Faculty Profile

Teaching Experience

• Teaching and Research Associate (Law), GNLU [April 2021-Present].
  
• Teaching Assistant, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (January-April 2019).

Research Experience

• Research Fellow on the Project titled, “An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Food Insecurity and Hunger on the Nutrition and Right to Health Status of Urban Poor Living in the State of Gujarat” (January-March 2021).

Research Projects

• Co-Investigator on a project titled, “A Study of Impact of Urban Labor Migration on Right to Education of their Children: With Special Reference to Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar” – submitted under the Government of Gujarat Faculty Seed Grant Program 2021 (Ongoing).
• Working on the Project of Listing the Acts to be Repealed which Enacted by The Government of Gujarat since 1960 (Ongoing).

Consultancy Assignments

• District Lead – Gariaband District, Chhattisgarh for National Nutrition Mission, Joint Initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development and Tata Trusts (January-June 2020).

Areas of General Interest

• Environment Law
• Human Rights Law
• Constitutional Law
• Copyright Law

Current Research Interest

• Food Security Laws

New Course(s) Designed/Introduced

• Co-ordinating for rolling out the 1st Edition of the Diploma Course on Ancient Indian Legal History and Philosophy (Ongoing).

Books Edited

• Working as an Assistant Editor for the Book titled, “Green Criminology and Climate Justice: A Global perspective” (Ongoing).

Paper Presentation

Conferences

• Presented a Paper titled, “The Looming Disaster of Waste Generation from Solar Panels: Need for Implementing Legislation for End-Life Management of Photovoltaic Cells” at the International Conference on Climate Justice and Sustainable Environment organized by GNLU and Gujarat Maritime University (22nd April 2023).
• Presented a Paper titled, “Cross Border E-Commerce concerns of Consumers” at The International Conference on Consumer Law and Practices organized by Parul University, Vadodara (15th March 2022).
• Co-authored a research paper titled, 'Solid Waste Management and Environmental Issues: A Case Study of India' and presented it at the Student’s International Conference on Environmental Problems in South Asia, organised by University School of Law and Legal Studies, from 30th January - 3rd February 2015.
• Co-authored a research paper titled ‘Democratic Innovations’ and presented it at The International Conference on Law and Political Science held at National Law University Delhi from 7th -9th February 2014.

Participation

Workshops

• Attended a 2 day Workshop on Para-Legal Training organised by Delhi State Legal Services Authority and University School of Law and Legal Studies from 2-3 May 2014. Thereafter, worked as a Para Legal Volunteer during the Mass Literacy Programme and helped in dissemination of legal education to school students in October, 2014.

Others

• Attended the National Level Roundtable Discussion on Biological Diversity [Amendment Bill] 2021 organized by Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension & School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (16th February 2022).
• Participated in the Expert Lecture on Design Thinking in Legal Research in collaboration with Justice Adda (19th October 2022).

Participated

Faculty Development Programmes

• Completed the Faculty Development Programme on Sports Law, Governance and Policy (28th Feb to 5th March 2022).

Short-Term Courses

• GNLU-SMU Lecture Series on Sports in India and Canada: History, Health and Regulation funded by SICI (5th March, 12th March, 19th March).

Certificate Courses

• Attended and completed a Three-Day Certification Course on Contemporary Legal Issues in the Media and Entertainment Industry organized by GNLU (3rd-5th March 2023).

Honours/Awards

• Authored a research paper titled ‘Revenge Pornography – The Interface between Criminal, Cyber and Copyright Laws’ for the essay writing competition organized by the Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law compiled by NALSAR University of Law and won the first position prize.
• Participated in Surana & Surana Trial Advocacy and Judgment Writing Competition (North Rounds), 2015 and won 4th Best Judgment prize.
• Co-authored a research paper titled ‘A Study of Regulatory Framework relating to Surrogacy’ for Consumers India NGO which was adjudged amongst the top three studies of the Summer Batch of 2014. http://drjayashreegupta.blogspot.com/2014/10/surrogacy-is-it-womb-for-rent.html

• Guest Lecturer for Law of Torts for Kingston Law College, Kolkata (October 2022 – January 2023).
• Took a session on, “Significance of Citation in Research and Citation Styles and how to use Reference Management Software for Citation” for the One Credit Course on Research Methodology organized by the Research and Development Cell, GNLU (13th April 2023).