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Dr. Surja Kanta Baladhikari

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Dr. Surja Kanta is currently working as an Assistant Professor with a specialisation in victimology and criminal laws at the WBNUJS.

Prior to joining WBNUJS, he served as an Assistant Professor of law at Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata, between 2021 and 2023 and Amity University, Kolkata, between 2018 and 2019. He has also worked at Surendranath Law College as a Guest Lecturer in the year 2018 and Research Assistant (Law) at WBNUJS between 2015-18.

Prestigious organisations have invited him to deliver lectures, such as Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI), Kolkata; Regional Institute of Correctional Administration (RICA), West Bengal; University of North Bengal; JIS University, Kolkata and Human Rights Lawyering Network, Kolkata (HRLN), Administrative Training Institute, West Bengal.

Dr. Baladhikari has also organised and participated in several workshops, training programs, and faculty development programmes.

Before joining academics, he also practised in criminal and civil jurisdiction in the High Court at Calcutta and District Courts of West Bengal.

Interests: Access to Justice, Victimology, Criminal laws, gender Justice, Procedural laws, and Research methodology.