Publications
A. Edited Books
1. Edited Book on ‘WTO AND DIGITAL TRADE’, Ed. Pritam Banerjee and Utkarsh K. Mishra, Published by Bloomsbury India, 2025. ISBN: 978-93-69526-43-7.
2. Edited Book on ‘DECARBONIZATION, TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE’, Ed. Manoj K. Sinha and Utkarsh K. Mishra, Published by Thomson Reuters Legal, India, 2025. ISBN: 978-81-990793-6-6
3. Edited Book on ‘DIRECT SELLING BUSINESS IN INDIA: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS’, Ed. Manoj K. Sinha and Utkarsh K. Mishra, Published by Thomson Reuters Legal, India, 2025. ISBN: 978-81-990793-1-1
4. Edited Book on ‘THE FISHERIES SUBSIDIES AGREEMENT OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’, Ed. Utkarsh K. Mishra and Shaan Jain, by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, 2025. [ISBN: 978-1-0364-4486-0].
5. Edited book on ‘GENDER DIMENSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS’, Ed. Manoj K. Sinha and Utkarsh K. Mishra, Published by Bloomsbury India, 2024.
6. Edited book Titled ‘RECENT ISSUES IN TRADE REMEDIES UNDER WTO REGIME’, Edited by Anant Swarup, Sheela Rai & Utkarsh K. Mishra, Published by Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, 2024; [ISBN: 978-81-971529-6-2]
7. Edited book Titled ‘A HANDBOOK ON TREATY LAW AND PRACTICE: A POLICY PROPOSAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’, Edited by Utkarsh K. Mishra and Adithya Variath, Published by Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai, 2024; [ISBN: 978-93-5913-334-8]
8. Edited book on ‘LAW, ECONOMICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’, Ed. Manoj K. Sinha, Isha Wadhwa and Utkarsh K. Mishra, published by Bloomsbury India, 2024.
B. Journal Publications
- Trade Facilitation Agenda of the WTO and India’s Commitments: Where does India Stand?’ INTERNATIONAL TRADE WORKING PAPER, COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, , ISSN: 2413-3175; (Peer-Reviewed and Indexed In OECD Library & Commonwealth Library)
- Reliance On Non-Tariff Measures For Self-Reliant India: An Analysis Of India’s New Trade Policy Orientation, GLOBAL TRADE AND CUSTOMS JOURNAL, VOLUME 17, ISSUE 10, 2022, KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL, NETHERLANDS (SCOPUS)
- “Ease of Trade’ And ‘Ease of Paying Taxes’: Voicing the Concerns of Trade Facilitation Agenda Through ‘Goods and Services Tax’ Paradigm in India”, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH, WBNUJS, VOL 7, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2018 ISSUE, [ISSN (O): 2278-4764]; (Peer Reviewed And Formerly UGC Listed Journal)
- The Unending Conundrum of the Extra-Territorial Trade Measures and the ‘Green Provisions’ of the GATT: Deconstructing the Existing Approaches, SHIMLA LAW REVIEW, HPNLU, SHIMLA. (ISSN:2582-1903), (Peer-Reviewed And Formerly UGC-Care Listed Journal)
- India’s stance on ‘SPS’ and ‘TBT’ measures in international trade Paradigm: analysing the trajectories of Indian recent initiatives in Standardization of trade norms, LEXIGENTIA JOURNAL, (ISSN: 2454 – 1613), THOMSON REUTERS, (Peer- Reviewed Journal)
- Should Trade Remedies be Eliminated From WTO: A response to Tania Voon, JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CULTURE AND LEGAL SYSTEM [VOL 3, NO 3, 2021, ISSN: 2807-2812], LEMBAGA CONTRARIUS INDONESIA. (SCOPUS)
- Review on An Introduction To WTO Jurisprudence, Sheela Rai, Thomson Reuters, Legal, 2022, ISBN: 9789391340209 MANCHESTER JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW, VOLUME 19, ISSUE 3, 2022 (SCOPUS)
- Dissecting The CISG Framework and the Indian Sale of Goods Regime in the Context of Delivery, Time and Risk: A Comparative Account, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL SCIENCE AND INNOVATION, VOLUME 3, ISSUE 6, 2021 ISSN: 2581-9453] (Indexed IN CISG DATABASE)
- Emerging Global Trade Paradigm on E-Commerce and India’s Policy Conundrum: What all is at stake? NLUT JOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY, NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY TRIPURA AND EASTERN BOOK COMPANY, Vol 1, 2025. (Peer Reviewed And Referred Journal)
- “Greying India and Age of Dignity: Role of Law in Fostering Elderly Rights” INDIAN BAR REVIEW, VOL. NO. 45 (ISSUE NO 4) OF 2018 (Peer-Reviewed And Referred Journal)
- The Dilemma of Deaths behind Incarceration in India: A Reflection on the Prison Administration Policy in the context of Deaths in Judicial Custody, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH, WB-NUJS, VOL 7, ISSUE 2, SEPTEMBER 2018 ISSUE, [ISSN (O): 2278-4764] (Formerly UGC,-listed Peer reviewed)
- Vicissitudes and Critical Realms of Rehabilitation and Compensation Policy in Land Acquisition: An Examination of Indian Experience with Human Rights Perspective, CIVIL AND MILITARY LAW JOURNAL, VOL. 51, ISSUE 2, 2015 (ISSN :0045-7043) (Formerly UGC-Listed, Peer Reviewed)
- Reviewing Arbitration as a dispute resolution process in India: Is it an albatross around the neck of judicial process?” CIVIL AND MILITARY LAW JOURNAL, VOLUME 52, ISSUE 1, 2016 (ISSN 0045-7043) (Formerly UGC-Listed, Peer Reviewed)
- Revisiting Judicial Independence and Judicial Accountability Debate in India: Vicissitudes of Judicial Structural Mechanisms and the need for Internal Reformative Strategies, MATS UNIVERSITY LAW JOURNAL, VOL 1, ISSUE 1, ISSN:2250-3889 (Formerly UGC Listed, Peer-Reviewed)
- Transgenders and Right to Employement in India: Analysing the Trajectories of Discrimination BESTUUR JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET, SURAKARTA, ISSN: 2722-4708, (SCOPUS)
- Reduction of Digitalization Policy in Indonesian MSMEs and Implications for Sharia Economic Development, JURIS (JURNAL ILMIAH SYARIAH) VOL. 21 NO. 2, 2022: 157-171, ISSN: 1412-6109; E-ISSN: 2580-2763, (SCOPUS)
- From Honey Trapping to Privacy: Deconstructing the Dilemma of Public Servants in India, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCE, VOLUME IX, 2023. ISSN: 2395-4337, NLU DELHI, (Formerly UGC-Care Listed)
C. Book Chapters
1. Chapter Titled “FROM ‘COLLECTORS’ TO ‘VENDORS’: ASSIMILATING INDIAN TRIBAL WOMEN IN TRADE AND VALUE CHAINS THROUGH E-HAAT BAZAARS’, Published In Edited Book By Prof. Sheela Rai On ‘Women and Trade’ by Thomson Reuters, [2024], ISBN: 978-93-95696-65-4
2. CHAPTER TITLED “DISCOVERING POSSIBILITIES OF REALIZING ‘ACCESS TO JUSTICE’ THROUGH ‘CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT’ PARADIGM UNDER INDIAN CONTRACT LAW”, published in an Edited Volume on “Indian Contract Act at150: a Commemorative Volume”, by Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, 2024
3. Chapter Titled ‘TRIBALS, TIMBER AND TENDU: DECONSTRUCTING THE TRIBAL-TRADE INEQUITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIAN FOREST PRODUCES’ published in an edited Volume on ‘Tribal Justice’ published by Eastern Book Company and NLUO Centre for Tribal Studies, (2021), Edited by Prof. Yogesh Pratap Singh and Suvashree Panda, ISBN: 978-93-907156-1-9
4. ‘FACILITATING THE TRADE FACILITATION AGENDA: AN ANALYTICAL ACCOUNT OF INDIA’S CURRENT ‘EASE OF TRADE’ CLIMATE, in the Book Titled ‘Trade Facilitation and WTO’, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, London, United Kingdom [Editors: Prof. Jane K. Winn (Professor of Law, University of Washington) & Prof. Sheela Rai (Professor of Law, National Law University, Odisha)]; ISBN: 978-1-5275-3402-5.
5. ‘THE UNITED STATES’ STRATEGIC POLICY OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT THROUGH TRADE FACILITATION: ASSESSING THE IMPACT ON INDIA’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME’ in an Edited Book titled ‘Legal Audit: A Compilation of Recent Socio-Legal Issues in India and Abroad’, edited by Anindhya Tiwari, published by Infinity Publishing, India (October 2018); ISBN: 978-93-87910-23-2.
6. Chapter titled, ‘THE ECONOMICS OF TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT IN WTO: FROM REDUCING TRANSACTION COSTS TO INCREASING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT’, in book titled, ‘Contemporary Issues in Law and Economics’, Edited by Mr. Ayush Goyal, Vol 1, ISBN: 978-81-941519-6-8, VidhiAaghaz, 2021.
7. Chapter titled, ‘INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AND UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS: EXAMINING THE DOMAINS OF CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE’ Published in Edited Book By Dr. Gigimon V. S, Published by Mar Gregorius Law College, Trivandrum, 2022. [ISBN: 978-8195575541]
8. Chapter Titled “‘SCIENTISM’ IN THE REGULATORY EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE SPS AGREEMENT AND ‘PRECAUTION’ IN THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL: A RIDDLE FOR FOOD SAFETY IN TRADE OF GM FOOD?”, accepted for publication in Edited Book on INTERPRETATION OF WTO AGREEMENTS, by Prof. Sheela Rai (Upcoming, 2026).
D. Other Publications
1. ‘Revamping the Custom clearance process in India through an institutional approach towards Trade Facilitation: A Case Study of Custom Clearance Facilitation Committee’ Published AT UNITED NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA-PACIFIC [CASE STUDY, UN-ESCAP DATABASE].
2. ‘India’s Digital Economy: Conceptualisation and Priorities’ published by NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, 2024 (DISCUSSION PAPER/WORKING PAPER)
3. Annual Survey of Laws for NCT of Delhi, in ANNUAL SURVEY OF STATE LAWS, EDITED BY PROF. AMITA DHANDA, by the NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW, HYDERABAD, Periodical Survey, (FOR YEARS 2024 AND 2025) (UPCOMING, 2026)
Visiting Faculty / Guest Lectures / Keynote Address
I. Session Chair, Addressing Ethical and Legal Challenges in Artificial Intelligence in the Two-day International Conference on “New Age Legal Dynamics: Social Media and Artificial Intelligence (AI)”, 20th–21st February 2026, organized by UPES Dehradun.
II. Panellist Speaker and Technical Session Chair in the “Two-day international conference on the Role of International Trade in Global Energy Transition on 16-17 January 2026”, organized by NLUO and WTO Chair Programme (India)-CTIL, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India.
III. Chair, Technical Session, The Green Economy and Sustainable Development in the Two- Day International Conference on “Synergies of Law and Economics: Pathways to Viksit Bharat 2047”, organized by the NLIU Bhopal and Madhya Pradesh Rajya NITI Aayog on November 1st to 2nd, 2025.
IV. Co-Chair, Technical Session, International Conference on “Trade, Business & Sustainability: Pathways to Inclusive & Resilient Growth”, organized by Centre for WTO & WIPO Studies, School for Law and Technology, in collaboration with the Environment and Sustainability Chapter, Asian Law Schools Association (ALSA), July 27-28, 2025, HNLU Raipur.
V. Speaker, Gendering Professional Ethics, Professional Accounting and Drafting of Legal Documents, National Symposium on Gendering Legal Education, organized by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), NALSAR, Hyderabad, 15-17th August, 2025.
VI. Speaker, Literature Review and Argumentation in Law and Economics Research, National Workshop on the theme ‘From Idea to Publication: A Practical Guide to Writing Research Papers’, Centre for Law and Economics, DNLU and Erudite Legal, New Delhi, DNLU, Jabalpur, 11th October, 2025.
VII. Judge, Preliminary Rounds of Preliminary Round of Surana & Surana SAARC Regional South Rounds of the 29th Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, 18th January, 2025.
VIII. TradeLab Supervisor and Panellist, International Annual TradeLab Conference, WTO Chairs Programme (INDIA), Centre for Trade and Investment Law, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India, New Delhi, 13-14 December, 2024.
IX. Session Chair and Key Panel Discussant, ‘Gender Dimensions of International Trade’, Research Conclave, International Conference, Indore Institute of Law, 7th December, 2024.
X. Panellist and Speaker, Panel Discussion, International Webinar on Regional Trade Agreements: Trends, Challenges and Prospects, by NLUO Centre for International Trade Law, September 7, 2024.
XI. Panellist and Expert Speaker, Thematic Session, First International Capacity-Building Programme and Research Summit (ICBPRS) on 75 Years of Multilateral Trading System: Past, Present & Future Discourse organised by the Centre for WTO-WIPO Studies, School of Law & Technology, HNLU Raipur, Chhattisgarh & IIFT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India under the WTO Chairs Programme on 1 – 9 December 2023.
XII. Judge, Preliminary and Semi-Final Rounds of West and South Asia Regional Round of 22nd JOHN H JACKSON MOOT COURT COMPETITION, WBNUJS Kolkota, 4-7th March, 2024.
XIII. Expert Speaker, ‘Contracts for MSME and Start-ups’, Legal Training Programme for MSME and Start-ups, Centre for Advocacy, Practice and Research on Intellectual Property & Jabalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Smart City and Incubation Centre, 18-19 March, 2023.
XIV. Speaker, Youth 20 (Y20) Panel discussion on the theme “A Happier India: The Need for A Well-Being Approach Towards India’s Social and Economic Objectives” by National Economic Forum and Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, 30th October, 2023.
XV. Expert Speaker, One Week Online Certificate Course on ‘Sports Law in India’, 10th October, 2023, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.
XVI. Guest Expert Speaker, Lecture on “Exploring the various Facets of Contract Drafting Skills”, 20th April, 2023, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.
XVII. Course Advisor and Expert Speaker, Capacity building program on International Investment Law, jointly organized by Centre for Studies in International Trade and Investment Laws, DNLU, Jabalpur and Centre for Law and Management, MNLU Mumbai, 26th-29th January, 2023.
XVIII. Guest Expert Speaker, Lecture on ‘Researching International Law and Academic Legal Writing’ at the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, MNLU Mumbai on 10th October, 2022.
XIX. Guest Expert, Guest Lecture on ‘Introduction to International Trade Law and India’s Functional Monism’ at MNLU Mumbai on 10th October, 2022.
XX. Judge, Semi-Final Rounds of the National Rounds of Louis M. Brown and Forrest S. Mosten International Client Consultation Competition, 2023 from 9th-11th December 2022 held at DNLU, Jabalpur.
XXI. Guest Speaker, Technical Session on “Legal Education in 21st Century”, 1st International Symposium on Law & Peace (ISLP), on Role of Law to Promote Peace from December 14 – 17, 2021, MIT World Peace University, Pune.
XXII. Research Advisor and Member, Review Panel, MNLU Mumbai Working Paper Series-Legal Studies Research Paper [2020-21].
XXIII. Guest Speaker, Guest Lecture at MIT World Peace University, Pune, on October 14, 2021, on “Basics of Writing a Research Paper”.
XXIV. Judge, Preliminary Rounds (National Rounds) of the Louis M. Brown and Forrest S. Mosten International Client Consultation Competition – 2020 from 31st Jan-Feb 2, 2020, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal.
XXV. Judge, Sixth Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition 2020-21, India Rounds from 6-8th November, 2020.
XXVI. Guest Speaker, Guest Lecture on ‘Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dictum’ for First year students of BA/B Com/BBA LL. B at Mar Gregorios College of Law, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 10th and 11th December, 2020.
XXVII. Judge, Virtual Challengers for International Mediation Competition- Mediation Bombay 2.0, National Law University, Odisha on 19th December, 2020.
XXVIII. Session Moderator, International Conference on ‘Changing Dimensions of Human Rights in the Globalized World’, 23-24 January, 2021, DNLU, Jabalpur.
XXIX. Guest Lecture, Research Methods, Tools and Techniques for Multidisciplinary Research Design, for One Week Faculty Development Programme at Govt SPMR College of Commerce, Jammu and Kashmir, India in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India from 20-26 February 2023.
XXX. Session Chair, Plenary Session on The Biological Diversity Act sponsored by UNDP-GEF (Global ABS Project), Regional Workshop Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur & National Law School of India University, Bengaluru etc. [2019]
XXXI. Technical Speaker/Resource person, Technical Session on Mediation Techniques, Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla, 2018.
