About me.

I am a published scholar and a writer on topics of technology law, innovation management, intellectual property policy, and patent licensing.

I have worked for more than a decade as a Professor of Law and Economics, and as Dean at two leading academic institutions in India – O.P. Jindal Global University in Sonipat, and BITS Law School at the Mumbai Campus of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani.

I have collaborated with global innovation-intensive organisations and various government departments in India, and worked with six leading universities: MaxPlanck Institute in Munich (Germany), Jindal Global University in Delhi NCR (India), as affiliated faculty at Indiana University Bloomington’s Maurer School of Law (U.S.), the Institute for Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo (Japan), the Centre for Protection of IP at George Mason University in Virginia (U.S.), and BITS Pilani's Law School in Mumbai (India). I helped establish the Centre for Research on Innovation for Shared Prosperity (CRISP) at BITS Law School and the Jindal Initiative on Research in IP and Competition (JIRICO) in Jindal Global Law School.

I hold a Ph.D. from the Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Law and Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany. LL.M. from Erasmus University Rotterdam and the University of Manchester, U.K., and M.Sc. from MSE, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, India. I am a recipient of the Max Planck Society Fellowship from the Federal Government of Germany, the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship from the European Commission, and the Thomas Edison Innovation Fellowship from Antonin Scalia School of Law.

I have 100+ publications in the form of articles in peer-reviewed journals, manuscripts, edited volumes, and invited op-eds. My last three books & edited volumes with Springer on technology innovation and patent licensing have been collectively accessed 375,000+ times.

For the last 15 years, I have combined my strong academic training in business economics and law with professional work in policy making and institution building. I am working towards positioning myself as a multidisciplinary thought leader in technology law, patent policy. I am passionate about discussing, co-creating, and executing innovative techniques and novel frameworks in higher education institutions in India.