Our Resource Persons
Meet the experts contributing to Jurisprudence
Dr Shampa Dev
Professor
School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Lecture: Beyond Rights: Legal Protection of Animal Interests and the Limits of Personhood
Date: 13-02-2026 | Time: 4:00pm (IST)
Dr. Shampa Dev is Professor and Programme Coordinator at the School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, with over two decades of experience in legal education and academic leadership. Trained in jurisprudence, legal philosophy, research methods, and rights-based discourses, she is known for a seminar-driven, learner-centred pedagogy that encourages critical reading, reflective reasoning, and ethical engagement with law in a social context. Her teaching bridges theory and practice, inviting students to interrogate legal texts alongside lived realities. She has designed and anchored the flagship course “Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing in Law”, widely appreciated for strengthening students’ reasoning and argumentation skills. Dr. Dev has also led faculty consultancy and training in Outcome-Based Legal Education, assessment alignment, and digital pedagogy, and has developed online learning modules on the Right to Information and gender sensitisation. Her scholarship engages contemporary debates at the intersection of law, social justice, philosophy, and technology, with publications in leading peer-reviewed journals. International academic engagements across Europe, Africa, and Asia inform her globally grounded, locally responsive approach to curriculum design. Building on this foundation, she is developing a SWAYAM course on Critical Thinking that treats reasoning as a learnable, systematic skill essential for legal and civic life.
Dr. Shilpa M.L
Assistant Professor
Christ University
Lecture: Restorative Justice and Indian Penal Jurisprudence: A Paradigm Shift
Date: 20-02-2026 | Time: 4:00pm (IST)
Dr. Shilpa M.L. has been serving as an Assistant Professor in the School of Law, Christ University, since 2019. She has been teaching for 13 years in UG, PG, and Ph.D. courses. She has completed her B.A.L., LL.B., from Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College of Law in 2010. She obtained the LL.M. degree with First Class in Criminal Law from the Department of Studies in Law, University Law College, Bangalore University, Bangalore, in 2013. She did her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) on the topic titled “ Legal Regulation of Public Utility Services in India – A Study with Special Reference to Telephone Services” in the Department of Studies in Law, University Law College, Bangalore, in 2019. She has served as a Faculty member at Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College of Law and University Law College. She has participated in and presented various research papers at international, National, and state-level seminars, conferences,/Workshops. She has published several articles in Scopus, UGC-Care Listed Journals, and other Social Science journals. She has been invited as a Resource Person for Academic Programmes. She has delivered many invited talks and special lectures on various law-related issues, including Human Rights, Women's Rights, Property Law, Media Law, Consumer Rights, and Environmental Law. She has been a Research Supervisor for LL.M., Dissertation, and Ph.D. students. Research Scholars. She is also the Co-ordinator of the Advanced Criminal Law Committee at the School of Law, Christ University.
Dr. Sherin Priyan
Assistant Professor
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad
Lecture: Jurisprudential Approach to Understanding Law
Date: 27-02-2026 | Time: 4:00pm (IST)
Dr. Sherin Priyan is an Assistant Professor at SLS Hyderabad who earned her Ph.D. at the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, where her research focused on developing a policy framework for Patent Pools and studying the interface between Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law. She is a UGC-JRF awardee and holds a B.Sc. L.L.B (Hons.) from Gujarat National Law University and an LL.M. from IIT Kharagpur. Her academic interests lie in Technology Law, IP, and Legal Regulation of Emerging Technologies. She has published her papers in SCOPUS-indexed journals and presented research papers at prestigious international conferences, including IPIRA (Singapore) and PICMET (USA).
Dr Renuka S. Gubbewad
Assistant Professor
Central University of Karnataka
Lecture: Universal Justice, Local Roots: Bridging Western Natural Law with Ancient Bharatiya Jurisprudential Values.
Date: 06-03-2026 | Time: 4:00pm (IST)
Dr. Renuka S. Gubbewad is a distinguished academic and legal expert with a focus on mercantile law, human rights, and Kannada Vachana philosophy. She completed her BSc from P.C. Jabin Science College, Hubballi, Karnataka, in 1997, and her LLB from Karnataka University, Dharwad, in 2000. She earned her LLM in 2004 and M.Phil. in 2008 from Gulbarga University, Karnataka, and completed her PhD in 2017, concentrating on human rights and Vachana literature at the same university. Since 2022, she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law at the Central University of Karnataka. Before that, she worked as an Assistant Professor at HKE Society's SSL Law College, Kalaburagi, from 2008 to 2019, and Vice-Principal from 2019 to 2022 at the same Institute. Dr. Gubbewad has authored over 10 publications, including notable chapters such as "The Role of Judiciary in Eradication of Child Labour in India" and "Empowerment of Women for Changing Gender Roles." Her research emphasizes legal issues affecting children and women, integrating insights from Kannada Vachana literature to address contemporary societal challenges. Beyond her research, she has held several administrative roles, including serving as Coordinator of the NAAC and IQAC, during which she successfully secured a B+ grade for her institution. Dr. Renuka Gubbewad has also contributed to the educational community as a resource person for orientation programs conducted by the Karnataka state government and for various training initiatives in agriculture and cultural development. She had worked as Guest Faculty at the Police Training Institute, Naganahalli, Kalaburagi. Her commitment to enhancing Legal education, protecting against Gender discrimination, and promoting human rights is evident in her diverse contributions to academia and society. Currently, two doctoral candidates are conducting their research under her guidance.
Dr. Bhanu Pratap
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow
Lecture: Legal Positivism: Its Contours and the Asian Perspective
Date: 13-03-2026 | Time: 4:00pm (IST)
Dr. Bhanu Pratap is currently an Assistant Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow, India. He has over 12 years of experience in teaching and research spanning International Law, Legal Philosophy, Jurisprudence, and Comparative Public Law. He has authored several books on International Law, as well as various research articles in international and national journals.