Indian Institute of Public Administration

 

NAME:	Sapna Chadah
DESIGNATION:	Assistant Professor in Administrative & Constitutional Law
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:	Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia, LL.M and LL.B from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, B.Sc (Hons) Botany, Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, Qualified UGC NET -JRF Examination in Law Email – sapnachadah@yahoo.co.in Tel: 23468348
EXPERIENCE:	7 years

BROAD AREA OF INTEREST:

Public law, Consumer Justice, Environmental Law and Management, Right to Information, Intellectual Property Rights and Regulation & Privatisation

 

TRAINING / SPECIALISED COURSES UNDERTAKEN  

 

Ø                  Training of Trainer in Consumer Protection from November 26-30, 2007

 

Ø                  Training Course on Direct Trainers Skills from March 3-7, 2008

 

CONSULTANCY

                                Associated with the Consultancy Project on “Promoting Involvement of Research Institutions/ Universities / Colleges in Consumer Protection and Consumer Welfare sponsored By Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India since October 1, 2004.

 

RESEARCH STUDY

 

1.                  The Impact of Third Amendment to CPA on the working of State         Commissions and District Forums in five States, March 2006.

 

2.                  Empirical Study on the Consumer Awareness in Rural India, 2009.

 

3.                  Study of the Infrastructure Facilities and its Impact on the Working of the District Forums.

 

4.                  Working of the State Commission and District Forums in the State of Jharkhand: An Empirical Study, 2009

 

5.                  Working of the State Commission and District Forums in the State of Uttar Pradesh: An Empirical Study, 2010

 

6.                  Evaluation of the Working of the Banking Ombudsman in India

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

A         Books

 

ö     Consumer Education and Empowerment, (Ed), S.S.Singh, Suresh Misra and Sapna Chadah published by Centre for Consumer Studies in collaboration with Abhijeet Publications, Delhi, 2010 (ISBN: 978-93-80031-54-5)

 

ö     Consumer, Consumerism and Consumer Protection, (Ed), K. N. Bhatt, Suresh Misra and Sapna Chadah, published by Centre for Consumer Studies in collaboration with Abhijeet Publications, Delhi, 2010 (ISBN: 978-93-80031-55-2)

 

B         Monographs

 

i)                    Consumer Protection in India – Some Reflections with Prof. S. S. Singh (First Edition and Revised version).

 

ii)                   Competition Policy and Law, 2010

 

iii)                  Acted as a general editor for the following Monographs

 

 

Smt. Pushpa Girimaji	Misleading Advertisement and Consumer
Prof. Matadin	Insurance and Consumer
Prof. Pranab Banerji	Sustainable Consumption and Consumer
Prof. G.K.Kapoor	Defective Goods and deficiency of service vis-à-vis Consumer
Shri Ravindra Bana	Housing and Consumer
Shri P.V.V.Satyanarayana Murthy	Third Amendment to CPA – Scope for future Amendment
Prof. M.K. Balachandran	Consumer Protection Act and Medical Profession
Dr. Sanju Nanda	Cosmetics and Consumer
Dr. Sheetal Kapoor	Consumer and Market

 

C         Articles/Papers

 

1.                  “Right to information Regime in India: A Critical Appraisal” published in IJPA Jan- March, 2006, Vol. LII No. 1 (ISSN: 0019-5561)

 

2.                  “Consumer Protection Movement: Future Direction” published in Souvenir on Regional Seminar on “Consumer Education and Awareness: Role of Educational Institutions organized by Department of Law, HNB Garhwal University, Dr. BGR Campus- Pauri, Pauri Garhwal (Uttaranchal), March 25-26,2006. 

 

3.                  “Accountability of Service Providers: Contributions of Consumer Protection Law” published in IJPA Vol. LII, No. 3, July-September 2006 (ISSN: 0019-5561)

 

4.                  Operationalising Right to Information: Problems and Prospects accepted for publication in Right to Information: A Handbook published under UNDP Project on Capacity Building for Access to Information

 

5.                  “Accountability of Service providers under CPA” in Awaken, the Consumer Club Bulletin-Kamala Nehru College, Issue No. 3 Aug. 2008

 

6.                  “Good Governance and Consumer Welfare: Empowering Consumers’ through Education” in R.P.C.S. Rajaram, Dr. M. Jeyakumaran , K. Durai & S. Yavanarani Edited Book Consumer Protection and Welfare published by kalasalingam University, Krihnankoli & Snams Book House Pvt Ltd., Chennai, 2008, pp 92-96 (ISBN: 978-81-90667128)

 

7.                  “Responsibility of Service Providers” in Yojana February 2009, pp31-32 (ISSN-0971-8400)

 

8.                  “Implementing Right to Information: A Practical Approach”, in IJPA, July-Sept 2009, Vol. LV, No. 3 (ISSN: 0019-5561)

 

9.                  Working of District Forums in Jharkhand – A Case Study of the Perception of Presidents and Members, presented at National Seminar organised by CCS, IPA

 

10.              ‘Working of Redressal Agencies: A Case Study of Jharkhand’ Paper presented with Pankaj Kumar Singh at International Conference on Consumer Protection at JNU on March 12, 2010.

 

11.              “Medical Negligence and Consumer” in K. N. Bhatt, Suresh Misra and Sapna Chadah (ed), Consumer, Consumerism and Consumer Protection, published by Centre for Consumer Studies in collaboration with Abhijeet Publications, Delhi. (ISBN: 978-93-80031-55-2)

 

12.              Presented Paper on Consumer Awareness in India : Need to Reorient Policies in Two Day National Seminar on Consumer Protection and Welfare organized by Dr B. R. Ambedkar College of Law, Andhra University on August 14, 2010 

 

 

D         Book Reviews

 

i)                    Book The Supreme Court in the Nigerian Political System 1963-1997, Mojeed Olujinmi A. Alabi, Demyaxs Press Ltd., 2002, p. 421 published in IJPA Vol. L No. 4 October –December 2004 pp 1179-1181.  (ISSN: 0019-5561)

 

ii)                   S. C. Shastri, Environmental law in India, 2^nd Edition, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 2005, published in IJPA, Vol. LI. No. 2, April –June 2005, pp 296-298. (ISSN: 0019-5561)

 

(iii)             I.P. Massey, Administrative law, 6th Edition, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 2005, published in IJPA, Vol. LI. No. 2, April –June 2005, pp 301-304.(ISSN: 0019-5561)

 

E          Case law Compilations

 

i)                    Case laws on Electricity  (2006)

 

 

RESEARCH GUIDED (M.PHIL DISSERTATIONS)

 

 

Ø                  Dr. Achintan Bhattacharya in 32nd APPPA, 2006-2007 on Victims in India’s Criminal Justice System-A Case Study.

 

Ø                  Shri Swapan  Kumar Jana  in 33^rd APPPA, 2007-2008 on Current Health Insurance Scheme – A Study on Consumer Grievances and their redressal .

 

Ø                  Guided M. Phil Dissertation of Shri S. P. Virdi on Arbitration Law and Practice with Special Reference to Northern Railways, in 34^th APPPA, 2008-09.