Arvind Narrain
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Constitutionalism
- Human Rights
- Legal History
- Queer Rights
Biography
Arvind is a visiting faculty at the School of Policy and Governance.
He has been involved with research, writing and practice related to law and social concerns. He has done a bachelor’s in law from the National Law School of India University(NLSIU) followed by a masters in the University of Warwick on a Chevening scholarship. He is currently in the process of doing his PHD on ‘Mapping the elements of an Ambedkarite jurisprudence’ at the NLSIU.
He is the author of co-editor of Law Like Love: Queer perspectives on law as well as the Co-author of Breathing Life into the Constitution. He was also a part of the team of lawyers challenging Section 377 of the IPC right from the High Court in 2009 to the Supreme Court in 2018.
Academic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in law
- Masters in Law in Development
Publications
- Narrain, A., & Ravishankar, P. (2021). The Preamble: A Brief Introduction. Alternative Law Forum. http://altlawforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ThePreambleBooklet_.pdf
- Narrain, A., & Uma, S. (2017). Breathing Life into the Constitution. Alternative Law Forum, 204. https://www.scribd.com/document/338639867/Breathing-Life-Into-The-Constitution#from_embed
- Narrain, A. (2020). Law Like Love: Queer Perspectives on Law (A. Gupta, Ed.). YODA PRESS. https://www.amazon.in/Law-Like-Love-Queer-Perspectives/dp/9380403143