Prof. (Dr.) Saloni Khanderia

Publications (Books) 

1. Stellina Jolly and Saloni Khanderia (eds), Private International Law in BRICS: Convergences: Divergences and Reciprocal Lessons, (Forthcoming 2024, Bloomsbury Publications) (editor names listed in alphabetical order) (Scopus-Indexed).
2. Stellina Jolly and Saloni Khanderia, “Indian Private International Law”, Hart Publications – Studies in Private International Law- Asia Series (2021) (author names listed in alphabetical order).

3. Saloni Khanderia, “The World Trade Organization and Global Competition Policy”, Mohan Law House Publication (2015), pp. 358, ISBN: 9788192986876

Chapters in Books (No’s 1-4 being peer-reviewed)

1. Saloni Khanderia, “The Initiation of Claims in Civil and Commercial Matters: India” in Private International Law in BRICS: Convergences: Divergences and Reciprocal Lessons, Stellina Jolly and Saloni Khanderia (eds) (Forthcoming 2024, Bloomsbury Publications).
2. Saloni Khanderia, “The Identification of the Applicable Law in Civil and Commercial Matters: India” in Private International Law in BRICS: Convergences: Divergences and Reciprocal Lessons, Stellina Jolly and Saloni Khanderia (eds) (Forthcoming 2024, Bloomsbury Publications).
3. Saloni Khanderia, “The Recognition of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Civil and Commercial Matters: India” in Private International Law in BRICS: Convergences: Divergences and Reciprocal Lessons, Stellina Jolly and Saloni Khanderia (eds) (Forthcoming 2024, Bloomsbury Publications).
4. Saloni Khanderia, “Embarking New Frontiers in the South African Law on Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments – is Comity Really ‘Unreliable’?”, Festschrift for Prof Christopher Forsyth, Eleven International Publishing (Forthcoming 2024).
5. aloni Khanderia, “Weighing India’s Trade Facilitation Commitments in the Light of WTO Disciplines” in Trade Facilitation and the WTO (Jane Winn, Sheila Rai ed), Cambridge Scholars Press (2019) 106-165.
6. Saloni Khanderia and Puneet Yadav, “Trade and Human Rights: a Critical appraisal,” in Human Rights Advocacy: Global Approaches, Local Experiences (Sveta Dhaliwal, Ed.),(2011) 339-349.

National Reports 

1. Académie Internationale de Droit Compare (International Academy of Comparative Law), ‘India’ in “New Specialised Commercial Courts and
   Their Role in Cross-Border Litigation”, (Yip Man and Giesela Rühl eds) (2023) Intersentia: Cambridge.
2. Académie Internationale de Droit Compare (International Academy of Comparative Law), ‘India’ in “The Effectiveness of International Legal Harmonization through Soft Law” (Agatha Brandão de Oliveira, Geneviève Saumier and Lauro Gama eds) (2023) Intersentia: Cambridge.
3. Académie Internationale de Droit Compare (International Academy of Comparative Law), ‘India’ in “Autonomous Vehicles and Liability Law” (Gilles Pillet eds) (2023) Intersentia: Cambridge.

Journal Articles 

1. Saloni Khanderia, “Driverless Cars and the Determination of the Manufacturer’s Liability for Injuries: Is India Ready?” (2023) Information and Communications Technology Law https://doi.org/10.1080/13600834.2023.2231324
2. Saloni Khanderia, “Termination for Breach of Contract: The Prospects of The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts to Interpret and Supplement the Indian Law (2023) Uniform Law Review 1-31 https://doi.org/10.1093/ulr/unad002.
3. Saloni Khanderia, “Self-Driving Cars and Some (Unintended) Regulatory Barriers in India: a Road Less Travelled? (2022) Journal of Tort Law, https://doi.org/10.1515/jtl-2022-0013
4. Saloni Khanderia, “The Ambivalent Notion of ‘Fundamental Breach’ in Indian law of Contract: Towards a New Paradigm” (2022) 43(1) Liverpool Law Review doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-022-09300-y
5. Saloni Khanderia, “The Question of the Applicable Law in Cross-Border Claims on Product Liability: Reflections from India” (2021) Global Jurist, https://doi.org/10.1515/gj-2021-0025.
6. Sagi Peari and Saloni Khanderia, “Party Autonomy in the Choice of Law: Some insights from Australia” (2021) Liverpool Law Review https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-021-09278-z. (equal contributions by the authors).
7. Saloni Khanderia, “The Prevalence of ‘Jurisdiction’ in the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Indian and South Africa: A Comparative Analysis”, (2021) Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/14729342.2021.1934298
8. Saloni Khanderia, “Rethinking The Proper Law of the Contract in the Indian Private International Law” (2021) 16(3) Journal of Private International Law 423.
9. Saloni Khanderia, “Transnational Contracts and their Performance during the Covid-19 Crisis: Reflections from India” (2020) 7(3) BRICS Law Journal 52.
10. Saloni Khanderia and Sagi Peari, “Party Autonomy in the Choice of Law under Indian and Australian Private International Law: Some Reciprocal Lessons” Commonwealth Law Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1080/03050718.2020.1804420
11. Saloni Khanderia, “The Ascertainment of the Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice in India and South Africa: a Shared Future in the BRICS” (2020) Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1773019.
12. Saloni Khanderia, “The Hague Conference on Private International Law’s Proposed Draft Text on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Should South Africa Endorse it?”, (2019) 63(3) Journal of African Law 413-443.
13. Saloni Khanderia, “The Hague Judgments Project: Assessing its Plausible Benefits for the Development of the Indian Private International Law” (2019) 44(3) Commonwealth Law Bulletin 452-475.
14. Saloni Khanderia, “International Approaches as Plausible Solutions to Resolving the Battle of Forms under the Indian Law of Contract”, (2019) 8 Global Journal of Comparative Law 1-26.
15. Saloni Khanderia, “Commercial Impracticability under the Indian Law of Contract: Assessing the Role of the UNIDROIT Principles”, (2018) 7(2) UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 52-71
16. Saloni Khanderia, “The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements and the Enforcement of Forum-Selection Clauses in Indian Private International Law”, (2019) 9(3) Int’l Journal of Private Law 125-136.
17. Saloni Khanderia, “The WTO’s Special Safeguard Mechanism: An Indian Perspective to the Present paradox”, 3(1) University of Bologna Law Review (2018).
18. Saloni Khanderia, “Indian Private International Law vis-à-vis Party Autonomy in the Choice of Law”, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (2018) (DOI:10.1080/14729342.2018.1436262).
19. Saloni Khanderia, “The Information Technology Agreement and the ‘Make-in-India’ Initiative: Weighing the Better Alternative”, (2018) 53(2) Foreign Trade Review, Sage Publications 1-18.
20. Saloni Khanderia, “The Compatibility of South African Anti-Dumping Laws with WTO Disciplines: Does the Devil Lie in the Details?” (2017) 25(3) African Journal Of Int’l and Comp. Law, Edinburg Univ. Press 347-370.
21. Saloni Khanderia, “The Determination of Injury in South African Anti-Dumping Investigations: Recent Approaches”, (2016) XLIX(2) Comparative and International Law Journal of South Africa 247.
22. Saloni Khanderia, “Trade Facilitation: An Assessment of South African Realities vis-à-vis WTO Disciplines”, (2016) 60(3) Journal of African Law, Cambridge University Publications 441.
23. Saloni Khanderia, “Price Comparisons under the South African Anti-Dumping Laws: The Faux Pas Continues?” (2016) 52(1) Foreign Trade Review, Sage Publications 1.
24. Saloni Khanderia, “Reflections on the India–Agricultural Products Dispute in the Light of “Risk Assessment” and the SPS Agreement: Why Has India Failed so Miserably?” 16(2) Estey Centre Journal of Int’l Law And Trade Policy (2015) 78-110.
25. Saloni Khanderia, “What the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade Facilitation Would Mean To Emerging Economies”, (2015) Manchester Journal on Int’l Trade Law 38 – 58.
26. Saloni Khanderia, “Is Regionalism ‘Softly’ Killing the WTO’s Multilateral Agenda”, (2015) Currents’ Int’l Trade Law Journal.
27. Saloni Khanderia, “Negotiations on Trade and Competition Policy under the Auspices of the World Trade Organization: An Indian Perspective of Emerging Issues”, (2014) 8 Pretoria Student Law Review 65-93.
28. Saloni Khanderia, “Ramifications Of The Bali Ministerial Conference On Food Security and Public Stockholding: Is India Skating On Thin Ice?” (2014) 11(2) Manchester Journal of Int’l Econ. Law, 201-214.
29. Saloni Khanderia, “Are The WTO’s Rules Of Origin Turning To Be Archaic As A Result Of Trade In Value-Added?” (2014) 15(2) Estey Center Journal of Int’l Trade Law And Policy 162-178.
30. Saloni Khanderia, “Multilateralism in Competition Policy: An Unassailable Pedestal for a World of Free Trade?”, (2013) 1(1) Galgotia’s Journal of Legal Studies, 98-113.
31. Saloni Khanderia, “Trade and Competition Policy: An Indian Perspective on the Concerns Pertaining to the Rising Implications on Policy-Space”, (2013) 1 (2) International Journal of Politics And Law Research, 26-31.
32. Puneet Yadav and Saloni Khanderia, “Corporate Social Responsibility: The Why and How in India”, (2012) 1(1) Symbiosis Law Review, 69-80.
33. Saloni Khanderia, “The Law Applicable to Documentary Letters of Credit in India: A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma?” (Submitted for Peer Review/ On Record with Author)

     

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications 

1. Saloni Khanderia, “The Concept of Most-favoured Nation Treatment in the Law of the World Trade Organization”, UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION: E-PATHSHALA PROJECT (INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW PAPER), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (available on: <http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/UploadedContent.php>).
2. Saloni Khanderia, “The Concept of National Treatment in the Law of the World Trade Organization”, UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION: E-PATHSHALA PROJECT (INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW PAPER), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (available on: <http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/UploadedContent.php>).
3. Saloni Khanderia, “Regional Agreements and the World Trade Organization”, UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION: E-PATHSHALA PROJECT (INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW PAPER), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (available on: <http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/UploadedContent.php>).
4. Saloni Khanderia, “The Jurisprudence and Scope of Cyber Laws”, UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION: E-PATHSHALA PROJECT

1. Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Catania, Italy (November 2022).
2. Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2018-present).

Scholarships

1. UNIDROIT Research Scholarship Programme 2016, Rome (for a period of five weeks), to conduct research on “The Role of UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts in the Law of India”.

1. The Law Applicable to Documentary Letters of Credit in India: A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma?, Journal of Private International Law Conference, Munich University, 3-5 August 2023
2. Rethinking The Proper Law of the Contract in the Indian Private International Law, Journal of Private International Law Conference, Munich University, 12-14 September 2019.
3. The Prevalence of “Jurisdiction” in the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Civil and Commercial Judgments in India and South Africa; at COMMERCIAL Private International Law in India and South Africa – A Shared Future In Brics: University of Johannesburg, 21 November 2018.
4. Hardship in Brazilian and Indian private international law, at COMMERCIAL Private International Law in India and South Africa – A Shared Future In Brics: University of Johannesburg, 21 November 2018.
5. Commercial Impracticability at The Indian Law of Contract: Assessing at The Role of at The UNIDROIT Principles, The 1st BRICS Law Forum: “The development of civil law in the era: legislation, jurisprudence and doctrine” Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, 13-14 October 2018.
6. Saloni Khanderia, “The WTO’s Special Safeguard Mechanism: An Indian Perspective on the Present Paradox” Society of International Economic Law: South Asia Chapter, New Delhi (2017)
7. Dr Saloni Khanderia, “The World Trade Organisation’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and India” 14th Annual International Conference on Law, Athens, Greece (2017) (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings).
8. Saloni Khanderia, “Enforcement of Choice of Court Agreements: The Hague Convention vis-à-vis  Indian Private International Commercial Law” International Conference on Trade, Business, Economics and Law, Oxford University, UK (2017) (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings).
9. Saloni Khanderia-Yadav, “The Concept of Made in the World and its Implications on International Trade”, Second National Annual Conference On Contemporary Legal Research, Symbiosis Law School, Pune (2013). (Conference proceedings: full paper published).
10. Saloni Khanderia-Yadav, “The Proliferation of Free Trade Areas as a threat to Multilateralism?” International Conference on Law And Political Science, New Delhi (2014) (Abstract Published in Conference Proceedings).
11. Saloni Khanderia-Yadav, “The Implications of India’s Food Security and Public Stockholding Programs in the International Realm”, International Conference On Comparative Law and Development, New Delhi (2014) (Abstract published in Conference Proceedings).

1. Award for Research Excellence: O P Jindal Global University – Eleventh Anniversary and Celebration of University Day (2021).
2. Award for Research Excellence: O P Jindal Global University – Tenth Anniversary and Celebration of University Day (2020).
3. Research Focus 2019 – Recognised as an ‘academic changing the world’ by the Jindal Global Law School for excellent contribution to research.
4. Award for Research Excellence: O P Jindal Global University – Ninth Anniversary and Celebration of University Day (2018).
5. Second LL.M in International Commercial Law, University of Johannesburg has been fully funded by the Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries (RCPILEC™), University of Johannesburg, for excellent contribution, in terms of research, as a postdoctoral fellow for the Centre.

Fellowships, Scholarships and Grants

1. Max Planck Scholarship to pursue research at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private International Law, Hamburg from 15 May 2023 to 31 July 2023.  
2. Short-Term Research Grant awarded by the OP Jindal Global University to research on ‘The Role of Private International Law in the Adjudication of Cross-Border Civil and Commercial Disputes in BRICS’ from 1 June 2023 to 30 November 2023.
3. Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers for a period of 14 months (29 November 2020 – 31 January 2022) (including the intensive German language course) to conduct research on private international law at –the Centre for Private International Law, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München.
4. National Research Foundation Innovation Fellowship (2017)  (Could not be accepted due to present employment at JGLS).
5. Global Excellence and Stature (GES) Fellowship, 2016, for conducting postdoctoral research with the Department of Mercantile Law (Portfolio: International Commercial Law): University of Johannesburg, for a period of one year. 
6. UNIDROIT Research Scholarship Programme 2016, Rome (for a period of five weeks), to conduct research on “The Role of UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts in the Law of India.”
7. Global Excellence and Stature (GES) Fellowship, 2015, for conducting postdoctoral research with the Department of Mercantile Law (Portfolio: International Commercial Law): University of Johannesburg, for a period of one year.
8. Second LL.M in International Commercial Law, University of Johannesburg has been fully funded by the Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries (RCPILEC™), University of Johannesburg, for excellent contribution, in terms of research, as a postdoctoral fellow for the Centre.

Prof Khanderia acts as an expert on Indian law in proceedings before foreign courts and in international arbitrations

Comparative Transnational Litigation; Comparative International Sale of Goods Law; Peculiar Predicaments in the Resolution of International Commercial Disputes; International Commercial Law; and Law of Contracts.