a) Additional Professor of Law

- Teaching at Graduate and Post-Graduate Courses
- Chairperson, Admission Committee
- Member, Post-Graduate Council
- Presently teaching Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Medical Law and Ethics, and Law of Contracts.

b) Registrar

- General Administration
- Faculty and Administration coordination

c) Head of the Department, Department of Criminal Law

- Supervises curriculum planning, development
- Reading material preparation and monitoring evaluation
- Conduct of seminars and other interactive programmes.

d) Coordinator, The Institution of Law and Ethics in Medicine (TILEM)

- In-Charge of Curriculum planning, development and reading material preparation for P.G. Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics    course.
- Chairperson, Technical Research Group on Legal and Ethical Issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS Control
- A Project sponsored by NACO, Government of India. - Offers Continuing Legal Education Programmes on Medical Law and    Ethics.
- Anchors Lawshop Series on 'Doctor, Patient and The Law' for Medical Professionals (Series sponsored by Dr. Reddy's    Laboratory, a reputed Pharmaceutical Company).

• Sri. G.S. Krishna Memorial Gold Medal for Criminal Law: B.L.- University First Rank.
• Sri BV. Sanyasi Naidu Prize for Criminal Law: B.L.- University First Rank.
  
• Sri Raja Vatsavaya Subbarayamma Jagapathi Prize for Family Law: B.L.- University First Rank.
  
• Smt. Ponnada Guramma Prize for Family Law: B.L.- University First Rank.
  
• Sri Rao Saheb P. Venkayya Gold Medal for M.L.-University First Rank.
  
• Prof. A.S. Ramachandra Rao Prize for M.L.-University First Rank.

Seminars / Workshops -International/ National (Papers Presented)

International Level

• Workshop sponsored by World Health Organisation (WHO) on ' Curriculum Development of Mental Health for Institutes of Social Work', organised by NIMHANS from 21-23 Oct, 1989 (Participated as a Resource Person)
• Participated in 'Commonwealth Legal Education Conference' held during 4-6 June 1993 organised by NLSIU, Bangalore.
  
• Participated and presented a paper in International Congress of Juvenile and Family Court Judges held during Aug 28 -Sep2, 1994 at Bremen, Germany
  
• Availed Max- Planck Fellowship awarded by MaxPlancl Institutes for Foreign and International Criminal Law during May- December, 1996 at Freiburg, Germany.
  
• Participated as a resource person in the International Conference on Global Health Law Organised by Indian Law Institute and WHO during 5-7 December 1997 at New Delhi.
  
• Participated in International Workshop on 'Laws relating to Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act' sponsored by National Law School and National Addiction Research Centre, Bombay on 10th January.1992.
  
• Participated and presented a paper on Health Care, Risk and the Medical Professional Indemnity Insurance in the Inaugural Conference of Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance Scholars held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore during September 4-9, 1997.
  
• Participated and presented a paper on ' Insurance Sector in Market Economics' in Second Annual Conference of Asia- Pacific Risk and Insurance Scholars held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore during September 4-9 1998.

• Participated and presented a paper on 'Child Drug Addict' in a Seminar organized by Centre for Child and the Law on 22nd October 1997.
• Seminar on 'Rights of Women Prisoners' conducted by National Law School of India University on 25th March 1999.
  
• One day South India Seminar on 'Law and Urban Development' organized by NLSIU, Bangalore on 25th March 1990.
  
• Delivered lectures in 'Para-Legal Training Course' conducted by NLSIU, Bangalore on 18th June 1990.
  
• Delivered the first Late Prof. S.D. Kamat's Memorial Lecture on 'Communication of Acceptance: Impact of Technological Advancements' on 14th August 1990 at Goa.
  
• Delivered Lectures on 'Penal Provisions Relating to Family Law' at Indian Social Institute Bangalore for Social activists during February 1991.
  
• Seminar on 'Awareness and prevention of Drug Abuse' conducted by Rotary Club of Bangalore Down Town on 28th September 1991.
  
• Seminar on 'Narcotics Law: Some Reflections' conducted by HOPE at Bangalore on 4th Oct 1991.
  
• Conducted ' Professional Advancement Training Course' for Junior Advocates sponsored by Karnataka Bar Council and NLSIU during 10-15 Oct at Mangalore, 1991.
  
• Participated in 'Institute on Human Rights' conducted by Ecumenical Christian Center, Bangalore during 13-22 Oct 1991.
  
• Co-ordinated and Participated as a resource person in six-week Human Rights Training Programme conducted at Karnataka Police Academy, Mysore, for the Probationary Sub-Inspectors of Police during 15th May -30 June, 1995.
  
• Addressed Private Medical Doctors Association on the theme & quot; Medical Negligence Liability: Need for Standardization' on 21st May 1997 at Tumkur.
  
• Co-ordinated and anchored five-day intensive Continuing Legal Education Programme for doctors, lawyers and law teachers on Medical Law' during 20-24th June 1997 at NLSIU.
  
• Addressed Anesthetists Society of Karnataka on "Medical Malpractice and COPRA" on 8th July 1997 at Bangalore.
  
• Addressed Bangalore Urological Society on "Doctors and the Criminal Law" on 24th July 1997 at Bangalore.
  
• Participated in Inaugural Conference of Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Scholars held during 4-6 September 1997 at Singapore.
  
• Presented a talk on 'Child Sexual Abuse' organized by INSA at Bangalore on 15th October 1997.
  
• The Fourth 'National Conference on Women' held at Andhra University Waltair from 28th to 30th Dec.1988.
  
• Seminar on 'Computer and Law' held at NLSIU, Bangalore on Feb 25, 1989.
  
• Refresher Course sponsored by UGC on 'Law and Economics', organised by NLSIU, Bangalore from 1-20 Oct 1989.
  
• XIX Annual Conference of ' Indian Society of Criminology' held from 29-31 Jan 1990 at Bangalore.
  
• Seminar on 'Continued Atrocities on Women' conducted by Karntaka Legal Aid Board on 14th July 1990 at Bangalore.
  
• Workshop on 'Criminal Advocacy' sponsored by Bar Council of India and organised by NLSIU at Mammallapuram during 23-28 Sep. 1990 (Participated as Faculty)
  
• National Seminar on 'Child and the Law' sponsored UNICEF and NLSIU during 21-23 June 1991 at Bangalore.
  
• 'Continuing Education Workshop for Judicial Officers' sponsored by 'Indian Society of Health Administrators, during 23-25 September 1993 at Bangalore.
  
• Introductory course in Law for Engineering and Executive Personnel of Karnataka Power Corporation, Bangalore during 10-15May, 1991 (participated as Faculty)
  
• National Workshop on 'Legal Aspects of Health Care' sponsored by 'Indian Society of Health Administrators, during 23-25 September 1993 at Bangalore.
  
• Participated in 'Training Programme on Drug Abuse Management' Sponsored by National Institute of Social Defence organised by 'National Addiction Research Centre, Bombay during 23-28 June 1993.
  
• Participated as a Resource Person in 'Academic Staff College Programme' (Criminal Law, Theory and Jurisprudence) conducted by Faculty of Law, Andhra University, Waltair during 21-28 April 1993.
  
• Participated in a National Consultation on 'Enforcement and Gender Sensitization' sponsored by Union Ministry of Women's Welfare and Child Development at National Police Academy, Hyderabad on 10th June, 1993.
  
• Coordinated the Academic Staff Collage Programme for Law teachers on ' Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Administration' during 4-24 October 1992, organised by NLSIU.
  
• Participated in India Social Science Congress conducted during 11-15 August 1993 at Bangalore.
  
• Coordinated the Academic Staff College Programme for teachers of Law, Social Work and Criminology on 'Criminology and Forensic Science' during 1-21 October 1993 organised by NLSIU, Bangalore.
  
• Participated as a Faculty in a Two-day Training Programme on the 'Enforcement of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985' organised by the Police Department of Karnataka during 11-12 March 1993 at Bangalore.
  
• Participated and presented a paper in 24th Criminological Congress held during 9-11 February 1996 at NLSIU, Bangalore.
• Participated as a resource person in Training Programme organised for Medical Doctors on Legal Aspects of Health Care during 17-19 March 1996 by Indian Society of Health Administrators at Bangalore.
  
• Coordinated a six-day long continuing Legal Education Programme for Junior Advocates on "Civil and Criminal Justice" during 20-26th February 1997.
  
• Participated in one-day Consultation Meeting on "Right to Health" sponsored by NOVIB and organised by NIMHANS on 17th March, '97.
  
• Co-ordinated a five-day Continuing Legal Education Programmes for Senior Police Constables on "Criminal Justice and Human Rights" during 7-12th April 1997 at Davangere.
  
• Addressed Indian Medical Association, Bangalore branch on 24th April 1997 on the theme Doctor, Patient and the Law.
  
• Participated as a resource person in a National Workshop on "Globalisation and Privatization: its impact on Health Care System" during 27-29th June 1997 at Ecumenical Christian Centre, Bangalore.
  
• Participated and Presented a paper on Juvenile Drug Addict during One-day workshop on "Juvenile Justice: Law and Practice" conducted by Child and the Law Centre on 18th July, '97 at NLSIU.
  
• Participated as a resource person in a Training Programme conducted for Medical Professionals on "Consent and Confidentiality: Legal Response" by Indian Society of Health Administrators during 8-12th July 1997 at Bangalore.
  
• Participated as a resource person in Fourth National Workshop on "Patient Satisfaction, Quality Assurance and Legal Aspects of Health Care" organised by Indian Society of Health Administrators (ISHA) during 8-12 August 1997 at Bangalore.
• Participated as a resource person in Twelfth National Workshop on "Updates and Action Plans for HIV -AIDS Control in India "Organised by Indian Society of Health Administrators during 5-9 August, 1997 at Bangalore.
  
• Coordinated a two-day Refresher Cource on Business Law Teachers during 18th January-10th February 1998.
  
• Conducted a two-day CLE Programme on 'IPR and Software Contracts' for WIPRO Managers during 23-24 September 1998 at Hyderabad.
  
• Conducted a two -day CLE programme on 'IPR and Software Contracts' for WIPRO Managers during 26-27 October 1998 at Bangalore.
  
• Week long Continuing Legal Education Programme sponsored by the British Council on the theme "Medical Law and Ethics" held during the month of September 1998 at Dhaka, Bangladesh, Participated as a resource person.
  
• International Conference on AIDS, Law and Policy held during 21-23 June 1998 organized by NACO and UN bilaterals. Presently a paper on "Best Practice Pertaining to Legal and Ethics Issues" (PLWAHS).
  
• Conducted two-day training programme on Software Contracts, organized by WIPRO during 28-29 July 1998 at Hyderabad. This Course is meant for Technical, Business and Financial Managers of WIPRO.
  
• Conducted two-day training programme on Software Contracts, organized by WIPRO during 10-11 Sept 1998, at Hyderabad. This Course is meant for Technical, Business and Financial Managers of WIPRO.
  
• Participated as a resource person in Law shop series on IPR and Software Contractors organized by NLSIU held at Bangalore during 21-22 October 1998.
  
• Two day International Conference sponsored by UNDP on AIDS and Development held at Gurgaon during 25-26 October 1998, Presented a paper on AIDS, Law and Development.
  
• Anchored Lawshop on Doctor, Patient and the Law held at Hyderabad on 28th November, '98 organized by NLSIU.
  
• A National Conference organized by National Federation of Gynaecologists at Hyderabad on 30th Nov. 98.
  
• Participated and presented a paper on "Child Infected and Affected by HIV" Three day National Consultation on Juvenile Justice organized by the CENTRE FOR THE Child and Law at NLSIU on Feb 9, 99.
  
• Conducted two-day training programme on software contracts, organized by WIPRO during 5-6 April '99, at Bangalore. This Course is meant for Technical, Business and Financial Managers.
  
• Participated and presented a paper on "Evidentiary Implications pertaining to Inquest" during the month of April 99.
  
• A 3-day Media Planning Workshop organized by UNICEF at National during the month of May 1999. The presentation was on Legal and Ethical Issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS.
  
• Insurance & Indian Market: Present a paper in one-day conference organized by KMC Alumni Association on 27th June at Bangalore. The presentation was on "Professional Protection Schemes: Emerging Trends".

Editor- Law and Medicine (An Annual Publication of National Law School of India University)

Publications

Books

1. Joga Rao, S.V., A CaseBook on General Principles of Contracts. (Published by NLSIU) (1991).
2. Joga Rao, S.V., A CaseBook on Special Contracts. ( published by NLSIU) (1992).
   
3. Joga Rao, S.V., and Krishna Deva Rao, P.S., A Case Book on Criminal Law. (Published by NLSIU) (1992).
   
4. Joga Rao, S.V., and Hemalal Bhandari, A CaseBook on Law of Evidence. (Published by NLSIU) (1992).
   
5. Joga Rao, S.V., Culture and Drugs in Karnataka. (Participated by National Addiction Research Centre, Bombay) (1994)
   
6. Joga Rao, S.V., Current Issues in Criminal Justice and Medical Law: A Critical Focus (Published by Eastern Law House, Calcutta) (1999).

• Joga Rao, S.V., Offence of Bigamy: Judicial Approach. Cochin University Law Review (1988), 289-302.
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., An Attempt to Judge a Judgement. Criminal Law Review (1989), 59-61.
• Joga Rao, S.V., Premchand and others v. State of Haryana: An epitome of Soft- justice Syndrome. National Law School Journal (1989), 181-188.
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Victim Restitution. The Lawyers Collective (1990), 16-20
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Law on Public Health - Sonorous in substance, But Serene in Effect. The Lawyers Collective (1990). 27-30
• Joga Rao, S.V., Drug Abuse and the law. Cochin University Law Review (1991), 146-160
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Anatomy of Search and Seizure under Narcotics Law: Judicial Process and Policy Perspective. National Law School Journal (1991), 161-170.
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Drug: The Challenge of the Twenty-first Century: A Socio- Legal perspective. The Indian Journal of the Social Work (1991), 715-730
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Criminal Justice in a changing Society: Challenges and Choices. Department of Law, Pune University (1992), 424-469
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Drug Addiction: Penal Policy. The Journal of Indian Law Institute (1992), 275-284
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Law and Policy on Drug Addiction: A Situational Study in the context of experience in Bangalore city. Academy Law Review (1992), 37-87
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Law and Policy on Drug Trafficking- A Study in the context of experience in Bangalore City. Journal of Indian Law Institutes (1993), 55-94
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Culture, Drug Abuse and some Reflections on the Family. Bulletin on Narcotics, vol XLVI, No 1(1994), 67-86.
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Ayyappa, C.P. Transplantation of Human Organs: Law and Practice, Law and Medicine, 1 (1995), 73-84
• Joga Rao, S.V., should we distribute syringes to intravenous Drug Abusers? Law and Medicine, 2, (1996), 21-24
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Contract to produce a particular result: Can a doctor be held liable for Breach?. Academy Law Review (1996), 247-256
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Human Rights sensitization to enhance police efficiency: a course work experiment. Cochin University Law Review (1996), 432-440
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Confession and the Law of Evidence. (Published by NLSIU) (1996), 75-88
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., S V. Bhulwana: Some reflections after reading the interpretation of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa. SRCCR Law Journal (1997), 1-17
• Joga Rao, S.V., Doctor, Consumer protection and Adjudication of Liability. (Published by NLSIU) (1997), 1-17
  
• Joga Rao, S.V., Discrimination, Law and HIV +ve and Right to Emergency care. Law and Medicine, 3 (1997), 171-176

1. Joga Rao, S.V., (1998): Marital Rape, Proceedings of Fourth National Conference on Women, Andhra University, Waltair, December, 1988, Visakhapatnam, India.
2. Joga Rao, S.V., (1989): Drug: The Challenge of 21st Century: A Socio-Legal Perspective, Proceedings of W.H.O. workshop on Curriculum Development of Mental Health for Institutes of Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-sciences, Bangalore, October, 1989, Bangalore, India.
3. Joga Rao, S.V., (1990): Drug Abuse and the Law, Proceedings of XIX Annual conference of India Society of Criminology, Bangalore University, January, 1990, Bangalore, India.
4. Joga Rao, S.V., (1990); Confessions and the law, Proceedings of the Annual workshop on Criminal Advocacy (sponsored by Bar Council of India), Mamallpauram, India, September, 1990.
5. Joga Rao, S.V., (1991): Child as a Victim of Narcotic Drugs, Proceedings of UNICEF workshop on child and the Law, June, 1991, Bangalore, India.
   
6. Joga Rao, S.V., (1992): Gender Bias in Evidence related criminal Law, Proceedings of the National Consultation on Enforcement and Gender Sensitization, 1992, Hyderabad, India.
   
7. Joga Rao, S.V., (1995): Law of Confessions and Human Rights, Proceedings of the six-week Human Rights Training Programme conducted for Probationary Sub-Inspectors of Police at Karnataka Police Academy, 1995, Mysore, India.
   
8. Joga Rao, S.V., (1996): Police and Human Rights sensitization, Proceedings of the XXIV Crimnological Congress, February 1996, Bangalore, India.
   
9. Joga Rao, S.V., (1997): Medical Professional Indemnity Insurance and Patient's care, Proceedings of the Inaugural conference of Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Scholars, September 1997, Singapore.
   
10. Joga Rao, S.V., (1998): Insurance Sector in India Transitional Economy: Concerns and Challenges, Proceedings of the second annual conference of Asia- Pacific and Insurance Scholars, July 1998, Singapore.

• Prepared Project Report on Drugs and Culture sponsored by National Addiction Research Centre, Bombay.
• Prepared a project report sponsored by World Health Organisation on 'Narcotic Drug policy': A Comparative perspective.
• Prepared a research report on " Legal Framework pertaining to Health Care System" sponsored by Consumer and Citizen Action Group, Chennai.
• Chairperson, Technical Resource Group (TRG) on Legal and Ethical Issues of HIV/AIDS and Human Rights of PLWAHS, consultant by National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi.
• Founder member of ALERT (Awareness of Law and Ethics in relation to Therapeutics), a body organized for the purpose of disseminating issues involving interface of law and medicine.

• Visitor - ' Max-Plank Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law' Freiburg, Germany during August- October 1994,
• Visitor-Kriminologisches Forschunginstitute, (Criminology Research Institute), Honnover, Germany during November 1995.

Max-Plank Fellowship conferred by the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany. The Fellowship has been availed during June to November 1996.