Dr. Monika Punia is an Assistant Professor of Law at the National Law University, Jodhpur since July 2025. She completed her PhD in 2024 on the topic “Protection and Promotion of the Right to Health with Special Reference to Clinical Trial Participants in India: A Legal Study”. She did her LL.M. in Human Rights from the National Law Institute University, Bhopal in 2017, and completed her B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow in 2016.

Dr. Punia has over six years of teaching experience at reputed institutions including Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Institute of Eminence) and Manipal University Jaipur. She has taught a diverse range of subjects such as International Human Rights Law, Public International Law, Interpretation of Statutes, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law and Land Laws.

She has presented research papers at numerous national and international conferences, engaging with contemporary legal challenges related to public health, privacy, gender justice, sustainable development, and socio-legal reforms. Her scholarly work has been published in journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, and ABDC, and she has authored and contributed to several edited volumes on emerging legal issues. Her publications include:

 ·      ‘Prevailing Gender Inequality in Clinical Trials: A Blow to Health Rights of Women’ in the International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, 2024 Vol.11 No.2, pp.117 - 129 (Web of Science Indexed) with ISSN: 2050-103X.

·      ‘'Managing Ethical Considerations in Clinical Trials during the Pandemic: Lessons from India' in the World Journal of Management and Economics [Vol 16, Special Issue 02, 2023] with ISSN: 1819-8643 (ABDC Indexed).

·      'Climate Change and Business Development: A Critical Analysis of ways to achieve Sustainable Development' in Revista Brasileira De Politicas Publicas [Vol.13, No.3, 2023] with ISSN: 2179-8338 (Scopus Indexed).

·       ‘Critical Analysis of Right to Abortion of Mother vis-à-vis Right to Life of an Unborn Child’ in the International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology [Vol. 29 No.3s (2020)] with ISSN: 2005-4238 (Scopus Indexed).

·       ‘Hart-Devlin debate and its present relevance in England and India’ in GLC Law & Policy Review (ISSN: 2518-9135).

Mail ID: monika.punia@nlujodhpur.ac.in

Areas of Interest - Human Rights Law, Health Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, and Environmental Law.