معرفی
Dr. Arathi Presenna Madhavan is a former Visiting Researcher at the Research Department of Global Governance and currently holds the position of Associate Fellow at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi since 2012. She previously served as an Assistant Professor of Law at Government Law College, Thrissur, Kerala, and as a Research Assistant at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) collaborating with the London School of Economics on spousal violence in India. Her primary affiliations include JNU, where she completed her PhD in Social Sciences, and Kannur University, where she earned her LLM in Health Care Laws.
- PhD: Jawaharlal Nehru University (2007–2012), Dissertation: “Gendered Bodies, Medicine and Law: A Study of Selected Case Laws from India”
- MPhil: Jawaharlal Nehru University (2005–2007), Dissertation: “Aborting Gender Justice: Legislating Abortion in Selected Countries of South Asia”
- LLM: Kannur University (2002–2005), Specialization: Health Care Laws
Her research focuses on intersections of law, medicine, and gender, particularly in reproductive rights, abortion legislation, and public health policy. She critiques legal frameworks through interdisciplinary lenses, including Malthusian ideologies and development economics. Her work also addresses population trends and their socio-economic implications in India.
Her publications explore legislative processes, gendered legal interpretations, and the historical underpinnings of health policies. Notable works analyze India’s abortion laws, spousal violence, and declining calorie intake as markers of societal distress.
