Ms. Shivalaxmi Arumugham

Assistant Professor – Criminology
Academic profile: Google scholar:
Campus: RRU Puducherry Campus

Contact No. – 9566649531

Email – shivalaxmi.arumugham@rru.ac.in

Research Area – Cybercrime investigation, Child Sexual Abuse Materials, Prison Rehabilitation

About Ms. Shivalaxmi Arumugham

Ms. Shivalaxmi Arumugham is a strategic academician with operational excellence in teaching, research, training and community activities for over seven years in the domain of criminology impacting over 1000+ students and 250+ working professionals. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Criminology at Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), Puducherry Campus. In her recent project, she provided forensic mental health counselling services to high-security prisoners of Sabarmati Central Prison, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She has successfully completed a project titled, ‘Impact of Surveillance on history sheeters’ under Police Academic Interaction Forum (PAIF) as principal investigator. Having completed her Bachelors in Science in Computer Science at Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong, Bangladesh, summer course at Stanford University, Palo Alto in California, Masters in Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice Sciences at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, she comes with a multi and interdisciplinary educational background with operational flexibility to suit any geo-cultural settings. She is also currently pursuing her doctoral research in child sexual abuse materials. She has experience working on different projects such as Police Academia Interaction Forum (PAIF) under Gujarat State Police, Crime Prevention Through Environment Design (CPTED) – Women Safety Plan under World Bank, and Identifying modus operandi of human traffickers online under International Justice Mission.

  • KARUNYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, (KITS) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Criminology. – currently pursuing
  • ANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY, (MSU) Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India Masters of Science, Criminology and Criminal Justice Science, April 2016
  • ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN, (AUW) Chittagong, Bangladesh Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, May 2013
  • RASHTRIYA RAKSHA UNIVERSITY (RRU), Lavad-Dehgam, Gujarat, India Assistant Professor, Full time, September 24, 2021 to Current
  • KARUNYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES (KITS), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Teaching and Research Assistant, Part time, October 2020 to September 2021
  • SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL (SLSH), Hyderabad, Telangana, India Visiting Teaching Faculty Member, December 2018 to May 2020
  • VASAVYA MAHILA MANDALI (VMM), Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India Research, Documentation, Social Media Manager, June 2018 to /December 2018
  • THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (TNIE), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Sub-editor, June 2016 through May 2017
  • ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN, Chittagong, Bangladesh Teaching Fellow (Computer Science), August 2013 through May 2014
  • Taran, Arumugham, & Dave. (2023). Understanding the Relation between Human Trafficking Cases and Transportation in Indian States using Spatial Analysis. Indian Journal of Criminology, 51(2), 40–61.
  • Arumugham, S., Shekhar, B. (2022). “Policing the Cyber Space to Prevent Online Child Sexual Exploitation Materials”. Volume 69 (4) ISSN 0537-2429. Pages 20-30. Publisher The Indian Police Journal
  • Arumugham, S., Shekhar, B. (2022). Profiling Offenders and Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) in India. Volume 50 (1) ISSN 0974-7249. Pages 43-61. Publisher Indian Journal of Criminology https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gi3ye7rE92R8PkoNuseZCcxk4oAxXC69/view
  • Arumugham, S. (2021). A study on measuring the cyber-criminality among netizens in Chennai city. Research Horizons, 11, 121-129. ISSN 2229-385X https://mnwc.edu.in/researchhorizon/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Horizon_2021_MNWC.pdf
  • Team member of Forensic Mental Health Services for high security zone inmates of Sabarmati Central Prison, Ahmedabad, Gujarat from Feb 2023 – Sept 2023
  • Principal Investigator of “Impact of Surveillance on History Sheeters due to Crime and Criminal database” under Gujarat – Police Academia Interaction Forum from Aug 2022 – Feb 2023
  • Research work with International Justice Mission on Technology in Trafficking from Oct 20, 2020 to Nov 20, 2020
  • Action Plan on Women Safety and Risk Mitigation (AP-WSRM) on behalf of Andhra Pradesh Capital Regional Development Authority (APCRDA) with the funding from World Bank.
  • Member, World Society of Victimology
  • Member, Indian Society of Criminology
ROCKFELLER FELLOWSHIP
  • Awarded based on the academic performance and potential to serve the community
STANFORD’S DESIGNING A NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ONLINE COURSE
  • Successfully completed Stanford’s Designing a New Learning Environment online course with a distinction, February 1, 2012
  • Winner of the top sixth educational project proposal, March 2013
  • Tamil, English, Malayalam