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Dr. Gargi Chakrabarti

Associate Professor of Law

Email: gargi@mpdnlu.ac.in

Courses and Research Interest: Intellectual Property Law, Cyber Law, Competition Law and Environment Law.

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Bio

Dr. Gargi Chakrabarti is an Associate Professor (Law) at National Law University, Jodhpur. She was a post-doctoral research fellow at Max Planck Institute of Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany in 2020. She has awarded Ph.D. from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and M.Phil. from National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She has done LLM in International and Comparative IP Law from London Metropolitan University, London, UK. She has more than 14 years of teaching and research experience. She is a Tutor for WIPO Academy and completed four Distance Learning Courses successfully. She has more than 40 international and national publications in her credit. Her achievements include (1) IP Expert for PIC and Member of Rajasthan State IP Council, DST, Government of Rajasthan, (2) Technical Expert for QCI-NBA-UNDP Access and Benefit Sharing Scheme (ABS) Project for developing certification criteria for the ABS Scheme in 2021, (3) Project on ABS Mechanism in Rajasthan with UNDP-GOI-NLSIU in 2018 (4) 13th Colloquium for Teachers of IP organized by the WIPO & WTO in Geneva in 2016, (5) Visiting Scholar to School of Law, University of Washington in 2015, and (6) University of Washington-Google Project on Intermediary Liabilities on Hate Speech and Online Child Safety.

Qualifications

1999: LL.B. (Hons.), Calcutta University, Kolkata
2007: LL.M (IPR), London Metropolitan University, London, UK
2011: M.Phil, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru;
2015: NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

Experiences

2022- Present: Associate Professor, Dharmashastra National Law University
2015-2022: Associate Professor, National Law University, Jodhpur
2013 - 2015: Assistant Professor, National Law University, Jodhpur
2012-2013: Assistant Professor, Christ University, Bangalore
2010 -2012: Research Assistant, National Law School of India University, Bangaluru.

Membership of Professional Bodies

Member of Advisory Board of Centre for Research in Intellectual Property, MNLU Mumbai, since Jun 2022.
Legal Expert of Intellectual Property Management Committee (IPMC) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur since Feb 2022.
Member for Rajasthan State Intellectual Property Council (RSIPC), Dept. of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of Rajasthan in August 2021.
Member of Advisory Board of All India Legal Forum since Jul 2020.
Member of Advisory Board of IGI Global since Dec 2018.
Member of Advisory Board of Confederation of Indian Industry since Jan 2015.

Awards and Honours

Observer for 17th WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property, organized by WIPO & WTO at Geneva, Switzerland, on 1– 12 November 2021.
Scholarship to represent India for 13th WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property, organized by WIPO & WTO at Geneva Switzerland, on 13th – 24th June 2016.
Visiting Scholar at School of Law, University of Washington at Seattle, 5 May - 5 Jun 2015.
WIPRO, Earthian Award, sponsored by WIPRO India, on January 2014.

Research and Consultancy

(1) Co-Principal Investigator for Revisiting the Scope of Diagnostic and Treatment Processes as Exclusions to Patentable Subject Matter: A Critical Appraisal of the Pros and Cons, sponsored by NUJS Kolkata (ongoing).
(2) Comparative Study of Geographical Indications in India & EU: Policy for Implementation and Way Forward, sponsored by Max Planck Institute of Intellectual Property and Competition, Munich, Germany, (completed).
(3) QCI-NBA Access and Benefit Sharing Scheme (ABS) Project for developing certification criteria for the ABS Scheme, sponsored by UNDP India, (completed).
(4) GOI-UNDP-GEF Global Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Project for implementation of ABS Mechanism as per Nagoya Protocol in Rajasthan, sponsored by UNDP India & NLSIU Bengaluru, (completed).
(5) Project on Documentation for augmentation and facilitation of Geographical Indication (GIs) in Rajasthan State for strengthening the rights of GI Holders of Rajasthan, sponsored by Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of Rajasthan, (completed).
(6) Google Online Intermediary Liability Research Project [prepared research papers on Intermediary Liability and Hate Speech and Intermediary Liability and Child Protection], sponsored by Google through the School of Law, University of Washington, USA, (completed).

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