Webinar Alert: Land Acquisition Law & Tribal Rights with Adv. Gunjan Singh (Jan 31)

Tribal Connect is a registered NGO working for tribal empowerment and education & raising awareness about tribal rights. We are immensely pleased to inform you that Tribal Connect is starting with webinar series with an aim to spread awareness on issues pertaining to tribal rights.

The webinar for this month will be on: "Forced Displacement, Land Acquisition and Tribal Rights in India: Legal Perspective"

About the Webinar

In India's development model, displacement caused by large projects has resulted in a transfer of resources from the weaker sections of society to more privileged ones. These projects create victims of development - mainly tribals who never share the gains of development. Land acquisition has destroyed tribal community’s livelihood and social setting and violated their basic human rights.

The major impact of the displacement and takeover of tribal homelands has been the denigration of their culture, customs and language by mainstream communities. In this webinar the speaker will evaluate whether the land acquisition law and its implementation has been able to strike a balance between the Tribal Rights and Economic Development - the two competing interests for securing Good Governance.

About the speaker

Advocate Gunjan Singh is currently working as the director (litigation) at Human Rights Law Network, Delhi one of India's largest and most active Legal Human Rights programs.

He was awarded the prestigious Chevening scholarship in 2017-18 to study LLM in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice at SOAS University of London.

He completed his B.A., LL.B( Hons.) from Aligarh Muslim University and masters in social work from TISS, Mumbai. He has been invited as a speaker at International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference, 2019 at Seoul, South Korea and also at Earth Trusteeship Forum 2019, Bangkok, Thailand. He has been actively involved in strategic litigation on issues pertaining to Tribal rights.

Moderator

Purbayan Chakraborty

Student, Karnataka State Law University Founding Member, Tribal Connect

Date & Time

Date: 31st January, 2021, Sunday

Time: 07:00 PM IST

There is no registration fee.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/MHjwdEYxSRHnaezQ9

• The webinar will be conducted through Google meet app.

• Participants will be provided with participation certificates.

• Individuals from all backgrounds are welcomed.

For further information/ issues regarding registration, you may write to us at connecttribal@gmail.com

call or whatsapp us at

Sharon Lagali +91 9036335300

Anshika Jhamb +917506985763

If you would like your campus event to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here.