About Me

Professor & Dean, Jindal School of Banking & Finance (JSBF), O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), India

Director, Centre for Online Education/ Office of Academic Innovation and Online Learning, JGU

Founding Director, Jindal Initiative on Research in Intellectual Property & Competition (JIRICO)

Education

Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition, and
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)


Germany

LL.M.
Erasmus University Rotterdam, 
University of Hamburg, and
University of Manchester


The Netherlands
Germany
United Kingdom

M.Sc. Economics
Madras School of Economics, College of Engineering Guindy (CEG), Anna University


India

B.A. Hons. Economics
Delhi University


India

Awards & Grants

IP Recognition Award, 4th IPTSE Awards, FICCI, 2022

Research Excellence Award 2020, O.P. Jindal Global University

Thomas Edison Innovation Fellowship, George Mason University, USA

India Awardee for the 14th IP Colloquium, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and World Trade Organisation (WTO), Geneva, 2017

Teaching Excellence Award 2016, Jindal Global Law School

Research Grant from Qualcomm Inc., USA, 2015 and Ericsson AB, 2017

Research Grant from OECD, Paris, 2012

Research Grant from the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management & Entrepreneurship, LMU, Munich, 2011

Previous Appointments

1. Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, National Capital Region of Delhi, India— Jul 2014 until Dec 2018
- Assistant Director, Centre for Intellectual Property & Technology Law (CIPTEL)
- Founding Editor, Law and Policy Brief; and Convener, Law & Policy Research Group
- Courses taught: Microeconomics, Economic Analysis of Law, Law & Economics I & II

2. Visiting Associate Professor, Institute for Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan — Aug 2017 until Dec 2018
- Joint research on a project on 'India Innovation Survey' with Hitotsubashi University;
- Joint research on a project on 'Comparative analysis of patent licensing in India & Japan' with the University of Tokyo

3. Affiliated Faculty, Centre for Intellectual Property Research, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington, USA — Dec 2015 until Dec 2018

4. Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition, Munich, Germany — Oct 2012 until Oct 2013

5. Researcher, Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management & Entrepreneurship, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany — Sep 2009 until Sep 2012