Prof. Chhaya Bhardwaj
October 6, 2023 2023-10-06 6:10Prof. Chhaya Bhardwaj
Prof. Chhaya Bhardwaj
Associate Professor of Law, Jindal Global Law School, and Assistant Director, Center for Environmental Law & Climate Change.
B.A; LL.B. (Chaudhary Charan Singh University);
Masters of Law in Environmental Law (Vermont Law School)
Chhaya Bhardwaj is currently an Associate Professor of law at the Jindal Global Law School, Assistant Director of the Center for Environmental Law and Climate Change and has taught at the Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability. She is a Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Rapporteur at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. She is also a visiting faculty at Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, since 2019 and at the Indian Society of International Law since 2017.
She pursued her B.A.; LL.B. from Chaudhary Charan Singh University Meerut. She received International Environmental Law Fellowship Award to pursue a Master’s Degree at Vermont Law School, USA. She also received United Nations Fellowship in 2017 to pursue a Regional Course in International Law from the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs.
Her teaching and research are at the intersection of law, environment, and climate change. She writes on environmental laws, disaster laws, climate change and international law. The other positions include “Virtual Visiting Scholar” (June 2023 to June 2024) with the George Washington School of Law; “Visiting Scholar” (December 2022 to January 2023) with Dublin City University, and “Summer Fellow” with the University of London’s initiative on internal displacement.
She has contributed to the work of international organizations like the United Nations International Law Commission, International Organization for Migration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; on issues concerning sea-level rise, climate change, protection of the atmosphere, human rights and international law.
Books, Monographs and Edited Volumes:
- Vandana, Sharma, Bhardwaj, Environmental law including National Green Tribunal Act, Shree Ram Law House, Chandigarh India. (2015).
Articles/Book Chapters:
- Vaidyanath P., & Bhardwaj C., SAARC Regional Disaster Law: Need for Progressive Development, Yearbook of International Disaster Law, Vol. 40 (2023)
- Bhardwaj, C., & Mehrotra A., Crawford, TWAIL & Sovereign Equality of States: Similarity and Differences, The Australian Year Book of International Law Online, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2022).
- Bhardwaj, C., Climate change cross-border migration and the Biden administration: What the future holds?, Environmental Justice (2022).
- Bhardwaj, C. & Agarwal A., Science-intensive dispute mechanism for protection of atmosphere: ICJ, WTO and PCA, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. Vol.29, No. 2 (2022).
- Mehrotra A., & Bhardwaj C., Need for a National Legislation on Refugees in India at 75, India Quarterly. (2022).
- Bhardwaj C., & Shekhar S., Blue Carbons as a Voluntary Pledge for India under the Paris Agreement, Sustainability and Climate Change. Vol. 15, No. 1 (2022)
- Bhardwaj C., Disaster-induced internal displacement in India in 2020: A review, Researching Internal Displacement, (2021).
- Bhardwaj C., & Renganath A., Disaster-induced internal displacement in India: Denial, protection and policy, Environmental Justice. (2021).
- Bhardwaj C., Ioane Teitiota v New Zealand (advance unedited version), CCPR/C/127/D/2728/2016, U.N. Human Rights Committee (HRC), 7 January 2020. Environmental Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 3 (2021).
Short Commentaries:
- Chhaya Bhardwaj & Abhinav Mehrotra, Early Warning Systems for floods and international law, The Live Mint, 2021.
- Abhinav Mehrotra & Chhaya Bhardwaj, Pegasus ha given privacy legislation a jab of urgency, Mint, 2021
- Chhaya Bhardwaj, Indian Courts and Jus Cogens, International Law and the Global South, 2020
- Chhaya Bhardwaj, Is Delhi Doing Enough to Tackle Climate Change, The Oxford Urbanists, 2020
- Chhaya Bhardwaj, Blacknout crisis likely to threaten North India this summer, DNA India, 2018.
- Chhaya Bhardwaj, Saving the planet for future generations, DNA India, 2017.
- Chhaya Bhardwaj, Tale of greed in the world of climate finances, DNA India, 2017.
- Chhaya Bhardwaj, The renewable energy revolution in India, DNA India, 2017.
- VIRTUAL VISITING SCHOLAR, THE GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW (JUNE 2023 – JUNE 2024).
- VISITING RESEARCHER & LECTURER, DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY (2022-23).
- SUMMER FELLOW, REFUGEE LAW INITIATIVE & RESEARCHING INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (2021)
- VISITING RESEARCHER/ASSISTANT RESEARCHER (to Ms. Nilufer Oral and Mr. Dire Tladi ), UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION, 2018-2021.
- LOCAL PATHWAYS FELLOWSHIPS, UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS NETWORK (2018-2019)
- VISITING FACULTY: LLOYD LAW COLLEGE, GREATER NOIDA, INDIA (2019-CURRENT)
- VISITING FACULTY: SHARDA UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW, GREATER NOIDA, INDIA (2016-CURRENT)
- ADJUNCT FACULTY: INDIAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, NEW DELHI (2019-CURRENT)
- UNITED NATIONS FELLOWSHIP 2017, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, (2017).
Invited Speaker/Panelist:
- Technical Session in Two-Day International Conference on ‘International Trade in Marine Life and Fisheries,’ HNLU, India (25-26 March 2023).
- Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Sustainability a Way of Life, LSE India Policy Forum, (26th February 2023).
- The South Asian Postgraduate Law Conference, MNLU, (25-26 November, 2022).
- Advancing Legal Discourse of Environmental Ethics and Political Ecology in the Contemporary Era, The 5th International Conference on Indonesian Legal Studies 2022, Fakultas Hukum Universitas Negeri Semarang, (July 27-28, 2022).
- Legal Research and Writing Workshop, Lloyd Law College, India (April – May 2022).
- Processes & Skills for Moot Court Competition, Sharda University School of Law. (24th to 25th February, 2022).
- Panelist: ‘Disaster Induced Internal Displacement in India: Protection and Reporting’, University of London, Refugee Law Initiative & Researching Internal Displacement, Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability (28th February 2022).
- Workshop on Memorial Drafting, Advocates’ Legion, Moot Court Society, Vivekanand Institute of Professional Studies, GGSIPU (12th January, 2022).
- Panelist: “Appropriation of the oceans: lessons learnt from South China Sea”, 7th Biennial Conference on International Law, Asian Society of International Law. (August 2019).
- Lecture on Legal Research, The Advocates League (November, 2020).
Conference/Workshop Presentations:
- Globalization of food and information system: impact on traditional food system, International Biodiversity Congress, Forest Research Institute, (September, 2018).
- Tri-view of Paris Agreement: the developed, developing and small island states respectively, National seminar on climate change, NLSIU Bangalore, (June 2018.)
- Understanding the Importance of International Geospatial Information Laws to Strengthen Climate Change Laws & Policies, International Conference by AMU, Aligarh, (February, 2018).
- To be a Jus Cogens Norm: Why Certain State Practice are not a pre-emptory norm? 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Legal Issues, Galgotias University, (March, 2018)
- Role of Intended Nationally Determined Contribution for Paris Agreement, National Conference on Climate Change: Sustainable Agriculture & Environment, (March, 2018).
- Disputes over Trans-boundary shared rivers in India: Defining state responsibility within India, International Conference on Legal Dimensions of Environment, Amity University Gurgaon, (2017).
- Defining the role of due diligence and duty to inform under international law to prevent trans-boundary harm, Indian Journal of Law & International Affairs [ISSN: 2518-3257] (2017).
- Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of the SAARC Nations: An analysis to discover commitment of South Asian Nations to the Paris Agreement, UGC-HRDC, JMI & UMIKS (2017.)
- Right to Geospatial Information & Environmental Governance in India, CLEA & Law Commission of India Conference on Freedom of Speech & Expression, (2016).
- Labelling and Traceability Law of Genetically Modified Food in India, CUSL, (2016).
- Shark finning ban in India: is it enough?, Ideal Institute of Management and Technology, GGSIPU, (2015.)
- Constitution and Functions of Indian Judiciary, the National Seminar on Indian Judicial System: Past, Present and Prospectus. (2012).
Conferences/Workshops/Colloquiums Organized:
- Faculty Incharge: Fourth Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition, Law Students’ Conference & Colloquim 2018-2019.
- Faculty Incharge: Let’s Talk: The idea of development, Lloyd Law College (August, 2018)
- Workshop on International Migration and Refugee Law, Lloyd Law College and UNHCR, (19th January, 2019).
- Faculty Incharge, Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition, Law Students Conference 2016-2019.
- Faculty Incharge, Commonwealth Legal Education & Law Commission of India, International Conference on Freedom of Speech and Expression, 2016.
- Moot Court workshops, Art of mooting, Lloyd Law College, 2016-2019.
- Summer Fellow for Internal Displacement Research, University of London, 2021.
- Junior Scholars’ Scholarship Asian Society of International Law Biennial Conference, Manila, 2019
- Local Pathways Fellowship, by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2018–19
- Distinguished Alumna: Annual Alumni Award, 2019 by Lloyd Law College
- United Nations Fellowship, 2017 by United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
- Best Research Presentation Award, 2017 by Delhi Metropolitan Education, India
- Best Research Presentation Award, 2016 by The Law Commission of India
- Most Persuasive and Rational Award at Vermont State Legislative Assembly, 2015, Vermont, USA
- Environmental Law Scholars Award, 2015–16 by Vermont Law School, USA
- Excellence in Performance at the Legal Aid Cell, 2014–15 by Lloyd Law College, India
- Silver Medal for Academic Excellence by Chaudhary Charan Singh University, India
- Best Student Award for Academic Excellence at the University by Lloyd Law College, India
Core Courses
- Environmental Law
- Introduction to the Constitution of India
Seminar Courses
- International Refugee and Migration Law
- Climate Change Law & Policy
- Human Mobility & the Environment
- Climate Change and Human Rights
Visiting Faculty: Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, India (2019-Current)
Courses Taught
- Environmental Law
- Public International Law
- Legal Research and Writing
- Moot Court
Visiting Faculty: Sharda University, School of Law, Greater Noida, India (2016-Current)
Module Taught
- Legal Research and Writing
- Moot Court
Adjunct Faculty: Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi (2005)
- Modules on International Environmental Law