Curriculum Vitae

VIDHYASAGAR.P

PERSONAL

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E-mail : pvidhyasagar89@gmail.com
vidhyasagar.p2016@tiss.edu
#31, Udayar thottam, 1st Street, Madhavaram, Chennai – 600 060.

PRESENT POSITION:
Teaching Associate in the School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance,
TISS- Mumbai.

ACADEMIC PROFILE
2009 - 2012 B.A Criminology and Police Administration at JHA Agarsen
College under University of Madras
2014 -2016 M.A Criminology at National Institute of Criminology and
Forensic Science under Guru Gobind Singh Indraprasath
University, New Delhi
2016 - 2018 M.Phil – Social Science (Criminology) at Tata Institute of Social
Sciences, Mumbai
2018 - 2021 Pursuing Ph.D – Social Science (Criminology) at Tata Institute of
Social Sciences, Mumbai

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIP

2016 - 2018 UGC - Junior Research Fellow in Criminology

2018 - 2021 UGC - Senior Research Fellow in Criminology

MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES
Life Member Indian Society of Criminology
Indian Society of Victimology
South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology
Indian Sociological Society

Member World Society of Victimology

British Society of Criminology

INTERSHIPS
Visited Criminal Justice Organisations like police stations, prisons, borstal
schools, observation homes, open air prisons, courts and forensic laboratories. This
has given me enough knowledge on the functioning of these various organisations.
Have undergone internship in Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing which
facilitated me in understanding various aspects of economic offences, its
investigation preventive measures and legal framework.
Have undergone internship in Academy of Prisons and Correctional
Administration which gave me an extensive knowledge about prison
administration and its related aspects.
Have undergone internship in Civil Supplies (C.I.D) of Tamil Nadu police which
enhanced my knowledge of the smuggling of PDS products from Tamil Nadu to
the neighboring states.
Have undergone internship in Central Detective Training School, Ghaziabad
that enables me to gain forensic aspects involved in investigation and also during
the internship visited CBI (CFSL) which is a centre for analysis of high profile
cases.
Underwent internship in Tamil Nadu Police Economic Offences Wing (C.I.D)
that equipped me with the knowledge of economic offences in Tamil Nadu.
Participated in two-day workshop on Ethical hacking conducted by i-3 India
Technologies in the year 2012.
Attended a workshop conducted by Tulir Ngo in Chennai in June 2016 under the
theme -“Understanding and Responding to Institutional based Sexual abuse.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
I have conducted research and formulated strategies for Delhi Police on
increasing trend of sexual crime and street crime in Uttam Nagar and Nihal Vihar
jurisdiction of Delhi under the direct supervision of Addl. DCP of West District.
The strategies thus formed are under the process of implementation.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

Was part of 33rd All India Criminology Conference held in Kashmir in the year
2009 and presented a research paper on “Child Trafficking in India”.
Was part of 38th Criminology conference held in Tirunelveli in the year 2015 and
presented the research paper on “Public perception on Capital Punishment: A
study in Delhi Metropolitan”.
Was part of the 39th Criminology conference held in the National law university
Odisha in September 2016 and presented a paper on-“Antiquities theft and arts
crime-a study in the Delhi metropolitan city”
Was part of the 18th world Criminology Congress in the O.P. Jindal Global
University sonepat in December 2016
Was part of “Careers in Criminology-Self Development” seminar funded by
UGC in the year 2011
Presented a paper titled- Are Victim’s voices heard in the Bail order of the
Accused? At the International Conference of Victimology held at Institute of
Law, Nirma University on February 23-25, 2017.

Presented a paper titled – Does Crime Against Journalist Give Impunity? At the
National Seminar on Dimensions of Criminal Justice System in India: Police,
Judiciary and Prison organized by Sardar Patel University of Police, Security
and Criminal Justice –Jodhpur, Rajasthan on November 2-3,2017

Presented a research paper titled- Young Offenders: A study in the Borstal

School of Chennai City at the National Seminar on Dimensions of Criminal

Presented a paper titled – The Nexus between Statelessness and Human

Trafficking: A case study in India at the Conference on Statelessness and
Citizenship organized by the Centre for Stateless and Refugee Studies , School of
Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance, TISS – Mumbai in collaboration with
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, India and Stateless Network Asia
Pacific held during 29-30 , 2017

Presented a research paper titled – They can run. But can they hide? A Profile of
Leave Absconders in Tamil Nadu in the 40th All India Criminology Conference
organized by Gujarat National Law University between 19-21, January 2018

Presented a paper titled- Prison as a white washed cemetery: A study of

Suicides in Tamil Nadu Prisons in the National Seminar on Access to Criminal
and Correctional Justice and Human Trafficking organized by School of Law,
Rights and Constitutional Governance, TISS- Mumbai on January 28, 2018

Presented a research paper titled – Children of Uxoricide: A Criminological

Study from Tamil Nadu in the 7th International Conference on Victim Assistance
held at O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi, NCR, India from 26-27th October,
2018

Presented a research paper titled – The Phenomena of Parole Absconding: Role

of Various stakeholders in Tamil Nadu in the 41st All India Criminology
Conference held at Madurai Kamaraj University from February 1- 3,2019
PUBLICATIONS
Antiquities Theft and Arts Crime: A study in Delhi Metropolitan City – Indian
Police Journal (Oct- Dec, 2017)

The Nexus between Statelessness and Human Trafficking: A case study in India -
UNHCR Journal ( Accepted for Publication)

Children of Uxoricide: A Criminological study from Tamil Nadu - Journal of

Global Advances in Victimology & Psychological Studies (Accepted for
Publication)

The Phenomena of Parole Absconding: Role of various stakeholders in Tamil

Nadu - NCRB Journal ( Accepted for Publication)

AWARD & MERITS

University Gold Medal in B.A - Criminology and Police Administration.

Best Outgoing Student Award in the Year 2012