Adithya Variath

About

Adithya Variath is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal Global Law School. He is a Fellow at the Centre for International Legal Studies and Assistant Dean at JGLS.

Adithya was an Elizabeth Moir Scholar at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, reading an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy 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/Head of the Centre for Research in Air and Space Laws at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai (MNLU-M). He was the Academic Supervisor of the TradeLab Law Clinic and a Member of the Research Council at MNLU-M. He has taught courses at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, the University of Mumbai, and the National Institute of Securities Markets. He serves as the Editor of the Indian Review of Air and Space Law, is a Research Fellow at the Information Society Law Center, University of Milan, Italy, and a member of the International Academy of Space Law, Russia.

Adithya’s research focuses on space and aviation laws, emerging technologies, and global institutional design. He publishes frequently on international space law and related issues. His recent books include — International Space Law in the New Space Era: Principles and Challenges (Oxford University Press, 2024); Artemis Accords and Resource Mining in Outer Space (Springer, 2025) and Legal Responses to Space Resource Utilisation (Springer, 2026).

Employment

• O. P. Jindal Global University Assistant Professor
  2025 - Present
• University of Oxford Research Assistant
  2025 - 2025
• Università degli Studi di Milano International Research Fellow
  2022 - 2024
• Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai Assistant Professor of Law & Coordinator, Centre for Research in Air and Space Law
  2021 - 2025

Education

• University of Oxford

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (31)

• Krishna Rao, India and the exclusionary making of space law
  The Round Table 2026 DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2025.2548375
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• Evolutionary Patterns of Earth System Laws and Outer Space Governance: Future of Space Law and Policy in the Third/Fourth World
  pace Education & Strategic Applications 2025
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• A Critical Review of the Guidelines for the Long-Term Sustainability in Outer Space
  Lex ad Coelum 2025 DOI: 10.69953/lac.v5ii.366
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• Artemis Accords and Resource Mining in Outer Space
  Springer Nature Singapore 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-0152-6
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• Artemis Accords as Evolutive Law-Making: Lunar Space Mining and the Rise of Space Militarisation
  Issues in Space 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-0152-6_7
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• Book Review: Benjamyn I. Scott and Andrea Trimarchi, Fundamentals of International Aviation Law and Policy. Routledge. London and New York. 2025. 2nd ed. ISBN 9781032564319, pp. 452
  German Journal of Air and Space Law (Wolters Kluwer) 2025
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• Critical Space Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Challenges in Outer Space: A Review of India’s Space Security
  Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-82031-1_1
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• Evaluating Compliance with International Standards and Best Practices at the Mumbai Airport
  Aerodrome Governance in Asia 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-7568-5_17
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• Protecting Innovation in the Age of Space Commercialisation in India: The Curious Case of Missing Elements of the Indian Space Policy 2023
  Spanish Journal of Aeronautical and Space Law 2025
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• Harnessing Trade Remedies for Sustainable Development and Mitigating Climate Change
  Recent Issues in Trade Remedies under the WTO Regime (Directorate General of Trade Remedies, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India) 2024
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