Radhika Jagtap

PhD, International Law

Assistant Professor, School of Law, UPES, Dehradun

Academic positions

  • Jun 2024 – Present

    Assistant Professor

    School of Law, UPES · Dehradun

    Teaching public international law, gender justice, and humanitarian law. Faculty lead for International Law and Politics in Review; coordinator of the Gender Champions cell.

  • Dec 2021 – May 2024

    Assistant Professor of Law

    Symbiosis Law School · Pune

    Faculty coordinator for the Faculty Development Programme and the Gender Champions cell. Moderated Symbiosis' International Annual Research Conferences in 2022 and 2023.

  • Jan 2021 – Aug 2021

    Assistant Professor of Law

    Parul Institute of Law, Parul University · Vadodara

    Faculty coordinator for the Centre for International Humanitarian Law.

Education

  • 20172021

    PhD, International Legal Studies

    Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) · New Delhi

  • 2021

    LLM, International Law

    Parul University

  • 20132015

    M.Phil, International Law

    Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) · New Delhi

  • 20082013

    B.A.LL.B (Hons.)

    Institute of Law, Nirma University · Ahmedabad

Publications

Journal article

  1. Artistry of Resistance: An Allegorical Reading of Life, Art, and Freedom in Contemporary India Link ↗

    Economic and Political Weekly · 2025 · Scopus-indexed

    EPW Vol. 60, Issue 6 (8 February 2025)

  2. Can the Subaltern Rest in Peace with Dignity? Link ↗

    Economic and Political Weekly · 2025 · Scopus-indexed

    EPW Vol. 60, Issue 15 (12 April 2025)

  3. Combat Sports and Recipes made from Scratch: Notes of Women's Emancipation in 2024 Link ↗

    Economic and Political Weekly · 2024 · Scopus-indexed

    EPW Vol. 59, Issue 40 (5 October 2024)

  4. Should Prenatal Gender Determination Be Legalised? Link ↗

    Economic and Political Weekly · 2024 · Scopus-indexed

    EPW Vol. 59, Issue 49 (7 December 2024)

  5. Wrestlers' Protest at Jantar Mantar Link ↗

    Economic and Political Weekly · 2023 · Scopus-indexed

    EPW Vol. 58, Issue 21 (27 May 2023)

  6. Portrayal of Resistance in Post-truth Populist Cinema Link ↗

    Economic and Political Weekly · 2023 · Scopus-indexed

    EPW Vol. 58, Issue 28 (15 July 2023)

  7. Writers' Guild Strike and their Indian Counterparts Link ↗

    Economic and Political Weekly · 2023 · Scopus-indexed

    EPW Vol. 58, Issue 30 (29 July 2023)

  8. Legal Framework concerning Artificial Intelligence and Border Security Link ↗

    NLUJ Law Review · 2023

    NLUJ Law Review, Vol. X, Issue 1

  9. International Solidarity and India: Mapping the Origins Link ↗

    CMR University Journal for Contemporary Legal Affairs · 2023

    Vol. 5, Issue 3 (G20 Special Issue), UGC CARE Group-1

  10. Is Market-driven Education Reproducing Alienation? Re-reading Marx on Human Nature Link ↗

    Economic and Political Weekly (Engage) · 2022

Yearbook

  1. Resistance through Utopia: Reflections on the Niyamgiri Anti-Mining Movement and International Law Link ↗

    German Yearbook of International Law · 2017

    German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 60: 394 (Duncker & Humblot)

Magazine

  1. Is Market Driven Education Causing Alienation: Re-reading Marx's Conception on Human Nature

    The Radical Humanist · 2022

Online / web

  1. Redacted Realities Link ↗

    Countercurrents · 2026

  2. The Tinted Lens of Civilizational Conflict Narrative Link ↗

    Countercurrents · 2026

  3. Instituting menstrual leave is a step towards equal workplaces Link ↗

    Scroll.in · 2022

  4. Pursuing a PhD in International Law: Some Epistemological and Existential Challenges in the Indian Context Link ↗

    Afronomicslaw — Symposium on Early Career International Law Academia · 2020

  5. A Contemporary Understanding of Studentship as 'Critical Thinking' in New India Link ↗

    The New Leam · 2019

Selected talks

  • Oct 2025

    Menstrual Justice, the Law and Social Movements in India: A Feminist Critique of Politics within Constitutionalism

    Lecture · Faculty of Law, Savitribai Phule Pune University · Pune

  • Sept 2025

    Save the Order, Save the Day! Understanding the Politics of Men's Rights Activism and the Backlashing of Feminism Movements and Rights Discourse

    Conference paper · Academic Voices — Annual Scholars Meet, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia University · New Delhi

  • Apr 2025

    Unpaid Care Labour and International Law: A Reading of Capitalism, Social Reproduction and the Law

    Conference paper · Law & Marxism Spring School 2025, SOAS · London

  • Mar 2024

    International Institutions and Addressal of Feminist Concerns in International Law: A Critical Analysis

    Conference paper · Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University · Varanasi

  • Sept 2023

    Fissured Past and Present: Gender and Conflict

    Panel · Fifth International Gender Conference, DePaul University × Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts · Pune

  • Jun 2022

    Gender Equitable and Anti-Capitalist International Law: Nancy Fraser and the inadequate feminist inquiry under international legal studies

    Conference paper · University of Westminster (with Kent Law School) — The Forgotten Foundations of Feminist Legal Scholarship, Part II: 1985–1995 · London

  • Oct 2021

    Scientific Temperament and Utopias of Resistance: Reading International Law in Post Truth Times

    Conference paper · Melbourne Law School — 14th Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory · Melbourne

  • Sept 2021

    Covid Pandemic and International Solidarity (with Prof. Obiora Okafor)

    Moderated · International Distinguished Lecture, organised and moderated · Online

  • Jul 2021

    Critical Approaches to International Law

    Lecture · Anand Law College · Anand, Gujarat

  • Oct 2019

    Developing an Anti-colonial Historiography of International Law from a Social Movements' Perspective

    Conference paper · Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law · Heidelberg, Germany

  • Oct 2017

    Social Movements and Rethinking Utopia in International Law

    Conference paper · Walther Schücking Institute for International Law · University of Kiel, Germany

Academic engagements

  • Aug 2024

    Resource person — Advancing Legal Research (Faculty Development Programme)

    Faculty development · School of Law, Christ College Lavasa

  • Dec 2023

    Talk — Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace (SIDBI officer training)

    Invited speaker · Small Industries Development Bank of India, Shivajinagar branch, Pune

  • Dec 2023

    Moderated session — International Law, Policy, and Governance

    Moderator · 11th Symbiosis Annual Research Conference (SYMROLIC 2023)

  • Sept 2023

    Judge, Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition — Challengers' Tournament

    Judge · West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

  • Feb 2023

    Judge, Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition (National Rounds)

    Judge · Amity Law School, Noida

  • Dec 2022

    Organised 7-day Faculty Development Programme on Contemporary Developments in International Law

    Organised · Symbiosis Law School, Pune

  • Feb 2022

    Judge, Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition (National Rounds)

    Judge · Amity Law School, Noida

Radhika Jagtap — Curriculum VitaeGenerated 7 June 2026