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Ph.D, National Law University, Delhi (pursuing)

Master of Laws (LL.M.), The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Leeds, UK

BSc LLB (H), Central University of South Bihar, Gaya

 

Sanya Darakhshan Kishwar

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ORCID ID 0000-0001-6716-0728
Key Expertise Feminist theories, human rights and its intersections (interdisciplinary), climate justice and sustainability

Ph.D, National Law University, Delhi (pursuing)

Master of Laws (LL.M.), The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Leeds, UK

BSc LLB (H), Central University of South Bihar, Gaya

 

Biography

Jurisprudence-I

Professional Ethics and Bar Bench Relations

Public International Law

Legal Methods

Family Law-I

History of Courts, Legislature & Legal Profession in India

Chancellor’s Gold Medal, 2023; Department Gold Medal, 2023; School Gold Medal, 2023

Best Research Paper Award, Digital Anti-feminism in India as a Hindrance to Gender Mainstreaming in E-learning platforms, CLEA 2023 Golden Jubilee Conference (Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, 2-4 March, 2023)

Best Paper in the Human Rights Panel, The (Un)Holy Punishments - A Critical Account of Islamic Extremism in Pakistani and Maldivian Laws, SAPLaw'22 (25-26 November, 2022)

Eric E. Bergsten Award for Best Team Orals, 26th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court, Vienna, 2018 – 2019

Best Law Student of India Award, 2018 – 2019

Peer reviewer, Jindal Global Law Review, 2024

Senior Associate Editor, Lex Vedica [Jan. 2025–Present]

Editor in Chief, PoliLegal [Aug. 2023 –Present]

Editorial Board Member, The Brief [Aug. 2023 –Present]

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Recent Research Aspects [Feb. 2023 –Present]

Editorial Board Member, Bait for Debate [Jan. 2023 –Present]

Advisory Board Member, Legal Thirst– Law Journal [2020–Present]

Advisory Board Member, Law Informants– Law Journal [2020–Present]

Board Member, Indian Lawyers Association (National Body) [Jun. 2023 –Present]

Member, Advisory Board, Awashya and Partners [Sept. 2023 –Present]

Council Member, Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WICCI) [Jul. 2022 – Dec. 2022]

Mentor, Alternative Forum for Conflict Resolution (AFCR) [Aug. 2021 – Present]

President [Aug. 2021 – Aug. 2022] │ President-elect [Aug. 2020 – Aug. 2021], Indian Lawyers Association (Sonipat Chapter)

Member, Global Research Network Member, [2021–Present]

Member, Penn State International Arbitration Group [2018-2019]

Assistant Director, Moot Court Society, JGLS [Mar. 2023 –Mar. 2024]

Senior Research Associate, Child Rights Clinic, JGLS [Jun. 2023 –Aug. 2024]

Senior Research Associate, Centre for Women’s Rights, JGLS [Jan. 2023 –Aug. 2024] Board Member, Indian Lawyers Association (National Body) [Jun. 2023 –Present]

Kishwar, S.D., The Demolishing Line of Professionalism: The “you don’t belong here” posts of LinkedIn, Virtuosity Legal – Postcards (Online Blog) (9 Aug., 2025).

Kishwar, S.D. & Saraswat, K., State Control and Digital Dispossession: A Critique of the UMEED Rules, 2025, Law Log Brief (Online Blog) (24 Jul., 2025).

Kishwar, S.D., Khatoon, S. & Vatsa, K., Revisiting Right to Information in India: Is the DPDP Act counterproductive to RTI Act?, Oxford Human Rights Hub (Online Blog) (11 Jul., 2025).

Kishwar, S.D., Climate Change and the Complexities of Migration and Immobility in India, Virtuosity Legal (Online Blog) (22 Apr., 2025).

Kishwar, S.D. & Khatoon, S., LLMs and IP Laws: The Battle for Ownership, Lex Vedika (Online Blog) (1 Apr., 2025).

Kishwar, S.D. & Agrawal, S., Promoting Sustainability in Indian Textile Industry: A Legal Perspective, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Collective (flagship blog, Maharashtra National Law University) (Online Blog) (7 Mar., 2025).

Kishwar, S.D., Saraswat, V. & Agarwal, R., Exploring the True Shade of Green: A Critical Examination of the Central Consumer Protection Authority’s Guidelines on Corporate Greenwashing, International Journal on Consumer Law and Practice (SCOPUS-Indexed), Vol. 12, No. 3, 2024. ISSN: 2347-2731.

Bhardwaj, C., Kishwar, S.D., Khurana, B., Manderna, M.K. &Vatsa, K., Contextualizing the Application of the Milieudefensie v. Royal Dutch Shell Decision in Indian Climate Change Litigation: Possibilities and Challenges, Sustainability and Climate Change (SCOPUS-Indexed), 20 Feb., 2024. ISSN: 2692-2924.

Kishwar, S.D., Singh, S. & Nandal, H., Adjudication on issues of culture in India: In conversation with Advocate Shadan Farasat, Jindal Global Law Review (SCOPUS-Indexed), 2 Jan., 2024. ISSN: 2364-4869.

Kishwar, S.D., Khatoon, S., Vatsa, K., Manderna, M.K. & Kapur, P., Rise of Digital Antifeminism in the Global South: Assessing Causal and Remedial Prospects of Gender-Neutral Laws, Indian Journal of International Studies (Flagship journal, Aligarh Muslim University), Vol. 4, No. 2, 2024. ISSN: 0020-8817.

Kishwar, S.D., Vatsa, K. & Khatoon, S., Safeguarding the Green Heart: India’s Initiatives in Preserving Seagrass Meadows in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy – BCOLP (Online Blog) (6 Apr., 2024).

Kishwar, S.D., The (Un)Holy Punishments - A Critical Account of Islamic Extremism in Pakistani and Maldivian Laws, Sri Lanka Journal of International Law, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2023. ISSN: 1391-5568.

Kishwar S.D. & Khatoon, S., Assam Child Marriage Crackdown: A Revisit, Bait for Debate (Online Blog) (27 Mar., 2023).

Kishwar, S.D. & Nangia, S., Space Debris as an Environmental Pollutant: Conceptualising Ramifications and Solutions [Part I & Part II], Lex Ad Coelum, NUJS (Online Blog) (24 Mar., 2023).

Kishwar, S.D., The Persisting Menace of Child Marriage: An Account of Non-Legal Factors Contributing to Ineffectiveness of Legal Framework, The Age of Human Rights Journal (SCOPUS-Indexed), Vol 19, Dec., 2022. ISSN: 2340-9592.

Kishwar, S.D. & Z. Ali, Pandemic’s legal wrath: Assessing the legal compliance issues faced by the food and non-food retail sectors, International Journal of Recent Research Aspects, Vol. 9(1), Apr., 2022. ISSN: 2349-7688.

Kishwar, S.D., Does secularism mandate neutrality─ Comments on the Karnataka hijabophobia, Legis Nations (Online Blog) (25 Feb., 2022).

Kishwar, S.D., Digital Violence in Online Romantic Relationships: Love Safer this Lockdown, Legal Bites (Online Blog) (28 Jan., 2022).

Kishwar, S.D., Access to Justice: A Right Only on Paper?, Access to Justice: Need for Reforms (Hamza Khan et al. eds., Law Society, Aligarh Muslim University, 2018). ISBN: 978-93-5311-195-4.

Kishwar, S.D., Reform in Judicial System: The much-needed makeover, Journal of Legal Studies & Research, Vol. 3(6), Dec., 2017. ISSN: 2455-2437.

Kishwar, S.D., Wages: A Legal Overview to the Lifeline of Labours, Journal of Legal & Political Thought, Vol. 2, Nov., 2017. ISSN: 2504-7167.

Kishwar, S.D., The Conflict between Cattle Rules, 2017 and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, Int’l Journal of Legal Insight, Vol. 4(1), May 2017. ISSN: 2456-3595.

Kishwar, S.D., Legalising Prostitution in India: Myth or Reality, Int’l Journal of Legal & Allied Issues, Vol. 3 (5), Sept., 2017. ISSN: 2454-1273.

Kishwar, S.D., Relation of Geneva Convention with India: An Interpretation of Challenges faced by Humanitarian Laws in relation with Kashmir War, South Asian Journal of Law & Human Rights, Vol. III(I), Jul., 2017). ISSN: 2518-6159.

Kishwar, S.D., Resolution of Constitutional Conflicts in India by application of Principle of Harmonious Construction, Int’l Journal of Complexities in Modern Society, Vol. I (I), Aug., 2017. ISSN: 2256-2532.

Kishwar, S.D., Tracing the Development of System of Tribunals in India: A Special Reference to Finance Act, 2017, Journal on Contemporary Issues of Law, Vol. III (VII), Jul., 2017. ISSN: 2455-4782.

Kishwar, S.D., Terror in the virtual world: Cyber Terrorism, Int’l Journal of Legal Research, Vol. III (IV), Jun., 2017. ISSN: 2349-8463.

Kishwar, S.D., Shreya Singhal v. Union of India: The case that redefined Freedom of Speech and Expression, Just Lex Talks, Vol. II(II), Apr.-May, 2017. ISSN: 2455-2429.

Kishwar, S.D., Domestic Violence against Women: A Legislative and Judicial Study of the Cry of a Woman, Stree: Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 8, 2016. ISSN: 0976-0725.

Kishwar, S.D., Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 & its impact on CrPC, Legal Desire Int’l Journal on Law, Issue VI, Jan.-Apr., 2016. ISSN: 2347-3525.

Kishwar, S.D., The Concept of One Person Company under Companies Act, 2013 in Companies Act, 2013: Beginning of a New Era (1st edn., Dr. Pradip Kumar Das ed., 2016). ISBN: 978-93-80332-95-6.
ORCID ID 0000-0001-6716-0728
Key Expertise Feminist theories, human rights and its intersections (interdisciplinary), climate justice and sustainability
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