Biography

Dr. Surbhi Kapur is an alumnus of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad, and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), New Delhi, India, wherein she held an outstanding academic record being adjudged as the University Topper and highest CGPA holder. Before joining JGLS, she was engaged as an Assistant Professor (Law) and Head, of the Centre for Insolvency and Bankruptcy, at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India. At IICA, Dr. Kapur steered the mandate of the Graduate Insolvency Programme (GIP), a flagship course of the MCA as its Course Director. She had earlier served the Office of the Executive Director, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) relating to the Divisions such as Legal Affairs, Research, and International Affairs, High Court of Delhi, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), and Central Information Commission (CIC).

Dr. Kapur has authored and presented articles and research papers in both national as well as international journals and conferences on the themes of, inter alia, insolvency and bankruptcy laws, international food law and policy, and commercial laws. She qualified for the UGC- NET exam in the discipline- Law in the year 2013.

Dr. Kapur has completed the Twenty-third Appreciation Course on Legislative Drafting on a nomination by the IBBI hosted by the Institute of Legislative Drafting and Research (ILDR), Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. She also contributed to the reviewing and vetting of the six volumes of Technical Manuals prepared by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group. Dr Kapur is a certified Mediator in all areas of conflict prevention and resolution. She has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, United States of America.