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Dr. Madabhushi Sridhar (Acharyulu), Author of 26 books on Law & Journalism both in English and Telugu, is a professor of law at National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law at Hyderabad. A double post graduate with LL.M., and M.C.J (Journalism) from Osmania University, Madabhushi Sridhar achieved FIVE Gold Medals. With his vast experience in active Journalism for over a decade Madabhushi Sridhar, penned more than 100 research articles, developed lessons in Law and Journalism, presented papers at International and National Seminars on critical subjects of socio-legal importance and continues to write both in English and Vernacular Telugu on socio-legal issues in Daily Newspapers and the web journals. His edit page writings in Eenadu, the Largest Circulated Telugu Daily and Property Law matters in Deccan Chronicle, Largest Circulated English Daily are very popular. His counseling on domestic rights for women in Vasundhara page of Eenadu, and ETV 2 took him nearer to the people.
Dr. Madabhushi Sridhar is pursuing post-Doctoral research in Media Laws. He is designated as Intellectual Property Rights Chair-Professor of Ministry of Human Resource Development at NALSAR, besides Coordinator of NALSAR Proximate Education Center. He also leads the NALSAR Center for Media Law and Policy. He led the teams to draft the legislations on Right to Redressal of Grievances, Rent Controls, Abolition of Child Labour and Compulsory Education, for Andhra Pradesh Government. For International Water Management Institute (IWMI) he studied thousand judgments of District Courts on enhancement of compensation for Land Acquisition, and presented an analytical report, based on which a paper also was presented at International Workshop on Inter-linking of Rivers and Issues, at New Delhi in 2009. For ILO he studied the status of Contract Labour in Andhra Pradesh in 2008. Dr. Madabhushi Sridhar is also associated with the efforts of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in evolving recommendations on education of children to abolish child labour.
Dr. Madabhushi Sridhar is now teaching Intellectual Property Rights, Media Law, Insurance Law, Alternative Dispute Resolutions, Law of Torts and Criminal Law for LL.B., LL.M and other courses in NALSAR Proximate center. Born in a middle class family on 10th November 1956 to Freedom Fighter and Founder Editor of Janadharma Weekly and Warangal Vani Daily, Late M. S. Acharya and Mrs. Ranganayakamma, Dr Sridhar is educated in Masoom Ali High School, AVV Junior College, CKM College, Law College Warangal, and Osmania University, Hyderabad.
His books are:
1. Environmental Empowerment: 2009
2. Unfair Rent and Uncontrollable Controls
3. Cybercrimes and Cyber Terrorism, New IT Law, by Asia Law House, Hyderabad August 2009
4. Elections and Media: Kalaala Kaapalaa, Telugu Book on role of media in covering elections, AP Press Academy, Hyderabad. March 2009
5. Law of Expression: (Law for Media) Asia Law House, Hyderabad, 2007
6. Co-editor: PA Choudary’s Vision and Mission, Indian Constitutional Governance (analysis of Judgments of Justice Choudary) Asia Law House, Hyderabad, 2007
7. Ramaswamy Iyer’s Law of Torts, Co-author, with Prof A. Lakshminath, Butterworth’s, New Delhi, 2007
8. Right to Information, Wadhwa, Nagpur, 2006, New Delhi
9. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Negotiation and Mediation, 2006, Butterworth’s, New Delhi
10. Right to Information (Telugu Booklet) Published by Telugu University and AP Official Language Commission, 2006, 11. Equal Rights to Daughters, Telugu Book published by Telugu University and AP Official Language Commission, 2006
12. Samacharam Mana Janma Hakku, Right to Information, Our Birth Right, Telugu book by Asia Law House, Hyderabad
13. Legal Language, Asia Law House
14. “FIR, Arrest & Bail” Asia Law House
15. Dharmasana Chaitanyam, (Judicial Activism in Telugu)
16. Kaarmika Chattalu (Labour Laws in Telugu)
17. FIR, Arrest & Bail (Telugu) Asia Law House, 18. Mahilalu Chattalu (Women & Law in Telugu)
19. Panchanama (Telugu) S. Gogia & Co.,
20. Patrikarachana -Paruvu Nastam - Court dhikkaram Writing for the press, Defamation and Contempt of Court (in Telugu) A.P.Press Academy
21. Nyayavyavastha (Judicial System in Telugu), Telugu Academy, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 2004
22. Media Law- Policy, Module 1, PG Diploma Course, NalsarPro, Hyderabad.2002
23. Constitutional Foundations of Media Law, Module II, PG Diploma Course, NalsarPro, Hyderabad, 2002
24. New Media- Internet, Module III, PG Diploma Course, Nalsar Pro, Hyderabad. 2003
25. Advertisements and Law, Fourth Module for Media Law, PG Diploma Course, Nalsar-pro, Hyderabad. 2003
26. Paryavarana Parijnanam, Environmental Law in Telugu, published by NALSAR under Environment Capacity building programme 2003.