under age Marriage in Pluralist Asia: An Analysis of Religious and Secular Laws of South Asian Countries at Kualalumpur, Malaysia, held by 7 th Asian Law Institute, May 25-26, 2010. www.du.ac.in Page 3
Chaired a Session in 7 th ASLI (Asian Law Institute) Conference held at Kaulalumpur, Malaysia on Law in a Pluralist Asia: Challenges and Prospects, May 25-26, 2010. Delivered a talk on An Overview of Gender Justice and Law in India, July 12, 2011, to LL.M. students, Hamburg University, Germany Invited by the Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, USA to pursue research on Human Rights and Women s Reproductive Health, (2004). Invited by Korea Environment Cooperation to speak on Green India Mission in the 6 th Policy Consultation Forum of the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth: Economic System Economy in Busan, Republic of Korea, organized by Economic and Social Commission of Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) in cooperation with Ministry of Environment of Republic of Korea,4-6 July, 2011, Presented a paper on Property Rights of Hindu Women at International Centre for University Human Rights Teaching, Strasbourg, France, July 17, 2007. Presented a paper on Rising Population and Degrading Environment: An analysis of Linkages and Law in India at Singapore, held by Asian Law Institute, May 27-28, 2004. Presented a paper on The Overview of Human Rights Curriculum in the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi at Kathmandu, Nepal in a Workshop on Human Rights Training Workshop and Curriculum Development held by Kathmandu School of Law, in collaboration with Danish Institute for Human Rights, December 3-7, 2003. NATIONAL(LAST FIVE YEARS) Chaired and moderated discussion in National Consultation on UPR III organized by Ministry of External Affairs, at NLU Delhi, 29.04.2016 Chaired a session in the international Conference on Mitigation of Climate Change: Law, Policy and Governance at Centre, University of Delhi, April,25-27, 2014 Chaired a session in the National Seminar on Gender Justice at Centre, University of Delhi, March 8, 2014 Chaired and moderated a discussion by Mr. Nick Robinson Nicholas on Indian Supreme Court by Numbers at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Feb. 27, 2013 Chaired a session in the International Conference on Contribution of International Environmental Law for Sustainable Development at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, February17-19, 2012. Chaired a Session in the International Conference on Human Rights in 21 st Century: Challenging Dimensions, at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, February25-26, 2011. Chaired a Session in Indo-Australia Workshop on Role of Specialized Environmental Law Courts for the Resolution of Environmental Disputes, held at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, February 1-2, (2011). www.du.ac.in Page 4
Resource Person, Issues Relating to Inheritance, Matrimonial Property & Maintenance in a Judicial Seminar on Sensitization Programme on Gender Justice for the officers of DHJS and DJS at Delhi Judicial Academy (April3, 2016). Participated as an Expert for the telecast of a program on Rights of Married Women in Father s Property on DD News Television Channel (April 21, 2016). Guest of Honour at a Seminar on Social Justice in Contemporary India organised by Shivaji College, University of Delhi at Delhi (March 16, 2016). Resource Person, Orientation Programme on Environment and Law for the Judicial Officers of DJS at Delhi Judicial Academy (November 20, 2015). Resource Person, Environmental Law at Refresher Course organized by CPDHE, Academic Research Centre, University of Delhi at Delhi (December 4, 2014). Resource Person, Gender Justice Challenges in the Judicial Seminar on Social Context Adjudication for the officers of Delhi Higher Judicial Services and Delhi Judicial Services,organised by the Delhi Judicial Academy at Delhi (November 28-29, 2014). Guest of Honour on Women Empowerment and Law at Saket College, Ram Manohar Lohia University, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh (November 22, 2014). Participated as an Expert for the telecast of a program on Marriage Laws on Lok Sabha Television Channel (September 15, 2014). Participated as an Expert for the telecast of a program on Inheritance Laws on Lok Sabha Television Channel (January 13, 2014). Total Publication Profile optional Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity www.du.ac.in Page 5
Assisted Union Public Service Commission (2016) Represented University of Delhi in various meetings with Bureau of Police Research and Development, Delhi. (2007-08). Legal Advisor for Delhi University Women s Association, (2011-13). Member-Legal Expert, Apex Complaints Committee Against Sexual Harassment, University of Delhi, (2010). Member-Legal Expert University Unit Complaint Committee Against Sexual Harassment, Faculty of Science, University of Delhi, Delhi. (2013) Professional Societies Memberships Population Association of America 8630 Fenton Street Suite 722 Silver Spring MD 20910 USA South Asian Law Schools Forum for Human Rights (founder member) Kathmandu School of Law Dadhikot-9, Bhaktapur Kathmandu, Nepal Indian Law Institute Bhagwan Das Road New Delhi All India Law Teachers Congress, (founder member) Centre University of Delhi New Delhi -110007 Institute for Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies Vithalbhai Patel House Rafi Marg New Delhi-110001 Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations) Country Report for an International Research Project on Climate Change Commitments: An Ethical Analysis conducted by University of Auckland, NZ and Widner University, USA with support from IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and its specialist Ethics Group, (October, 2015) As a national expert, contributed for the upcoming World Bank s Report, 2017 Enabling the Business of Agriculture, - Access to Water studying the laws and regulations for water resources management and irrigation, recognizing the importance of sustainable, equitable and efficient management of water resources for long term agricultural development (April, 2016) Major Research Project on A Socio-Legal Study of the Impact of Growing Human Population on the Environment in India sanctioned by University Grants Commission, India (2008). Research Project on The Impact of Burgeoning Population on Women in India- The Population Policy, sanctioned by National Commission for Women, India (2006). Research Project on Socio-Legal Aspects of Honor Killings in Northern India: An www.du.ac.in Page 6
Empirical Study with Special Reference to Khap Panchayts and Same-gotra Marriages sanctioned by National Commission for Women, India.(2012). Research Project on Non Resident Marriages, Harassment of Women and the Law: A Study of Problems and Prospects Sanctioned by University of Delhi, Delhi. (2011). Other Details www.du.ac.in Page 7