Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Professor

Dr. Rajesh Kumar is a skilled and qualified teacher of law with more than twenty-two years of experience in the field of law. After completing his LL.B. Degree from the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 2001, he enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi and practiced mainly in Civil, Writ, Commercial, and Criminal matters before the High Court of Delhi and District courts of Delhi.

Subsequently, he completed his LL.M. from the University of Delhi, cleared the U.G.C. NET Examination, and started his teaching career in 2005. He taught corporate and investment laws at various law colleges and universities starting from IMS Unison Law School, Dehradun and ICFAI Law School, Dehradun, VIPS (affiliated with G.G.S.I.P. University, Delhi), Amity Law School, Delhi (affiliated with G.G.S.I.P. University, Delhi) and National Law University, Ranchi.  Before joining this institute as an Associate Professor in February 2018, he was working as Assistant Dean of NLU, Ranchi.  He was promoted to Professor in October 2023.

During his teaching career of more than 18 years, he held various administrative responsibilities including the positions of Chief Proctor, Controller of Examination, and Assistant Registrar.

He completed his Ph.D. in securities law in the year 2012 from the University of Delhi.

He has written many articles and four books on different subjects, including his books on securities law (ISBN No- 978365983044, Satyam Law International, Delhi, 2015) and Competition Law (ISBN NO -9789382823520, Satyam Law International, Delhi, 2017). His areas of expertise include Corporate Law, Securities Law, Corporate Finance, Competition Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Insurance, and International Investment Law. He has also participated in various conferences and seminars organized by various institutions and has also been a speaker in many such conferences and seminars.

His teaching interest lies in various subjects and areas related to Securities Laws and regulations, Competition laws, corporate laws, Banking and Insurance, mergers and Acquisitions, and International Investment Laws. He teaches in various academic programs and courses conducted by NISM. Apart from teaching, he is actively involved in organizing training programs for the officers of SEBI, government officers, and the securities market regulator of the foreign jurisdiction. He is also engaged in developing Policy papers on various topics related to the financial markets.