Dr. A. Nagarathna

Education

BA.L.,LL.B. – 1999
LL.M, (Commercial Law), Bangalore University – 2001
PGD in IR & PM, Ph.D

Profile

Prof. Nagarathna’s areas of specialization include Criminal Law, Cyber laws and Commercial Law. Her areas of interest include Jurisprudence, Intellectual Property Rights, Medical Law and Ethics, Legal Educational and Professional Ethics and Women and Law.

Before joining NLS in 2006 as Assistant Professor of Law, she taught from 2001 to 2006 at K.L.E. Society’s Law College, Bangalore She has been teaching Legal Research and Methodology and IPR laws to the LL.M. Distance Education Course, Kuvempu University, since 2002.

She has published several articles and contributed several chapters to various international and national journals and books. Her research work titled “Patient’s rights under Consumer Law” was published by Karnataka Institute of Law and Parliamentary Affairs in 2009. She has presented various research papers at the International and National seminars, conferences and Workshops and has attended national seminars as resource person. She is a member, Review Committee, [Masters in Hospital Administration] syllabus, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka [2010-2011] and also a Member , Panel of Experts [Information Technology Law], LL.M. Programme, Karnataka State Open University, Mysore [2011]. She is a life member to the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology and also a member of the International Institute of Information Technology Laws, Bangalore.

She secured First Rank in both BA.L., Exam (Bangalore University, 1997) as well as LL.B., Exam (Bangalore University, 1999) and received five Gold Medals in LL.B. (Bangalore University, 1999).She has qualified UGC NET for Lectureship and was awarded UGC-Junior Research Fellowship, both in 2002.

Research and Other Activities

• Member, Review Committee, [Masters in Hospital Administration] syllabus, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka [2010-2011]
• Member , Panel of Experts [Information Technology Law]
• Member , LL.M. Programme, Karnataka State Open University, Mysore [2011].
• Life member to the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology
• Member of the International Institute of Information Technology Laws, Bangalore

Publications

• Research work titled “Patient’s rights under Consumer Law” was published by Karnataka Institute of Law and Parliamentary Affairs in 2009.
• Research papers at the International and National seminars, conferences and Workshops and has attended national seminars as resource person.