Qualifications:
LL.M from Azim Premji University, Bengaluru (2016-17)
BA.LL.B (Hons) degree from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata ( 2008-
2013)

Email: alphojojan@gmail.com

Profile: I have a deep research and teaching interest in biodiversity law and policy. Currently, as a research affiliate of Dakshin I am exploring the potential of Biological Diversity Act and the Peoples Biodiversity Register to facilitate fishing communities engagement with decentralised marine biodiversity governance. I have published various works in Economic and Political Weekly, Down to Earth, Livelaw and SpicyIP. I previously worked with the Indian National Biodiversity Authority, Natural Justice and Dakshin Foundation. I was a teaching faculty at the Tamil Nadu National Law University.

Publications:

• Alphonsa Jojan, ‘Linking Biodiversity to Concept of Commons’, Dakshin Foundation, 2020
• Alphonsa Jojan, ‘Legal Concepts and Principles Governing Coastal Commons’, Dakshin Foundation, 2020
• Alphonsa Jojan, ‘Celebrating Knowledge’, Down to Earth, 16 -20 August 2020
• Alphonsa Jojan, ‘Supreme Court and Air Pollution: An Overview of Vehicular Pollution Case (1985-2019)’, Livelaw.in, 25th June 2019
• Alphonsa Jojan and Vineetha Venugopal, ‘Biological Diversity Act: Draft ABS Guidelines Help Businesses By Diluting Sharing of Benefits with Local Communities’, Livelaw.in, 14th June 2019
• Alphonsa Jojan,’Developing a bio-cultural jurisprudence for securing rights of Indigenous People and Local Communities- Divya Pharmacy v. UoI’, SpicyIp, 06 March 2019
• Preeta Dhar and Alphonsa Jojan, ‘India’s only coastal protection system is being overhauled for economic interests’, Down to Earth, 14th June 2018
• Alphonsa Jojan, ‘A disastrous draft for coastal regulation’, Livelaw.in, 10th June 2018
• Alphonsa Jojan, ‘Adopting a Gender and Caste Sensitive Policies towards CCAs’, People in Conservation, Vol 8, Issue 1 Jan- June 2018
• Alphonsa Jojan, ‘The curious case of the Indian Biological Diversity Act’, the Wire, 18th November 2017
• Alphonsa Jojan, ‘A rare and pristine estuary comes under threat in Karnataka’, the Wire, 04th May 2017
• Alphonsa Jojan and Bhuvana Balaji, ‘A narration of bio-cultural practices of communities of Sariska Tiger Reserve’, Natural Justice
• Alphonsa et al, ‘Of platitudes and million-dollar promises – A critique of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Resettlement Bill 2011’, Journal for Indian Law and
  Society, Volume 3.