Education

• B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) – NLSIU (National Law School of India University), Bengaluru
• LL.M. – University of Melbourne

Profile

Manish is a public lawyer who is fascinated by how the law shapes and shadows everyday lives. His current interest lies in examining relationships between constitutionalism and democracy from the lens of decolonisation and other shared Global South perspectives, and particularly in how constitutional institutions respond to majoritarianism. He believes in the potential for law school to offer students new ways of thinking about themselves and the world around them. His teaching method is deeply influenced by Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, oriented towards education as a tool for liberation.

Prior to taking up full-time teaching, Manish spent close to a decade working across academic, policy and activist spaces in India. He was previously a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi where his work centred around the role of law in mediating state-citizen relationships in urban governance, focussing specifically on urban poverty, informal labour, and access to housing. He has also worked as a researcher at the National Law University, Delhi, on projects ranging from the criminal justice system to hate speech and media law; and with the Centre for Social Justice, Ahmedabad where he led research and capacity building in interventions aimed at securing access to justice for marginalised communities.

Manish has previously taught courses on law and development among others, at TERI University, New Delhi and Nirma University, Ahmedabad, and holds a UGC-NET (Law) certification in addition to his academic qualifications.