SMITHA NIZAR

Accomplished legal professional with extensive experience in academia and legal practice. Currently serving as Associate Dean and former Dean in Charge and Head and Founder of the Disability Rights Clinic at Galgotias University School of Law, Greater Noida. Former Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at Syracuse University, New York, with a strong background in legal research, analysis, and literature writing. Demonstrating a solid background in academic leadership, strategic planning, and curriculum development. Committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive learning environment while maintaining high educational standards. Successfully managed faculty, overseen student services, and implemented budgeting and policies to ensure the maintenance of these high standards.

• The Contradiction in Disability Law: Selective Abortions and Rights, Oxford University Press, 01/01/16
• Abnormal Selection, The Telegraph, 09/06/18, Calcutta edn., 11
• Right to Life (Chapter 10), The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Commentary, 01/01/18, Oxford University Press, UK
• Destination Equality: State Responsibility and the Unspoken Right to Tourism and Accessibility, 01/01/24, Chapter draft, HPNLU Project
• Equality for Disability: An Insightful Review, Shahthragathi, 01/01/20, 54, 08, 25-29
• Impact of UNCRPD on the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, 01/01/11, VIII, 4, 223-9
• Disability and Non-discrimination in Constitutional Context: The UNCRPD, 01/01/15
• Way Forward, Nyaya Deep, 01/01/15, XVI, 4, 106-13
• The Long Distance to Equality and Non-discrimination: The Status of Reproductive Rights of Women with Disabilities, NLUA Law Review, 01/01/15, 1, 2, 89-96
• The New Human Rights Paradigm: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Implementation in India, Christ University Law Journal, 01/01/15, 4, 1, 49-69
• Forest Right for Whom?, Supreme Court Journal, 01/01/09, 3, 15-16
• Right to Birth or Right to Abortion, What Should Prevail?, Kerala High Court Cases Journal, 01/01/08, 4, 17-20