Sudhir Krishnaswamy
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Visiting Professor of Indian Constitutional Law (Fall 2012)
Assistant Info
Areas of Teaching and Research- Constitutional law
- Administrative law
- Intellectual property law
- Reform of the legal system
- Legal profession and legal education in
India
Education
- D.Phil., University of Oxford, 2008
- BCL, University of Oxford, 2000
- B.A., LL.B., National Law School of India
University, Bangalore, 1998
BiographySudhir Krishnaswamy is on the faculty of Azim Premji University. Perviously he was a professor of law at the West Bengal National University of
Juridical Sciences, Kolkata India, where he taught constitutional law and jurisprudence. He studied law at the National Law School of India
University, Bangalore (B.A., LL.B. 1998) and the University of Oxford (BCL
2000 and D.Phil. 2008). Previously, he taught at the National Law School
of India University, Bangalore and Pembroke College, University of
Oxford. He has engaged with the government at various levels, including
the Prime Minister’s Committee on Infrastructure and the Kasturirangan
Committee on Bangalore’s Governance.
Krishnaswamy has published widely in various academic and non-academic journals
and newspapers. His book
Democracy and Constitutionalism in
India was published by OUP in 2009. His research interests include
constitutional law, administrative law, and intellectual property law, as well as
reform of the legal system, legal profession, and legal education in
India.
