Ms.Golda Sahoo

Assistant Professor of Law & FIC Centre For Studies in Victimology

Tamil Nadu National Law University Trichy

EMAIL:golda@tnnlu.ac.in

Ms.Golda Sahoo,working as an Assistant Professor of Law,Tamil Nadu National Law University Trichy since 10 years.She has completed her both UG and PG in Sambalpur University Odisha.In her more than  a decade teaching experience, she served many reputed Law Schools such as, Christ University Bangalore and KIIT University Bhubaneswar. Her  area of interest is Criminal Law and Victimology. She has taught various subjects in that area such as,Criminal Procedure Code,IPC,Criminology Penology Victimology,Socio-Economic Offences. She has published number of research papers including UGC CARE listed Journals, contributed book chapters (international & national publishers) and presented papers in various national and international conferences. She is the Coordinator for Centre of Study on Victimology and started a Minor Project on “Victim Compensation Schemes For Women Victims Of Sexual Abuse Under District Legal Service Authority, Tiruchirapalli ,TNNLU,Trichy”.Apart from her teaching and research activities, she was in charge of various administrative responsibilities of the University such as Dean of UG Academics, Covenor of Mentorship Committee, Chairperson of ICC and members of various committees.Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. in the area of Victimology under TNDALU,Chennai.

Some of her recent publications and other achievements are listed below:

Paper Published

• Published research paper on “An Analysis on the Learned Intermediary Doctrine in Pharmaceutical Drugs Liability: A Comparative Study Between India and USA” in Volume 5 Issue 2 in CMRU JCLA, UGC CARE LISTED (LAW Journal),ISSN 2582-4805

• Published a research paper on “Victimization Beneath The Veil: A Socio-Legal Analysis On The Practice Of Female Genital Mutilation”in UPES Law Review UGC CARE listed (Publication stage).
• Published a research paper on "Transforming Victim Assistance Through Technology: Empowering Survivors And Improving Support Systems" This paper was published in Humanities and Social Science Studies, UGC CARE listed Vol. 13, Issue 2, No.23, July -December: 2024.
• Published a research paper on "Victim Assistance Mechanisms in POCSO Special Courts: Evaluating Frameworks through a Comparative Lens": Published in the International Journal of Law Management & Humanities, Volume 8, Issue 3 (2025).
• Contributed a  chapter named “A Medico-Legal Analysis of the Application of Virtual Autopsy India” for publication in Human Rights Versus Digital Rights with ISBN Number: 978-81-973834-5-8 edited by Dr. Mandeep Kaur & Adv. Govind Kumar Chaturvedi
• Published a research paper titled “A victim-sensitive approach towards victim – offender mediation in crimes:An analysis”in Brazilian Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution - RBADR  volume 8 ISSN: 2596-320
• Published An Article On “Strenthening Victim:Expectency Of Victim Impact Assessment In India “SAMBODHI(UGC CARE LISTED) ISSN:2249-6661 L.D.Institute of indologyVol.44,January –March 2021
• Published an article on Recurring Victimization In Intimate Partner Violence:A Socio-Legal Analysis in Wesleyan Journal Of Research(UGC CARE  LISTED) ISSN:0975-1386,Bankura Christian College,West Bebgal Vol.14 No.01,January 2021.
• Published an article on “Ensuring Human Rights To Transgender Prisoners: A Key Issue For The Earth”in Shodhasamhita Journal ( UGC CARE Group 1)ISSN 2277-7067-February 2022 Issue.

Book Chapters

• Contributed a chapter on “The Role of Artificial Intelligence As A Risk Assessment Tool:The Challenges and Solution” in the book titled Law and Digital Technologies :A way forward, Ambra University Press is a division of Ambra Education, Inc.Orlando, FL, USA,ISBN 978-1-952514-48-7,978-1-952514-47-0 (e-book – EPUB).
• Contributed a chapter on  “A Criminological Study on Fake News:Causes and Possible Solution ”in the book titled The Contours Of Freedom Of Speech And Expression, Bloomsbury Publication,ISBN 9781774918722
• Contributed a chapter on “The Role of Artificial Intelligence As A Risk Assessment Tool:The Challenges and Solution” in the book titled Law and Digital Technologies :A way forward, Ambra University Press is a division of Ambra Education, Inc.Orlando, FL, USA,ISBN 978-1-952514-48-7,978-1-952514-47-0 (e-book – EPUB)
• Contributed a  chapter named Victims of Technology-Facilitated Human Trafficking: Challenges and Possible Solution for the book titled Combating Human Trafficking

An Integrative Social and Technological Approach Hard ISBN: 9781774918722,E-Book ISBN: 9781003597193 with Apple Academic Press Taylor and Francis Group.

• Contributed a  chapter named “A Medico-Legal Analysis of the Application of Virtual Autopsy India” for publication in Human Rights Versus Digital Rights with ISBN Number: 978-81-973834-5-8

• Contribute a chapter on “Victim Compensation Schemes In India: Expectation v.Reality” Criminal Law Reforms in a book titled “Churning India’s Faulty Criminal Justice System Wheels” ISBN: 978-93-91257-98-9
• Contributed a book chapter on A Critical Analysis Of The Dark Side of The Dark Web in book entitled Advancement in cyber crime investigation and digital forensic by AAP Publication .

Paper Presentations

• Presented a paper in National Seminal on Expanding Horizon of New Criminal Law organized by Department of Law, Guru Nanakdev University,Amritsar ,titled Evaluating Victim Centric Reforms in BNSS:A Critical Prospective on 8^th November 2024
• Present  a paper in International World Health Congress organized by Bayburt University Bayburt,Turkey (online) on The Role Of Mental Health Providers in Child Sexual Abuse Cases:Impact, Intervention and long term recovery.
• Presented the Paper entitled “Child Victim of War And the Issues Of Migrant Smuggling” in 2^nd International Sympsium on “Global Migration Phenomenon with its security, Economic,Social ,Political and Cultural Dimensions” held on March 23-24,2022 at Ankara,Turkey.
• Presented the Paper entitled "The Role of Artificial Intelligent as a Risk Assessment Tools: The Challenges and the Sollution" in the Conference “Law and Digital Technologies: The Way Forward” (10-11th of November 2021) Organised by Ambra University USA and South Ural State University, Russia.
• Presented a paper titled “Migrant Smuggling: The Tragic Journey from Migration to Trafficking” at the International Conference on “Challenges and Trends of Migration”, jointly organised by Public International Law Research Centre of IFIM Law School, India and Centre for Peace Studies of North South University, Bangladesh.
• Presented a paper in the two days National Webinar on “A Poignant Declension from Creator to Commodity:Women in Domestic Ecosystem and Need of Democracy in Domestic Relations”organized by IQAC OF Govt Law College,Thiruvanthapuram from July 15^th to 16^th July,2021.
• Presented paper titled “The Role of NGOs in the Victim Assistance Program for the Victims of Child Sexual Abuse in India” in the Two Day Virtual National Legal Conclave on 'Rethinking Victim Rights' organised by School of Legal Studies, CUSAT, Kochi on 24th and 25th of February 2022.
• Presented  a research paper titled “The need of shifting victim rights from compensation to reparation” in the seminar on Reparative and Restorative Justice for Victims of Crime: Issues and Solutions on 4 April, 2021
• Presented  a paper titled “The Role of Victim Impact Assessment in Restorative Justice: A Balance Between Hope and Despair” in the International Conference on “Restorative Justice and the Challenges of Twenty First Century” organized by Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla in collaboration with Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh on October 22nd 2020.