Dr. Leena Pujari is a feminist sociologist and currently heads the Department of Sociology at K C College. Her research interests include Development studies, Legal Studies and Gender Studies, in particular issues of feminist pedagogy, feminist resistance and feminist jurisprudence. She is on the Advisory Group of a transnational research project of the University of Westminster UK on ‘Decolonising Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Higher Education: Innovations in Theory, Policy and Practice’. She is also a Senior Visiting Fellow (honorary) at the leading policy think tank IMPRI, New Delhi. She is an avid researcher and has researched on tribal women in Odisha, child rights in Mumbai and New Zealand and led a team of researchers' on a UNFPA funded consultative and collaborative research project with Population First on major media houses in Mumbai and their gender sensitive components.
She started her carrier as Advocate. After practicing she joined academics as a Part - time faculty of VPM’s TMC Law College, Thane and later she joined as a Full-time faculty of G. J. Advani Law College, Bandra, Mumbai. She also served as a Principal for more than 8 years in the said College at Bandra and currently she is Principal at K. C. Law College, Mumbai. Thus, she has an experience of holding position of Principal at two law colleges and her main areas of interest are Family Laws, Human Rights and issues related to women.
Looking at her ardor and knowledge in the field of law she became member of Mumbai Legal Aid Services Authority appointed by the Government of Maharashtra. She is presently the Member of Board of Studies, Faculty of Law and Visiting Faculty, Dept. of Law, University of Mumbai. She is also a guide for Ph.D. in Law at University of Mumbai and JJT University, Rajasthan. Dr. Kavita Lalchandani is also the member of Editorial committee for Journal. She is also a member of various other committees at University of Mumbai. She was the Member of Internal Complaints Committee in one of the Corporate firms.
It is rightly said “No one will disagree that Excellence is never an accident. It is the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and vision to see obstacles as opportunities”. With all these qualities Dr. Kavita Lalchandani is the recipient of various awards:
- Received the ‘Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award’ by Achievers Association for Health and Education Growth, New Delhi.
- Received ‘Best Educationist Award’, Dr. Radhakrishnan Memorial Award by International Human Rights Council, Mumbai.
- Received ‘Rashtriya Mahila Gaurav Samman’ in the field of education by AKP News, New Delhi.
Dr. Kavita Lalchandani has also published many articles in reputed journals and has also presented many papers at International, National and State Level Conferences and Seminars. She has been invited as a Panel Member of Lok Adalat conducted by Mumbai Legal Aid Services Authority. She is invited as a Resource Persons in Seminars, Conferences and lectures across the count.