Faculty Profile

Teaching Experience

• Under Graduate: More than 5 years and Post Graduate more than 3 years

Current Research Interest

• Public Private Partnerships, Corporate and Project Finance and Energy and Infrastructure Management.

Book Chapters

• Chapter titled “Indian Defense Sector Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities for Private Players in Defense Manufacturing” has been published in the book ‘National Security of India and International Law’ edited by Dr. Bimal N. Patel and published by Brill, Leiden, ISBN: 978-90-04-42756-3.
  
• Joshi Yogesh. C and Chaudhary, Mahesh. L "How Operational are Public Private Partnerships in City Bus Services: An Indian Perspective", The International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure (Gandhinagar-India, 11-12 January, 2014),Published by Excel India Publishers, ISBN NO: 978-96-82880-97-4.

Journal Articles

• Chaudhary, Mahesh. L and Joshi Nirav (2018), Worthiness of the Bus Rapid Transit System in Ahmedabad, India: Economic Cost Benefit Analysis Perspective, Issue 67, paper no 5, ISSN 1825-3997. 
• Chaudhary, Mahesh. L (2018), Is Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit System on the Pathway it Desired for?, Vol 19, Issue 2, Synergy Journal of Management, ISSN: 0973-922x, pg 71-80.
• Chaudhary, Mahesh. L and Joshi Yogesh. C (2016), A Strategic Analysis of Urban Public Transport Industry: A Case of Ahmedabad, Gujarat in India, Vol XXIX, NMIMS Management Review, ISSN:0971-1023, pg 81-101.
• Chaudhary, Mahesh L. 2015. "Gross Cost Contract v/s Net Cost Contract: What Should Indian Cities Opt for". International Journal of Business Management & Research, ISSN(P): 2249-6920; ISSN(E): 2249-8036 Vol. 5, Issue 3, Jun 2015, 9-18.

Paper Presentation 

Conferences

• Presented the paper "How Operational are Public Private Partnerships in City Bus Services: An Indian Perspective" at The International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure (ICEI-2014) organized by Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, India, 11-12 January 2014.

Participation

Policy Summits

• Participated in the "Trilateral Winter Law School: National Security and Defense Laws and Practices-France, Germany and India" organized by GNLU, Gandhinagar in collaboration with University Paris Nanterre, Paris and University of Potsdam, Germany and sponsored by Deutsch-Franzosische Hochschule- Universite Franco-Allemande and National Security Council at the GNLU, Gandhinagar from 13 to 16 February 2018.

Workshops

• Participated in the Capacity Building Workshop on "Role of Legal Stakeholders in Strengthening and the Implementation of the Biological Diversity Act with Special Focus on ABS Provisions" organized by Gujarat National Law University through the National Project on Access and Benefit Sharing under the United Nation Environment Programme-Global Environment Facility- Ministry of Environment & Forests (UNEP-GEF-MoEF) Project with the cooperation of National Biodiversity Authority and in partnership with Gujarat Biodiversity Board held on 27th September, 2014.

Organised

Training Programmes

• Organized and coordinated the Training Program on "Contract and Procurement Management" for Guj Info Petro Ltd at Gujarat National Law University during 8th and 9th July, 2017. This program was organized under the aegis of GNLU Centre for Business and Public Policy (GCBPP).
• Organized and conducted the Credit Course on "Contract and Procurement Management" during January to April, 2015 at Gujarat National Law University under the aegis of GNLU Centre for Business and Public Policy (GCBPP).
• Organized and coordinated the Certificate Course on Contract and Procurement Management during 10th and 11th October, 2014 at GNLU.

Participated

Orientation Programmes

• Participated in the 88th Orientation Programme organized by Academic Staff College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad from 29th May 2017 to 26th June 2017.

Faculty Development Programmes

• Participated and successfully completed "One Week Faculty Development Programme" organized by Gujarat National Law University from 16th to 21st May 2016.
• Participated and successfully completed "One Week Faculty Development Programme" organized by Gujarat National Law University from 2nd to 7th November 2015.

• Delivered a Session on "Economic Analysis of Item Rate Contract" in GNLU Academy on Law & Economics  organized by Centre for Law and Economics, GNLU on 27 August, 2020. 
  
• Delivered Expert talk on "Holistic Wellbeing of Students in Academic Institute" in Foundation Program 2019 at Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad on 9th August, 2019.
  
• Delivered a Guest Session on "Cost Benefit Analysis of Public Transport Project" in the Masters Program of Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University, on 28 September, 2018.
  
• Invited as a resource person and delivered four sessions on "Research Methodology" under "Teachers Exchange Programme" in the Department of Law, Saurashtra University, Rajkot on 14th July, 2017.
• Invited as a resource person and delivered a session on "Quantitative Techniques" for Teaching & Research Associates & Research Associates of Gujarat National Law University organized by the Office of Dean Research Division, GNLU on 18th February, 2017.
• Lead Discussant at Faculty Seminar Series on 'Worthiness of the BRTS Project in Ahmedabad from the Economic Cost Benefit Analysis Perspective' on 28th April, 2017.
• Visiting Faculty, School of Petroleum Management, PDPU, Gandhinagar.

Others

• 1st prise winner in "Mudra- The Finance Odyssey" an Equity Research Competition held by Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (IIT-Powai), Mumbai, 2009.