Dr. Vishwas H. Devaiah

Prof. (Dr.) Vishwas H. Devaiah is a Professor at JGLS, Director of the Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies (CPGLS), Executive Director of CIPTEL and Managing Editor of the Jindal Global Law Review. His’ primary areas of interest are patent law, health law and biotechnology law. He has published widely, and serves as a reviewer for the Asian Comparative Law Journal, the NUJS Law Review and the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. Vishwas worked as a research consultant for the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Clinton Health Action Initiative, and also co-founded the Initiative for Medicines Access and Knowledge (I-MAK), New York Society Scholarship and the Asia Commons Grant. Vishwas obtained PhD from the University of Liverpool, LLM from Warwick University, and Bachelor of Laws (BAL, LLB) degree from University Law College, Bangalore University.