Kalpana Kannabiran

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Kalpana Kannabiran is an Indian sociologist and lawyer. She is the current Director of Council for Social Development, Hyderabad.[1] She is also the co-founder of the ASMITA Resource Centre for Women, a women's rights group.[2] She is the daughter of notable human rights activist, K. G. Kannabiran.[3]

Career

Kalpana Kannabiran has a PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Master of Laws (LLM) in Jurisprudence from Osmania University. She works in the field of women studies and legal aspects of discrimination.[1]

In June 2009, she resigned from her post at the Nalsar University of Law claiming that there was a North-South divide on the campus.[4] In October 2015, she was among the sociologists who signed a joint statement condemning the Dadri mob lynching, and the murders of M. M. Kalburgi, Narendra Dabholkar, and Govind Pansare.[5]

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