Team
The Chair on Consumer Law and Practice has a dedicated team working in the area of consumer protection and policy development.
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Prof. (Dr.) Ashok R Patil
Professor of Law (On Lien)
Ashok Patil is the Founding Chair Professor, CLAP. Presently, he is the Vice Chancellor of NUSRL, Ranchi.
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Dr. Sudhanshu Kumar, Associate Professor of Law
Chair on Consumer Law & Practice
Sudhanshu was previously an Assistant Professor at NALSAR, Hyderabad where he taught corporate and competition law.
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Ms. Meenakshi Ramkumar, Assistant Professor
Faculty Coordinator, CLAP
Meenakshi was previously an Associate with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai and a Research Associate with the Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bengaluru.
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Tarishi Agrawal
Research Assistant
Tarishi recently graduated with an LLM degree from Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad, and joined CLAP in 2022 as a Researcher under the IDSA Project.