WORK EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor in Law (Ad-hoc), Tamil Nadu National Law School, Trichy (July 2016 – June 2017)
Subjects taught:
Family Law I: Marriage & Divorce Laws in India
Jurisprudence
The Limitation Act, 1963 (as a part of the Clinical Course on Drafting, Pleading & Conveyancing)
Administrative Positions:
Faculty in-Charge, Photography & Website Committee
Faculty in-Charge, Internship & Placement Committee
Faculty in-Charge, Second Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) & B. Com., LL.B. (Hons.)
Member, Ad-hoc Committee on Teaching, Learning & Evaluation
Research Associate, Centre for Social Justice, Ahmedabad (June’2016)
Anchored and implemented Action Research Project Rehnuma , a EU and UN Women funded project
Conducted an extensive legal research and training support to paralegals and field associates
EDUCATION:
LL.M. in Access to Justice, TISS Mumbai (2015-16)
Institute Gold Medal for the Best Student in Law
Editor, Unmaad - the College Magazine & The Campus Owl - The Campus Newsletter
PG Diploma in Human Rights Law, NLSIU, Bengaluru (2016-17)
B.B.A., LL.B., Karnataka State Law University’s Law School, Hubballi (2009-14)
Editor, KSLU’s Students Law Review (Vol.1) - 2013-14
Joint-Coordinator, EnQuesta - The State-level Quiz Contest (2013)
Joint-Convenor, KSLU Law School’s Moot Court Society (2012-13)
Student Representative, Vision 2020: Karnataka State Higher Education Council (2012)
Co-opted Member of the Branch Executive Committee, Family Planning Association of India, Dharwad Branch (2010-14)
IV. Diploma in Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws, iPleaders & WBNUJS, Kolkata (2013-14)
Achievers’ Award for outstanding career growth (2016)
PUBLICATIONS:
Pranusha Kulkarni, Web 2.0-enabled Legal Revolution in India - Why & How India will climb the ladder of astounding success, in Access to Legal Information & Research in Digital Age (Eds: Ranbir Singh, Srikrishna Deva Rao, et al.), National Law University Press, at 145–164 (2012).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Multi-culturalism or Malestreamism: A Feminist Jurisprudential Critique of Muslim Law, 4 NLSIU Journal of Law and Public Policy 66–88 (2017).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Rethinking the Global Drug Jurisprudence - The Way Forward, 1 KSLU Students’ Law Review 38-49 (2014).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Re-shaping the International Jurisprudential Framework of Nuclear Law, 1(2) KSLU Journal 286-306 (2013).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Problems with Socio-Legal Research in India - No Inter-disciplinary Interaction,iPleaders blog (Oct 5, 2017), https://blog.ipleaders.in/problems-socio-legal-research-india-no-inter-disciplinary-interaction/ (last visited Jan 5, 2018).
Pranusha Kulkarni, What's wrong with Legal Education in India, iPleaders blog (Nov 26, 2016), https://blog.ipleaders.in/whats-wrong-legal-education-india/ (last visited Jan 5, 2018).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Muslim Law: Need for Codification, LawZ Magazine, Oct 6, 2016, at 8-9.
Pranusha Kulkarni, Muslim Personal Law & UCC: Some Thoughts, Nyaya Disha: Indore Institute of Law’s Newsletter, July 2016.
Pranusha Kulkarni, Do Women need Reservations in the Indian Judiciary?,The Alternative (Oct 29, 2014), http://www.thealternative.in/society/do-women-need-reservations-in-the-indian-judiciary/ (last visited Jan 5, 2018).
Pranusha Kulkarni, An Open letter by a Woman: Body Shaming vs. Human Rights, iPleaders blog (Oct 8, 2014), https://blog.ipleaders.in/an-open-letter-by-a-woman-body-shaming-vs-human-rights/ (last visited Jan 5, 2018).
Raghul Sudheesh and Pranusha Kulkarni, Is National Law School of India University a failure?, Firstpost (Oct 14, 2011), http://www.firstpost.com/ideas/is-the-national-law-school-of-india-university-a-failure-107550.html (last visited Jan 5, 2018).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Judicial Activism: A Perspective, LawZ Magazine, June 2011, at 49-50.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Pranusha Kulkarni, Exclusionary Abortion Law in India: A Critical Appraisal, Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) Conclave, IPAS Development Foundation, New Delhi (July 2017).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of Youth & Adolescents in India: A Myth?, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights,Manila, Philippines (Jan. 21-24, 2014).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Use of Social media in Educating People about SRHR issues, 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights,Manila, Philippines (Jan. 21-24, 2014).
PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
Pranusha Kulkarni, ‘Multi-culturalism or Malestreamism;? - A Feminist Jurisprudential Critique of Muslim law & its proposed "purification" by a (secular) Uniform Civil Code,National Seminar on “Constitutional Quest for Uniform Civil Code: Mirage or Compulsion”, NLSIU Bengaluru (March 2017).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Developing Andragogical Tools to Teach Family Law in India, Two-Day Law Teachers’ International Seminar on “Critical Reflections on the Methodology of Teaching ‘Law’ in India, NLSIU Bengaluru (Dec 2016)
Pranusha Kulkarni, Social Responsibility of Lawyers, Teachers & Students, National Conference on Student Legal Aid Clinics, Karnataka State Law University, Hubli (Oct. 18, 2014).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Re-shaping the International Jurisprudential Framework of Nuclear law - Calling for a more inclusive planet, National Conference on Nuclear Liability, Insurance and Dispute Settlement, Karnataka State Law University, Hubli (May 22-23, 2013).
Pranusha Kulkarni, Is the Rights-only Approach Right Enough? - A Critical Appraisal,National Conference on Rethinking Legal Education in India, Karnataka State Law University, Hubli (Oct. 30-31, 2012).
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
UGC-Junior Research Fellow in Law (2017)
Best Paper Award | State-level Student Paper Presentation Competition on "Contemporary Management Issues” | JSSATE P.G. Dept. of Management Studies (2013)
Best Paper Award | International Conference on Access to Legal Education & Research in the Digital Age | NLU Delhi (2012)
