Sayantani Bagchi is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the National Law University (NLU) Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Her specialization lies in Constitutional Law. She has been a part of NLU Jodhpur since January 2019. Currently, she offers subjects that include Constitutional Law (core), Comparative Constitutional Law and Judicial Process, Election Laws, and Constitutional Rights and Social Justice.
Prior to joining NLUJ, Ms. Bagchi held academic and research positions at several institutions, including the Centre for Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy at WBNUJS Kolkata, the University of Calcutta, and CMR University in Bangalore. In 2014, she was felicitated with the Mamraj Agarwal Rashtriya Purashkar by the Governor of West Bengal for securing the first rank in the 5-year B.A. LL.B (Honours) program at the University of Calcutta. She is currently pursuing her doctoral research on Unwritten Constitutional Conventions at WBNUJS, Kolkata.
In addition to her academic responsibilities, Ms. Bagchi serves as the Chief Editor of the Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Journal. She also acts as the Faculty Advisor to the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, the Centre for Research in Governance, Institutions, and Public Policy, and the Constitutional Law Society. Furthermore, she is the founder and convener of the National Seminar on Constitutionalism in Contemporary Times, an annual event organized by the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law in collaboration with the Constitutional Law Society at NLUJ. The seminar provides a platform for constitutional law researchers to exchange their ideas on contemporary issues in constitutional law.
Some of her publications include:
1. Sayantani Bagchi and Prakhar Raghuvanshi, "Towards A Participatory Democracy—A Case for Inclusive Public Participation in Law-Making," Statute Law Review, Volume 45, Issue 2, August 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmae029).
2. Sayantani Bagchi, "The Constitutional Text as a Means of Social Change," in Dr. Sangeeta Roy Maitra (ed.), Law and Transformation (Satyam Law International, 2022).
3. Sayantani Bagchi, "Unwritten Constitutional Conventions and Entrenched Constitutional Text: A Study on the Interplay in a Comparative Perspective," KSLU Law Journal, 2021.
4. Anmol Jain and Sayantani Bagchi, "Marking the Imprecise Territory of Gubernatorial Discretion to Call for a Trust Vote," Indian Law Review (2021) (https://doi.org/10.1080/24730580.2021.1967655).
5. Sayantani Bagchi, "Book Review: The Transformative Constitution by Gautam Bhatia," (2020) 4(4) Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Quarterly (ISSN 86 24374351).
6. Sayantani Bagchi, "Laws Governing Inter-State Labour Migration in India with Special Reference to The State of Odisha," (2019) 1(1) CMR University Journal for Contemporary Legal Affairs 183 (ISSN 2582 4805).
7. Sayantani Bagchi and Jyotsna Nisha, ‘Towards an Effective Participatory Local Self Governance’ (2017) 2 (1) NUJS Journal of Regulatory Studies 68 (ISSN (O) No. 2456-4605).
Email – sayantani.bagchi@nlujodhpur.ac.in, sayantanibagchibl1@gmail.com
Areas of Interest: Comparative Constitutional Law, Political Theory, Constitutional Interpretation, Judicial Reforms.
