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Rahul Mohanty

The University of Melbourne, OP Jindal Global University Jindal Global Law School, Nalsar University of Law, National Law School of India University, University of Oxford

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Rahul Mohanty is an academic in the field of public international law and is a Ph.D researcher at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. His doctoral research focuses on issues of fairness in international climate governance. He is also a member of the Melbourne Climate Futures Academy.

Prior to starting his Ph.D, Rahul worked as a full-time Assistant Professor at several top Indian Universities such as O.P. Jindal Global University, and NALSAR University of Law, and has over five years of teaching and research experience. He has also taught at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, and the National Law University Odisha as a visiting faculty.

He has taught a range of courses, including Public International Law, Theoretical approaches to International Law, International dispute settlement, International Financial Institutions, International Climate Change Law, and Environmental law, to both undergraduate and post-graduate students. He has designed and taught several elective courses relating to various areas of international law. He regularly writes on climate change law, global justice, international courts, climate finance, and Indian environmental law, among other issues.

His current research interests include global governance (specifically climate governance), climate justice, international organizations, international courts, international law and the global south, and climate change law. His articles have been published in reputed academic journals like Asian Journal of International Law, Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, and Indian Law Review. Beyond academic work, he also engages with policymakers and various governmental bodies in India concerning just transition and climate adaptation.

He did his undergraduate law degree, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, where he graduated as the top ranker of his cohort, with 13 gold medals. He has completed his masters degree, BCL, from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in public international law and read International Law and Armed Conflict, International Economic Law, International Environmental Law and International Dispute Settlement Laws. He was a recipient of the Oxford India Centre-HSA Advocates Scholarship during his BCL.

Prior to his academic career, he worked at a leading Indian FMCG company where he advised on issues concerning intellectual property rights law, managed IP related litigation and provided contractual advisory. He has also worked at a law firm, where he advised clients on transactions under the Indian Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.

Employment

  • The University of Melbourne Doctoral Researcher
    2026 - Present
  • OP Jindal Global University Jindal Global Law School Assistant Professor
    2023 - 2026
  • National Law School of India University Visiting Faculty
    2022 - 2025
  • Nalsar University of Law Assistant Professor of Law
    2021 - 2022

Education

  • Nalsar University of Law B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
    2012 - 2017
  • The University of Melbourne
  • University of Oxford

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Publications (5)