Dona Annie John

August 3rd, 1983; Delhi, India

v      Secondary School Examination - 81.6% [St. Anthony’s Sr. Sec. School, Hauz Khas] (1999)

v      Senior School Certificate Examination – 72.6% (Humanities with Mathematics) [St. Anthony’s Sr. Sec. School, Hauz Khas] (2001)

v      Law Graduate from Amity Law School with an aggregate of 71.98% [Class Topper]

v      Post- Graduate Diploma in Human Rights & International Humanitarian & Refugee Law [Indian Society For International Law] (2004-2005 batch)

v      Attended a 1 day Workshop on WTO: Challenges & Opportunities organized by the Amity Institute of Global Legal Education & Research (October 18, 2005)

v      Attended Training on Business & Human rights organized by FICCI Social & Economic Development Federation in collaboration with Partners in Change. [ December 12, 2006]

v      Currently pursuing LLM [Masters in Labour, Administrative and Industrial Law] from Annamalai University, Chennai

a)       2 month internship with the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW)

b)      2 month internship at the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice, Government of India

c)       1 month internship at M.T Nanaiah & Associates, Bangalore High Court, Karnataka  [June- July 2004]

d)      Attended the Lok Adalat session organized by the Legal cell, Bangalore High Court [June- July 2004]

e)       5 week internship with Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan, New Delhi                        (Intellectual Property Rights Division) [June- July 2003]

f)        Held post of Youth President for a period of 2 years at Good Shepherd Parish,       Hauz Khas, New Delhi

g)       Worked with NDTV during the 2002 Delhi Assembly Elections

h)       Worked with Hem & Associates for Event Management Companies like       Wizcraft, Showtime, etc. [June- July 2005] [ Summer Job]

i)         Currently working with Specialized Technology Resources India Pvt. Ltd, a Quality assurance and Social Compliance Firm as Research & Development Associate [Since March 16^th 2006].

Current Job Description/exposure:

·         Handling queries from the social compliance auditors concerning labour laws from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & Nepal

·         To keep track of any amendments/changes in labour laws in the Indian subcontinent and to update the same in the law profile/database of labour laws

·         To train the auditors about the existing legal framework in India

·         To track corporate social responsibility programs/developments across the globe.  It includes constant study of any happenings in the CSR [Corporate social responsibility] field, for example, environment, labour issues, global trade & agreements, legal actions, corporate stewardship

·         To work on projects for international clients for CSR benchmarking, developing client code of conduct or any personalized business requirement

·         To provide assistance in preparation of consultation material for factories on EHS [Environment, Health, Safety] issues and Wage & hour aspects.

·         To provide clarifications/explanations to client service managers & reviewers located globally on labor queries in the Indian Subcontinent.

·         To audit factories in northern India occasionally along with full time auditors

·         To research on any matter which is of vital business importance to clients, auditors and the training department.

Social compliance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Supply chain matters, Human rights violation especially against women and children and Global environment

·         Medical confidentiality vis-à-vis HIV/AIDS status: Right to health of populace v. Personal liberty of patient (Topic undertaken for dissertation  at Law School)

·         Impact of TRIPS on Indian Pharmaceutical Industry (Research done during internship at IPR dept. at Lakshmi Kumaran & Shridharan)

English, Hindi, Malayalam, Elementary knowledge of German

Reading books on varied topics, listening to music, interacting with people

Honesty, determination, perseverance, an analytical mind & leadership qualities coupled with excellent communication skills

v      Prof. Balachandran, Director, Amity Law School, New Delhi

v      Prof. Sundarajan, Amity Law School

v      Mr. Leeladhar, Legal Officer, Asian African Legal Consultative Organisation (ALCO)

v      Rachelle Jackson, Director, Research & Development, California Safety Compliance Corporation