Kalpana Kannabiran

Kalpana Kannabiran (born 1961) is an Indian sociologist, lawyer, human rights columnist, writer and editor based in Hyderabad, India. In March 2021, after a decade-long tenure, she retired from the post of Professor and Regional Director of the Council for Social Development, Southern Regional Centre, a research institute recognised by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. She is amongst the founding faculty of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, and is a co-founder of the women's rights group, Asmita Resource Centre for Women, set up in 1991 in Hyderabad.

Quotes

• Every idea worth its name will get exploited. I am not saying it is good. But it is not something we need to stress on, as long as it doesn't appropriate the language of our struggle.
  • On the commercialisation of Women's day, as quoted in "Women’s Day: Post-liberalisation, no market for dal-roti issues" The Times of India (8 March 2011)

• Clearly, there has been no dip in the misdemeanor of men in all these years. There is still no difference between the man on the street and the man in the Supreme Court.
  • On workplace sexual harassment allegations against Ranjan Gogoi, as quoted in "Sexual abuse of women at workplace goes unchecked" The Times of India (23 November 2013)