Faculty
Dr. Garima Pal

Dr. Garima Pal

Assistant Professor of Law
Ph.D. Criminology
UGC-NET, Harvard Certificate
Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai

garima.pal@mnlumumbai.edu.in

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Executive Director, Care Village Foundation

About

Dr. Garima Pal is an Assistant Professor of Law at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. She comes from an inter-disciplinary background and was awarded a Ph.D. in the field of “Drug Abuse and Alcoholism and Role of Rehabilitation Centers in Uttarakhand”.

She has qualified UGC-NET for Lectureship in 2011 and has also completed a certificate course with Harvard University on “Justice”.

She is associated with Care Village Foundation, New Delhi as their Executive Director. Dr. Pal brings together academic research, field experience, and NGO work in areas of criminal justice and human rights.

Specialization & Research Interests

Criminology Victimology Human Rights Legal Research Criminal Justice Administration Gender Justice Sociology of Law Forensic Studies Drug Abuse & Rehabilitation

Ph.D. Research: Drug Abuse and Alcoholism and role of Rehabilitation centers in Uttarakhand

Professional Experience

Current
Assistant Professor of Law
Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai
Till July 2018
Assistant Professor
Symbiosis Law School, Pune
Previous
Research Associate
Institute of Social Sciences, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
Research Project sponsored by TATA
Current
Executive Director
Care Village Foundation, New Delhi
Managing Editor
Victim Justice and Victimology
SAGE Publishers

Research Projects & Affiliations

ICSSR
Project Coordinator
"Hate Crimes: Prejudices and violence faced by people from North Eastern States and Measures to counter" - An Empirical Study
Funded by ICSSR, Ministry of Home Affairs at National Law University Delhi
Ongoing
Project Coordinator
"Transport and Crime: An account of crimes committed against female commuters in NCR region"
With National Commission of Women and RGNUL Patiala
Board Member
Board of Advisors
RMLNLU, Lucknow
Editor
Former Executive Editor
Indian Journal of Criminology & Victim Justice and Victimology

Publications & Academic Work

Journals
Research Papers
Published in various National and International Journals in Criminology, Victimology and Human Rights
Chapters
Book Chapters
Published with Bloomsbury and other reputed Book Publishers, Ireland
Books
Ongoing Works
Co-authoring: Hate Crimes in India - Springer Nature, New York
Editing: Over-Criminalisation - BRILL Publishers

Professional Memberships

International Sociological Association, ISA International Society for Development and Sustainability, ISDS Japan South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, SACV - Life Member International Council of Jurists, London Indian Society of Criminology