Biography

Biography- Nikunj Kulshreshtha is an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), India. He completed his undergraduate degree in business administration (BBA) from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli and his undergraduate degree in Law (LLB) from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He completed his masters in law (LLM) specialising in Criminal Justice from Queen Mary University of London. Subsequent to his masters, Nikunj worked as a litigator in criminal law before trial courts and the High Court of Delhi for a year before joining JGLS in November 2020. After working in JGLS for 4 years, Nikunj left to pursue a second masters (MSc) in gender studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science in order to enhance his interdisciplinary skills. He was on leave without pay from JGU during this time and rejoined the university in January 2026.

Nikunj has a keen interest in critically examining the issues of the criminal justice machinery using doctrinal, theoretical and interdisciplinary methodologies. He believes in pursuing and promoting a normative understanding of the law based on empirical and ethnographical evidence. He passionately believes in the ideals of equality, diversity and inclusivity. In pursuit of the same, he has trained numerous under-graduate students from pan India law schools in the art of legal research and writing. Majority of these students were girls including students from marginalized communities in India. Over the years, Nikunj has been invited by various law schools pan-India to deliver talks on diverse subjects such as ‘Convictions based on circumstantial evidence’, and ‘How to approach higher education in Law’ among others. He believes that the role of teachers in society is mentoring and moulding young minds for the betterment of society and to achieve their hopes and dreams.