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'''Usha Ramanathan''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Human rights activists|human right activist]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://meafsi.in/fsi/fsi_guestFacult_list.asp?fsi_guestFacultyPage=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612035706/http://meafsi.in/fsi/fsi_guestFacult_list.asp?fsi_guestFacultyPage=9|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-12|title=fsi_guestFaculty|date=2019-06-12|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/usha-ramanathan/|title=Usha Ramanathan|date=2015-10-08|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref> She is an alumnus of [[Madras University]]. She studied law at Madras university, the [[University of Nagpur]] and [[Delhi University]].<ref name=":0" />

[[Access Now]] organisation gave her the 2018 'Human Rights Hero' award for tireless efforts to highlight the issues related to [[Aadhaar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.accessnow.org/heroes-villains-awards/|title=HUMAN RIGHTS HEROES & VILLAINS AWARDS|website=Access Now|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/usha-ramanathan-aadhaar-opposition|title=Access Now Calls Usha Ramanathan 'Human Rights Hero' for Opposition to Aadhaar|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/aadhaar-critic-usha-ramanathan-gets-awarded-as-human-rights-hero|title=Aadhaar Critic Usha Ramanathan Gets ‘Human Rights Hero’ Award|date=2019-06-10|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref> She is research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, teaches environmental law, labour law and consumer law at the Indian Law Institute and is a regular guest professor many universities around the world.

She is a frequent adviser to non-governmental organisations and international organisations. She is for instance a member of Amnesty International's Advisory Panel on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and has been called upon by the World Health Organisation as an expert on mental health on various occasions.

Ramanathan is also the South Asia Editor of the ''Law, Environment and Development Journal'' (LEAD Journal), a peer-reviewed academic journal jointly published by IELRC and SOAS.

Her research interests include human rights, displacement, torts and environment. She has published extensively in India and abroad. In particular, she has devoted her attention to a number of specific issues such as the Bhopal gas disaster, the Narmada valley dams and slum eviction in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Short Profile - Dr. Usha Ramanathan|url=http://www.ielrc.org/activities/workshop_1101/short%20profile/URamanathan.htm|access-date=2020-07-03|website=www.ielrc.org}}</ref>

Her writings can be found in the Frontline,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Usha Ramanathan|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Usha-Ramanathan/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref> The Hindu,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Usha Ramanathan|url=https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Usha-Ramanathan/|access-date=2020-07-14|website=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref> The Wire<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture|url=https://m.thewire.in/byline/uramanathan|access-date=2020-07-03|website=m.thewire.in}}</ref> and the Indian Express,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-08|title=Usha Ramanathan|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/usha-ramanathan/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> amongst other leading newspapers.

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[[Category:Indian human rights activists]]
[[Category:University of Madras alumni]]
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