About the Author

Dr.T.S.N.Sastry is a senior teacher spanning over more than

two decades of teaching, and research experience , especially in the
fields of international law and human rights. He authored a book on
International Law of State Succession, and edited three books on
Human Rights and Constitution. He Published a number of
research papers in journals of repute on International Law, Human
Rights and Constitution of India. He is currently an academic
fellow of the Erasmus Mundus External Window Lot 13. Dr. Sastry
delivered lectures on various areas of international law, human rights
in a number of Indian and foreign Universities. He was the fellow
under the cultural exchange programme of the Government of
France. He received Vijaya Shree Award from the India
International Friendship Society, New Delhi in 2005 for his efforts
for the propagation of Human Rights Education.
Dr. Sastry was responsible in establishing the UGC Centre for
Human Rights and Duties Education in 1997 in the Pondicherry
University. As a founder coordinator of the centre, he conducted a
number of programmes, seminars, and conferences for the
propagation of human rights, apart from the academic programmes
leading to research and teaching in human rights. He served as
Dean, Director, and Controller of Examinations and as a member of
a number of academic bodies. Presently he is the Academic Council
Member and Visiting Professor of the Chanakya National Law
University, Patna.
Dr. Sastry conducted a number of seminars, and the founder of
the Post Graduate Moot Court Competition, and a Placement Cell
in the traditional set up of Law Departments in a University system.