Dr. Hrishikesh Manu

Assistant Professor

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About

Dr. Hrishikesh Manu is an Assistant Professor of Law at Chanakya National Law University, Patna, specializing in Environmental Law, Climate Change Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Criminal Justice at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

He holds an LL.B. degree from Banaras Hindu University and an LL.M. from the University of Delhi, and has qualified the UGC NET examination with Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).

Qualification

Dr. Hrishikesh Manu obtained his LL.B. from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, and subsequently completed his LL.M. from the University of Delhi (D.U.). He has also cleared the UGC-NET examination with Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Law. He has been awarded a Ph.D. in Law by Chanakya National Law University, Patna, for his research on the topic “Legal Regime of Climate Change: A Critical Study.”

Teaching / Research Experience

Dr. Hrishikesh Manu has been teaching for more than 12 years, offering courses in Environmental Law, Climate Change Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Offences against Children and Juvenile Justice at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has completed his Ph.D. from the Chanakya National Law University on the Legal Regime of Climate Change.

Area of Interest

Dr. Hrishikesh Manu’s areas of interest include Environmental Law, Climate Change Law, and Water Law, with a particular focus on contemporary regulatory and governance challenges in these domains. He is also deeply engaged with Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms and the Criminal Justice System, especially in relation to offences against children and juvenile justice.

Publications

Dr. Hrishikesh Manu has published a chapter on Bihar in the book Groundwater Law and Management in India: From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm, published by Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

He authored “Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Multilateral Approach towards Achieving Sustainable Development” in the Chotanagpur Law Journal.

He contributed a chapter titled “Arbitration Practice in India: A Boon or Bane?” to the book Dispute Resolution in India by Satyam Law International.

He also co-authored the article “Neuroscientific Evidence in Court: Evaluating Brain Fingerprinting in Indian Judiciary” in the Scopus-indexed Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science and Law.

Conference / Seminar / Workshop

Presented Paper titled “Morality and Legality of Live in Relationship in India: Socio Legal Perspectives” in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Live-in relation in the Indian context: Social, Ethical and Legal perspectives’ organized by the TPS College, Patna, held on 24th and 25th April, 2013.
Presented Paper titled “The Right to Food as a Human Right” in the International Conference on Right to Food: National & International Dimensions held on 27th & 28th April, 2013 at Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Presented Paper titled “Conflicts between Patents and Access to Medicine in Developing Countries: A Human Rights Perspective” at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ” Ever Greening of Patents (Patents v. Patients) organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna on 10th May, 2013.
Delivered Panel Lecture as Resource Person and Co-Chaired the session on ‘Reformation in Banks’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Law and Economics: Banking Competition and Efficiency’ organized by CNLU, held on 7th and 8th December, 2013.
Presented Paper titled “Marital Rape – Myth, Reality and Need for Criminalization in India” in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Marital Sexual Violence by Youth in India and modern trends in teaching and research organized by Department of Psychology, G.D.M. College Harnaut (Nalanda) on 13th and 14th December of 2014.
Presented Paper titled ‘RTI Act 2005: A Paradigm shift in the Participatory Democracy’ in UGC sponsored National Seminar on RTI Act 2005- A Perfect Guideline and Regulation to Administrative Discretion Promoting Participative Democracy organized by Patna Law College, Patna University, Patna, April 2015.
Participated in the Two-Day National Workshop on ADR Methods organised by National Academy of Law Teachers (NALT), Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of National Law University, Delhi along with the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University of School of Law on October 20 & 21, 2016.
Resource Person in One Day Training Programme on Human Rights organized by CNLU, Patna in association with the National Human Rights Commission on 10th December 2017.
Presented Paper on “Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Multilateral Approach towards Achieving Sustainable Development” in INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on International Environmental Law and Right to Development by PG Department of Law, Patna Law College on 13th and 14th January of 2018.
Presented Paper titled” Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing” in the National Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights: Emerging Issues and Challenges organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna on 23rd September, 2018.
Resource person in National Seminar on ‘Feminine Jurisprudence & Gender Bias Laws in India’ organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna on 29th September 2018.
Coordinated the National Workshop on Our Common Concern on Teaching and Research in Law organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna on 15th December 2018.
Chaired Session in National Seminar on ‘Law and Environment Protection: Issues and Challenges’ organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna on 19th January 2019.
Coordinated and Chaired Session in one day National Seminar on “Better and Fair Environment for Women at Work Place” organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna on 20th January 2019.
Joint Organizing Secretary in the UGC Sponsored One Day National Seminar on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: A Paradigm Shift organised By Chanakya National Law University, Patna 13th April, 2019.
Faculty Coordinator in the National Conference On “Reach for Gold: Intellectual Property and Sports” organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna on 19th April, 2019.
Faculty Coordinator and Resource Person in the Two-Day Advance Regional Workshop on Biological Diversity Law and Access Benefit Sharing organised by Chanakya National University, Patna in collaboration with National Law School of India University, Bangalore on 5 and 6 July, 2019.
Faculty Coordinator in the one-day International Participatory Workshop on “India-UK Socio-Legal Research Writing” organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna on 1st October, 2019.
Co-chaired the technical session in the International Conference on Green Governance, Climate Justice, Trade & Environmental Rights: Constitutional & Legal Perspectives organized by Hidayatullah National Law University, Raippur, Chhatisgarh on 5 June 2024.

Capacity Building Training Programmes

Participated in the professional Development workshop on Curriculum Planning for Post Graduate Level Education, Teacher Training and Research organised by IBA-CLE Chair, NLSIU and MILAT from 2nd to 5th December, 2013.
Participated in the 1st Refresher Course in Law, held from 05/08/2014 to 25/08/2014 organised by Academic Staff College, Patna University, Patna.
Participated in the 2nd Refresher Course in Law, held from 24/02/2016 to 15/03/2016 at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Patna University, Patna.
Participated in the Professional Development Workshop on “New Ways of Teaching and Research for better Delivery of Legal Services” organised by Bar Council of Kerala M.K. Nambyar Academy for Continuing Legal Education, Kochi held at Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida from 7th -10th September, 2017.
Participated in the Teacher Training Programme on Environmental Laws organised by the Centre for Environmental Law, Policy and Research (CELPR), National Law University, Delhi held from 9th – 15th July 2018.
Participated in the 95th Orientation Programme from 10.06.2019 to 30.06.2019 at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Ranchi University, Ranchi.
Completed seven days virtual Faculty Development Programme on contemporary issues in law organized by the school of legal studies, CUSAT from 17th to 24th June, 2020.
Completed five-day online Faculty Development Programme on “Climate Change and Environment Legal Protection” from 7th to 11th September, 2020 from Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Central University of Tamil Nadu under the UGC-STRIDE Project.
Participated in a two-day online Faculty Development Program on Alternative Dispute Resolution organised by Centre Arbitration and Research (CAR), MNLU Mumbai on 8th and 9th August, 2020.
Successfully completed two-week interdisciplinary refresher course/faculty development programme for “Advanced Research Methodology Tools and Techniques” from 30 January, 2021 – 14 February, 2021 organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
Participated in the International Summer School on Arbitration organized by ADR HOC, India from 12th -21st June 2021.

Honours / Awards/ Membership

Member of the Advisory Committee constituted under the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority to advice on Environment & Climate Change Adaptation.

Visiting Faculty/Guest Lectures/Keynote Address

Resource Person in the 79th Orientation Programme organised by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Patna University on 25th July, 2018.
Resource person at IGIMS, Patna in a panel discussion on the topic “Doctor Patient Mistrust Syndrome and Violence against Doctors” 30th December, 2018.
Resource Person in the 82nd Orientation Programme organised by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Patna University on 9th February, 2019.
Resource person at Dashrath Manjhi Institute of Labour and Employment Studies, Patna to deliver lecture on “Payment of Gratuity Act” 10th -11th January, 2019.

Imparted special training for sub judge I on the topic Interplay between Commercial Courts Act, 1996 and Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 on 10.09.2023
Imparted training during the Institutional Induction Training for Probationary Civil Judges of 31^st Batch of BJS on 07.12.23. and 16.01.24.
Delivered a guest lecture on “Navigating the ADR Landscape: Emerging Trends in Mediation and Dispute Resolution in India” on December 11, 2023, at the Army College of Law, Pune.
Delivered a talk on ‘IP Protection for Climate related Innovation’ as a resource person on 28^th April 2024 organised by DPIT-IPR Chair, CNLU.
Delivered a talk on the topic “Climate Change and Sustainable Development in IPR” in the Summer School in Intellectual property Laws on 25^th May 2024 organised by DPIT-IPR Chair, CNLU.