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Dr. Banerjee Mrinalini

Dr. Banerjee Mrinalini

Assistant Professor of Law

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About Dr. Banerjee Mrinalini

Dr. Banerjee is currently working as Assnt. Prof.  with National Law University, Odisha. Previously she was working at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.   She has completed her undergraduate graduation from KIIT School of law in International Law Honors followed by her Masters from King’s College London in Transnational Law. Mrinaini has completed her PhD. from Gujarat National Law University. She has qualified for UGC-NET and AIBE. She has also completed an academic course from SOAS, University of London and was a student of the 2017 Private International Law course at The Hague Academy of International Law. Dr. Mrinalini  was selected as a researcher by the Hague Academy of International Law for the year 2020- 2021. She is the only Indian out of the 34 participants across the globe. She has also received a consultancy in Environmental Law from Asian Development Bank. Mrinalini is the recipient of the Goodenough Commonwealth Scholarship, 2016. Apart from this she is also the recipient of the GAJE,2019 and 2022 scholarship and also received grants from Asian Development Bank and IUCN Academy of Environmental Law to participate in a Train the Trainers Workshop and present her paper in Kuala Lumpur respectively. Dr. Banerjee has contributed by publishing her views on several indexed journals.

  • Human Rights Law
  • Public International Law

Subjects Taught:

  • Environmental Law
  • Human Rights Law
  • Public International Law

Qualifications

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Publications Scopus- Indexeda

  1. Dr. S. Shanthakumar, Ms. Mrinalini Banerjee and Ms. Ambika Batas, ‘Ground Water Management in Gujarat: An Empirical Study’, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science,https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/822/1/012022, (2021).
  2. Ms. Mrinalini Banerjee, Dr. S. Shanthakumar, ;Analysing the Legal Rights of the Climate Refugees during COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Challenges to International Law, Asian Journal of Legal Education,https://doi.org/10.1177/23220058221098027  (2022).
  3. Ms. Mrinalini Banerjee, Dr. S. Shanthakumar; International and National Policies on Organic
  4. Agriculture, in an edn. book titled, Transforming Organic Agri-Produce into Processed Organic Food Products: Challenges and Opportunities Post COVID 19; CRC Press, Taylor and Francishttps://www.appleacademicpress.com/transforming-organic-agri-produce-into-processed-food- products-post-covid-19-challenges-and-opportunities/9781774911921 Hard ISBN: 9781774911921
  5. Deepak Kumar, S. Shanthakumar and Mrinalini Banerjee, Implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) from Biological Resources in the State of Gujarat, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, Vol. 24 | No. 1 | March 2022, ISSN: 0972-7566 ,https://ris.org.in/sites/default/files/2022-07/ABDR-March-2022.pdf.
  6. Ms. Mrinalini Banerjee, Dr. S. Shanthakumar; The Palestinian Refugees: A voice heard and unheard, Journal of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Open Access Publication,https://oversea.onlinecnki.net/KNavi/JournalDetail2.html?DBCode=CJFD&BaseID=GLGL,https://tianjindaxuexuebao.com/0493-2137-tju-v54-i04/,
  7. DOI: https://tianjindaxuexuebao.com/details.php?id=DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/WSB4A.
  8. Ms. Mrinalini Banerjee, Dr. S. Shanthakumar, ‘Recognizing the social and cultural rights of the climate refugees: A case study of the Sundarban Delta (West Bengal, India),  Indian Journal of Law and Justice, 2022 (ISSN:0976-3570).

  UGC- CARE:

  • Dr. S. Shanthakumar and Ms. Mrinalini Banerjee, ‘The Impact of Climate Change And Natural Disaster On Climate Refugees: A Case Study On The Sundarban Delta, ISSN: 0973-7596, National Human Rights Commission, INDIA, VOL. 21, 2022, (Indexed in UGC Care – inaugurated by Hon’ble President- Srimati Draupadi Murmur ji). (Received a payment of Rs. 5000 for contributing to the journal).

Peer Reviwed Journals

  1. Mrinalini Banerjee, Establishment of Uniform Civil Code In A Democracy To Uphold Human Rights, Fiat Justitia (UGC Approved), January, 2019, ISSN 2320-2696.
  2. Mrinalini Banerjee, Development in The UN Human Rights System Over 70 Years, Asian Journal of Advance Studies (UGC Approved) Impact Factor 2.597, Vol.1V.NO.1, January-March, 2018, ISSN 2395-4965.
  3. Mrinalini Banerjee, Plastic A Man-Made Curse on Animals, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (UGC Approved) Impact Factor 4.916, April 2018, ISSN 2396-1990.
  4. Mrinalini Banerjee, Role of Judiciary in Filling the Legislative Vacuum Through Judicial Activism: An Indian Perspective, Law Commission of India, November 2017, Special Edition. Vol 7. No .2 July-December 2017, ISSN 2231-5888.
  5. Mrinalini Banerjee, Chapter 15: Principles Governing Environmental Law in Book: Biodiversity, Taxonomy and Conservation, (UGC Sponsored), 2018, ISBN 978-93-83583-24-9.
  6. Mrinalini Banerjee, S. Shanthakumar, Absence of Legal Framework for Protection of Environmental Refugees: Implications for the Future, Journal of Department of Legal Studies [JDLS], Directorate of Legal Studies, Chennai,  IISN 2395 – 5481.
  1. Selected to present a paper titled, ‘Protection of Marine Biodiversity in the Bay of Bengal’ at the CEERA Annual International Conference on Environmental Law, Policy, And Practice, 2023 organised by NLS Bangalore from 05.06.2023 till 07.06.2023.
  2. Selected to present a paper titled, ‘Analysing the Regulations Governing the Pollution from Seabed Activities and its Implementation Challenges’ at the Two-Day International Conference on “Environmental Rule Of Law and Justice” organised by Himachal Pradesh National Law University from 03.06.2023 till 04.06.2023.
  3. Selected to present a paper titled ‘The Impact of Climate Change And Natural Disaster On Climate Refugees: A Case Study On the Sundarban Delta’ organised by the National Institute of Disaster Management and Christ University in November 2022. (Best Paper Presentation Awarded)
  4. Selected to Present a paper titled, Environmental Refugees: Status, Legal Impasse amp; the State in the Sundarban Delta at The 17th  IUCN Academy Annual Colloquium, 2019 in Malaysia.
  5. Lead Presenter of a paper titled, The real victims of Cyclone Fani: Status, Legal Impasse & Atrocities faced due to castism by minorities in Odisha in the face of Humanitarian Crisis reflects lack of justice education at the 10th GAJE Worldwide Conference at Bandung, Indonesia.
  6. Represented Roya Institute of Global Justice as a lead presenter in the Asia Pro Bono Virtual Conference and Access to Justice Exchange, 2020 Pro Bono in a Transitioning   Environment on the topic, Climate Apartheid, Corona Pandemic, Poverty: The legal Community’s Mission in Dealing with these phenomena from 24th – 28th September 2020.
  7. Invited as a panellist for the Global Legal Issues Seminar organised by Exco Academic & Leadership Perundang and Faculty of Law UKM, Malaysia, 11 December 2021.
  8. Selected to Present a paper titled, Environmental Refugees: Status, Legal Impasse & the State in the Sundarban Delta at The IUCN Academy Annual Colloquium, 2019 in Malaysia.
  9. Registered to participate in Cambridge University Arbitration Day along with ICC YAP Practitioners event (Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, March, 2017).
  10. ‘Non-Conventional Trademarks: Analyzing the Nascent Growth of Trademark Registration’in Colloquium Opus, National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights (National Law University Odisha, Cuttack, 2014).
  11. “A World Free From The Shackles Of War- The Triumph of Human Rights” in Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala.
  12. “Rights Without Frontiers – Empower the women and the Girl Child” in The Centre for Canadian Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, 2015.
  13. “Underground water Contamination- A Persistent Environmental Challenge” in Shri Moti Lal Ji Pagariya Memorial 3rd Global Seminar On Green Law, Environment and The Climate Change, 2015.

Projects

Research Associate , title: “Role of Clinical Legal Education in Improving the Quality of legal education and increasing access to Justice to the Marginalised in the State of Gujarat” sponsored by Ministry of Law and Justice for a sum of 5,00,000 rupees.

Certificate Courses/ Train-the-trainer Programs

  1. Trained Mediator – April 2023 onwards – Completed a 40 hours Mediation Course organised by Delhi High Court Mediation Centre – Samadhan, Indian Law Institute and SAARC Law from 28.03.2023 till 1.04.2023.
  2. Karnataka State Law University, Seven days Faculty Development Program in Public Law – 3.08.2020 – 9.08.2020.
  3. Received Grant by Asian Development Bank, to attend the Train the Trainers Program in association with IUCN  and the The Open University of Sri Lanka at Colombo on the topic ‘Regional Capacity Development Technical Assistance: ‘Strengthening the Capacity for Environmental and Climate Change Laws in Asia and the Pacific’ from 28.05.2018 till 01.06.2018.
  4. Received Grant to attend the Training-of-Trainers (TOT) workshop on practical aspects of implementing justice education, including clinical teaching methods from 9.12.2019 till 10.12. 2019.
  5. Selected by Hague Academy of International Law for Private International Law Summer Course from 31.07.2017 till 18.08.2017.
  6. Selected by SOAS, London, for an Academic course in NGOs and Social Movements: The Politics of Protest and Change from 03.07.2017 till 21.07.2017.
  7. Participated in a week long a week-long Faculty Development Program on European Union Law from 30.10.2017 till 3.10.2017 by Prof. (Dr.) Krystian Antoni Complak, Prof. of Constitutional Law, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
  8. Participated in a week long a week-long Faculty Development Program on International Maritime Arbitration from 11th – 15th Sep, 2017 by Prof. Mohan Peiris.
  9. Participated in a week-long Faculty Development Program on Outcome-Based Education from 8th Jan till 11th Jan 2018.
  10. Successfully completed the 14th Summer Course on International Law conducted by the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) with an A+ grade from 01.06. 2015 till 12.06.2015.
  11. Successfully completed a course on Public Policy conducted by the Center for Civil Society (fully sponsored).
  12. Successfully completed a course on GACC (General Arbitration Certificate Course) conducted by KCIA.

Consultancy

  1. Received a consultancy of 2000 USD from Asian Development Bank for Strengthening the Capacity for Environmental and Climate Change Laws in Asia and the Pacific – South Asian Research Colloquium.
  2. Secured a year-long Research position at the Hague Academy of International Law, Centre for Studies and Research:https://www.hagueacademy.nl/programmes/centre-for- studies-and-research-online/ for a year from September 1st, 2020 and June 1st, 2021, on the topic of Epidemics and International Law. No registration fees are to be paid and all the costs are being borne by the Academy.

Awards and Achievements

  1. Awarded the Best Paper award for Technical Session Five in a conference hosted by National Institute of Disaster Management and Christ University, Delhi on October, 2021.
  2. Secured Global Justice for Justice Education (GAJE, 2022) scholarship of 400 USD to present a research article. (Declined)
  3. Secured a full scholarship of 510 USD to present my research article titled, ‘Environmental Refugees: Status, Legal Impasse & the State in the Sundarban Delta’ at the The IUCN Academy Annual Colloquium, 2019 in Malaysia
  4. Secured Global Justice for Justice Education (GAJE, 2019) scholarship to present a research article Titled, ‘Failure of the State responsibilities to rehabilitate the victims of Cyclone in Odisha and West Bengal’ and participate in the Train the Trainers Workshop at Bandung in Indonesia.
  5. Secured a full sponsorship from Asian Development Bank to attend the Train the Trainers Program for Environmental Law Teachers at Colombo.
  6. Goodenough Common Wealth Scholarship (2016-17) –full scholarship by the Trust award of 10,000 Pounds.
  7. Secured highest grades amongst a class of 94 students and overall rank 3, in 7th, 8th and 9th Semester at KIIT University.
  8. Consistently secured position amongst top 3 ranks, from 6th-10th Semester in International Law Specialization.