Media Release
Moodbidri, Nov 13: Edward Pinto has been awarded Doctorate for his thesis on 'Socio-Political Determinants of Health Care Jurisprudence in Post-Independent India' by Jwaharlal University, New Delhi during the annual convocation on 11 December.
During the occasion, vice-president of India, Venkaya Naidu and HRD ministers were present.
Edward Pinto is a native of Niddodi and is the son of late Joseph and Mary Pinto.
Edward Pinto (Premdas) is a Human Rights lawyer and Public Health scholar-activist engaged in processes and social justice issues of the marginalized communities in India for the last 25 years. His academic journey includes scholarship from eminent institutions – masters in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, law studies in Karnataka followed by human rights diploma from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and a doctoral study on health care jurisprudence from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
His praxis of social justice includes deep activity with the dam displaced tribals, Dalit women in Karnataka and several social movements that directly and indirectly engage with the issue of wellbeing, dignity and justice.
Currently he is the director – Research and Advocacy at Centre for Health and Social Justice, Delhi.