Advisory Board Members

Prof. (Dr.) Ashok R Patil

Vice-Chancellor National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi

He has 25 years of teaching experience. He worked as a Lecturer and Principal at KLEs Bellad Law College, Belgaum, from 1999 to 2008. He joined NLSIU in August 2008 as an Associate Professor and administered the Chair on Consumer Law & Practice which was established by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India. He was promoted as a Professor in 2011. He was also the Founder Director of ‘Online Consumer Mediation Centre’ (OCMC) at NLSIU. He took charge of Vice Chancellor, NUSRL, Ranchi in June 2023.

He has presented a research papers in the International conferences in more than 15 countries. He has got Asian Law Institute's Fellowship, Singapore in 2010;  National Award “Legal Education Innovation Award - 2013” by the Society of Indian Law Firms  (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy and Training (MILAT) for the research wok at the National Level in the year of 2013. Under his leadership in 2014 ‘Legal Service Clinic’ has won a ‘International Mac Jannet’ Second Prize for active help to the under privileged sections of the society by organizing legal literacy camps, training, filing public interestlitigations, drafting amendments to legislations and publications; FIP Fellowship from University Grants Commission, New Delhi; Received Endeavour Leadership Programme (ELP) Fellowship from University of Western Australia (UWA) Law School, Australia, 2019.

He has published many research papers and books at the National and international level. His recent publications are: book on “Commentary on Consumer Protection Act-2019”, (ISBN No: 978-93-93702-78-4), published by Thomson and Reuters, in 2022 and Chapter on “National Report of India” in Consumer Protection in Asia, HART Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2022. He has been a member of many Government Bodies, & has given Expert Opinion before Parliamentary Committees.

Antonino Serra Cambaceres

International Expert on Consumer Law and Protection, Advocate, Argentine

Antonino Serra-Cambaceres has worked in consumer protection and consumer law since 1990. He joined Consumers International (CI) in 1998, as the legal co-ordinator at CI’s Santiago Office in Chile. He has also coordinated the Financial Services and the Consumer Justice and Protection programmes for Latin America. Since 2014 he manages CI’s Global Consumer Justice and Protection Programme. He coordinated the Euro-Latin American Consumer Dialogue (2000-2003) and CI’s Caribbean project (2009-2012). He was the co-ordinator of the legal team at ADELCO, Argentina’s Consumer Protection League (1990-1997). He created the Consumer Arbitration Courts in Argentina, were he was also an arbiter (1997-1998). He is a lawyer, with a law degree at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an invited professor at the University of Buenos Aires, UQAM, Sao Paulo Catholic University and University of Chile.

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Jain

Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru

Prof. Sanjay Jain have more 22 years experience as a faculty in Law. Presently He is a Professor of Law at National Law School of India University Bangalore. He have expertise in Comparative Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, International Economic Law, Feminism, etc. Being myself a disabled person Disability Rights Jurisprudence is my first love. My scholarship has International and National exposure with participation in more than 100 conferences, workshops and seminars, and with publications of more than 20 articles and 5 books. One of the most acclaimed books co-authored and co-edited by me is Basic Structure Constitutionalism is "Basic Structure Constitutionalism: Revisiting Kesavananda Bharati" with foreword by former Chief Justice of India K. G. Balakrishnan. I have received President Award as a most efficient Disabled employee from Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Prof. (Dr.) Sairam Bhat

Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru

Prof. Sairam Bhat is a Professor of Law at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, India's pioneer legal institution, with over 20 years of experience in the legal fraternity. His areas of specialization include the Law relating to Public Private Partnerships, Competition Law, Tendering, Contract Management, Environment Protection and the Law on Right to Information. He has served as a Consultant to several Governmental and Non-Governmental Organisations and has conducted several training programmes and workshops for various officers of Government of India, and other State Governments under the aegis of various government bodies including the Administrative Training Institute, Mysore; National Academy of Direct Taxes, Delhi; Vaizag Steel; Central Silk Board; National Productivity Council; GIPARD, Goa and Fiscal Policy Institute, Bengaluru. He did his LL.M, and Ph.D from the Department of Law, University of Mysore and has been awarded the 'Young India Environmental Law Fellowship' and served as Adjunct Faculty at Golden Gate University, California, USA, during the fall, 2003. As a Fulbright-Nehru Fellow, 2010, he was a 'Visiting Researcher' at the Georgetown University, Law Centre Washington DC, during Aug-Dec. 2010. He was also a Linnaeus-Palme Academic Exchange Fellow at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012-13. He has published books titled, Natural Resources Conservation Law [SAGE], Right to Information [Eastern Book House], Contracts, Agreements and Public Policy [NLSIU Book Series -1], Energy Law and Policy in India [NLSIU Book Series-2], Right to Information and Good Governance [NLSIU Books Series-3]. He is also the Chief Editor of the Journal on Environmental Law, Policy and Development and Journal on Law and Public Policy, published by NLSIU.

Prof. (Dr.) Prashant S. Desai

Professor & Dean, School of Law Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru

Prof. Desai is a Dean School of Law, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru. He was formerly faculty member at the prestigious National Law School of India University (NLSIU) in Bangalore. With a distinguished career, he has served as the Chair Professor for the HAL DPSU Chair in Business Laws at NLSIU. Additionally, he has been a valued member of the expert legal team (MARB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC), New Delhi. Further enhancing his expertise in the field, he holds the distinction of being the founding dean of the School of Law at MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (MSRUAS) in Bangalore. He also served as a drafting specialist for the National Public Health Law, 2017 for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in New Delhi, and the Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act, 2018 for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.

Dr. Pratima Narayan

Advocate and Mediator, Co-founder, Techlawlogi Consulting LLP

Dr. Pratima Narayan is a legal practitioner and Co-founder of Techlawlogi Consulting LLP, Bengaluru. Her expertise lies in areas of commercial contracts, consumer law, e-commerce and Intellectual Property Rights. She is a trained mediator, empanelled with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, Cochin, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi and SAMA, Bengaluru.

Owing keen interest in academia and research, she has written various articles on trends and challenges in e-consumer protection and have presented papers at various national and international seminars and conferences on e-commerce and consumer protection. She has served the legal academia for over 20 years, teaching at various leading law schools and business schools.

Dr. Pratima has authored a book on E-commerce - legal compliance published by Eastern Book Company. She is an editor and consultant at EBC Learning, an e-learning platform that offers on- demand self-paced courses and instructor led courses.

Dr. Neha Mishra

Associate Professor & Associate Dean (Scholarship) Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat

Dr. Neha Mishra is a legal professional of over 13 years of work experience and has been in academia for last 8 years. Currently Associate Professor of Law & Associate Dean (Scholarship) at Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University,India, she has previously worked as Founding Director of School of Legal Studies at REVA University Bangalore where she handled administrative responsibilities to establish a new Law School as well as furthering her academic responsibilities. She has actively provided probono legal assistance to marginalized women labour and street children in rural and urban setups. She has provided Training workshops to Police officers and Prosecutors in India.

Her research area focuses on Human rights law, colorism, postcolonial feminist studies, Gender & Child rights, Rehabilitation, exclusion and its intersection. Her opinions and contributions can be seen in TIME magazine, BBC, Asia times, Huff Post, Times of India as well as international academic journals.

She has been part of important deliberations with field experts in different countries like USA (Washington University, St. Louis; School of Social Work, Michigan State University) , Russia (MSAL), American Embassy in India (2021, ‘22, ‘23), and as Kalinga Fellow (2020-21) regarding Human right issues ranging from Colorism to Human trafficking of women to Caste and Race perceptions in India. She has also given Keynote addresses regarding color-caste- gender issues in Global South in Pakistan and India for State Human Right Commissions and other organizations.

Dr. Anita A. Patil

Associate Professor of Law, Ramaiah College of Law (RCL), Bengaluru

Dr. Anita Patil has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Law with a specialization in Business and Trade law. She is an UGC-NET-JRF Fellowship Award recipient and a two-time gold medallist. She has pursued her doctorate degree from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.

Dr. Anita is an accredited mediator by the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, Cochin, in 2016. Further, along with the Chair on Consumer Law and Practice at NLSIU, she has actively contributed to policy-making for the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, at the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. She is the Senior Editor of the International Journal on Consumer Law and Practice, an annual journal of law indexed by SCOPUS, HeinOnline, SCC OnLine, and the UGC CARE List at NLSIU.

Dr. Anita is the Coordinator of the Center for Women and Children Welfare Policy and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at Ramaiah College of Law. She is also an external member of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (ICC) Committee of reputed organizations in Bengaluru.

Dr. Patil has been recognized as an award-winning leader in education with the Prof. Indira Parikh 50 Women in Education Leaders Award at the World Education Congress in Mumbai in 2022.

She is an Executive Member & Coordinator of an International Project with the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA). She serves as an external member of the State-level Advisory Committee of the Food Safety and Standard Authority, Government of Karnataka. She is a member of the Karnataka Chapter of the Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI), a branch of the National Business Chamber for Women. She has also presented research papers & publications at national and international conferences to her credit.

Dr. Shivaraj Huchhanavar

Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat

Mr. Shivaraj is an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed to be a University). He holds an LLM (with First Rank and a Gold Medal) from Karnataka State Law University and a BALLB from Karnataka University Dharwad. Before joining JGLS, Mr. Shivaraj worked as a tutor at the School of Law, Durham University (UK). He also worked as a Research Fellow at the National Judicial Academy of India, Bhopal for over three years, where he designed and delivered over 20 judicial training programmes in the form of conferences, workshops, and retreats for various levels of judges from India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

Mr. Shivaraj’s PhD research foregrounds the implications of judicial conduct regulation regimes on judicial independence and accountability in India and the UK. It examines “judicial independence” and “judicial accountability” from a regulatory perspective. Publications emerging from his PhD research emphasise that judicial conduct regulation regimes should adequately emphasise all three facets of judicial independence: individual, internal, and institutional. In this respect, as his research demonstrates, the regulatory regimes in India undermine individual and internal judicial independence. Whereas the regulatory regimes in the UK, despite recent reforms, underemphasize internal judicial independence. Mr. Shivaraj also has publications on the contemporary problems facing the Indian judiciary, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, and the principles of natural justice.