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• The research activity is reflected in the personal achievement of a few of our faculty members and in some of the collaborative projects with the Government, judiciary, corporate, NGOs and international partner universities. The publications of the faculty have very limited impact, based on personal initiatives and networking rather than institutionalised ones. However, the institute has in-house publications which have received overwhelming acceptance of the legal fraternity including judicial officers as well as various important educational institutes in India and abroad.

Research Guides - Following are the research guides :

Ph.D. - Dr. Shashikala Gurpur (Director, SLS)

Details of topics PhD awarded: Ph D – 2, M Phil -1

1. Gurpur Shashikala:
   A Critical Study of the Legal Regime of Biological Diversity, University of Mysore, 2002


2. Ronald Bindu Samuel:
   Shareholder Protection in Joint Stock Companies under the Companies Act 1956, Mumbai University, 2003

MPhil awarded:

Dr. Mohanty Aparajita:
Organization and Working of Konarak Jute Limited, Sambalpur University, Orissa, 1986

Doctoral Research students from the Institute:
  Prof. Parimal Garud, Prof. and Santosh Aghav, Prof. Girish Abhyankar, Prof. Aradhana Pillai, Prof. Shubhada Pednekar, Prof. Atmaram Shelke, Prof. Aparna Kalita, Prof. Ashish Deshpande, Prof. Yuvraj Patil, Prof. Jousha Aston.

The following are the theses under preparation but not published:

MPhil :

Sampath Aruna:
The historical review of the participation of graduate female councilors in the Pune Municipal Corporation 1985-2005, Yashwant Rao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nasik, 2007

PhD:

1. Mohanty Aparajita:
   Role of committees and Commissions in the evolution of Higher Education Policy in India (1947-2004),Department of Politics and Public Administration, Pune University, 1998 to 2007(submitted)


2. Rawandale CJ:
   Computer Programs, Copyright and Patent Paradigms: A Study: Symbiosis International University 2006


3. Hajare Shashikant:
   The Law of Parliamentary Privileges in India: Problems and Prospects, Symbiosis International University, 2006


4. Aghav Santosh Haribhau:
   Compensatory Jurisprudence for Victims of Crimes- A critical study, Symbiosis International University, 2006


5. Garud Parimal:
   Legal Regime of Environmental Pollution control with special reference to Ship Breaking, Symbiosis International University 2005

1. Departments recognized as research centres :
   SLS is recognized as the research center in law, under the aegis of Symbiosis International University


2. Faculty recognized as research guides:
   
   
   1. Dr Shashikala Gurpur, Principal is the member of the Research and Recognition Committee, SIU. She is recognised as the Ph.D Guide, guiding five students at present.
   
   
   2. The following faculty are the research guides for the LL.M students :-
      Dr Shashikala Gurpur, Prof. C. J. Rawandale, Dr Bindu Ronald, Prof. Shashikant Hajare, Prof. Abhilasha Hajare, Prof. Parimal Garud, Prof. Swapnil Bangali, Prof. Swati Kapre, Prof. Atmaram Shelke, Prof. Girish Abhyankar, Prof. Asawari Abhyankar, Prof. Abhijit Vasmatkar


3. Priority areas for research:
   Constitutional Law, Gender and Law, Human Rights Law, Environmental Law, Technology Law, Policy Studies, Criminal Law, Corporate Law, Law and Medicine, Public Law


4. Ongoing Faculty Research Projects
   minor and major projects ,funding from the Government, UGC, DST, CSIR, AICTE, Industry, NGO or International agencies) :
   
   
   1. Dr Shashikala Gurpur and team , (eight faculty members, 3 Students), Assisting Mr. Ram Jethmalani in research for his proposed book on the Indian Penal Code, sponsored by Adv. Ram Jethmalani & Assoc., New Delhi, 2007-2008 -Minor
   
   
   2. Dr. Shashikala Gurpur, Research Project, 2001-02 (enclosed) Gender Advocacy Culture & Human Rights, Third Sector Research, Mysore University, funded by Ford Foundation-Minor
   
   
   3. Prof. S.S.Pednekar 2006-2007, Women in Governance: Women Sarpanches in Pune District- Minor
   
   
   4. Prof. S.S.Pednekar Human Rights and Sexuality: Students and the faculty would provide legal literacy and legal advice, besides research support for curriculum development, partly funded by the Sambhavana Society 2007-2008 - Minor
   
   
   5. Dr Bindu Ronald: Market Access for Agricultural Products funded by the UNDP, 2001- 2005 (part of the NUJS, Calcutta team).- Minor
   
   
   6. Dr Bindu Ronald: “Review of Plantation Labor Act with special reference to Tea Industry” funded by Tea Board of India. (2006, part of the NUJS, Calcutta team), Minor
   
   
   7. Dr Bindu Ronald: “Land Legislation affecting Tea Industry with special reference to the States of West Bengal Assam and Tripura” funded by the Tea Board of India. (2006-08, started while on the NUJS, Calcutta team ongoing), Minor
   
   
   8. Parimal Garud (faculty advisor) Telecom Project: Concerns with problems faced by service providers and the mechanism used to resolve the same. Student Project, funded by the SSLC (2007 July – ongoing), Minor
   
   
   9. Sujata Arya (faculty advisor), Child Rights - The ‘Street Children Drive’ is a local initiative undertaken by the Cell with the support of Janseva, a Pune based NGO. (2006, 35 students and Faculty) Minor.
   
   
   10. Sujata Arya, The Human Rights Cell (SLS) in collaboration with the Spastics Society of India, Mumbai and ADAPT (Able Disabled All People Together) recently undertook the Access Audit Project (Dec 2006, 18 students), Minor
   
   
   11. Santosh Aghav, Yerwada Prison Project - To provide detainees at the jail with information and knowledge of their basic rights and options to legal recourse as detainees and under-trials (2006), Minor
   
   
   12. Pednekar S., Legal Aid and literacy project, various, on access to justice for the disadvantaged (women, children, homeless, adopted children), 2006-07, Minor