Sarasu Thomas has worked at the National Law School of India University from her LLM days in 1996. She has held various leadership positions during her tenure with NLSIU, including the position of the Registrar of the University. She headed the Centre for Women and the Law and set up the Ford Foundation Human Rights Lawyering Project at the Law School. She was also Chair Professor, Ford Foundation Chair on Public Interest Litigation. She has handled Projects and Consultancies with the National Human Rights Commission, the National Commission for Women, Tata Trusts, UNDP, UNODC and others. She has served on bodies including the Steering Committee on Women’s Agency and Child Rights for the Twelfth Five Year Plan, and the Drafting Committee, Legislation on Matrimonial Property, National Commission for Women among others. She has served on the Boards of Studies of Universities and Complaints Committees under the POSH Act of governmental and non governmental institutions. She is also a Founding Member of the Alternative Law Forum.
Dr. Anuja S
Associate Professor @Manipal Law School (MLS) Bengaluru
Qualification: LLB from Government Law College, Ernakulam, LLM from School of Indian Legal Thought, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala and Ph.D from School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala.
Mr. Fagun Sahni
Assistant Professor of Law
Fagun Sahni completed his B.A.LL.B. from Symbiosis Law School, Noida, whereafter he went on to pursue LL.M. from the prestigious National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. His concentration during master’s was International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, and as part of his post-graduate dissertation, he worked on ‘technological and asymmetric predicaments arising out of autonomous weapon systems in International Humanitarian Law.’ Fagun Sahni was placed in the top two percent of his cohort at NLSIU upon the degree’s completion in 2024 and has also qualified the UGC-NET examination. He has interned under a High Court judge, prominent advocates, and leading law firms of the country, but he reveres his tenure teaching underprivileged kids under the aegis of a local NGO more. Being an avid mooter as a law student, Fagun Sahni has been designated as the Faculty Convenor of Manipal Law School’s Moot Court Society and is responsible for mentoring students participating in National and International Moot Court competitions, alongside associated administrative duties.