Prof. (Dr.) Jyoti Dogra Sood is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. Before this she served at the Indian Law Institute for more than two decades. She did her Ph.D. from Panjab University and LL.M. and LL.B. from H.P. University. Her areas of interest are Criminal Law, Juvenile Justice, Gender Justice and Human Rights. She has contributed various articles in national and international journals and presented papers in national and international conferences. She has been a regular Contributor to the Annual Survey of Indian Law on “Criminal Law” since 2008. She was the member of the Committee which drafted the Living Conditions in Institutions for Children in Conflict with Law Manual March, 2017. She is a resource person in conferences and training programmes in Universities, Commissions, National Judicial Academy and State Judicial Academies.. She was the Associate Editor of Journal of Indian Law Institute. She has co-edited a book titled Rethinking Law and Violence published jointly by Oxford University Press and Indian Law Institute. Presently she is legal member of CARA, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt of India.