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Dr. Reshma Suresh

Assistant Professor

Email id: reshma.suresh@vit.ac.in

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Name Reshma Suresh
Designation Assistant Professor Senior, Grade 1
School/Centre VITSOL, VIT School of Law
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BA LLB (Hons) 2018 Law National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi
LLM 2020 Criminal Law Indian Law Institute, New Delhi
Ph.D 2024 Criminal Law

“Doctrine of Diminished Responsibility: A Study of its absence in the Indian Penal Code”

Indian Law Institute, New Delhi
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Areas of Specialization Criminal Law, Feminist Jurisprudence, International Law
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First Rank in Criminal Law Specialization, LLM, 2020, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi
 
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–          Moderator of Parallel Session for the  4TH UiTM International Conference on Law and Society 2024 (UiTM i-CLaS 2024) Faculty of Law, University Teknology Mara (UiTM)

–          Presented a paper titled “Unpacking Gendered Threads of Insanity Law in India: An exploration through the judicial lens” at the Law, Culture and Humanities Conference 2024 organized by Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia from May 17-18, 2024.

–          Presented a paper titled “The intersectionality between Cultural Violence and Post-Partum Psychosis: A critical exploration from the Indian legal scenario” at the CIRCLE Graduate South Asia conference organized by Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Guelph, Canada from October 3-6, 2023.

–          Led a session on “Artificial Intelligence and International Humanitarian Law: Challenges in the Digital Battleground” in the Center for International Law Studies Conference on “Global Resilience, Recovery, and Solidarity: The Role for International Law” jointly organized by the Faculty of Law Universitas Indonesia and Faculty of Law Universitas Sumatera Utara from 24-25 October 2022.

–          Presented a paper titled “Artificial Intelligence in Legal Education” in CLEA Golden Jubilee International Conference jointly Organized by CLEA, Indian Law Institute and Lloyd Law College on March 3, 2023 at Lloyd Law College, New Delhi.

–          Presented a paper titled “Diminished Responsibility and Addiction: Analyzing the Legal and Scientific Complexities from a Human Rights Perspective” in the Seminar on “Intersection of Human Rights and Criminal Law” jointly organized by The Human Rights Studies Programme, Schoolof International Studies (JNU), in collaboration with the Centre for Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies (JNU), and the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi on December 9-10, 2021.

 

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–          Published a paper titled “Restructuring International Investment Arbitration in Synergy with Environmental Law: Towards Green Investment” in the Indian Law Institute Law  Review, Winter Issue 2021. (UGC – CARE)

–          Published a paper titled “Diminished Responsibility and Addiction: Analyzing the Legal and Scientific Complexities” in the Indian Law Institute Law Review, Winter Issue 2022. (UGC-CARE)

–          Published a paper titled “Mental Illness And Criminal Behaviour: Breaking The Stigma And A Comparative Analysis Of Mental Health Laws Across Jurisdictions” has been published in the Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research, ISSN: 2582-8878, Volume VI Issue IV.

–          Published a paper titled “Noise Pollution: When different constitutional rights come into conflict: An Indian Perspective” in the International Journal of Enviro Legal Research (ISSN: 2463-6401)

–          Published a paper titled “Predatory Pricing in India” in the International Journal of Research and Analysis, Volume 5 Issue 1, 2017 (ISSN: 2347 – 3185)

 

 

 
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Editorial Experience (if any) Senior Student Editor, Indian Law Institute Law Review, UGC-CARE Listed.
Personal Website Link (if any) https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-reshma-suresh-b89a9ba2/?originalSubdomain=in

 

 

 

 

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