PROF. (Dr.) ASHISH BHARADWAJ

He is the Founding Dean of BITS Law School, Mumbai. Professor Ashish Bharadwaj has previously served as the Dean of the Jindal School of Banking & Finance in O.P. Jindal Global University, Director of JGU’s Office of Academic Innovation and Online Learning, and Founding Director of the Jindal Initiative on Research on Intellectual Property and Competition (JIRICO).

He has also served as Associate Professor at Jindal Global Law School (India), Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute for Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Affiliated Faculty at the Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington (USA), and a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition, Munich (Germany). He is a recipient of the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship from the European Commission, the Max Planck Society Doctoral Fellowship from the Federal Government of Germany, and the Thomas Edison Innovation Fellowship from Antonin Scalia School of Law, George Mason University.

He has more than 70 publications, including four books, articles in peer-reviewed journals, and invited opinion pieces in the media.

Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey

Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey is the Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. Before joining MNLU Mumbai, he served as the pro Vice-Chancellor and briefly as the acting Vice-Chancellor of SRTM University, Nanded, Maharashtra, and Professor & Head of the Department at Department of Law, Savitribai Phule Pune University. As an invited speaker he has spoken at numerous international conferences including the International Conference held on human rights at Kathmandu, Nepal; International Conference on Human Rights at New South Wales University Sydney, Australia and International Conference jointly organized by Vienna University Austria and City University Hong Kong.

He has been a member of various committees of Universities, UGC, Public Service Commissions including Judges Selection Panel. In 2019, he was conferred the Best Academician (Law) by the Indian National Bar Association, New Delhi.

Dr. KALPESHKUMAR L. GUPTA

He is a law teacher and researcher. He is a Ph.D. in Law from Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat and a former Academic Associate at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA).

His areas of interest are Corporate Laws, Right to Information Act, Court Management, Entrepreneurship, General Management, Public Policy and other allied subjects. He has been delivering guest lecturers at Law, Management and Commerce colleges and various institutions in Gujarat and other states. He has participated in 60 plus conferences, seminars, workshops and presented 30 plus papers in various National, International Conferences and Seminars. He has been actively involved in campaign of awareness on Right to Information Act and has conducted many workshops/seminars at state and national levels.

He worked as an Academic Associate in Business Policy Area at IIM, Ahmedabad from 2010 to 2015 where he was associated with courses on Law and Management. He worked as an Assistant Professor - Research and Faculty Coordinator of Gujarat National Law University Legal Incubation Council. Presently he is working as Associate Professor of Law at Parul University, Vadodara.

Ms. NUPUR SINHA

Nupur Sinha, the Executive Director of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has experimented with pedagogy for teaching law to different constituencies including students, lawyers, paralegals, police, teachers . She comes with field experience of using the justice system to fight for the rights of marginalised people, through a network of grassroots lawyers and paralegals.

Nupur and her team have nurtured a network to provide legal support in several communities, through riots, natural disasters, and even the pandemic, and also to make systemic interventions through the justice system in relation many problems such as securing the rights and entitlements of adivasis and stopping violence against women.

PROF. (Dr.) PURVI POKHARIYAL

She is the Campus Director at the National Forensic Science University (NFSU), Gandhinagar Campus. She is also the Director of the Academics, Research and Consultancy at NFSU, Gandhinagar, founding Dean of the School of Law, Forensic Justice and Policy Studies and the Dean of the School of Forensic Psychology at the National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar.

Prof. Pokhariyal was the first ever female chairperson of the Indian Society of Criminology. She was conferred with Senior Social Scientist Award by the Indian Society of Criminology for her significant contribution to the field of Criminology. She was also selected for best Law Professor Award by the Business School Affairs & Dewang Mehta National Education Awards. Prof. Pokhariyal is a visiting faculty at HOF University, Germany and a resource person at various training programs, workshops and National and International conferences.

Prof. Pokhariyal has conducted various FDPs for Law teachers on Innovation Pedagogy for Law Teaching, Outcome Based Education for Law Schools, Clinical Legal Education, Justice Education, etc.

Dr. RUCHI TEWARI

She is an Associate Professor at Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad. She is a committed professional oriented towards learning and academic enhancement in the areas of corporate social responsibility and applied communication.

With more than 20 years of teaching experience, Dr. Tewari’s professional focus is in the applied areas of Communication where she specializes in Strategic CSR – its design; implementation and reporting. She has also researched and published in the domain of ‘technology aided human communication’. Dr. Tewari has to her credit over 40 publications including research articles, chapters in edited books and newspaper articles. She has presented papers in reputed international conferences like the Academy of Management (AOM); International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS); International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and has been a chosen fellow by ICSSR and ERC – UK to attend their round table discussion on social media in London.

She has conducted over 1000 hours of corporate training to mid-level managers of national and international organizations.

PROF. (Dr.) S. SHANTHAKUMAR

He is the Director, Gujarat National Law University with about 30 years of teaching experience at prestigious universities including Hidayatullah National Law University. Prof. Shanthakumar is holding in charge as the Director of Gujarat Maritime University and also appointed as the President of Gujarat International Maritime Arbitration Centre.

He is an alumnus of Madras University, Chennai, where he earned his graduation, post-graduation and doctorate degree in law. Before joining the legal academia, he had practiced at the Madras High Court for seven years.

His areas of specialization are Environmental Law, Human Rights Law, International Law and Constitutional Law. He has authored 3 books on Environmental Law and 2 books on Human Rights Law published by LexisNexis, National Law School of India University (CEERA), Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, etc. He has published a number of research articles on contemporary legal issues in various national and international journals and edited volumes. He has presented papers and delivered key note addresses in many national and international conferences in India and abroad.

Prof (Dr.) Shashikala Gurpur

Prof (Dr.) Shashikala Gurpur is the Director, Symbiosis Law School, Pune and Dean, Faculty of Law, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune (SIU). She is a distinguished academician and orator having presented more than 325 invited lectures, workshops and seminars across India, Thailand, US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Canada and UAE.

She has an outstanding career with a wide range of experience in teaching, research and industry and is continuing with Symbiosis Law School since 2007. She is a pioneer of EU Legal Studies in India.