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Dr. ANEESH V. PILLAI

Assistant Professor

School of Legal Studies

Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi - 682022, Kerala, India

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dr.avpillai@cusat.ac.in



BRIEF BIO
Dr. Aneesh V. Pillai is an Assistant Professor (Law) in School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala. Prior to joining SLS he has worked as a faculty of law in Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He has been awarded Ph. D from CUSAT, Kerala, India. He has also qualified the State Eligibility Test (SET) for Law in 2013. He is also serving the position of ‘Visiting Professor’ at Department of Law, Dhaka International University, Bangladesh. He has been awarded the prestigious “Distinguished Young Faculty Award, 2017-18” from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala. He is the recipient of prestigious Prof. (Dr.) A. T. Marcose Memorial Gold Medal from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) for securing First Rank in LLM. He is also the winner of K. C. Menon Memorial Gold Medal for the Best Student in LLM in the year 2008 from CUSAT, Kerala.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Competition Law, Consumer Law, Cyber Law, Human Rights, Law of Torts, Public International Law

RESEARCH PROFILES
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K_s8op8AAAAJ&hl=en

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 28]
  • Women’s reproductive rights and their scope under international legal frameworks. Entrepreneurship, Economy and Law, Scientific Research Institute of Private Law and Entrepreneurship & Vol. 8, 2021

  • Moot Court Competitions - Participation is Exhilarating but Winning is Momentous in a Law Students’ Journey: Tips for Making a Winning Memorial, EUNOIA, General Sir John Kotelawela Defence University, Sri Lanka Vol. 1, 2021

  • Liability of Hospitals under Medical Negligence in India: An Analytical View Based on Various Judicial Decisions, GIBS Law Journal, Centre for Legal Studies, Gitarattan International Business School , Delhi Vol. 3, 2021

  • Protection of Consumer Welfare is an Imperative Goal’: An Analysis of the Role of Competition Act, 2002 and the Protection of Consumers in India, Spritus Lege, Yashwantrao Chavan Law College, Pune Vol. 1, 2020

  • COVID 19 Outbreak and the International Liability Regime: A Legal Perspective on the Class Action Complaint in Texas District Court, Live Law Legal Website, 2020

  • Clinical Establishments Act: Oru Avalokanam (In Malayalam), Arogya Jalakam, Caritas News Bulletin, Caritas Hospital, Kottayam 2020

  • Promises and Nuances of Consumer Protection Act, 2019: A Birds Eye View, Consumer Protection Reporter, Vinod Publications Vol. 25, 2020

  • Law Relating to Conservation and Management of Forest Resources in India: An Analytical View, Bangalore University Law Journal, Bangalore University Vol. 9, 2019

  • Right to Access to Human Reproductive Technologies under Indian Legal Framework: A Bird’s View, GLS Law Journal, GJL University, Gujarat Vol. 1, 2019

  • A Vision for a Mission: New Draft Education Policy, Pallikkutam, Rajagiri Media Vol. 7, 2019

  • CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 14]
  • Scope of ‘Access to Internet’ As a Human Right: An International and Indian Legal Perspective , 4th International African Conference on Current Studies held at Bani Waleed University, Libya, 2021

  • Patenting of Human Reproductive Technologies: A Challenge to Right to Procreation, International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights: Conflict/Coexistence in Human Rights, Health and Indigenous Rights, 2018

  • Humanitarian Intervention and States Sovereignty: Its Legitimacy under International Law, International Interdisciplinary Seminar on Regulation of Human Rights in a Globalised World, 2018

  • Natural Resources Accounting as a Step forward for Achieving Green Economy and Conservation of Biological Diversity: A Legal Perspective, National Seminar on The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 – Legal Dimensions and its Implementation , 2017

  • Clinical Legal Education as a tool to Sensitize Law Students towards Social Responsibilities, National Seminar on Academic Innovations and Administrative Reforms to meet Global Challenges in Higher Education, 2016

  • Grieve it Again: Role of Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel in International Arbitrations and Its Practical Concerns, International Interdisciplinary Seminar on Access to Justice: Trends and Issues, 2016

  • Right to Maternity Protection of Surrogate Mother and Intended Parents in Surrogacy: An Emerging Paradigm, Three Day International Seminar on Human Rights: National and International Perspectives, 2015

  • Commercial Surrogacy – A new form of Reproductive Human Trafficking: A Legal and Ethical Analysis, Two Day International Interdisciplinary Seminar on Human Trafficking and Exploitation of Children: Human Rights Dimensions, 2015

  • Cyber Defamation and its Regulation in India: A Critical Appraisal, National Seminar on Cyber Crimes: Issues and Challenges, 2015

  • Extra-Territorial Application of Information Technology Act, 2000: Its Need and Practical Concerns, Two-Day National E-Governance Seminar on Information Technology and Open Source Software: Issues and Challenges , 2013

  • BOOKS PUBLISHED
  • Dr. ANEESH V. PILLAI, NIL, Surrogate Motherhood and the Law, Regal Publications, New Delhi, 2015 , ISBN : 978-81-8484-445-0

  • Dr. ANEESH V. PILLAI, Nil, Short Notes on Competition Law in India, Regal Publications, New Delhi , 2017 , ISBN : 978-81-8484-642-3

  • Dr. ANEESH V. PILLAI, Arathi Ashok, Cyber Laws: Issues and Concerns, Altar Publishing House, 2017 , ISBN : 978-93-82745-05-1

  • Dr. ANEESH V. PILLAI, Dr. Pardeep Singh , Shaded Justice and Rights, Satyam Law International, New Delhi, 2021 , ISBN : 9789391345204

  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
  • Legal Aid Award - 2018 for Excellent Services in Social Justice & Legal Aid from jointly instituted by Knowledge Steez, Youth for Human Rights in India and All India Law Teachers Congress, in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from National Seminar on Shifting Frontiers of Law of Medical Negligence in Consumer Protection Law, Organised by Centre for Consumer Protection Law and Policy, The National University of Advanced Legal Studies, in the year 2014

  • Resource Person from Three Day National Workshop on Inroads into Freedom of Speech and Expression: A Study on Regulatory Regime of Free Speech”, Organised by Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer Chair on Human Rights, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Techn, in the year 2016

  • Resource Person from Three Day UGC National Seminar on Law on Corporate Re-Organization in India, Organised by School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, in the year 2016

  • Resource Person from Academic Interface of Students and Teachers with Lawyers organized by National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi , in the year 2016

  • Resource Person from Summer School on Competition Law held at The National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi , in the year 2015

  • Resource Person from National Seminar on Countering Climate Change – Need For Legal and Policy Change, Organized by the Department of Law, Thiruvalla Campus of Central University of Kerala, in the year 2016

  • Resource Person from Workshop on Foreign Direct Investment: Legal Implications in India organized by Center for Business Law, Government Law College, Thrissur,, in the year 2016

  • Resource Person from Five Day National Conference on Health Care System in India and Human Rights Concerns, organized by Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer Chair on Human Rights, School of Legal Studies, CUSAT, in the year 2016

  • Resource Person from National Workshop on Emerging Regulatory Trends in Maritime Jurisdiction in India: Issues and Challenges held at School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, in the year 2017

  • Resource Person from Seminar on Women and Law organised by the Women Cell & Guidance and Counselling Cell of SNM Training College, Moothakunnam , in the year 2017

  • Resource Person from Moot Court Workshop conducted on 29th November at Saveetha School of Law, Saveetha University, Tamil Nadu, in the year 2017

  • Resource Person from Three Day National Seminar on Transforming the World towards Sustainable Tomorrow: Concerns and Challenges organised by School of Indian Legal Thought, MG University, Kottayam, in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from National Moot Court Training Workshop, Organized by School of Legal Studies, Kannur University, Kerala , in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from Workshop on Trail by Media: Constitutional and Legal Implications, organised by Dr. A. T. Marcose Chair on Advanced Legal Studies, Government Law College, Thrissur , in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from International Seminar on Forensic Science, Organized by School of Legal Studies, Kannur University, Kerala , in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from Third National Conference on Human Rights and Gender Justice held on 23rd June 2018 at Indian Law Institute, New Delhi organised by Knowledge Steez in collaboration with Youth for Human Rights India & All India Law Teachers Congress. , in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from One Day Workshop on Business Regulatory Framework organised by Department of Management Studies, Mar Dionysius College, Pazhanji, in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from Continuing Education Programme on Legal Liabilities in Nursing Practices, organised by Trained Nurses Association of India, Kerala State Branch at Welccare College of Nursing, Ernakulam , in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from Seminar on Consumer Law Organised by VidyaBharathi Group of Institutions at Kalamassery, in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from One Day Workshop on Addressing Violence Against Women, organised by Centre for Constitutional Rights Research, Ernakulam , in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from One Day Seminar on Human Rights organised by Human Rights Club, S N Women’s College, Kollam as a part of Human Rights Day Celebrations , in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights: Conflict/Coexistence in Human Rights, Health and Indigenous Rights, organised by Baselios Poulose II Catholicos College, Piravom , in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from One Day Workshop on Legal Aspects in Health Care and Nursing Practice, organised by Department of Nursing Caritas Hospital, Kottayam , in the year 2019

  • Chair from National Workshop on Arrest of Ships in India: Legal Constraints and Challenges, Organized by School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, in the year 2015

  • Chair from State Level Workshop on Identification of Socio-Legal Issues Faced by Tribal’s in Kerala, Organized by School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, in the year 2016

  • Chair from National Seminar on Democracy, Human Rights and Tolerance, Organized by Kerala Law Academy Law College and Centre for Advanced Legal Studies and Research, Thriuvanathapuram, in the year 2016

  • Chair from UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Protection of Migrant Workers in India: Legal and Social Concerns Organized by School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, in the year 2017

  • Chair from UGC Sponsored National Workshop on Empirical Research in Legal Studies and Social Sciences, held at School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, in the year 2017

  • Chair from International Seminar on Human Rights of Marginalised Populations held at His Highness Maharaja’s Government Law College, Ernakulam , in the year 2017

  • Chair from Three Day National Seminar on Contours of Right to Privacy: New Dimensions and Emerging Challenges organised by Justice V R Krishna Iyer Chair on Human Rights, at School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala , in the year 2018

  • Chair from Two Day National Workshop on Fair Trail and Free Media: The Need for Orchestration of a Balance, held at School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala , in the year 2018

  • Chair from Three Day National Seminar on Human –Wildlife Conflict: Espousing the Need for Eco-Governance of Forests and Wildlife held at His Highness Maharaja’s Government College, Ernakulam , in the year 2018

  • Chair from International Seminar on Patent & IPR on 10.01.2019 organised by Electronics and Communications Engineering, MBITS in Collaboration with DRJ Telecom USA at Mar Baselios Institute of Technology and Science, Kerala, in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from University Law College & Department of Studies in Law, Bangalore University , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from Three Day International Interdisciplinary Seminar on Internationalisation of Human Rights and Changing Dimensions of Fundamental Rights organised by Department of Law, Central University of Kerala, in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from UGC HRDC Short Term Course in Human Rights & RTI Act organised by HRDC, Kannur University , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from Leaders Summit 2019 organised by Caritas Hospital, Kottayam , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from Two Day International Conference on Protection of Child Rights: Problems and Prospects, organised by the Department of Criminal Law and Human Rights at Saveetha School of Law, Chennai., in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from Three Day National Seminar on Realisation of Collective Rights of Tribal’s: Issues and Challenges held at His Highness Maharaja’s Government Law College, Ernakulum , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from Two Day Workshop on New Trends and Key Challenges in the Area of Consumer Protection Laws, organised by the Centre for Consumer Protection Law and Policy, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from Annual Day Ceremony of United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) VJCT Chapter at Viswajyoti College of Engineering and Technology, Vazhakulam, in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from World Consumer Day celebration organised by the Legal Metrology Department, Kochi , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from National Workshop on ‘Competition Law’ organised by Centre for Competition Law and Policy held at National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi, in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from International Seminar on Medical Negligence Organised by Faculty of Law, Dhaka International University at Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association Hall on 28th April, at Dhaka, Bangladesh, in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from CNE for Nurses on ‘Legal Aspects in Nursing’ organised by Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvanathapuram in Association with Oncology Nurses Association of India, in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from One Day Workshop on Research Article Writing organised by Co-operative School of Law, Thodupuzha, in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from One Day Workshop on New Draft Education Policy, 2019 held at Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Law Reforms, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from One Day Workshop on SYNERGY-9 on Medico Legal Awareness-Hospital Related Current Legal Issues organised by the Catholic Health Association of India, in the year 2019

  • Faculty Delegate from Professional Students Submit, 2K19 Session on ‘Law’ organised by Government of Kerala , in the year 2019

  • Chair from Two Day International Conference on Protection of Child Rights: Problems and Prospects, organised by the Department of Criminal Law and Human Rights at Saveetha School of Law, Chennai., in the year 2019

  • Chair from One Day Seminar on ‘Changing Kashmir: Awakening Bharat’, organised by Vivekananda Study Circle at Trivandrum, in the year 2019

  • Distinguished Young Faculty Award, 2018-19 from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, in the year 2018

  • Resource Person from HRDC, Kannur University, in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from One Week Certificate Course on Competition Law, held at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from Second International Conference on Advance Trends in Communication & Technology, organised by Vivekanandha College of Arts and Science for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu , in the year 2020

  • Resource Person from National Seminar on Cultural Confluence: Contemporaneity and Congruence, Organised by PG Department of English, MES Asmabi College, Kodungallur, in the year 2020

  • Resource Person from FDP- IPR for Teachers, organised by National Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai at Extension Centre, Kalamassery, in the year 2020

  • Chair from International Conference on Competition Law, organised by Centre for Competition Law & Policy and Centre for Consumer Protection Law and Policy at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi , in the year 2019

  • Chair from One Day National Conference on ‘Competition Law Challenges in E Commerce’, organised by Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai , in the year 2019

  • Resource Person from International Webinar on “Progress in Science and Technology: Interface with Human Rights” organised by Society for Critical Legal Studies (SCLS), University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, in the year 2020

  • Resource Person from International Lecture Series organised by Department of Law, Dhaka International University, Bangladesh , in the year 2020

  • Resource Person from International Webinar on International Criminal Law: Issues and Challenges organised by Department of Legal Studies, Madras University, in the year 2020

  • Resource Person from Webinar on Intellectual Property Rights organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and IPR Cell, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha , in the year 2020

  • Resource Person from National Webinar on Property Rights of Women in India, organised by VIT School of Law, Chennai, in the year 2020

  • Resource Person from International Conference on Pandemics: Health, Human Rights and Intellectual Property Rights, Organised by NUALS , in the year 2021

  • Resource Person from FICCI CIPAM Virtual School on IP organised by FICCI, New Delhi , in the year 2021

  • Resource Person from International Symposium on Climate Change organised by State NSS Cell, Karnataka and United Nations Development Programme-SDGCC Karnataka in association with NSS Cell, Bangalore University on account of celebration of World Environment Day, in the year 2021

  • Resource Person from , International Virtual Conference on Multidisciplinary Socio-Economic Studies, organised by Shillong Law College, Meghalaya, in the year 2021

  • Resource Person from Law and Social Justice International Symposium organized by Universitas Kristen, Indonesia , in the year 2021

  • Chair from International Conference on Food Safety: An Extrospection of Human Rights and Consumer Concerns organized by Kerala Law Academy Law College , in the year 2021

  • Chair from International Conference on the Role of Indigenous People/Tribals in Wildlife Conservation organised by Kerala Law Academy Law College in Association with Centre for Advanced Legal Studies and Research , in the year 2021

  • Chair from National Conference on ‘Environment Conservation: Philosophy, Policy & Ethics’ organised by School of Law, Graphic Era Hill University Dehradun , in the year 2021

  • Chair from International Conference on Right to Health and Impact of Covid 19 on Health Care System organized by Kerala Law Academy Law College , in the year 2021

  • Chair from International Conference on Recent Trends in Human Rights and Changing Facets of Religious Freedom organised by Kerala Law Academy Law College , in the year 2021

  • Chair from International Conference on Netoric Vision of Culture, Ethics and Heritage towards Human Dynamics held at Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida (U.P) , in the year 2021

  • RESEARCH PROJECTS
  • "Role of Community Participation in Conservation and Management of Forest Resources in India with Special Reference to Forest Rights Act, 2006 " (SEED Money for Young Researchers, CUSAT - 2018 -2020 )

  • "Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and its Implementation - With Special reference to Biodiversity Management Committee " (ICSSR- IMPRESS - 2018 --0001 )