Inaugural Address – CMR Memorial Guest Lecture Series, 2017

PROF. Dr. Sairam Bhat
Professor of Law & Coordinator for Centre for Environmental Law Education, Research and Advocacy and the Environmental Law Clinic, NLSIU, Bangalore

He did his LL.M, and Ph.D from the Department of Law, University of Mysore. He was awarded the ‘Young India Environmental Law Fellowship’ and served as Adjunct Faculty at Golden Gate University, California, USA, during the fall, 2003. He is a Fulbright-Nehru Fellow, 2010. He was a ‘Visiting Researcher’ at the Georgetown University, Law center Washington DC, during Aug-Dec. 2010. He was also a Linnaeus-Palme Academic Exchange Fellow at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012-13. He was the ‘Editor’ of Kare Law Journal in 2005 and 2006. His publications include: Co-Authored: SAIRAM BHAT ‘Environmental Law for Law Practitioners’, CEERA, NLSIU [2002], SAIRAM BHAT: Law Relating to Business Contracts in India, SAGE, India 2009; SAIRAM BHAT; Natural Resources Conservation Law, SAGE [2010]; SAIRAM BHAT; Right to Information, Eastern Book House, 2012. He started the NLSIU Book Series under which he has published books titled, Contracts, Agreements and Public Policy [NLSIU Book Series -1], Energy Law and Policy in India [NLSIU Book Series-2], Right to Information and Good Governance [NLSIU Books Series-3]. He is also the Chief Editor of the Journal on Environmental Law, Policy and Development and Journal of Law and Public Policy, published by NLSIU. He is also the Chief Editor of the IN LAW magazine and the March of Environmental Law, published by NLSIU. He is the Coordinator of the Centre for Environmental Law, Education, Research and Advocacy [CEERA] and the Environmental Law Clinic. His areas of interest include; Law of Contracts, PPP, Environmental Law, Energy Law and Right to Information.