Experience & Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (27 Years)

TEACHING  / RESEARCH / ADMINISTRATION / EXTENSION / CONSULTANCY
 

 

July 2022 --- Present (Full-time)
Founder / Principal Director &

Professor of Criminology and Justice Sciences
International Institute of Justice and Police Sciences (IIJPS)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 

March 2024 --- Present (Part-time/Remote)
Adjunct Faculty Member 

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Cybercrime, Cybersecurity and International Law

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Italy

 

January 2024 --- Present (Part-time/Hybrid)
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Criminology

Saveetha School of Law
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Deemed University,

Chennai, Tamil Nadu India

 

 

 

June 2020 --- June 2022
Independent Criminologist
Bangalore, Karnataka India

 

 

 

 

April 2016 --- May 2020

Professor of Criminology and Head / Dean
Department of Criminology / School of Criminology & Crime Science
Raksha Shakti University (Now Rashtriya Raksha University),

Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India


 

July 2012 --- March 2016
Selection Grade Assistant Professor (Stage III)
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India



August 2012 --- July 2015 (Administrative / Policy Experience)
Member - Syndicate (Member of Board of Governors)
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

 

July 2007--- June 2012
Senior Grade Assistant Professor / Lecturer (Stage II)
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

 


 

November 2009 – April 2010 (Post-Doctoral Experience)
Commonwealth Academic Fellow
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law
University of Leeds, United Kingdom

 

 


July 2003---June 2007
Lecturer (Stage I)

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

November 2002--- April 2003 and June 2003
Contract Lecturer in Criminology and Police Science
Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,

Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India

 

1997--- 2002
UGC Junior Research fellow
Department of Criminology,
University of Madras,

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

 

 

EDUCATION

 

1997 - 2003 Ph. D. Criminology, University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India,
Thesis Title: Crimes of Communal Violence and Victimization in Coimbatore City: A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis.

University Grants Commission (UGC - India) Junior Research Fellowship.

 

 

Research Supervisor and Mentor

Professor K. Chockalingam

Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Victimology,

 School of Law, RV University

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

 

 

Mentor and External Dissertation Reader

  Professor Keith D. Harries,

Emeritus Professor of Geography,

University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States of America.

 

 

2000.

Post Graduate Diploma in

Geographic Information Systems Management (GISM),

Department of Geography,

University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

 

 

 

1994 - 1996

Master of Arts (MA) Criminology,

Department of Criminology,

University of Madras,

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

 

 

 

1991 - 1994

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)  Bio-Chemistry,

PSG College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University,

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.