Assistant Professor
| divya.sridhar@jgu.edu.in | |
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| ORCID ID | 0009000892942535 |
| Key Expertise | International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Conciliation, Public International Law, UN Law and Practice, Trademark / Intellectual Property Law. |
Divya Sridhar is a lawyer, academic, and legal scholar specializing in International Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, and Public International Law. She teaches courses spanning International Dispute Resolution, Evidence Laws, Human Rights Law, Mediation and Conciliation, and UN Law and Practice in the ICJ, and mentors students for leading global moot competitions, including the Jessup, Willem C. Vis, and FDI Moots.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws (B.Com. LLB. Hons.) from Tamil Nadu National Law School, Trichy, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) with Merit from King's College London, where her dissertation examined trademark dilution law across the United States, United Kingdom, and India - a study subsequently published in the Jindal Global Law Review (Scopus-indexed, 2024). She also is working on international frameworks for women's access to justice and hybrid dispute resolution mechanisms.
Her scholarship bridges dispute resolution of law, technology, and gender justice. She has presented her research internationally, including at the Asian Law and Economics Association conference at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and as an Invited Visiting Researcher at Doshisha University's RECITAL Centre in Kyoto, Japan.
Divya serves as Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR), organizing guest lecture series on international commercial arbitration and contributing to student-collaborative research. She is also Associate Director of the Centre for Ethics, Spirituality and Meditation, leading the university's wellness initiatives through meditation facilitation.
A qualified Advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, she is also an accredited Commercial Mediator certified by the Mediator Academy and a member of the Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre. Her opinion writing has appeared in Telangana Today, The Diplomat, Scroll,and Info360.
Outside the law, Divya is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer of over two decades, a discipline that reflects her belief in the power of form, discipline, and expression.
Mediation and Conciliation
Professional Ethics
Law and Practice in the United Nations
India and the International Court of Justice
Human Rights Law and Theory
Law of Evidence
Academic Achievements
Passed LL.M. at King's College London with Merits
Batch top ranks across an extensive list of subjects - Jurisprudence, Corporate Laws, Family Laws, Constitutional Laws, Criminal Laws, Civil Laws, Evidence Laws, Labour Laws, Property Laws, Interpretation of Statutes, IP Laws, Administration Laws, Public International Laws, Tax Laws, ADR, Socio-Economic Offences, Environmental Laws, Competition Laws, International Commercial Arbitration, Banking Laws, Election Laws, Healthcare Laws, and Social Transformation Laws
Invited/Recognition-based Engagements
Invited Speaker and Visiting Researcher - "Rethinking the Origins of International Law: Unravelling Asian Civilizations' Contributions," Doshisha University RECITAL, Kyoto, Japan (July 2025)
Presenter - Asian Law and Economics Association, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (July 2024)
Panellist - Regional Law Review Consultation on Cyber Laws Affecting Women, WSRC in collaboration with the National Commission for Women, Kurukshetra University (November 2024)
Presenter - ICSDG 2026, School of Law, Christ University (April 2026)
Professional Memberships/Accreditations (credential-type recognition)
Enrolled Advocate, Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (since December 2021), with valid Certificate of Practice
Qualified Commercial Mediator for the 21st Century Lawyers, Mediator Academy
Member, Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre team
Project-type Work
Led development and launch of the Adolescent-Friendly Guide to POCSO with the YP Foundation (60+ adolescents and stakeholders including a Delhi High Court Justice)
Developed a comprehensive Case Repository on landmark children's rights judgments for the Government of India
Contributed to the design of the National Annual Report & Index on Women's Safety (NARI) at Pvalue Analytics
"Rethinking the Origins of International Law: Unravelling Asian Civilizations' Contributions," Doshisha University Research Centre for International Transactions and Law (RECITAL), Kyoto, Japan (July 2025)
Senior Research Associate, Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR), Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University.
| divya.sridhar@jgu.edu.in | |
| ORCID ID | 0009000892942535 |
| Key Expertise | International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Conciliation, Public International Law, UN Law and Practice, Trademark / Intellectual Property Law. |