In the Himalayas, women’s legal empowerment highlights both a moral obligation and a pragmatic need for sustainable development in this ecologically vital region. This conference helps move forward interdisciplinary knowledge and action via authentic stakeholder conversations aimed at tangible results. The outcomes are transformative, advancing the well-being of entire communities and ecosystems in the region, if the conference develops contextually appropriate strategies addressing the distinctive Himalayan difficulties while honoring universal human rights frameworks.
Objectives
To uphold women’s rights and empower them legally and socially, the Session focuses on the intersection of gender and ecology in the Himalayan region as a core instrument of legal innovation. This framework endorses the understanding of law as social change and change as law while sustainably reconceptualizing them through the lenses of legal pluralism, merging women’s informal and formal legal norms.
Who Should Attend
- Legal scholars, policymakers, and rights activists
- Environmental governance researchers
- Students in law, public policy, and social development
- Civil society leaders and human rights advocates
- Practitioners working on justice, inclusion, and mountain livelihoods
Experts Guiding This Session:
Prof. Alexander Sorokin, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences, HSE University, Russia.
Prof. Ratan Singh, Vice Chancellor, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab).
Prof. Ratan Singh, Vice Chancellor, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab).
Prof. Ratan Singh, Vice Chancellor, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab).
Prof. Ratan Singh, Vice Chancellor, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab).
Prof. Ratan Singh, Vice Chancellor, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab).
Dr. Chandra Mohan Gupta, Shoolini University.
Prof. Ratan Singh, Vice Chancellor, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab).
Dr. Charu Srivastava, Cluster Head, School of Law, UPES.
Dr. Charu Srivastava, Cluster Head, School of Law, UPES.
Prof. Ratan Singh, Vice Chancellor, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab).
Dr. Charu Srivastava, Cluster Head, School of Law, UPES.
Contact – Session Chair
Dr. Gagandeep Kaur, UPES – Dehradun
Email:gkaur@ddn.upes.ac.in
Date: 10th Sep 2025
Chair: Dr. Gagandeep Kaur
Co-Chair: Dr. Chander Mohan Gupta.
Patron: Prof. Ratan Singh, Vice Chancellor, Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab).
Keynote Address: Prof. Alexander Sorokin, Professor, Dean of Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences.
Welcome Address: Dr. Charu Srivastava, Cluster Head, School of Law, UPES.
Student Coordinator: Bharnitharan K, Research Scholar,
