Faculty Details proforma for DU Web-site (PLEASE FILL THIS IN AND Email it to websitedu@du.ac.in and cc: director@ducc.du.ac.in Title Professor (Dr) Mrs. First Name Usha Last Name Tandon Photograph Designation Address Professor-In-Charge Campus Law Centre University of Delhi Phone No Office 91 11 27667895 Residence 91 11 43305269; 25254657 Mobile Email utandon26@gmail.com;utandon82@clc.du.ac. in Web-Page Educational Qualifications LL.M. Ph.D. (Delhi) Degree Institution Year Ph.D. Faculty of Law, University of Delhi 2000 LL.M. Faculty of Law, University of Delhi 1988 Career Profile Organisation Designation Duration University of Delhi Professor Feb 2008 to till date University of Delhi Associate Professor Feb 2006 to Feb 2008 University of Delhi Reader Feb 2000 to Feb 2006 University of Delhi Lecturer (Temporary) Aug 1992 to Feb 2000 University of Delhi Lecturer (Ad hoc) Jan 1990 to Aug 1992 Administrative Assignments Presently, Professor-In-Charge, Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi Formerly Director, VIvekananda Law School, Vivekananda Institute for Professional Studies, GGSIP University, Delhi (2004-2005) www.du.ac.in Page 1
Areas of Interest / Specialization Human Rights of Women, Family Law, Environmental Law, Population Law Subjects Taught Gender Justice, Family Law, Environmental Law, Interpretation of Statutes, Criminology, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Indian Legal System, Business Associaton Research Guidance List against each head (If applicable) Supervision of awarded Doctoral Thesis- Joint Forest Management-A Study of Law and Policy in India (2008). Prevention and Control of Water Pollution in India through General Legislation: A Critical Study of their Relevance, Appropriateness and Consistency. (2011). Law Relating to Securities Regulation and the Role of SEBI (2012.) Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress Coastal Resource Zone Degradation: A Socio-Legal Study of its Impact on Environmental Sustainability with special reference to Coastal Stretches of Maharashtra. Human Rights of Women, Honor Killings and the Law: International and National Perspectives. Supervision of awarded LL.M. dissertations 20 (Twenty) Supervision of LL.M. dissertations, under progress 4 (Four) Publications Profile BOOK Population Law: An Instrument for Population Stabilization (2003), Deep & Deep Publications, Delhi. www.du.ac.in Page 2
PROJECT REPORT A Study of the Impact of Burgeoning Population on the Women in India (2010), National Commission for Women, New Delhi RESEARCH ARTICLES 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). Family Law and Succession, Annual Survey of Indian Law, 431 (2009). Population Growth and Sustainable Development, Journal of Indian Law Institute, Vol.50 No.2, 209 (April-June, 2008). Conceptualizing Human Rights of Police, The Indian Police Journal, Vol LIV No. 2, 45, (April-June 2007). Rising Population and Degrading Environment: An Analysis of Linkages and Law in India, NALSA, Vol. VII, Issue 2, 67 (April 2006). Powers of Magistrates and Boards to deal with Pollution, Social Auditing of Environmental Laws in India, Aggarwal, N, (ed), 55 (2003). Protecting the Life-line Yamuna from Pollution at Delhi, XXIV Delhi Law Review, 123 (2002). Urbanization, the Problem of Waste and the Law, XXVIII India Bar Review, 37 (2001). Population Pressure on Environment, 29 Vidh Bharati, 27 (2001). Population Stabilization vis-à-vis the National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution, XXIII Delhi Law Review, 125 (2001). www.du.ac.in Page 3
Population Explosion and the Human Rights, 26 Vidhi Bharti, Human Rights Special, 31 (2001). Gender Bias in Property Rights of Women under Hindu Law, XXII Delhi Law Review, 163 (2000). Population Control and the Constitution of India, Reappraisal of the Constitution, Khanna S (ed), 117 (2000). Contraception, Birth Control and the Law, 83 Delhi Law Times (JS) 1 ((2000). Sterilizing, Fertility Regulation and the Law, 1 Supreme Laws Today (JS) 1 (2000). Legislative Measures for Population Control, Punjab Kesari, 9, January 31, (2000). Need for Introducing a Paper on Law and Population, XXXIII Journal of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, Nos 1-4, 139 (1999). Liability for Induced Cohabitation in the name of Love, V Supreme Laws Today, (JS) 1 (1999). A Legislative Measure for Two-Child Norm for Delhites, 21 Mahila Vidhi Bharati 44 (1999). A Comment on the Housewives (Compulsory Weekly Holiday from Domestic Chores) Bill, 1996, Divorce and Matrimonial Cases, Part 10, Vol. II (JS) 1 (1998). The Population Law: Two Landmark Judgments from Rajasthan High Court, XX Delhi Law Review, 175 (1998). Illegitimate and Legitimatized Children under Hindu Law, II Divorce and Matrimonial Cases 4 (1998). Conversion and Polygamy-A case comment on Sarla Mudgal, Cri LJ (Journal) 5 (1997). Evidentiary Deficiencies in Rape Law: A Plea for Gender Justice, XXX Journal of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, Nos. 3-4, 236 (1996). The Legal Rights of the Accused Persons, Legal Literacy Project, (1992), Faculty of Law, Delhi University. Law Relating to Marriage Age of Female and the Population Control, XXV Journal of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, Nos1-4, p. 187 (1991). www.du.ac.in Page 4
Hindu Law by BM Gandhi (1999), (Book Review) Eastern Book Company, National Capital Law Journal, 160 (2000). The Indian Succession, by BB Mitra, revised by MN Das, (1997), (Book Review) Eastern Law House, XX Delhi Law Review, 253 (1998). Population Control and the Law: Problems, Policies and Measures (1989) by BP Singh Sehgal, (Book Review), 14 Delhi Law Review, 220 (1992). Women, Birth Control and the Law, (1991) by BP Singh Sehgal (Book Review), 14 Delhi Law Review, 223 (1992). Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years) Organization of Conferences As a Director organized the Indo-Korea Seminar on Enhancing Green Growth in India at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, November 12-13, 2010. As a Secretary organized International Conference on Contribution of International Environmental Law for Sustainable Development at Faculty of Law University of Delhi, February 17-19, 2012. As a Convener of Seminar and Discussion Society, Campus Law Centre, (2010-2013), organized Weekly Discussions, on latest legislations/ court judgments, initiated by the students of CLC Participation as Paper/Poster Presenter Presented a paper on Law and Population: Analyzing Competing Human Rights in the Asian Context with Special reference to India at Beijing, China, 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 Kaulalumpur, Malaysia, May 25-26, 2010. Presented a paper on Climate Change Mitigation in India: Need for A Comprehension Legislation in International Conference on Contribution of International Environmental www.du.ac.in Page 5
Law for Sustainable Development at Faculty of Law University of Delhi, February 17-19, 2012. Presented a paper on The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010: Some Jurisdictional Issues in Indo-Australia Workshop on the Role of Specialized Environmental Law Courts for the Resolution of Environmental Disputes, at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, February 1-2, 2011. Presented a paper on Legal and Administrative Structure for Environmental Protection in India in Indo-Korea Seminar on Enhancing Green Growth in India at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, November 12-13, 2010. Presentation on Human Rights: Status of Women at Kurukshetra University, Haryana, June 22, 2013 Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration) 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 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). Awards and Distinctions Max Plank Fellowship, Germany (2011) Delivered a talk in Hamburg University, Germany to the LL.M. students, Faculty of Law, on An Overview of Gender Justice and Law in India, July 12, 2011. 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, 4-6 July, 2011, organized by Economic and Social Commission of Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) in cooperation with Ministry of www.du.ac.in Page 6
Environment of Republic of Korea. IIDH Fellowship, France (2007) Ciedhu, International Centre for University Human Rights Teaching, France, (2007). 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). As an Expert from India, participated in the Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal in the deliberations on the curriculum for Human Rights of Women, (Dec. 2003). Book on Population Law has been cited by an American Report on Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives-South Asia, Centre for Reproductive Rights (ed), New York, 111 (2004). Published work got applauded by Hon ble Supreme Court of India in Javed v State of Haryana, AIR 2003 SC 3057 at 3068. Nominated (August 2003) by the State of Madhya Pradesh for the working group to deliberate on the making of law for population stabilization in the State. Awarded World Population Day Award, 2001 Association With Professional Bodies 1. Editing Member, Editorial Board, US-China Law Review Editor-In-Chief, Journal of the Campus Law Centre 2. Advisory As an Expert participated in National Consultation on Strategic Five Year Plan organized by NCW, (August 2010). 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 (current) University Unit Complaint Committee Against Sexual Harassment, Faculty of Science, University of Delhi, Delhi Represented University of Delhi in various meetings with Bureau of Police Research and Development, Delhi. (2007-08). www.du.ac.in Page 7
3. Memberships Population Association of America USA South Asian Law Schools Forum for Human Rights (founder member) Kathmandu, Nepal Indian Law Institute New Delhi All India Law Teachers Congress, (founder member) New Delhi -110007 Institute for Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies New Delhi-110001 Other Activities Examined Ph.D. work from other Universities and held viva-voice. Reviewed papers for International Journals. Chaired sessions in various International and National Conferences. Delivered lectures on women issues and environmental issues in Refresher Courses at CPDHE, University of Delhi, Kurukshetra University and Diploma Courses at Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, Institute for Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, New Delhi, World Wild Fund (WWF), New Delhi, Women Studies and Development Centre (WSDC), of Delhi, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, Kamla Nehru College, University of Delhi etc. Signature of Faculty Member. www.du.ac.in Page 8