Name Amita Dhanda | ||
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Occupation Professor and Academician Books Legal Order and Mental Disorder | ||
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Amita Dhanda is an Indian academician and activist. She is a Professor of Law at Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad. She was appointed as a member of the strong 14- Member National Advisory Council for the implementation of the RTE act in 2010.
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- Mental health law reform in the new and old paradigm of legal capacity prof amita dhanda
- 2 amita dhanda
- Early life
- Career
- Sexual harassment case
- Books
- References
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Early life
Amita Dhanda has studied LLM and completed her Ph.D from Delhi.
Career
Amita Dhanda teaches Legal Theory, Law and Poverty, and sexually-disoriented courses on pedagogy and inclusion. Dhanda became a professor of law and dean (Academic) at National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) at Hyderabad after a five-year stint as a research faculty at the Indian Law Institute, Delhi. At NALSAR, she is head of the Centre for Disability Studies. She has written extensively on the legal position of persons with mental disability. Legal Order and Mental Disorder (published in 2000), Dhanda's book on the legal status of persons with mental illness is a pioneering effort in the field. Dhanda was involved in the negotiations of the UN Ad Hoc Committee that drafted the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted in December 2006. In 2011, she was a leader of a committee set up by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Government of India for drafting a law on the rights of people with disabilities. Dhanda is assisting the Government of Gujarat in formulating a rights sensitive mental health law. Her research expertise has been drawn upon by international and national institutions such as the WHO. She is also activist for patients rights, particularly in attempting to give agency and protections to the mentally ill, as well as to protect women who are divorced on the basis of "mental illness".
Sexual harassment case
Dhanda accused Nalsar Vice Chancellor Veer Singh of sexual harassment in 2011. A committee formed by NALSAR chancellor examined the allegations but did not find any merit in them. Subsequently charges against Singh were absolved.