Ms Vasantha holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of London, a Certificate in Legal Practice from the Malaysian Qualifying Board and an LLM from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (conferred in 2005). Ms Vasantha was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1992. Ms Vasantha has always had a strong desire and passion to be a lawyer and a teacher. She started tutoring students for the London external program in 1990 and later went on to tutor and successfully prepare students for the CLP examinations whilst she was still in practice. She also conducted many industrial training programs for bankers and others whilst she was in practice.

Ms Vasantha decided to leave practice and turn to full time teaching in 1999. Her areas of interest and specialisation are Criminal Law, Law of Evidence (Criminal trials), Criminal Procedure, Administrative Law and Malaysian Land Law. The research for her LLM dissertation was on The Law of Evidence and Criminal Procedure: Is There a Fair Balance Struck between Seeking Justice and the Rights of an Accused Person in Malaysia and the UK.

She also scored distinctions for all her LLM papers, namely Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, comparative Administrative Law and Medical Law. She has taught on the HELP Diploma in Law program, Bachelor of Jurisprudence (External) program offered by the University of Malaya and on the Edexcel A-Level program.

Ms Vasantha was appointed Head of the Department of Law in 2004 and she continues to teach the Diploma in Law students in Criminal Law and sees the A-Level Law students through their final semester. Since 2005, she also assists in vetting legal agreements and documents for HELP and its subsidiary companies.

Academic Interest / Research
Computer Crimes and Issues of Hacking (2002 - 2003)
Electronic Transactions and E-Contracting and other areas of Cyberlaws (2002 - 2003)
Malaysian Land Law (1999 – 2002)
Intellectual Property Law – Biodiversity (2003 - 2004)
Criminal Law (1990 – present)
Law of Evidence (1999 – present)

Research Undertaken / Publications
LLM DISSERTATION – Law of Evidence and Criminal Procedure: Is There A Fair Balance Struck Between Seeking Justice And The Rights Of An Accused Person In Malaysia And The United Kingdom (2004)
PUBLICATION IN THE HELP LAW REVIEW, 2006 - Is There A Fair Balance Between The Rights Of The Prosecutor And That Of An Accused: In Relation To Testimonies Of The Spouse Of An Accused in the UK?

Subjects Taught / Teaching
Malaysian Criminal Law
Malaysian Land Law
Criminal Law (UK)
Malaysian Law of Evidence
Law of Evidence (UK)
Malaysian Criminal Procedure
Contemporary Ethics (American)
Property Laws (Real Estate Professional Course)
Business Law (UK & Australian)
Company Law (UK)

Membership
COMMITTEE MEMBER - MQA’s Standards and Criteria for Law (2007 – 2008)
Appointed as MEMBER of the APPEAL SUB-COMMITTEE for the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers (2007-2008)
MEMBER, Joint Consultative Committee organised by the Bar Council (Professional Standards and Development Committee) (2008)