New visitor at CeBIL - Kshitij Kumar Singh

1 April - 30 June 2022

Kshitij Kumar Singh is an Assistant Professor at Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He earned his LL.M. and PhD degrees from Banaras Hindu University and received Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Asia-Pacific 2010. As a Visiting Researcher, he visited the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, Canada, in 2009 and 2010. His primary area of interest is the intersection of law and biotechnology, particularly ethical, legal and policy issues relating to biomedical technology. He published extensively on patenting of agricultural biotechnology and biomedical technology in the light of open and collaborative approaches. He emphasises a pragmatic approach to law that addresses the concerns of various stakeholders in the biotechnology domain through inclusion and participation.

He published his first book, "Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights: Legal and Social Implications", with Springer in 2015, followed by the book as an editor and author, “Policy Issues in GM Crops: A Global Perspective”, with Academic Press, Elsevier (2020). Currently, he is working on a book project, “Legal and Policy Framework of Precision Medicine”, with Prof. Shubha Ghosh, Syracuse University College of Law, New York. He has also published numerous articles, reviews and book chapters on various aspects of intellectual property law and biotechnology law with esteemed publishers including Oxford, Edward Elgar, Cambridge, Elsevier and Springer Nature. He has been invited as a resource person and speaker to national and international workshops, conferences, seminars and government consultative groups (notably, University of Utah, Texas A&M University, Indian Patent Office, RGNIIPM, DIPP & DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India). On 18th December 2021, he was conferred with the "International Teaching Excellence Award 2021 in Intellectual Property Law" by the Center for Professional Advancement (A Unit of IMRF registered with Govt. of India NITI Aayog).