V. K. Ahuja

Prof. (Dr.) V K Ahuja
Vice-Chancellor, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam
Born	India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Meerut University (LL.B) University of Delhi (LL.M, PhD)
Organization(s)	Vice-Chacellor, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, India; June 2021-till date Joint Director, Delhi School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Delhi; June 2020 – May 2021 Professor In-Charge, Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi; July 2017 – Sept 2020 Education Officer, Directorate of Research, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi; May 1997 - February 1998
Awards	First Prize in the Fifth South Asian Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law (2003)

V K Ahuja (born on March 10, 1967) is an Indian Professor of Law and the Vice - Chancellor of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA), India. He has been a legal educator in the field of Intellectual Property Rights and International Law for 26 years. In 2003 he recieved first prize as an exemplary teacher in the Fifth South Asian Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law organized jointly by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

Education and career

Professor Ahuja recieved his LL.B degree from Meerut University, Uttar Pradesh, India and LL.M from University of Delhi (DU), Delhi, India. He earned Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, India in 1991 and Ph.D. from University of Delhi in 2001. Having earned his M.Phil degree he embarked on his journey as a Research Associate at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He started his teaching as Lecturer at Law Centre II, University of Delhi and thereafter, elevated to the position of Senior Lecturer. He also served as Joint Director of Delhi School of Public Policy and Governance, established under Institute of Eminence (IOE), University of Delhi (2020-2021) and Professor In-charge of Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi (2017-2020). He did Law Teaching and Legal Research Skills course at the Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, UK. In June 2021 Professor Ahuja was appointed Vice- Chancellor of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, India.

Contributions

Prof. Ahuja is the author of Law Relating to Intellectual Property Rights (1^st edition 2007, 2^nd edition 2013 and 3^rd edition 2017), Law of Copyright and Neighboring Rights: National and International Perspectives (1^st edition 2005, 2^nd edition 2015), Public International Law (1^st edition 2016, 2^nd edition, 2021) and Intellectual Property Rights in India (1^st edition 2009, 2^nd edition 2015).

In 2009 he published Halsbury Annotated Statutes of India (Vol.2 and Vol.5). Prof. Ahuja published over fifty articles in the national (UGC Care enlisted) and international journals and scores of book chapters. He is the editor of Human Rights: Contemporary Issues - A Festschrift in the Honour of Professor Upendra Baxi (2019), co-editor of Legal Education in India in 21st Century: Problems and Prospects (1999), Law of Copyright: From Gutenberg’s Invention to Internet (2001), The Law of Intellectual Property Rights: In Prospect and Retrospect (2001), Human Rights in 21st Century: Changing Dimensions (2012), Mediation (2020), Intellectual Property Rights: Contemporary Developments (2020), International Law: Contemporary Developments (2020) and Mukul Asher on Economic Reasoning and Public Policy: Case Studies from India (2021). He also credited with the publication of one monograph, reading and case materials and book reviews. Prof. Ahuja has profusely contributed to legal policy debates of the country and abroad. Ahuja delivered lectures at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Delhi Judicial Academy, Bihar Judicial Academy and Jharkhand Judicial Academy, Ranchi, UGC Refresher Programs and Orientation Programs. He was invited as Chief Guest and Guest of Honour by many Law Schools and Universities.

He worked on the topic “State Practice on Implementation of International Law in India: An Analytical Study of Constitutional Provisions and Case Laws” in a research project.