Ms. Divya Salim specialises in Substantive and Procedural Criminal Laws. Prior to joining the National Law Institute University, Ms. Salim worked at the School of Law, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.
Ms. Salim holds a B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) degree (2008) from the School of Indian Legal Thought, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, with a University Rank and an LL.M. in Human Rights Law (2010) from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. She is currently reading for a doctoral degree in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
Ms. Salim is a regular invited speaker at training programs for judicial officers, prosecutors, lawyers, police officers, executive magistrates, income tax officers, officers of narcotics control bureau at various institutions such as the Central Academy of Police Training, Bhopal, Bureau of Police Research and Development, New Delhi, National Academy of Direct Taxes, Government of India, National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics, Bhopal, Ronald Carlton Vivian Piadade Noronha Academy of Administration and Management, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development, Government of Bihar and State Police Training Academies. She has contributed to the e-PG Pathshala initiative, a project of the MHRD, Government of India. Ms. Salim has teaching experience at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels. She writes on the issues in criminal law and human rights law.
Ms. Salim is the Faculty-in-charge of the Civil and Criminal Justice Cell (CCJC) at NLIU. She also contributes to the administrative life of the University in various capacities in addition to her academic responsibilities.
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)- Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
LL.M. (Human Rights)- National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
UGC- NET (Law)
Ph.D. in Law {(Pursuing) – National Law Institute University, Bhopal}
Criminal Law (Substantive and Procedural), Child and Criminal Law, Women and Criminal Law, Functionaries in Criminal Justice System, Socio-Economic Offences, Human Rights
‘Registration of Information on Cognisable Cases under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Ruminating the Legal Journey’ (2025) V(V) Journal of Army Law College 1-20 (ISSN: 2583-7036)
‘Cyber Tort: Cases and Materials’, (2022) National Law Institute University, Bhopal (ISBN 978-81-957807-3-0) (Co-editor)
‘Ensuring Right to Menstrual Hygiene and Health in India: A microcosm of Right to life’ in Dr. Bindu Sangra and Dr. Balwinder Singh (eds), Expanding Horizons of Article 21 of Indian Constitution: A Critique (1st edn, Delhi Law House 2021)
‘Menstrual Rights and COVID-19 related lockdown: Cure for Gender Blindness and Gender Inconvenience’ in Dr. Athira P.S., Dr. Liji Samuel and Ms. Namitha K.L. (eds), Pandemics: Health, Human Rights and IPR perspectives (National University of Advanced Legal Studies 2021) [ISBN: 978-81-945680-9-4]
Threat of Agroterrorism in India: Need for Law? Indian Law Review XIII (1) (2021) 91-115 (ISSN 2229 – 7960)
Attended and presented a paper titled ‘Compensation for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse under the Protection of Children from Sexual offences Act, 2012: A Legal Quandary?’ at the Two Day’s International Seminar on ‘Women, Children and Law: Concerns, Challenges and Future’ organized by Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla in September, 2022
Law of Crimes – I (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023), Law of Crimes – II (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), Fundamentals of Criminal Law, Socio-Economic Offences, Criminal Justice and Human Rights
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