About Shankarrao Chavan Law College
‘Marathwada Mitra Mandal,’ is a public charitable trust established in 1967 at Pune to provide accommodation facilities to students, in pursuance of which it established Shankarrao Chavan Law College in 2003.
About the Course on “Law and Alternative Sexualities”
When gender is looked at from a kaleidoscope it can seem to be extremely diverse where a person has the liberty to be and feel without judgment. The LGBTQIA+ community has seen a struggle from being called a minuscule minority to getting their right of gender identity and expression recognized as inherent to individual dignity.
In order to honor the challenges faced by the community and to discuss possible social and legal interventions, Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s Shankarrao Chavan Law College introduced a Certificate Course on” Law and Alternative Sexualities” on February 1, 2022.
The first edition saw a total of 32 participants from law, English, and social work pursuing graduation and masters. The participants were students, research scholars, educators, counselors and professionals. 17 resource persons taught during the 3-month long course for over 70 plus hours.
The college is beginning the 2nd edition of the Certificate Course on “Law and Alternative Sexualities” on July 21, 2022.
The course aims to introduce and acquaint students with the concept of alternative sexual identities, and the history, law, politics, and literature of alternative sexualities in ancient, medieval, and contemporary India.
It’s a first-of-its-kind designed with a holistic approach keeping in mind awareness of larger socio-cultural shifts in understandings of sexual and gender identities.
Speaker
The course has speakers like:
- Prof. Dr. R. Raj Rao;
- Zainab Patel;
- Ashok Row Kavi;
- Senior Lawyer Anand Grover,
- Bindumadhav Khire;
- Maya Sharma, Author and activist,
- Apurva Asrani, National Award Winner Filmmaker,
- Parmesh Shahni;
- Manvendra Singh Gohil, the first Prince who came out as Gay, Founder of Lakshay Trust Foundation,
- Pallavi Pareek- founder and CEO Ungender,
- Dr. Kanchan Pawar from Mitr Clinic,
- Mental health professionals like Dr. Anagha Jog and Dr. Kaustubh Joag;
- Aruna Desai, Co-founding member of Sweekar Foundation, Mumbai (a support group of the parents of LGBTQ children);
- Air Cmde. Dr. Sanjay Sharma- founder ATHI, Sylvester Merchant, Kanav Sahgal, Vidhi Legal Policy;
- Medical professionals from the public health centre.
Eligibility
Anyone above 18 years is eligible to enroll for the course on a first-come-first-serve basis for 30 limited seats.
Duration
3 Months consisting of 37 sessions of 2 hours each (2:00 PM to 4:00 PM)
Course Fee
- INR 2,500 for MMSCLC Students
- INR 3,000 for non-MMSCLC Students
Mode of Teaching
Hybrid Mode
Registration Deadline
July 17, 2022
Contact Information
In case of queries, write at courses@sclc.edu.in or contact on (+91) 7888031802
Click here to view the brochure for more information.
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