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Dr. Upasana Dasgupta is an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat, India. She teaches courses such as International Law of Outer Space, Public International Law, and Legal Research Methodology. She has also taught a course on domestic space laws across various countries at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Dr Dasgupta holds B.A.,LLB (Hons) from Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow, India. Dr. Dasgupta holds a Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) (PhD equivalent) and a Master in Air and Space Law degree from the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) and the Faculty of Law, McGill University. Her postdoctoral research at the Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy, Université Laval, Quebec, explored the intersection of law and political science, focusing on diverse interpretations of the common benefit principle among space actors.
She is a board member of ACES Worldwide, a non-profit organization promoting equitable space laws and policies, where she leads the Space and Sustainability Compact Agreement Initiative in South Asia. Dr. Dasgupta is also actively engaged with the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Technical Committee on Space Traffic Management, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Committee on Space Debris, and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL).
Dr Dasgupta is the research coordinator for McGill IASL’s project on space laws and policies in South Asia and the outcome of the project will be published as a book by Springer.
An accomplished scholar, she has published widely in international journals and presented her research at numerous global conferences. Her research interests include public international law, space law and governance, and global governance.
In her role as Assistant Dean of the Centre for Postgraduate Legal Studies (CPGLS), Dr. Dasgupta oversees the admissions and operations of JGLS’s PhD program.
Prior to working as an academic, Dr Dasgupta worked as legal associate in two of India’s leading law firms - Argus Partners and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.
Core Courses
Elective Courses
Lecturer at Faculty of Law, McGill University - Taught “Government Regulation of Space Activities”
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) Postdoctoral Fellowship (June 2023) [Provincial research fellowship granted in Quebec, Canada]
Awarded Women Face of the Year 2023 by Fox Story India.
George S. & Ann K. Robinson Space Law Prize for a successful doctoral thesis exhibiting advanced research capabilities and constituting an original contribution to space jurisprudence.
Erin J C Arsenault Fellowship, Nicolas M Matte Fellowship, Grad Excellence in Law Award, and R E Morrow, Q C, Fellowship by McGill University during the DCL program (2016-2022).
Research Creation Beautiful Limitless Unconstrained Exploration Intern Award at Building 21, McGill University.
Pilarczyk Research Initiative in Legal Methodology and Grad Excellence Award for acting as a teaching fellow for Legal Research Methodology (2020-2021).
Teaching Tomorrow's Professors Award (2018-2019) for being a research supervisor for graduate students.
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Awards (GREAT) by McGill University for presenting a paper at the International Astronautical Congress (2018).
Graduate Mobility Award by McGill University to participate in Doctoral Workshop at Sciences Po (2018).
Emerging Space Leader Grant by the International Astronautical Federation (2016).
Erin J C Arsenault Fellowship (2012-13) and Grad Excellence Award (2013) by McGill University to pursue LLM.
Nicolas M. Matte Prize by McGill University for highest marks in “Space Law: General Principles” (2012-2013).
Four gold medals from Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, including, for securing the highest cumulative progressive index (9.93/10) out of 155 students for the year (2012).
“Sri Ma Sarada Scholarship” for Academic Excellence by Sri Sarada Math (2004-09).