Biography
Professor (Dr.) Arvind Tiwari is well known Criminologist and a scholar in Law & Governance, Forensic Criminology, Human Rights & Access to Justice, Police Studies & Public Security, Research Methodology, Victimology, Youth Justice and Development & Crime. Presently, he is serving as Dean, School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance and Chairperson, Centre for Police Studies and Public Security at TISS, Mumbai, India since 2015. He has thirty five years of rich experience in Research, Teaching, Training; Community engaged education and Academic Administration. He has done Masters (with Gold Medal) in Criminology & Forensic Science (specialization in Criminal Law, Criminal Psychology, Police Science & Forensic Science as compulsory papers) and Doctoral Degree (Ph. D.) in Criminology & Forensic Science from Dr. H.S. Gaur Central University, (earlier known as Saugar University) Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has published several articles in peer reviewed journals and chapters in edited books. He has been engaged in many public policy research projects in the area of Access to Justice Fellowship Project (Tata Trust & TISS), Non-Registration of Crimes: Problems and Solutions (Bureau of Police Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India), Bail and Its Extent of Abuse Including Recidivism (SVP National Police Academy, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India), Community policing and its Impact on Public Order (TISS), Role of Fast Rack Courts in Dispensation of Speedy Justice (TISS), Open Prisons in India (TISS), Status Report on Human Rights in India (TISS), Medical Facilities in Indian Prisons: Role of Doctors and Para-Medical Staff to uphold Right to Health of Prisoners (TISS). He has given over 170 conference presentations such as Presidential address, Keynote address, Special address and Chaired sessions. He has also supervised several successful D.Sc. Ph.D., M.Phil. & Master’s students and published several research papers in peer reviewed journals in a span of 35 years of career. More recently, he has organised & chaired a Public lecture on Community Forensics. Previously, he also served as Dean, Office of Student Affairs, Chairperson, Nodal Centre of Excellence for Human Rights Education (NCHERE) and Coordinator, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and Human Rights, School of Social Sciences at TISS, Mumbai. Before joining TISS in 1999, he also worked at LNJN National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi (Now a Campus of National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat) & National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi. He has visited Institute of Ethnology, Westfalische Withelms University Munster, Germany, Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia under faculty exchange programme for delivering lectures & strengthening academic, research & community engaged collaborations. Since 35 years, he is actively engage in continuing education and capacity building of various stakeholders including criminal justice functionaries such as police, prosecutors, judiciary and prison officers and had organised several National and International conferences/workshops, training and capacity building programmes - Vertical Interaction Courses for CRPF, IPS and Senior Officers of Central Armed Police Forces, workshop on Personality Development for Prison Officials, Refresher course for university/college Teachers on Human Right Education and 5th Annual Conference of the Asian Criminological Society on Access to Justice for the Marginalised in Asia: A Human Rights Perspective etc. More recently, he has organised several training programmes for senior police officers of M.P. Police and Indi-Tibetan Boarder Police(ITBP) on Rule of Law, leadership and Managerial skills. He has extended professional contributions to several Universities such as a Member, Academic Council, NIEPA, MHR&D New Delhi as MHRD Ministry’s nominee & Member, Academic Council, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai. Presently, he is serving as a nominated Member, Board of Studies – (BoS) of several universities such as- School of Criminology at Dr. H.S. Gaur Central University, Sagar (MP), M.S. University, Tirunelveli,TamilNadu, Rastriya Raksha University (an institution of national importance, Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI), School of Law, Jagaran Lake University, Bhopal and Member of the Board of Studies in Forensic Science, Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya,Indore M.P.). He is also extending his professional contribution to Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) and National Forensic Sciences University (an institutions of national importance, Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI in various capacities. He is a Member in Editorial Board & Board of Referees of many peer reviewed journals such as NCRB Journal, NCRB, Ministry of Home affairs GoI, New Delhi, Member, Police Vigyan (Hindi), Bureau of Police Research & Development, New Delhi, Member, Indian Journal of Criminology, Journal of Victimology & Victim Justice, DSNLU Journal of Social Sciences, Visakapattanam, Ambedkar Law University Journal ‘ALUJ’, Chennai and K IIT Journal of Law and Society, Bhubneshwar. He is the elected Past President of the Indian Society of Criminology and currently holding honorary position of Vice – Chairman of the Indian Society of Victimology. He is also life member of several professional Associations such as Asian Society of Criminology, Indian Science Association, Indian Social Sciences Association, Indian Sociological Society, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Indian Society of Yoga and Indian Police Foundation. Awards by Professional Associations He is recipient of Kumarappa-Reckless award (the highest award in field of Criminology in India) for his significant contribution in the growth of Criminology in India by the Indian Society of Criminology. He was also conferred Fellow (FISC) and Dr. B. S. Haikerwal and Prof. Sushil Chandra Award for the Senior Social Scientist for his contribution to Criminology as an established specialization in Social Sciences. He has been conferred Human Rights Millennium and Human Right Promotion Award by the Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi for outstanding contribution in the field of Human Rights. He is the Recipient of Prof. L. P. Vidyarthi award for Best Social Scientist by Indian Social Science Association (ISSA).