Education
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
Research Supervisor and Mentor
Professor K. Chockalingam
Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Victimology, School of Law, RV University, Bengaluru, India
Mentor and External Dissertation Reader
Professor Keith D. Harries
Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States