Rosmy Joan

Associate Professor of Law

Director, Centre for International Trade Law and Business Law

Dr. Rosmy Joan is an academic specialising in International Economic Law and currently serves as the Director of the Centre for International Trade and Business Laws at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

Before joining NALSAR, she was associated with the National Law University, Jodhpur, for over a decade, where she held several academic and administrative leadership positions. At NLUJ, she directed the Centre for Advanced Research and Training in Arbitration Law (CARTAL), the Centre for Studies in Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law and Policy (CSENRLP), and the Centre for Studies in Global Trade Engagements and Negotiations (C-GTen), and coordinated the TradeLab Network.

Dr. Joan also chaired the External Initiatives Committee, the ADR Committee, and directed the editorial management of the renowned journals—Trade, Law and Development (TL&D) and the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law (IJAL).

Dr. Joan earned her B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) degree from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, securing the University First Rank, and completed her LL.M. in International Trade and Business Laws from O.P. Jindal Global University, where she graduated with a Gold Medal and First Position in the Dean’s List Award for two consecutive years.

She was also a Savitri Jindal Merit-cum-Means Graduate Scholar and completed a Harvard Law School course in International Negotiation with a perfect score. She holds a Ph.D in International Investment Law and Policy from the National Law University, Jodhpur.

Dr. Joan has received numerous accolades of national and international recognition, including the Nani A. Palkhivala Gold Medal, The City of The Hague Scholarship and the Distinguished Alumni Award from O.P. Jindal Global University. She was a Fulbright-Nehru Specialist Host Faculty, Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellow in Energy Law, and a recipient of a prestigious grant from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

A prolific writer and frequent speaker at global academic forums, Dr. Joan teaches across doctoral, postgraduate, and undergraduate programmes, contributing to scholarship in international trade, investment, energy, and arbitration law.

Education

  • Ph.D (January 2019) National Law University, Jodhpur
  • LL.M (2011-2013) O. P. Jindal Global University
  • B.A. LL.B (Hons.) (2006-2011) Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Awards/Fellowships

  • 2022  :  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Grant
  • 2020-21  :  Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship
  • 2019  :  Host Faculty, Fulbright-Nehru Specialist Programme
    Distinguished Alumni Award for Exemplary Accomplishments in ProfessionalService/Work, JGU
  • 2015  :  The City of The Hague Scholarship, Summer Session on Private International Law, The Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands

Courses Taught

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic
  • Trade Remedies
  • International Law
  • Private International Law
  • International Economic Law
  • Energy Laws
  • Research Methodology

Select Publications

  • The Zeroing Odyssey: Navigating Modern WTO Trade Wars with Nothingness, in RECENT ISSUES IN TRADE REMEDIES UNDER THE WTO REGIME (DGTR, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, 2024)
  • Rajasthan, in GROUND WATER LAW AND MANAGEMENT IN INDIA: FROM AN ELITIST TO AN EGALITARIAN PARADIGM (Springer, 2021)
  • National Courts and the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Some Reflections on Internationality, Uniformity and Good Faith, in CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE ( Sweet & Maxwell, 2019)
  • Renegotiation of Indian Bilateral Investment Treaties: An Analysis from a Development Perspective (UNCITRAL, 2017).