Curriculum vitae

CV

Full academic record below. A formatted PDF is also available to download.

Education

2025

Applied Data Science Program

MIT Professional Education, online

Machine learning, decision trees, networks.

2019 – 2023

PhD in Law

University of Münster, Germany

Dissertation: "Towards an Integrated Framework of Compliance: When Do People Obey Laws." Summa cum laude, University of Münster Dissertation Prize. Defended May 2023.

2016 – 2017

LL.M., focused on Law and Economics

University of Chicago Law School, USA

2011 – 2016

B.A. LL.B.

Gujarat National Law University, India

High honours. Major in law, minor in economics and political science.

Positions

2024 – present

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Excellence Program

Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg

Independent research project on the role of law in changing behaviour when law has low salience. 40 teaching hours per semester.

2019 – 2023

Research Associate

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

ERC project, "Equality through Courts," under Prof. Dr. Niels Petersen.

2017 – 2019

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law

OP Jindal Global University, India

100 teaching hours per semester.

Teaching

Courses taught at undergraduate and master's level:

Law and Behaviour Law and Development Sustainable Development and Law Alternate Dispute Resolution Corporate Governance International Environment Law

Fellowships and funding

2024 – 2027

Hamburg University of Excellence Fellowship

University of Hamburg

Postdoctoral salary at TV-L 14 (senior postdoc) plus an independent research fund of €60,000 over three years.

2023

University of Münster Dissertation Prize

University of Münster

2020 – 2022

Adam Smith Fellow in Political Economy

George Mason University, Virginia, USA

Service and administration

2025 – 2026

Master's Dissertation Examiner

European Master in Law and Economics

2017 – 2019

Master's dissertation supervision, 6 students

Jindal Global Law School

2017 – 2019

Faculty Director, ADR Society

Jindal Global Law School

2018

Adjudicator, Stetson International Moot Court Competition

Asia-Pacific Rounds

Consultancies

2021

Legal Policy Consultant

World Health Organization and GRAAM

2018 – 2019

Policy Advisor

Bhajan Global Impact Foundation

Languages

English — native Hindi — native French — advanced