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Dr. Ritika Behl | Vidyashilp University Faculty

Dr. Ritika Behl

Associate Professor, School of Legal Studies and Governance
Former Assistant Professor, Alliance School of Law, Alliance University
Former Assistant Professor, Amity Law School, Noida, Amity University Uttar Pradesh
Ph.D., Faculty of Law, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
UGC-NET, LL.M., LL.B.
Mail| Dr. Ritika Behl Faculty


Biography
Professional Education
Courses Taught
Research Interests
Selected Publications
Biography

Dr. Behl is a legal academic and researcher with over 15 years of experience. She started her journey as an Assistant Professor with Amity Law School, Noida (2011-2021), and later joined Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bengaluru (2021-2025). Over these years, she has taught a wide array of subjects, including Public International Law, International Environmental Law, Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, Women & Criminal Laws, Law of Contracts, Jurisprudence, Evidence Law, and Law of Crimes. Besides the above, she held administrative positions and actively engaged in outreach activities at both Law Schools.

Being a researcher at heart, her passion and dedication towards using her research to propagate for women’s and children’s rights, apart from mental health, is evident from her publications in internationally highly-reputed and acclaimed journals, including BMJ Open, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Archives of Mental Health, etc. Her doctoral thesis, titled ‘Critical Analysis of Perinatal Depression in Reference to Right to Health and Reproductive Rights of Women in India', was an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study, bridging the gap between Psychiatry, Medical Anthropology, Public Health, and Human Rights Law.

She consistently worked as a peer-reviewer for different SCOPUS-indexed journals of different publishing houses, including Springer, Sage, etc. She was also invited to peer-review by the Open Research Europe, an initiative of the European Commission.

Dr. Behl was elected to the Executive Committee of the South Asian Marce Association, a regional chapter of the International Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health. She is the only law professor who is part of the Committee, testifying to her expertise in the niche area. She is also part of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Public Health and Research, a Sage Publication, a SCOPUS-indexed (Q-2) journal. Further, she is a member of the Ethics Review Board for the Foundation for Research in Health Systems (FRHS), Bengaluru, from February 2025, for a three-year term.

Dr. Behl is inclined to pursue her research interests and bring the relevant experience and exposure to her students and sessions through international collaborations as well. Her recent international collaboration was with Monash University, Australia.

Professional Education
  • Ph.D. (in Law): Faculty of Law, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
  • UGC-NET (Law): Qualified in 2012
  • LL.M.: Symbiosis Law School, Pune (dual specialization in Human Rights Law and Business Laws)
  • LL.B.: University School of Law & Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Delhi

Courses Taught
  • Legal Aspects of Digital Business
  • Law of Crimes-II (BNSS)

Research Interests
  • Gender-Based Laws
  • Human Rights Law
  • Public Health Law

Selected Publications
  • Behl, R., Nemane, V., & Gurpur, S. (2025). Legal interventions for perinatal depression in India: a qualitative study with clinical specialists having expertise in perinatal mental health. BMJ open, 15(1), e093027.
    Read More
  • Behl, R., & Nemane, V. (2025). Perinatal mental health and the justice delivery system in India. The Medico-legal journal, 93(1_suppl), 78–81.
    Read More
  • Behl R. (2025). Judicial interface with perinatal depression in India: an empirical analysis and thematic review of published judgments. Archives of women's mental health, 28(3), 401–414.
    Read More
  • Behl R. (2025). Perinatal depression, perinatal mental health, and legal interventions: a medico-legal anthropological concept. Discover mental health, 5(1), 73.
    Read More
  • Perinatal mental disorders, mental health services, and human rights treaties: recognizing the state 's obligations. Archives of women 's mental health, 10.1007/s00737-025-01604-y. Advance online publication.
    Read More
  • Behl R. (2024). Indicators of perinatal mental health of the Indian women, and the National Family Health Surveys: Trajectory of obscurity. Asian journal of psychiatry, 102, 104263.
    Read More
  • Behl R. (2025). Perinatal mental health within the contours of the Indian MTP Act framework: From the lens of the Indian judiciary. Asian journal of psychiatry, 104, 104355.
    Read More
  • Behl R., Nemane, V., & Sims, D. (2024). Perinatal Mental Disorders: The ‘Non- Liquet’ Facet of Mental Health Legislative Instruments in India. Journal of Health Management.
    Read More
  • Behl R. (2025). Recognizing Distinctiveness of Perinatal Depression from Depression in Non-Perinatal Population: An Urgent Call for Action. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1636310
  • Behl R. (2025). Delivery of perinatal mental health services in India, and the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act, 2023: The connotations. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 33.
    Read More
  • Behl R. (2023). The World Health Organization’s recommendations on postnatal mental health: The advances made and consolidated limitations. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 31.
    Read More

Dr. Ritika Behl | Vidyashilp University Faculty

Dr. Ritika Behl

Associate Professor, School of Legal Studies and Governance
Former Assistant Professor, Alliance School of Law, Alliance University
Former Assistant Professor, Amity Law School, Noida, Amity University Uttar Pradesh
Ph.D., Faculty of Law, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
UGC-NET, LL.M., LL.B.
Mail| Dr. Ritika Behl Vidyashilp University Faculty

Dr. Behl is a legal academic and researcher with over 15 years of experience. She started her journey as an Assistant Professor with Amity Law School, Noida (2011-2021), and later joined Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bengaluru (2021-2025). Over these years, she has taught a wide array of subjects, including Public International Law, International Environmental Law, Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, Women & Criminal Laws, Law of Contracts, Jurisprudence, Evidence Law, and Law of Crimes. Besides the above, she held administrative positions and actively engaged in outreach activities at both Law Schools.

Being a researcher at heart, her passion and dedication towards using her research to propagate for women’s and children’s rights, apart from mental health, is evident from her publications in internationally highly-reputed and acclaimed journals, including BMJ Open, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Archives of Mental Health, etc. Her doctoral thesis, titled ‘Critical Analysis of Perinatal Depression in Reference to Right to Health and Reproductive Rights of Women in India', was an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study, bridging the gap between Psychiatry, Medical Anthropology, Public Health, and Human Rights Law.

She consistently worked as a peer-reviewer for different SCOPUS-indexed journals of different publishing houses, including Springer, Sage, etc. She was also invited to peer-review by the Open Research Europe, an initiative of the European Commission.

Dr. Behl was elected to the Executive Committee of the South Asian Marce Association, a regional chapter of the International Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health. She is the only law professor who is part of the Committee, testifying to her expertise in the niche area. She is also part of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Public Health and Research, a Sage Publication, a SCOPUS-indexed (Q-2) journal. Further, she is a member of the Ethics Review Board for the Foundation for Research in Health Systems (FRHS), Bengaluru, from February 2025, for a three-year term.

Dr. Behl is inclined to pursue her research interests and bring the relevant experience and exposure to her students and sessions through international collaborations as well. Her recent international collaboration was with Monash University, Australia.

  • Ph.D. (in Law): Faculty of Law, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
  • UGC-NET (Law): Qualified in 2012
  • LL.M.: Symbiosis Law School, Pune (dual specialization in Human Rights Law and Business Laws)
  • LL.B.: University School of Law & Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Delhi
  • Legal Aspects of Digital Business
  • Law of Crimes-II (BNSS)
  • Gender-Based Laws
  • Human Rights Law
  • Public Health Law
    • Behl, R., Nemane, V., & Gurpur, S. (2025). Legal interventions for perinatal depression in India: a qualitative study with clinical specialists having expertise in perinatal mental health. BMJ open, 15(1), e093027.
      Read More
    • Behl, R., & Nemane, V. (2025). Perinatal mental health and the justice delivery system in India. The Medico-legal journal, 93(1_suppl), 78–81.
      Read More
    • Behl R. (2025). Judicial interface with perinatal depression in India: an empirical analysis and thematic review of published judgments. Archives of women's mental health, 28(3), 401–414.
      Read More
    • Behl R. (2025). Perinatal depression, perinatal mental health, and legal interventions: a medico-legal anthropological concept. Discover mental health, 5(1), 73.
      Read More
    • Perinatal mental disorders, mental health services, and human rights treaties: recognizing the state 's obligations. Archives of women 's mental health, 10.1007/s00737-025-01604-y. Advance online publication.
      Read More
    • Behl R. (2024). Indicators of perinatal mental health of the Indian women, and the National Family Health Surveys: Trajectory of obscurity. Asian journal of psychiatry, 102, 104263.
      Read More
    • Behl R. (2025). Perinatal mental health within the contours of the Indian MTP Act framework: From the lens of the Indian judiciary. Asian journal of psychiatry, 104, 104355.
      Read More
    • Behl R., Nemane, V., & Sims, D. (2024). Perinatal Mental Disorders: The ‘Non- Liquet’ Facet of Mental Health Legislative Instruments in India. Journal of Health Management.
      Read More
    • Behl R. (2025). Recognizing Distinctiveness of Perinatal Depression from Depression in Non-Perinatal Population: An Urgent Call for Action. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1636310
    • Behl R. (2025). Delivery of perinatal mental health services in India, and the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act, 2023: The connotations. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 33.
      Read More
    • Behl R. (2023). The World Health Organization’s recommendations on postnatal mental health: The advances made and consolidated limitations. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 31.
      Read More
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