Sunita Masani
Allana Chambers
6-B, Petit Road
Cumballa Hill
Mumbai 400 036
INDIA
Office: 022-22674315
Home: 022-23645842
Career Objective
- Intra Personal Conflict Resolution through diagnosis and psycho therapeutic interventions
- Personal Counselling for Emotional and Behavioral Issues
- Inter Personal Conflict Resolution through Mediation and Group Therapy
Work Experience
- From 2016 employed with the Government Law College, as a college counsellor
- Mentor to the students of the Government Law College participating in National and International competitions on ADR / Mediations
- From 2014 onwards – Clinical Psychology
- From February 2014, empanelled as a Mediator by the Hon'ble Bombay High Court. Settled as counselled, several cases at the Sir J.J. Hospital.
- From October 1997 till date, as a partner with M/s N. C. Dalal & Co, Advocates, Solicitor and Notary.
- From 1998 till date, as a part-time lecturer with the Government Law College, Mumbai, teaching Environmental Law, Company Law, and Transfer of Property.
Academic Qualifications
Year Qualification Institution
2016 -17 1 year Diploma St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
Counselling Psychology
2014 -16 Masters in Clinical Psychology Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU)
1995 LL. M. Degree University of Bombay (Mumbai)
1993 LL. B. Degree Government Law College,
University of Bombay (Mumbai)
1990 B. A. Degree St. Xavier's College,
(Political Science Major) University of Bombay (Mumbai)
Seminars Conducted and Projects Undertaken
- March 2017 - Conducted a training session on Intra Personal Conflict Resolution with the Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Cell of the Government Law College
- October 2013 - over two weekends as resource person training 20 persons from the IPS [India Police Service] Conflict Resolution and Peace building skills with emphasis on building the skills on mediations and Anapana Meditation
- November 2013 till January 2014 - Internship with 'Edugroomers' to practice and understand education counselling.
Courses completed and Certifications obtained
- 6th and 7th May, 2017 REBT Refresher 6 hours course with Mr Ashish Korday
- May 14th , 2016 - Expressive Art Therapy
- January 12th and 13th 2016 – Full day work shop on Virginia Satirs Transformative Model of Family Therapy.
- Monday 11th till Friday 16th May, 2015 – 40 hours training on Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapy at Masina Hospital, Mumbai.
- January 23rd and 24th 2015 - Full days workshop on Child Trauma and therapy.
- December 2013 to end January, 2014 - Advanced course in REBT [Rational emotive behavioral therapy]
- September till end October, 2013 – Successfully completing over 40 hours training in the Robert Carkhuff method to practice as a personal Counsellor.
- June 2013 till end August, 2013 – Upon receiving Rotary Scholarship to study 3 months course in Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Rotary Peace Center in Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
- April, 2013 - 7 days / 40hours Training and upgrading skills as a Mediator – with the Indian Merchants Chambers, Mumbai.
- April 2010 participated in a 3 day work shop on Mediations where training was imbibed to act as Mediator. Recieved certification and appointment as a Mediator from "The International Center for Alternate Dispute Resolution" (working under the aegis of Ministry of Law & Justice, Department of Legal Affairs Government of India, New Delhi) http://icadr.nic.in.
- The Department of Education Science and Training - grants the prestigious Executive Award to high achieving individuals for further professional training - which was undertaken during mid April to end May 2007, in Sydney and Brisbane at the USYD (University of Sydney, Environmental Law Center); Clayton Utz and Freehills.
- Selected by the British Council to attend the Cardiff Law School in March, 2006, to co-ordinate with 8 Indian law teachers in designing cascade programme and to implement 4 cascades in India during 2006-07 for Indian law teachers.
- Cardiff Law School, Wales - successfully completed an 8 weeks course on Legal research and law teaching skills October 2004.
Publications
- Cardiff Law School News letter - on my experience and achievements at the Cardiff Law School -published;
- Law Review of the Government Law College - Joint article with Prof Phil Thomas of the Cardiff law School on "Identity Cards" - published;
- Vol. XI of the National Capital Law Journal on the supreme court judgment passed in the case of Gujarat Zoroastrian Cooperative Housing Society where the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that discrimination on the grounds inter alia of religion is permissible - awaiting publication;
Co-curricular Activities
- 2014 - 15 invited to join the IMC (Indian Merchant's Chambers) MEDIATION committee;
- 2010 invited to join the IMC (Indian Merchant's Chambers) Arbitration and Conciliations committee to spread training for Arbitrators and Mediators.
- 2005 - appointed as paper setter by the Mumbai University to set the LL.B exam paper on Environmental Law.
Interests and Hobbies
- Sailing: Only woman on the Sailing Committee of the Royal Bombay Yacht Club in its history of 165 years; National Judge for the Yachting Association of India. Trainer to teach sailing to new entrants to the RBYC.
- Travelling Continental Europe, England, Wales, Alaska, Canada, U.S.A., Sri Lanka, Australia, Singapore etc
- Trekking & Camping With the World Wild Life (India) Gir Forest, Gujarat (as a volunteer to take 14 deaf children); Manali Hills, Uttar Pradesh, coral Islands of Gujarat.
- Mirror Painting Etching and enamel paint.
- Poetry Composing Haikus
- Cookery Experimenting with fusion cooking.
- Pottery Basic course in studio pottery completed in May 2003.
- Swimming As a reserve on the National Water Polo Team, 1987.
- Agriculture: Developing a small plantation of Mango and Coconut trees in Alibaug.
- Yoga : With Mr. Jehangir Palkhivala, practising Hatha Yoga, Iyengar School.
- Meditation 10-day Vipassana courses in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2007 till 2018; giving service; setting up Gypsy Camps implement the G.R. making Anapana meditation compulsory for school children in Maharashtra - www.dhamma.org February 2012 appointed as CCT (Children's Course Teacher) to teach Anapana Meditation to children above 8 years.
Languages
English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, high-school level French and Russian.
Personal Details
Date of Birth : July 13,1968
Marital Status: Single
STATEMENT INDICATING PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Case – Name Diagnosis
1 Dinku Singh Medico Legal – For Testing
2 Sweta Ambre Personality Disorder
3 Uma Keshav Lingudkar Manic Depressive
4 Teresa Fernandes Schizophrenia + Delusions of Grandeur
5 Alka Patil Paranoid Schizophrenia
6 Sarika More Thakur Conduct Disorder
7 Smita Sadanand Panchal Epilepsy – Fits
8 Swati Samel Chronic Motor and Vocal Tic not amounting
to Tourette Disorder
9 Avinash Sadashiv Shenai: Passive – Aggressive and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
INTERVENTION
10 Mozzamil Shaikh: Substance Abuse
INTERVENTION
In the Academic/Educational Field my contributions are as under
- I have been teaching at the Government Law College since 1997; first as a visiting faculty and thereafter on a part time basis. The subjects taught have ranged from the Environmental laws, Corporate Laws to Property Law. Teaching has been an interest as I enjoy being with students. Teaching involves active face to face contact with students six hours a week as well as setting of exam papers, exam supervision, paper assessments and paper moderation.
- In 2006, Designed and made functional the Government Law College Web site having it's address at: HTTP://WWW.GLC.EDU
- Setting up an Electronic research center and getting it inaugurated by a sitting high court judge. For this project, I have worked with architects, computer experts and sponsors, in order to ensure that the students of the Govt. Law College has a modern electronic research room and computer center. This activity has also been carried out with a view to ensure that there would be an over all raising of standards, of the students of the college who would be the lawyers, judges and law makers of tomorrow. Government Law College - Electronic Research Room
- The British Council in March, 2006, invited me to be group leader of 8 Indian Law Teachers, to attend Cardiff law School, Wales and help the group design a cascade programme to be implemented in India on return. Thus Phase I of the assignment has been completed.
- In 2004, I have also taught at the K. C. Law College for one semester, the subject of Property Law.
- In October, 2004, I visited the Cardiff Law School, Wales and successfully completed a four week course, on Legal research and law teaching skills. For details click on the links given below: Articles written by Sunita Masani Cardiff's Law Teachers' Programme
- Conducted training sessions at the Delhi University in Feb, 2005, for Law Teachers to enhance their teaching skills. Also conducted a similar training session at the Indian Law School, Pune in September, 2005.
- "From 2003 till April 2008 and from 2017 till date; contributed as the course co-coordinator for the Securities Law Course; which is the first of it's kind in India, a diploma course on Securities Laws. For the crafting of the syllabus for this unique course, I have worked closely with members of the USAID Fire project, Executive Director (Legal), of the Securities Exchange Board of India and eminent Solicitors from leading law firms. The course consists of ten modules dealing with different aspects of securities laws including the take over code, insider trading, market manipulation and securities frauds. Students who enroll for this course are senior professionals in their respective spheres working as merchant bankers, ex-presidents of the stock exchange, compliance officers with SEBI, CEO's of Broking houses etc.
- Train the trainers course on securities laws, for two weeks at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, mid-September,2003. Made a presentation on the lessons learnt in setting up the first of it's kind in India, a one year diploma course on securities Laws.
- I am a member of the Examinations Committee set up to look into the disciplinary aspects in conducting Preliminary Exams and raise the educational and professional standards of the law students at the Govt. Law College.
- I am the Faculty Advisor to the Alumni Association of the Government Law College.
- From 2008; Appointed as Professor - in - Charge - SPIL (Students for the promotion of International law), Government law College, Mumbai.
- From 2015; Appointed as Faculty Advisor - ADR Committee (Alternative Dispute Resolution), Government law College, Mumbai.