Kalpana Kannabiram
Background
Kalpana Kannabiran is a sociologist and legal scholar based in Hyderabad, India. She retired from the post of Professor and Regional Director of the Council for Social Development, Southern Regional Centre, a research institute recognised by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. She is amongst the founding faculty of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, and she is a co-founder of the women's rights group, Asmita Resource Centre for Women, set up in 1991 in Hyderabad. She was nominated as the Civi
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Hyderabad, Telangana
Occupation
• Professor, Council for Social Development, New Delhi
Qualification
• PHD, Sociology
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About: - Kalpana Kannabiran is a sociologist and legal scholar based in Hyderabad, India. She retired from the post of Professor and Regional Director of the Council for Social Development, Southern Regional Centre, a research institute recognised by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. She is amongst the founding faculty of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, and she is a co-founder of the women's rights group, Asmita Resource Centre for Women, set up in 1991 in Hyderabad. She was nominated as the Civil Society Advisory Governor for Asia by the Commonwealth Foundation, London in January 2020 for a term of three years. She is currently President of Research Committee 05: Racism, Nationalism, Indigeneity and Ethnicity, International Sociological Association, 2023-2027. Kalpana Kannabiran is currently a professor at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi and lives in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Kalpana Kannabiran has always been against anti-government policies including CAA, UAPA and she was also a supporter of a terror activist Akhil Gogoi.