Faculty Details proforma for DU Web-site Title DR. First Name KSHITIJ KUMAR Designation Address D-420, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 Last Name SINGH Phone No Email Web-Page Office Residence 01149051264 Mobile +91 8826843264 singh.genetic@gmail.com Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Year B.Sc. TDPG College, Purvanchal University, 1998 Jaunpur LL.B. TDPG College, Purvanchal University, 2001 Jaunpur LL.M. Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University 2003 Ph.D. Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University 2013 UGC-NET Dec-2004 Career Profile Assistant Professor, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (February 27, 2018 till date) Former Assistant Professor, Amity University (March 3, 2014-February 26, 2018) Administrative Assignments Past Administrative Assignments- Member, Student Research Committee, Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, NOIDA Expert Member, Student Research Committee, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology Chief Coordinator: LL.M. (IP) Programme Areas of Interest / Specialization Intellectual Property Law, Law and Technology, Biotechnology Law, Human Rights Laws, Legal English and Research Methodology and Legal Philosophy www.du.ac.in Page 1
Subjects Taught Intellectual Property Laws- Law on Patents, Law on Trademarks and Design, Law on Geographical Indications, Human Rights (General Protection), Legal English and Research Methodology Time table of the subjects taught during the current semester S.No. Subject Days Time Classroom Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. Research Guidance Supervised LL.M. Dissertations Three Ph.D. Students were enrolled under me in Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Amity University UP Publications Profile Book Kshitij Kumar Singh (2015) Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights: Legal and Social Implications Springer (India) ISBN 978-81-322-2058-9 Book Review Kshitij Kumar Singh; Province of patent pledges defined, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, jpx231, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpx231 (Reviewing the Book Patent Pledges: Global Perspectives on Patent Law s Private Ordering Frontier Jorge L. Contreras and Meredith Jacob (eds.) Edward Elgar, 2017 ISBN: 978 1 78536 248), published by Oxford University Press on January 18, 2018 Articles and Book Chapters 1. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Health, Human Rights and Good Governance: A Critical Study with respect to Access to Essential Medicines in Human Rights Protection and Good Governance, Pradeep Kumar (ed.), 2018 Regal Publications, New Delhi, pp.26-44 2. Kshitij Kumar Singh, DNA Technology and Criminal Justice System in India: An Inquiry into the Truth, Objectivity and Impartiality, Amity Law Watch, Issue no. 31, July 2017, pp.5-17. ISSN: 2320-2270 3. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Global IP Regime and India's Innovation System: Legal Perspective in Globalisation and India s Innovation System-A Creative Destruction Girish Kumar (Ed.), 2017 Mahatma www.du.ac.in Page 2
Gandhi University, Kottayam, pp. 163-168 ISBN 978-93-80419-35-0 4. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology and Access to Technology: A Critical Appraisal, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, Vol.18, No.3, November 2016, pp. 3-23. ISSN: 0972-7566 5. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Determining the Limits of Patents: A Biotechnological Perspective, International Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol.8, No.2, July-December 2015, pp. 149-163. ISSN: 0974-2514. 6. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Human Rights in Contemporary Information Age: Emerging Issues and Challenges, Amity Law Watch, Issue no. 28, October 2015 pp. 36-48; ISSN: 2320-2270. 7. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Intellectual Property Protection in Bioinformatics and Open Bio Development, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, Vol.16, No.3, December 2014, pp. 25-45. ISSN: 0972-7566 8. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Human Therapeutic Cloning and Stem Cell Research: Ethical, Legal and Policy Implications in Science Technology and Law Reforms, B.C. Nirmal & Ajendra Srivastava (eds.) (2014) Satyam International, New Delhi pp.231-249, ISBN: 978-93-82823-09- 4. 9. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Ownership Puzzle in Human Genetic Material: Legal Perspective Judicial Training and Research Institute (JTRI) Journal, 33rd Issue (Dec 2012) pp. 202-213 ISSN: 0976-9153. 10. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Implications of Patents on Innovation: A Biotechnological Perspective, ICFAI University Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (IJIPR), Vol.VII, No.4, November 2008, pp. 30-55 ISSN: 0972-6926. 11. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Human Genome and Human Rights: An Overview, Journal of Indian Law Institute (JILI), Vol. 50 No.1 (Jan-Mar) 2008 pp. 67-80, ISSN: 0019-5731. Work in Progress Book Kshitij Kumar Singh & Shubha Ghosh (Syracuse University, New York) Legal and Policy Framework of Precision Medicine: A Comparative Study Springer (2017-18) Articles/Book Chapters Kshitij Kumar Singh, Personal Data Protection in India: Issues and Challenges in Cyber security and the www.du.ac.in Page 3
law: A Panoramic view (in process) Publications in the Last one year Book Review Kshitij Kumar Singh; Province of patent pledges defined, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, jpx231, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpx231 (Reviewing the Book Patent Pledges: Global Perspectives on Patent Law s Private Ordering Frontier Jorge L. Contreras and Meredith Jacob (eds.) Edward Elgar, 2017 ISBN: 978 1 78536 248), published by Oxford University Press on January 18, 2018 Articles and Book Chapters 1. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Health, Human Rights and Good Governance: A Critical Study with respect to Access to Essential Medicines in Human Rights Protection and Good Governance, Pradeep Kumar (ed.), 2018 Regal Publications, New Delhi, pp.26-44 2. Kshitij Kumar Singh, DNA Technology and Criminal Justice System in India: An Inquiry into the Truth, Objectivity and Impartiality, Amity Law Watch, Issue no. 31, July 2017, pp.5-17. ISSN: 2320-2270 3. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Global IP Regime and India's Innovation System: Legal Perspective in Globalisation and India s Innovation System-A Creative Destruction Girish Kumar (Ed.), 2017 Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, pp. 163-168 ISBN 978-93-80419-35-0 4. Kshitij Kumar Singh, Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology and Access to Technology: A Critical Appraisal, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, Vol.18, No.3, November 2016, pp. 3-23. ISSN: 0972-7566 Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years) February 9, 2018, FICCI IPO Awareness Program on Intellectual Property Rights, organized by FICCI in collaboration with IPO Government of India at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Invited as Speaker; Delivered Lecture on IP ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA: KEY STAKEHOLDERS & ROLES in Session II. January 15-20, 2018, One Week (6 days) Professional Skill Development Training Program on IPR www.du.ac.in Page 4
organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (RGNIIPM), Government of India, Nagpur Delivered lectures in 5 sessions of the Program as the Resource Person on various aspects of IPR on January 19-20, 2018. January 7, 2018, National Conference on Environment Law, Health and Sustainable Development, organized by CHESD in academic association with Ministry of Environment & Forests and Climate Change at Siddartha Law College, Dehradun Delivered Key Note Address and acted as Convener of the Conference November 24, 2017 National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights, Leveraging IPR Ecosystem for accelerating Startups and Academia organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in academic collaboration with Ministry of Science and Technology and University of Delhi Participated as a Panelist and Presented on The Interplay between Startups and IPR: Indian Perspective. November 21-23, 1 st World Conference on Access to Medical Products and International Laws for Trade and Health organized by World Health Organisation in collaboration with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and Indian Society of International Law Participated as an Indian delegate August 25, 2017: FICCI-IPO IPR Awareness Program 2017 (A Government of India Initiative) Participated as a lead speaker in the First Session entitled Understanding your IP and acted as a Convener of the Program in Amity University UP (NOIDA Campus); Partner Institution- Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies August 5, 2017: Invited as Speaker by Centre for Genetic Disorder, Banaras Hindu University. Delivered a lecture on Current Trends in Biotech Patents with Special Reference to Human Genetics and Genomics March 22-23, 2017: National Conference on IPR in Health Sciences, organized by Amity Institute of Microbial Technology in collaboration with ICMR Government of India Participated as Panelist and presented a paper entitled IP and Regulatory Issues Relating to www.du.ac.in Page 5
Personalised/Precision Medicines in India and also acted as Organising Secretary of the Conference. February 4-6, 2017: International Seminar on Globalisation and India s Innovation System: A Creative Destruction, organised by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam Kerala Participated as panelist and presented a paper entitled "Implications of Global IP Regime on India's Innovation System: Legal Perspective" in the Session Patents/Geographical Indications. January 23-24, 2017: National Workshop on IPR: Emerging Issues, organised by University Law College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan Delivered the speech on IPR: Emerging Issues as a keynote speaker in the Valedictory Session of the National Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights: Emerging Issues. January 10, 2017: Training Program on "Intellectual Property Right" organized by Amity Institute of Training and Development and ONGC Academy Dehradun, sponsored by ONGC Dehradun Delivered talk as the principal resource person and speaker of the Program on numerous aspects of IPR and trained Senior and Middle Level Executives of ONGC in IPR at ONGC Academy Dehradun December 16-17, 2016: National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce, University of Delhi and DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Participated as a Panellist and Speaker in the Session, "Recent Trends in Drug Sector".(Presented on Biosimilars ) December 1-2, 2016: Symposium on Frontiers in Precision Medicine II: Cancer, Big Data and the Public, organised by University of Utah, Salt Lake City, U.S.A. Participated as a Panelist and Speaker in the Session IV entitled Patenting of Precision Medicine on December 2, 2016 (Spoke upon Patenting Precision Medicine: International Developments at S.J. Quinny College of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City U.S.A.) September 27-28, 2016: SMU-JINDAL-RENMIN Workshop on Innovation, Economic Development and IP in India and China, organised by Jindal Global University in partnership with the Singapore Management University and Renmin University China. Participated as a Panelist and Distinguished Speaker and made a presentation entitled Pharmaceutical Patents and Innovation in India: Legal and Policy Implications in Session-V: Pharmaceutical Industry on September www.du.ac.in Page 6
28, 2016 July 27, 2016: Expert Consultation: Round Table on Legal Ambiguity related to IPR and Access to Technology in Agriculture Sector organised by Research Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi Participated as an Expert in the Round Table and deliberated upon the issues pertaining to the topic. March 5-6, 2016: National Conference on Limits to Intellectual Property Rights, organised by CSIPR, NLIU Bhopal Presented a paper on Determining the Limits of Patents: A Biotechnological Perspective November 21-22, 2015; Dehradun: National Seminar on Criminology, Crime and the Criminal Justice System: An Insight in the Contemporary Age of Science and Technology, organized by University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, College of Legal Studies. Participated and presented a paper on DNA Technology and Criminal Justice System: An Inquiry into the Truth, Objectivity and Impartiality. July 25-26, 2015; New Delhi: National Conference on International Humanitarian Law organized by All India Law Teachers Congress and The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Participated and presented a paper on Contemporary Issues in International Humanitarian Law July 21-23, 2015, Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya: National Conference on IPR in Biosciences For Scientists From North-East Indian States organized by Amity University UP and University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya, sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) and Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR); As a resource person made presentation entitled IP Issues in Biotechnology: India and EU Countries. March, 2-13, 2015; New Delhi: WIPO-India Summer School on Intellectual Property Rights Invited Lecture in WIPO-India Summer School on Intellectual Property Rights March 7, 2015: Delivered Lecture on Design protection and its interface with other IP areas, WIPO-India Summer School 2015, organized by WIPO in collaboration with Indian Society of International Law (ISIL). January, 9-11, 2015; New Delhi: World Congress of International Law on Contemporary Issues of International Law www.du.ac.in Page 7
Special Invitee to Participate in World Conference January, 9-11, 2015: Participated in World Congress of International Law on Contemporary Issues of International Law, organized by Indian Society of International Law. Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration) Awards and Distinctions Government of Canada s Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Asia-Pacific 2010, funded by Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), Canada. Association With Professional Bodies Member, Review Panel, Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice Member, All India Law Teachers Congress Associate Member, Indian Society of International Law Other Activities www.du.ac.in Page 8