Dr. Aniruddha Rajput
Member, International Law Commission
Dr. Aniruddha Rajput is a Member of the UN International Law Commission (2017-21). He was the Chairperson of the Drafting Committee at the 69th Session of the ILC. His areas of expertise include dispute resolution, boundary disputes, law of the sea, international investment law and international trade law. He has taught courses in international law at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi and National Law University, Delhi. During 2017, was a Practitioner-in-Residence at the Berlin Potsdam Research Group International Rule of Law -Rise or Decline? based at the Humboldt University Berlin. He was a member of the Study Group Constituted by the Law Commission of India on the 2015 Draft Indian Model BIT and a member of the 5th Haryana State Finance Commission constituted under Article 243 I and Y of the Constitution of India. He is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India.
Research Assistants
Bhavesh Seth
Bhavesh Seth is a fifth year student at NLSIU. He has been a finalist at the Philip C. Jessup Moot, 2018 and a quarter-finalist at the OxPrice Media Law Moot 2017. His areas of interest include nuclear security, conflict studies and state responsibility.
Astha Sharma
Astha Sharma is currently pursuing her PhD in Diplomacy and International Affairs from EUCLID University (established under a United Nations Treaty), with a major in Responsibility to Protect.
Madhulika Tangeti
Madhulika Tangeti holds a Masters degree in International and Comparative law from National University of Singapore Law School. She completed her B.A, LLB from Osmania University. She is currently practicing as an advocate at the High Court at Hyderabad.
Vasundhara Kanoria
Vasundhara Kanoria recently completed undergraduate degree in law from Nirma University. Specialisation in criminal law and interest in international human rights law. Vasundhara was also the secretary of Debating Society and the editor of Nirma university law journal.
Yash Karunakaran
Yash is a penultimate year student at National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad. He is interested in public international law, foreign affairs and dispute resolution, and can often be found writing on the same.
Aasavri Rai
Aasavri Rai is a final year BA LLB student at National Law University, Delhi. She has a passion for public international law and human rights. She has previously interned with the UNHCR and AALCO. She has also completed two traineeships with Hon’ble Justice Madan B Lokur.
Anjali Sugadev
Anjali Sugadev is an LLM graduate in International law, and currently works as a consultant for biodiversity law. She has a research background in international law and law of the sea in India and abroad.
Vishesh Bhatia
Vishesh Bhatia is a Fourth-Year student pursuing B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. He has worked in international arbitration, and is particularly interested in public international law and investment treaty arbitration.
Vishaka Ramesh
Vishaka Ramesh is an undergraduate law student currently in the third year of the five-year B.A.,LL.B. (Hons.) Course at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Her area of interest is Public International Law, and Statehood in particular.