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Prof. Dr. Sandeepa Bhat B.

Bio-note

Prof. (Dr.) Sandeepa Bhat is working as a Professor of Law and the Director of the Centre for Aviation and Space Laws at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has the teaching and research experience of over twenty one years after completing his master degree with first rank and double gold medals in 2003. His six Major Research Projects are sponsored by the World Bank, ISRO, the WB Judicial Academy, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Government of West Bengal. He holds the unique feet of being the first Indian to be inducted as the UNIDROIT Correspondent for India in nearly 100 years’ of UNIDROIT’s existence as an international body. He has been a member of four distinguished international bodies including the American Society of International Law. Dr. Bhat has published six books on space law, four books on medical law and one more on aviation law. In addition, he has published more than seventy articles in the journals of international and national repute. He is the recipient of the inaugural Sachdeva Award for Space Law 2022 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to space law. He has presented over hundred and seventy research papers in the international and national conferences including the coveted International Astronautical Congress, as well as in international conferences held at Austin, Cambridge, Changsha, Charles Town, Istanbul, Jakarta, Paris, Seoul, Sharjah, Singapore and Southampton. He also has the distinction of being a member of Indian Space Research Organization’s Expert Group for drafting the National Space Act for India.