• Ph.D. (Pursuing) (National Law University, Odisha); LL.M. (National University of Juridical
• Sciences, Kolkata) 2016; B.B.A. LL.B. (H) (National Law University, Odisha) 2015
• UGC NET (JRF) 2017

Research Interests:

• Climate Change Law and Policy, Environmental Law, Competition Law

• Environmental Law, Competition Law, Comparative Legal Systems, Personal Laws

Ms. Pattajoshi takes pride in joining back her own alma mater as an Assistant Professor. At NLUO, she is a part of the Research Centre on Natural Resources Management and a member of the Editorial Board of the NLUO Law Journal, NLUO’s flagship journal. She is a part of the Regional Network of Environmental Law Champions identified by Office of General Counsel, Law and Policy Reform Program, Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Apart from academics, Nikita takes deep interest in classical dance. She holds a Diploma degree in Classical Dance (Odissi) from Gandharv Mahavidyala Mumbai and the prestigious Talent Search scholarship awarded by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India She has performed in various platforms across the country in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Pondicherry, Thanjavur and Puri.

Book Chapters:

• 2023: ‘Assessing the Climate of Shareholder Based Climate Change Litigation in the Global South’ in Jelena Baumler et. al. (eds.,) European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2022 (Springer, 2023). [SCOPUS indexed]
• 2019: ‘Analysis of Competition Commission of India v. Co-ordination Committee of Artists and Technicians of W.B. Film and Television and Ors.’ in S. Prathyusha (ed.,) Cases and Materials on Competition Law (DSNLU and Asia Law House)
• 2018: ‘IP in the way of clean and green environment: Is licensing the solution?’ in Dr. Usha Tandon (ed.), Energy Law and Policy (Oxford University Press, 2018) (with Akash Kumar)

• 2021: ‘Theory and Practice of Procedural Environmental Right of Right to Information in India’ (2021) VII/2 RGNUL Student Research Review. (guest article)
• 2021: ‘Mediation: The New Trump Card in Commercial Dispute Resolution?’ (2021) 1 NUJS Journal on Dispute Resolution 74 (with Shweta Sahu).
• 2020: ‘A missed chance to de-criminalise Indian Politics: A comment on Manoj Narula v. Union of India’ (2020) 7 NLUO Law Journal 184 (with Swayamsiddha Mishra).
• 2019: ‘Rules of Evidentiary Procedure in International Commercial Arbitration: Issues and Challenges’ (July – Sept, 2019) 8(1) Bharati Law Review 37.
• 2019: ‘Ridhima Pandey v. Union of India: The Onset of Climate Change Litigation in India’ (2019) 6 NLS Journal on Environmental Law, Policy and Development 83. [UGC Care Listed]

• 2021: Asha Hans and Kalpana Kannabiran (eds.), Migration, Workers and Fundamental Freedoms: Pandemic Vulnerabilities and States of Exception in India (Routledge, 2021), in NLUO Law Journal Vol. 8 (2021).

• 2020: ‘Is the Environmental Impact Assessment a Gendered Process in India?’ in NLUO Blog for Animal and Environmental Jurisprudence and Rights (June, 2020) https://saaewnluo.in/2020/06/15/is-the-environment-impact-assessment-eia-a-gendered-process-in-india/

• Member, Research and report writing team, ‘Social Mapping of Migrant Workers in State of Odisha’ (Phase II) 2022 funded by Department of Labour and ESI, Government of Odisha.
• Member, Report writing team, ‘Study on Social Protection of Women Migrant Workers in Odisha’, funded by National Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi (2023).

Paper presentations in conferences/seminars

International:

• 2023: ‘Climate Change Litigation versus Separation of Powers: Who wins the battle in South Asian Courts’ presented in 3 rd Asian Law Junior Faculty Workshop, National University of Singapore (26 – 27 January, 2023).
• 2021: ‘Shareholder based Climate Change Litigation: A Global South perspective’ presented in 10 th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, Cambridge Law School (18 – 20 March, 2021).
• 2019: ‘Shareholder Activism and Engagement for Environmental Issues: A comparison between developing economies of India and China’ presented in International Conference on Shareholder Voting and Engagement in Emerging Economies, National Law University, (NLU), Delhi (23 – 24 November, 2019).

• 2020: ‘Need for an Economic Incentive based Environmental Regulation in India’ presented in 6 th Conference on Law and Economics, National Law India University (NLIU) Bhopal (26 – 28 December, 2020).
• 2020: ‘Climate Change Litigation in India: Mapping the role of the National Green Tribunal’ presented in National e-Conference on Future of Environmental Litigation in India, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore (7 – 8 August, 2020).
• 2019: ‘Protection of Climate Change Refugees: Challenges and Opportunities in Legal Framework’ presented at International Seminar on Global Refugee Crisis, Utkal University, (April, 2019).
• 2016: ‘Towards Harmonization of Rules of Evidentiary Procedure in International Commercial Arbitration’ presented in UNCITRAL International Seminar on Harmonization of Global Trade Rules, KIIT University (December, 2016).
• 2016: ‘IP in the way of clean and green environment: Is licensing the solution?’ presented in International Conference on Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Energy: Law and Practice, Campus Law Centre (CLC), University of Delhi (January, 2016).

• Lecture on ‘Muslim Law on marriage, divorce, succession and gifts’ for newly recruited District Judges at Odisha Judicial Academy, Cuttack on 22 nd and 23 rd June, 2023.
• Lectures on ‘Common Concerns: Ozone and Climate Change’ as part of PACE contact classes for PG Diploma in Environmental Law by National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru in April, 2023.
• Lecture on ‘Gender Sensitization and Sexual Harassment at Workplace’ at Institute of Dental Sciences, SOA University, Bhubaneswar on 24th November, 2022.

• Guest Reviewer, BLACC International Yearbook on Business Law & Dispute Resolution (2021), Centre for Business Law Academics, Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal.
• External Member, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), Indian Oil Corporations Limited IOCL) (South Eastern Pipelines Division).