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This book offers a timely and insightful examination of the AntiHuman Trafficking Units (AHTUs)—a pioneering institutional response unique to India. No comparable model exists anywhere else in the world, making this review especially significant. Rooted in field experience, institutional insights, and policy analysis, this
volume offers an in depth examination of India’s specialized antitrafficking units and presents a practical roadmap for enhancing their effectiveness.
It emphasizes the urgent need to build capacity through focused training, improved infrastructure, survivor-centric approaches, and inter-agency coordination—particularly in complex contexts shaped by disaster, displacement, vulnerability, and rapid technological change.
Written with a multidisciplinary lens and a strong call for collaboration, legal innovation, and community engagement, this book envisions a more resilient, accountable, and humane antitrafficking response.
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BHAMATHI BALASUBRAMANIAM
Ms. Bhamathi, a 1979 batch IAS officer, retired as Secretary to the Government of India and later served as a Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal. She holds Master’s degrees in English Literature and Rural Development (UK), an M.Phil. in Women’s Studies, and an MBA in Disaster Management. Over her distinguished career, she held leadership roles across key Ministries at both State and Central levels, including Home, Finance, Rural Development, Women and Child Development, Medical Education, and more.
Internationally, she worked as a Gender Advisor with DANIDA, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNDP across South and Southeast Asia. A staunch advocate against human trafficking, she received the U.S. Government’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 and the Rotary Vocational Excellence Award in 2023.
Her legacy is profiled in Women of Influence (Penguin), which features ten exceptional IAS officers. A full chapter highlights her pioneering anti-trafficking work. As Director in the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, her 1992 inquiry into atrocities against tribals in Vachathi (Tamil Nadu) led to the conviction of 215 officials—a verdict upheld by the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court in 2023.
Currently, she serves as Managing Trustee of ASSET (founded 2020), supporting the education and empowerment of vulnerable, trafficked, orphaned, and single-parent children—especially girls. She is also a motivational speaker and mentors IAS aspirants.
