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Ph.D. (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, University of Bologna, Italy, and University of Hamburg, Germany)

LL.M. (University of Virginia)

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) (WBNUJS Kolkata)

Prof. (Dr.) Shilpi Bhattacharya

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ORCID ID 0000-0002-4706-6854
Key Expertise Competition law, rare disease policy, law and economics.

Ph.D. (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, University of Bologna, Italy, and University of Hamburg, Germany)

LL.M. (University of Virginia)

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) (WBNUJS Kolkata)

Biography

Shilpi Bhattacharya is a Professor at Jindal Global Law School. Shilpi's research and teaching interests are primarily in competition law and more recently in the application of competition law to digital markets. 

Shilpi is a member of the Academic Society of Competition Law. She has presented her research work in various prestigious fora including the Stanford University Law School's International Junior Faculty Forum, the Yale Law School’s Doctoral Scholarship Conference and the Academic Society of Competition Law Annual Conference. Shilpi has also participated in panel discussions on competition law including the American Bar Association India Conference, BML Munjal University, Centre on Law, Regulation and Technology, Roundtable on Digital Competition Bill, Maharashtra National Law University, National Virtual Consultation Workshop on Building a Balanced Framework for India’s Digital Competition Law and the GW Competition and Innovation Lab's event titled India’s Competition and Innovation Forum.

In addition to publishing in this field, Shilpi was invited to numerous podcasts to discuss Indian competition law in digital markets including the Digital Markets Research Hub, Shaping Competition in the Digital Age podcast, Binary Agora, Tech Reg Forum and Centre for Competition Law and Economics virtual forum.

Shilpi has written opinion pieces on competition law and rare disease advocacy issues for publications like Bar and Bench, The Print, The Hindu, Indian Express, Outlook, The Quint and Assocham Corporate and Regulatory Affairs e-bulletin. Her piece also appeared in Pro-market, a popular digital publication of the Chicago University's Booth School of Business. 

She received the Olin Graduate Fellowship in Law and Economics to complete her LL.M. degree from the University of Virginia in 2006-07. She was admitted to the New York bar and practiced US Securities Regulation in the British law firm, Linklaters from 2007-2009. 

Subsequently, she received the Erasmus Mundus Fellowship to complete her Ph.D. in competition law, titled 'Competition Law and the Bounded Rationality of Firms' from Erasmus University Rotterdam as part of the European Doctorate in Law and Economics from 2012 to 2016. 
 

Fundamentals of Competition Law and Policy

Competition Law in Digital Markets

A Practitioner's Approach to Competition Law in India

Competition, Business and Markets

Legal Research Methods

Law of Contracts I

Property Law
 

Awarded the Erasmus Mundus Fellowship to pursue the European Doctorate in Law and Economics 2012-2015

Awarded the Olin Graduate Fellowship in Law and Economics 2006-2007

Received Jindal Global University Research Grant

Received JGU Research Excellence Award
 

Bhattacharya, S. (2026), Competition Law in India in Elgar Encyclopedia of Asian Law (Biddulph, S & Taylor, K eds.), Edward Elgar.

Submission to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India on ‘Comment to the CDCL Report and Draft Digital Competition Bill’ (May 2024).

Bhattacharya, S. (2023), Strategic Management, Firm Behavior and the Law of Potential Competition, vol. 20.2 Berkeley Business Law Journal.

Bhattacharya, S. & Khandelwal, P. (2022), Judging a Book by Its Cover: Analysing the Indian Approach to Defining Platform Markets (International Review of Law, Computers & Technology 2022. Know More

Bhattacharya, S. & Khandelwal, P. (2021), Indian Competition Law in the Digital Markets: An Overview of National Case Law (Concurrences, Foreword to e-Competitions Special Issue, 28 July 2021).

Bhattacharya, S. & Khemani, A. (2020), Hyundai and the Law of Resale Price Maintenance in India: Guilty Without (Rule of) Reason? (Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55 Issue 50).

Co-authored BRICS academic report on ‘Digital Era Competition Law: A BRICS View’ (2019), Know More

Bhattacharya, S. & Buiten M. (2018), Privacy as a Competition Law Concern: Lessons from Facebook/WhatsApp (Don’t Take it Seriously: Essays in Law and Economics in Honor of Roger Van den Bergh, Intersentia).

Bhattacharya, S. (2018), India’s Competition Jurisprudence: In Need of a More Economic Approach?, JGLS Law & Policy Brief, vol. 4(1), Know More

Bhattacharya, S. & Van den Bergh, R. (2014), The Contribution of Management Studies to Understanding Firm Behaviour and Competition Law, World Competition, vol. 37, 515.

Bhattacharya, S. (2011), The Desire for Whiteness: Can Law and Economics Explain It?, The Columbia Journal of Race and Law, vol. 2, 117. Forthcoming

Khandelwal, P. & Bhattacharya, S., India’s Evolving Approach to Platform Regulation in Global Platform Regulation (Bostoen, F. ed.) Cambridge University Press (forthcoming). Working Paper

Bhattacharya, S., Bhasker, S. & Guerra A., Cooperation and Willingness to Pay for Research and Treatment: Evidence from a Rare Disease Community in India, Know More (working paper).
Email sbhattacharya@jgu.edu.in
Connect with me Linkedin
ORCID ID 0000-0002-4706-6854
Key Expertise Competition law, rare disease policy, law and economics.
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