Education
I completed my MA in Criminology, a postgraduate diploma in GIS and my PhD in Criminology at the University of Madras.
Degrees and qualifications
1997 to 2003PhD in CriminologyUniversity of Madras, Chennai, IndiaThesis: Crimes of Communal Violence and Victimization in Coimbatore City: A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis. Supported by the University Grants Commission (UGC) Junior Research Fellowship.
- 2000Post Graduate Diploma in Geographic Information Systems ManagementDepartment of Geography, University of Madras, Chennai, India
- 1994 to 1996Master of Arts (MA) in CriminologyDepartment of Criminology, University of Madras, Chennai, India
1991 to 1994Bachelor of Science (BSc) in BiochemistryPSG College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
Doctoral supervision and mentors
Professor K. Chockalingam
Former Vice Chancellor, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Victimology, School of Law, RV University, Bengaluru, India
Professor Keith D. Harries
Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States
Professor Natti Ronel
Professor, Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Professor David S. Wall
Professor of Criminology, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Professor Marc Groenhuijsen
Emeritus Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Victimology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Former President, World Society of Victimology
Professor Michael Pittaro
Former Director of Corrections, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Honorary Professor of Criminal Justice, IIJPS