Edward Pinto awarded Doctorate from JNU New Delhi
Mangaluru: Edward Pinto has been awarded a Doctorate for his thesis on SOCIO-POLITICAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH CARE JURISPRUDENCE IN POST-INDEPENDENT INDIA By the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during the annual convocation on 12 November 2019. During the occasion Vice President of India Venkaya Naidu and HRD ministers were present.
Edward Pinto is a native of Niddodi and 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 the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. His praxis of social justice includes engaged 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.
Edward Pinto is currently the Director – Research and Advocacy at Centre for Health and Social Justice, Delhi.