Prof. Sneha Singh Designation: Assistant Professor in Law Qualifications

Name: Prof. Sneha Singh

Designation: Assistant Professor in Law

Qualifications: LL.M. (Commercial Laws)

Biographical Sketch Ms. Sneha Singh is a qualified lawyer who graduated with a keen interest in research and academics. Ms. Singh completed her graduation first class from the Department of Law, Calcutta University (Hazra Campus) and then pursued her two -year post-graduation in Commercial Laws from West Bengal National University of Juridical Science s (WBNUJS). The area of her postgraduation dissertation was Mergers and Acquisitions and the Regulatory Frame work in India. After successful completion of her postgraduation, Ms. Singh enrolled for her PhD degree in West Bengal National University of Juri dical Sciences (WBNUJS) under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Sandeep Bhatt, Professor of Law, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS). Her doctoral thesis work is on Mediation (Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism).

She has to Four years of experience in Legal and Policy Research and is teaching from the month of July, 2017. She served her Judicial clerkship at Calcutta High Court and is keen on policy and administrative research. During the period of her post -graduation, Ms. Singh p racticed in the courts of West Bengal. Ms. Singh has had affiliations with the following organisations in various teaching and research positions since the year 2013:

• West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) - Research Assistant o Centre for Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy (Public Policy making and Legal Research) o Administrative Training Institute, Kolkata (Right to Information Act – Research) o Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Chair (Legal Research) o West Bengal Judicial Academy Proj ects (Research on Cyber Crimes) • West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) - Guest Faculty; • Calcutta High Court- Judicial Clerkship & Research Assistant • Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI), Eastern Region - Faculty; • Heritage Law College, Heritage Group of Institutions - Guest Faculty; • Central Detective Training Institute, Kolkata – Guest Faculty; • Swami Vivekananda State Police Academy, West Bengal – Guest Faculty.

Ms. Singh has to her credits till date ten publications and has atte nded/participated and presented paper in 17 national and international seminars and conferences across India. Ms. Singh has received orientation and training in teaching and research through six programmes conducted across India in different premier instit utions. Ms. Singh has been associated with St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata since August, 2017 as a Faculty with the Department of Commerce and Management of the University. Ms. Singh is actively associated with the activities and teaching responsibilities at the Xavier Law School since the year 2019.

Areas of Specialisation and Research

Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms; Commercial Laws; Criminal Law; Public Policy; Labour

Laws; Legal Research and Right to Information Act.

Teaching Experience s

• Three Years (Teaching)- July, 2017- Present • Four Years and Six Months (Legal and Policy Research)- January, 2013- July 2017

Administrative Responsibilities Life time member of Indian Society of Victimology; Pro- Bono Legal Counselling and Legal Aid through Non- Governmental Organisations in West Bengal.

Publications Chapter/Article published in Books

• (2017) "Friendship Beyond Barriers During Renaissance Times: Tagore and Nivedita" , A Miscellany of Essays on Rabindranath Tagore, (Sneha Singh), Edited by Dr. Anupama Ghosal, Orient Book Company, Kolkata, pp 17-27, ISBN 978-93-81200-48-3.

• (2018) “ Finality of Award Passed by Lok Adalat in India: An aspect of Judicial Independence or of Judicial Creativity ?”, 1 in Law, Court & Politics, (Sneha Singh) pp 53–61 Edited by Prof. Jayanta Saha & Dr. Subir Kumar Roy, ICSSR Seminar Papers, ISBN 978-93- 87602-10-6.

• (2018) “ Mediation and Conciliation of Disputes Under Companies Act, 2013- Cost and Time Effective Way Forward” , National Seminar on Sustainable Innovation in Business and Commerce, Seminar Proceedings & Book of Papers, J D Birla Institute Kolkata affiliated to Jadavpur University, (Sneha Singh) April 2018, ISBN: 978-93-5311-272-1.

• (2020) “ Economic Egalitarianism and Indian Democracy: A Narrative ” Understanding India’s New Political Economy & Business: Towards a Rapid Transformation, (Sovik Mukherjee & Sneha Singh), Edited by Anirban Ghosh, Netaji Subhas Open University, M/s Royal Halftone Co, ISBN : 978-93-82112-73-0.

Article published in Peer-reviewed journals

• (2017) “ Social Security of Casual Workers in Indian Railways: Whether National Pension Scheme is Way Forward ?” , NUJS Journal of Regulatory Studies (Quarterly), (Sneha Singh) Volume 1 Issue 2, Online ISSN: 2456-4605.

• (2018) “ Mediation And Role Of Referral Judges Under Civil Procedure Code: Case Study Of The State Of West Bengal ” Journal of Alternate Dispute Resolution (JADR), Nirma University Institute of Law, (Sneha Singh) Issue III, March 2018, ISSN 2454-9932.

• (2019) “Cybercrime Evidence and Role of Investigating Agencies: Digital Evidence an Apt Front For Introduction and Development of Computer Forensic Science In India” , International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, (Sneha Singh) Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 2115- 2121, ISSN(O): 2395-4396;

• (2019) “ Bridge Courses as Introduced by The National Medical Commission Bill, 2017: From Public Health Perspective” , Law Audience Journal, (Sneha Singh), (IPI Value (2018)- 2.06) Volume 1& Issue 4, June 2019 , ISSN (O): 2581-6705.

• (2019) “ Relevance of Right to Information Act, 2005 in Socio- Legal Empirical Research” , CMR University Journal For Contemporary Legal Affairs, (Sneha Singh) pp. 138-147, Volume 1, Issue 1, August 2019 , ISSN 2582-4805,