I have been writing about the abuse of Vedanta Mining company on the local tribals "Dongria Kondh tribs" in Orissa, India. This ongoing land grabbing and violation of mining in a tribal land has been going on for the last several years, there is a world wide protest. Among the most noticed protest is run by Survival International, I wrote about in my FB causes page, there were about 25 people signed the cause page. Just today, I read the TOI news that a investigative team along with Dr.Usha Ramanathan a Madras University graduate and a legal expert in many areas including poverty has found out that Vedanta has violated many laws including forest land violation, ofcourse it is the BJP govt that was in power when such permission was sanctioned, the supreme court conveniently is run by govt pro justice, whoever was this guy who was the chief justice during the BJPs period, has honoured the Supreme court case in favor of Vedanta, what a casteistic morons who can do this, but the fight is coming to frution. Usha's report and the committe's report both was submitted to the govt and immediate steps to take actions on Vedanta been already placed?.
Thanks to Dr.Usha and her work, she is the Scholar of the month at GSS&H
Her Bio:
USHA RAMANATHAN
Dr Usha Ramanathan is an internationally recognized expert on law and poverty. She studied law at Madras University, the University of Nagpur and Delhi University.
She is research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, teaches environmental law, labour law and consumer law at the Indian Law Institute and conducts training programmes at the National Institute for Programmes and Policies on Child Development in New Delhi. She has also been invited to teach in many universities around the world.
She is a frequent adviser to non-governmental organisations and international organizations. She a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, a member of Amnesty International's Advisory Panel on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, a member of the Governing Board of the Centre for Equity Studies and has been called upon by the World Health Organisation as a expert on mental health on various occasions.
She is research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, teaches environmental law, labour law and consumer law at the Indian Law Institute and conducts training programmes at the National Institute for Programmes and Policies on Child Development in New Delhi. She has also been invited to teach in many universities around the world.
She is a frequent adviser to non-governmental organisations and international organizations. She a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, a member of Amnesty International's Advisory Panel on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, a member of the Governing Board of the Centre for Equity Studies and has been called upon by the World Health Organisation as a expert on mental health on various occasions.
She is also the South Asia Editor of the Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD Journal), a peer-reviewed academic journal jointly published by IELRC and SOAS.
Her research interests include human rights, displacement, torts and environment. She has published extensively in India and abroad. In particular, she has devoted her attention to a number of specific issues such as the Bhopal gas disaster, the Narmada valley dams or slum eviction in Delhi.
