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LL.M. in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Jindal Global Law School

Prof. Esha Rana

Assistant Professor

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ORCID ID 0000-0002-3295-6934
Key Expertise Environmental Law, Climate Change Law and Policy, Environmental Governance, Administrative Law, Natural Resource Governance, Animal Law.

LL.M. in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Jindal Global Law School

Biography

Esha Rana is an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University. Her teaching and research lie at the intersection of environmental law, climate change law and policy, biodiversity conservation, environmental governance, and administrative law. She adopts an interdisciplinary and practice-oriented approach to legal education, drawing upon her experience in academia, environmental litigation, and public policy research.

Before joining Jindal Global Law School, Esha was Senior Resident Fellow (Climate and Ecosystems) at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, where she led research on environmental governance, with a focus on human-wildlife conflict compensation frameworks, invasive alien species regulation, and wildlife conservation outside protected areas. She also designed and delivered capacity-building programmes on environmental protection laws for government officials, collaborated with civil society organisations to strengthen environmental governance, and produced policy reports and legal analyses to support evidence-based law and policymaking.

At Jindal Global Law School, Esha teaches Environmental Law, Administrative Law, Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing, and Environmental Security.

Esha holds an LL.M. in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Jindal Global Law School. Her scholarship explores environmental governance, climate law, biodiversity conservation, environmental justice, and the role of legal institutions in advancing sustainable development. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and policy reports, and she regularly engages with governments, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders on issues of environmental law and policy.

Core Courses

  • Environmental Law
  • Administrative Law
  •  Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing
  • Environmental Security in the Anthropocene (Elective)
  • International Environmental Law (LLM -WWF)

Clinical Courses

  •  Environment Law Clinic
  • Visiting Faculty: CPWD Academy (2025 – Present) 

Purswani, P. & Rana, E. (2025). Mapping India's Legislative Framework for Climate Change. Climate Law.

Pathak, G., & Kapoor, G. (2023). Suggested Framework for the Right to Repair in India. In Consumer Law and Practice: Contemporary Issues and Way Forward (pp. 1–17). National Law School of India University.

Pathak, G., & Saxena, P. (2023). Indian media provide a positive account of Modi’s outreach to the Pacific Islands. Asian Politics & Policy, 15(4), 702–705. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12713

Purwar, M., & Pathak, G. (2023, July 25). ?Twitter vs Threads: Why Musk may not win the battle against Zuckerberg?. Indian Express. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/twitter-threads-musk-battle-against-zuckerberg-8859572/

Yadav, M., & Pathak, G. (2023). MCA21: A wizard that needs revamp. In Technology and Analytics for Law and Justice (pp. 219–237). OakBridge Publishing Pvt. Ltd.

Anand, A., & Pathak, G. (2022). Media coverage of Ukraine crisis and its implications on India–Russia relations—Anand—2022—Asian Politics & Policy—Wiley Online Library. Asian Politics & Policy, 14(4), 560–563. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12667

Pathak, G. (2022a). Clearview AI: Dangers to Privacy from the Private Sector. 57(17). https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/17/letters/clearview-ai-dangers-privacy-private-sector.html

Pathak, G. (2022b). Health Data Privacy: Lessons from Europe. In Healthcare, Technology and the Law: Interplay between Regulations and Digital Healthcare (1st ed., pp. 62–69). The National University of Advanced Legal Studies.

Pathak, G. (2022c). Legal regime for the protection of cultural heritage in India. The Gda?sk Journal of East Asian Studies, 2022(22), 169–182. https://doi.org/10.4467/23538724GS.22.047.17019

Pathak, G. (2022d). Manifestly Made Public: Clearview and GDPR. European Data Protection Law Review, 8(3), 419–422. https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2022/3/13

Pathak, G. (2020, May 11). Transfer Of Prisoners: An Outlook On Rights. The Contemporary Law Forum. https://tclf.in/2020/05/11/transfer-of-prisoners-an-outlook-on-rights/

Pathak, G. (2022e, August 20). Need for a Data Privacy Law | Economic and Political Weekly. https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/34/letters/need-data-privacy-law.html 2018

Sinha D, Mehta D, Rana E and Kuriakose S, ‘Courting the Environment: Implementation of Environmental Judgments’ , Vidhi Centre of Legal Policy, April 2021

Rana E, ‘Courts on Polluting Industries – Patancheru & Bollaram Industrial Area: Did the Polluter Pay?’, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, December 2020

Gupta, V., & Pathak, G. (2018). The Legal Metrology Act, 2009. Commercial Law Publishers (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Pathak, G. (2018, December 28). Bail: An Enigma in Uttar Pradesh. The Criminal Law Blog. https://criminallawstudiesnluj.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/bail-an-enigma-in-uttar-pradesh/
Email erana@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-3295-6934
Key Expertise Environmental Law, Climate Change Law and Policy, Environmental Governance, Administrative Law, Natural Resource Governance, Animal Law.
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