Sachin Sathyarajan Ennazhi
Assistant Professor
Sachin is an international lawyer with over a decade of experience spanning academia, advocacy, and consulting roles. His work is at the intersection of emerging technologies, digital governance, global health, international trade, and environmental policy. He has designed and taught law and public policy courses at distinguished universities in India and the UK, while also leading interdisciplinary research initiatives. Previously, he has taught at Jindal Global Law School, National Law School of India University, and the University of Oxford Blavatnik School. His research builds on the access-to-knowledge and openness movements, reimagining the law and political economy of global innovation in an increasingly digitized world. As part of his advocacy, he coordinated initiatives at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). Sachin has consulted for a diverse range of institutions, including UN organisations, think tanks, law firms, non-profits, and governments. He provides expertise in drafting government policies and UN reports, apart from legislative analyses, regulatory strategies, and treaty reviews. As an expert, he has authored reports and supported multilateral negotiations for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Commissioned by the Department of Biotechnology and the UNEP, his recent scholarship addressed the digitisation of bio-knowledge and governance of synthetic biology. His corporate experience includes advising clients in the IT, e-commerce, health and life-sciences sectors on various regulatory matters at Shardul Amarchand. He is also actively involved in climate change adaptation through the UN University (UNU–RCE) network and the Sustera Foundation.
Manipal Law School (MLS) Bengaluru
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Assistant Professor
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Expertise
: International Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Global Health Law, Information Technology Laws, Data Protection Law, Environmental Law, International Trade Law, Law of International Organisations.
Area of Research
Emerging Technologies, Health Equity, Digital Governance, Bio-ethics, Access to Knowledge, Political Economy of Innovation, Data Privacy, Open Science, Third World Approaches to International Law.
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
- Expert for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) on IP, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
- Program Coordinator and youth delegate for the UN University Regional Centre of Expertise Network (UNU RCE)
- Founding Editor of the Environment, Law and Society Journal, published by Lexis Nexis
- Presenter at the WIPO Academy IP and Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference in Kuala Lumpur
- Speaker for the UN Environment Program Multilateral Environment Agreements Webinar
- Member of the Community Management and Higher Education Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Founding Director of the Sustera Foundation, working on climate change adaptation in India.
- Program Coordinator for the Centre for Environment and Law, NUALS
Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, “De-extinction and Synthetic Biology– Legal, Ethical and Environmental Challenges”
Book Chapter - Biodiversity Conservation Through Access and Benefit Sharing, Springer, “The Need for a Nagoya Protocol 'Plus '- ABS in the context of Digital Sequence Information” Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, “Regulating Risks in Synthetic Biology”
The Leaflet, “The Omicron variant threat: Why it is time for the WTO IP waiver, rather than travel restrictions” The Wire Science “Meet GISAID, the Open Science Database Helping Us Make Sense of COVID-19”
The European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR) Sweet & Maxwell, 2018 “Protecting Geographical Indications in Old World Developing Countries- Basmati Rice, Jinhua Ham and Ethiopian Heritage Coffees”