ABHINAV KUMAR

Assistant Professor at Alliance University with extensive experience in legal academia and research. Specialized in International Law, Environmental Law, and Policy Governance, with a strong record of academic leadership, student development, national-level moot courts, conferences, and capacity-building initiatives. Brings prior legal-practice experience in due diligence, contract management, litigation support, intellectual property, and legal research.

• Public & Private International Law
• International Environmental Law; Climate Change & Energy Law
• International Criminal Law & International Humanitarian Law
• Refugee Law & Human Rights
• Policy Governance, Sustainability & ESG

• June 2026 The Legal Consequences of Climate Engineering (Geoengeering) – Assessing Accountability for Transboundary Environmental Harm under International Law (Scopus-Indexed)
• April 2026 Regulating the Revolution: An Analysis of the Legal Challenges and Advantages of Blockchain Technology Springer Nature (Scopus-indexed).
• Jan 2026 Biodiversity Loss in India: Theoretical Insights and the Way Forward Ecology, Economy and Society – the INSEE Journal (Scopus-indexed).
• Sep 2024 India’s Refugee Paradox: Legal Ambiguity, Humanitarian Tradition, and the Unwritten Law Book chapter in Socio-legal Perspective of Vulnerable Groups in India.
• 2025 Regulating the Revolution: An Analysis of the Legal Challenges and Advantages of Blockchain Technology University of Cardiff / Springer (Scopus-indexed).
• 2021 ABS Litigation in India: Role of Courts in Distributive Biojustice for Sustainable Development Contemporary Law Review, MNLU Nagpur (UGC-CARE listed).
• 2021 The Role of International Law in Controlling Disease Outbreaks International Journal of Public Law and Policy, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Scopus-indexed).
• 2021 Refugees During the Pandemic: The Need for Global Health Response Army Institute of Law Journal, Mohali (UGC-CARE listed).

• Faculty Head: Model United Nations Committee, Institute of Law, Nirma University.
• Associate Head: Centre for Environmental Law, Institute of Law, Nirma University.
• Convener: Student Academic and Administrative Engagement, Nirma University.
• Convener: International Arbitration Moot Court Competition, 2019 and 2020.
• Editor / Honorary Editor & Board Member: Global Sports Policy Review Journal (ISSN: 2582-8886).
• Placement, Internship & Placement Head: School of Law, G.D. Goenka University.

• Academic leadership through Centre-level roles at Alliance University, including the Centre for Global Affairs and International Relations.
• Institutional collaboration: facilitating projects and MOUs with universities, think-tanks, and international organizations.
• Moot courts and advocacy: organization of national and international moot court competitions and client counselling competitions.
• Model United Nations: Faculty Head / Coordinator roles and organization of national-level MUN initiatives.
• Conference and capacity building: organization of international conferences, workshops, and student development programs.
• Student engagement: academic mentoring, career counselling, placement coordination, and administrative engagement.

• Development and delivery of interdisciplinary legal courses integrating contemporary issues in international law, environmental governance, technology and policy.
• Design and execution of experiential learning initiatives including moot courts, Model United Nations, conferences and capacity-building programs.
• Engagement with sustainability, climate change, biodiversity, ESG and emerging technology issues through teaching and research.

• Corporate & Commercial: Contract drafting, contractual obligation management and due diligence.
• Litigation & Dispute Support: Case-law research and drafting of petitions, counter-petitions, affidavits and SLPs.
• Intellectual Property: Research relating to patent filing and copyright matters.
• Legal Advisory: Legal opinions across a range of civil matters.

• International Law: Public International Law; Private International Law; International Investment Law.
• International Criminal Law and modern international criminal tribunals.
• Environmental Law, climate change, energy law, sustainability and ESG.
• Interpretation of Statutes.
• Law, Policy and Governance; Contract Law; Criminology.
• Student mentoring, career counselling, research supervision and capacity building.