Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (LLB, Mumbai Univ)

Prof. (Dr.) Akil ali Saiyed is a Professor of Law and is serving as a founding Vice-Chancellor of GM Vastanvi University, Akkalkuwa, (Dist. Nandurbar – Maharashtra). He has also served Gokul Global University, Siddhpur as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Parul University, Vadodara as a Dean of Law Faculty. He has 30 years of blended experience in teaching, research, professional practice and administration. He has practiced before the High Court of Gujarat for a decade and is founder of the law firm GUJ•JURIX. He is Promoter & Executive Director of Praestantia Education Private Limited Company. He has completed his Post Doctoral studies from Mediterranea University, Reggio Calabria (Italy). He is the first awardee of the degree in Ph.D. from Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. He holds Masters degrees in Physics and Law. His diverse profile includes experience of teaching under science, management, arts and medicine faculties at different universities. Dr. Saiyed has seven research projects to his credit. His research interests include Public Private Partnership, Education Law and Forensic Science. His publications include 13 books and 30 research papers/articles in national and international reputed journals. He has made more than 75 presentations in national and international seminars and conferences. Apart from several other achievements, he has received prestigious Dewang Mehta National Education Award for Best Professor of Law in 2017 and Best Director in 2020 by Global Research Foundation, New Delhi. Dr. Saiyed is also associated with several social organizations including cooperative society, philanthropic/charitable trusts, professional bodies at state and national level.

Mr. Faiz Ayat Ansari is an Assistant Professor of Law (Senior Scale) at KIIT School of Law, KIIT Deemed to be University (Institution of Eminence), Bhubaneswar, India; a Ph.D. Research Scholar at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and a Researcher and Collaborator at Mediterranea International Centre for Human Rights Research, Reggio Calabria, Italy. He has worked as a teaching assistant to Dr. Aparna Chandra for the course on Constitutional Law at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He has also previously worked as Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Centre for Constitutional Law and Policy (CCLP) at Parul Institute of Law, Faculty of Law, Parul University, Vadodara. He is an alumnus of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, where he pursued his LL.M. in Constitutional and Administrative Law. He has been a member of the Legal Education Awareness Foundation, New Delhi and has been invited to deliver guest lectures at prestigious international institutions like Stanford University, US; the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia; State Academic University for the Humanities, Russia; Istanbul Topkapi University, Turkey; University St. Kliment Ohridski, North Macedonia; Barcelona Technological School, Spain; International Group of Artificial Intelligence, UK; the Federal District University Centre (UDF), Brazil, the Mediterranea International Centre for Human Rights Research, Italy and the Tashkent State University of Law, Uzbekistan. He has a keen interest in bridging the gap between the academia, policy making and the industry in the legal field. His areas of interest include Constitutional law, Comparative Public Law, Media law, etc. He has previously co-authored a book titled ‘Law and Justice in the Era of Globalization’ and co-edited eight books on areas like Constitutional law, Comparative Public Law, Media law and International Law. He is also a recipient of the Dr. J.K. Patel Memorial Award in 2021 and 2022 for his contribution to research and academics. He also received the International Interdisciplinary Eminent Speaker Award by the Peruvian Bar Association in 2022.