1.0Department of Law and Legal Studies/lawHeather Plescia/law/author/heatherplescia/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zorUVMWAze"><a href="/law/2026/graduate-transformation-scholarship-recipient-janakan-muthukumar/">Graduate Transformation Scholarship Recipient: Janakan Muthukumar</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/law/2026/graduate-transformation-scholarship-recipient-janakan-muthukumar/embed/#?secret=zorUVMWAze" width="600" height="338" title="“Graduate Transformation Scholarship Recipient: Janakan Muthukumar” — Department of Law and Legal Studies" data-secret="zorUVMWAze" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/law/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> /law/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/Muthukumar-Janakan.jpg7141000Meet Janakan Muthukumar! Janakan is pursuing a PhD in Legal Studies under the supervision of Professor Sean Richmond. Janakan is the recipient of this year’s Transformation Scholarship for Graduate Students. 1. What led you to pursue your PhD in Legal Studies at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´?ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s Department of Law and Legal Studies stood out to me for its […]