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Prof. (Dr.) Sandeepa Bhat is working as a Professor of Law, Dean - Post Graduate Studies, 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-two years after completing his master’s degree with first rank and double gold medals in 2003. His seven 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, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Government of West Bengal. He holds the unique feat of being the first Indian to be inducted as the UNIDROIT Correspondent for India. He has been a member of four distinguished international bodies, including the American Society of International Law. Dr. Bhat has published thirteen books, nine of which are on aviation and space laws. In addition, he has published more than seventy articles in the journals of international and national repute. He also has the distinction of being a member of the Indian Space Research Organization’s Expert Group for drafting the National Space Act for India.

Adithya Variath is an Assistant Professor and Associate Dean at the Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University. Adithya was an Elizabeth Moir Scholar at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Before moving to Oxford, he served as an Assistant Professor of Law and founding Coordinator of the Centre for Research in Air and Space Laws at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. He is the recipient of the Sachdeva Award for Space Law. Adithya’s research focuses on space and aviation laws, emerging technologies, and global institutional design.