Centre for Constitutional Law, Policy and Good Governance

The Centre stablished in 2005 to promote the study and research into constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, and interfaces with public policy.

About

The Centre promotes the study of and research into issues of constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and interfaces with public policy. The work of the Centre feeds into the University’s postgraduate course on constitutional law as well as seminar and mandatory courses at the postgraduate and undergraduate level. The Centre encourages student activities around issues of public policy and has plans to take up research projects on its own.

Our Work

  1. Received a grant of Rs.13.00 Lakhs from National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) for research project on “Unveiling Women’s Workplace Realities: A study of working of Diversity Equity and Inclusivity in Hyderabad and Bengaluru’s IT Industry “ and Driving Gender Sensitisation and PoSH Awareness in the IT Industry through Forum Theatre (4 workshops) in 2025. The Principal Coordinator Prof.N.Vasanthi along with her team shall be working on the project.
  2. The project on Working Conditions and Applicable Laws to Women in the Telugu Film and Television Industry was sponsored by the National Commission for Women in the year 2021. It was a one-year project and was located at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. The objective of the project was to examine the issues and problems of women in the Film and Television Industry located in Hyderabad. Hyderabad has emerged as a key center for content creation. The project was examining the issue of gender equality from the perspective of the realization of fundamental rights and principles at work through labour law as well as constitutional values in this sector. Principal Investigator: Prof.N.Vasanthi along with her team members Dr.Manisha Sethi, Dr.Murali Karnam, Research Officer & Field Surveyor: Navya K.A., Field Investigators: V Shirisha, Sudha D.
  3. The Centre Director, Prof. Vasanthi was appointed as Independent Member of the Telangana Minimum Wages Advisory Board

 

Courses offered

Dignity rights clinic

The course examined the concept of Dignity, both as a value and as a fundamental right in the Constitution of India. The preamble to the Constitution assures that the dignity of the individual will be respected. Dignity appears in the preamble along with other values of the constitution such as equality, liberty and fraternity along with social, political and economic justice. The course will explore the impact of dignity on these other values and the influence of these other values on dignity.

Dignity along with equality, liberty and other values are abstract in conception and are invoked in different jurisdictions of the world. The principles and application of these principles has varied in different jurisdictions allowing the concept of dignity to evolve in multiple ways. This course will examine how the concept has evolved in India and reflect upon the different ways in which the concept has evolved in other jurisdictions with the understanding that the evolution of law has benefitted from an exchange of ideas, concepts and principles.