Mr. Sandeep Bhat
Schools and Centers:
School of Public Law and Governance(SPLG)
Bio:
Mr. Bhat joined NUJS in 2007 after having worked as a Lecturer at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and researching a major project on space law for ISRO. He has obtained LL.B. degree from Mangalore University by securing Third Rank and Gold Medal. He has completed Masters Degree with International Law and Business and Trade Law as specialisation from University of Mysore. He was the University topper and Gold Medallist for his LL.M. He is also at the verge of submitting his Ph.D. thesis on ‘The Legal Status of the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies - Implications of the Concept of Common Heritage of mankind’. Mr. Bhat is also a member of the International Institute of Space Law, France.
Contact:
sandeep_nls@yahoo.com
Off: 033-23357379 (Extn. 2190)
Mob: +919903854794, +919432069336
Current Research:
Mr. Bhat has successfully completed two major research projects funded by World Bank and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) respectively.
- Public Health Regulations and Their Enforcement (Sponsored by World Bank)
- Legal Regime on Asset Based Financing and Leasing of Mobile Equipment in Space and Protection of International Interests Thereof: Study With Reference to UNIDROIT Convention and its Draft Protocol from the Perspective of India (Sponsored by ISRO)
Courses Taught:
Publications:
- Sustainable Space Development - Need for a Change in the Liability Regime, Proceedings of the Fiftieth Colloquium on Law of Outer Space, will be published in 2008 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- UNIDROIT System of Asset Based Financing for Space Activities - Need to Plug the Loopholes, Proceedings of the Fiftieth Colloquium on Law of Outer Space, will be published in 2008 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Struggle for Military Supremacy - Outer Space Victimised, in Rahmatullah Khan (ed.), Thirty sixth Annual Conference of Indian Society of International Law, (New Delhi: Indian Society of International Law, 2007) pp. 166 - 188
- Move Towards a Guiding Principle in Exploring the Outer Space Resources, Karnataka Law Journal, February 2007 (1), Part 3, pp. 17 - 26
- The Concept of Common Heritage of Mankind in the Governance of the Moon - An Insight into Article 11 of the Moon Agreement, Legal Opus, Issue 1, January 2007, pp. 92 - 107
- Contribution of UN General Assembly Resolutions and Treaties in the Development of Space Law, Kare Law Journal, Issue I, November 2005, pp. 229 - 240
- Intellectual Property Rights Regime in Outer Space’, in Prof. J.S. Patil (ed.), Intellectual Property Rights - A Manual, Gulbarga: K. P. E. Society, 2005, pp.51-57
- Space Technology and Law - Some Unresolved Questions, Accepted for publication in Delhi Law Review