Ms. Antarnihita Mishra

Research Officer,
RRU Centre for International Law

Phone – +919776715775 , Ext: 201

Email – ro2.rcil@rru.ac.in

EDUCATION
  • LLM (International Law), South Asian University, New Delhi, India.
  • B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, India.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
  • Research Officer, Centre for International Law, Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat, India.
  • Assistant Professor of Law, IFIM Law School, Bengaluru, India.
  • Advocate, enrolled with the State Bar Council, Odisha, India.
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Prabhash Ranjan, Senior Assistant Professor, South Asian University, New Delhi, India.
  • Intern, National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, India.
  • Student-researcher, Studio Nilima Legal and Policy Collective, Guwahati, India.
  • Intern, Wadhwa Chambers, New Delhi, India.
  • Intern, Chambers of Advocate S. M. Dwibedy, Bhubaneswar, India.
  • Intern, State Human Rights Commission, Odisha, India.
  • Volunteer, Centre for Child Rights, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, India.
  • Elected Member, Academic Committee of the Student Bar Council, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, India.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Awarded the South Asian University Presidential Scholarship for LLM (2019-2021).
  • Secured the first position in the LLM Entrance Test conducted by South Asian University for students from the SAARC member states (2019).
  • Secured the fortieth rank in the Common Law Admission Test for postgraduate study (CLAT PG) organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities, India (2019).
  • Secured the twelfth rank in the All-India Law Entrance Test (AILET PG) conducted by National Law University, Delhi (2019).
  • Awarded the University Gold Medal in B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) by National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (2019).
  • Awarded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for academic excellence (2019).
  • Secured the second position in the State in the Higher Secondary Examination (Stream – Arts) conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha (2014).
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
  • Represented National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam in the national rounds of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition 2018.
  • Represented National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam in the 14th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2017.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
  • ‘Counter Terrorism, International Humanitarian Law and an Opportunity for India to Promote Congruence’, ASIANSIL Voices, Cambridge Core (2 December 2022).
  • ‘The Persisting Tragedy in the Mediterranean and What Stands in the Way of the Shipmaster’s Duty to Render Assistance’, OpinioJuris (7 November 2022).
  • LLM Dissertation – ‘The ‘Gravity Threshold’ in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court’, submitted to the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University (16 June 2021).
  • ‘South Asian University: Towards a ‘South Asian’ Approach to International Law’ (Parts I and II), AfronomicsLAW (18 September 2020).
  • ‘Why a Suit against the People’s Republic of China will most likely be Dismissed’, Indian Blog of International Law (7 April 2020).
  • ‘The Crisis at Sea and need to reform the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’, presented at the International Conference on Maritime Law held at National Law University, Odisha (22-23 February 2020).
  • Participated in the Regional Consultation on ‘Legal Empowerment for Ensuring Rights of Dalit Women in South Asia’, Kathmandu (9-10 November 2019).