Legal Practices 4.0: Digitalization of the Legal Process and Practice

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Prof.(Dr.) Rajesh Singh, is currently associated with Uttaranchal University as Professor and Director (Research & Innovation) with more than seventeen years of experience in academics. He has been featured among top ten inventors for ten years 2010-2020, by Clarivate Analytics in “India’s Innovation Synopsis” in March 2021. He has more than five hundred patents in his account, including Sixty Seven patents grant, 5 PCT and published more than two hundred and eighty research papers in SCI/Scopus journals.

He has published forty two books in the area of Embedded Systems and Internet of Things with reputed international publishers. He has been awarded with “Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award”, as Mentor to “On Board Diagnostic Data Analysis System-OBDAS”, Appreciated under “Cutting Edge Innovation” during Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rashtrapati Bahawan, India in 2018. He has been honored with “Certificate of Excellence” from 3rd faculty branding awards-15, Organized by EET CRS research wing for excellence in professional education and Industry, for the category “Award for Excellence in Research”, 2015 and young investigator award at the International Conference on Science and Information in 2012.

Prof.(Dr.) Anita Gehlot is currently associated with Uttaranchal University as Professor & Head (Research & Innovation) with more than fifteen years of experience in academics. She has been featured among top ten inventors for ten years 2010-2020, by Clarivate Analytics in “India’s Innovation Synopsis” in March 2021. She has more than four hundred patents in her account with sixty seven patents grant, 5 PCT and published more than two hundred research papers in SCI/Scopus journals.

She has published forty books in the area of Embedded Systems and Internet of Things with reputed international publishers. She has been awarded with “Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award”, as Mentor to “On Board Diagnostic Data Analysis System-OBDAS”, Appreciated under “Cutting Edge Innovation” during Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rashtrapati Bahawan, India in 2018. She has been honored with “Certificate of Excellence” from 3rd faculty branding awards-15, Organized by EET CRS research wing for excellence in professional education and Industry, for the category “Young Researcher”, 2015.

Prof. Rajesh Bahuguna is holding the Post of the Pro Vice Chancellor along with Dean of Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University. He did his LL.B. and LL.M. both from Jai Narayan Vyas Jodhpur University. He qualified UGC- NET examination and accomplished his Ph.D. from Kurukshetra University under the supervision of Prof. R.K. Sabbarwal on the topic ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution system in India.’ He specializes in Constitutional Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He has more than 42 years of working experience which include 15 years’ service in prestigious Indian Air Force and the residue is his teaching, research as well as administrative experience.

A renowned face in legal academia of the state, he is a member of more than 13 top ranked institutions related to Law including Indian Law Institution (ILI) and International Centre for Alternate Dispute Resolution (ICADR). He is on the panel of more than 15 Universities and State Public Service Commissions. He is the Editor in Chief of Dehradun Law Review: A Journal of Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University and Law College Dehradun Newsletter. He has published 38 research papers in National and International Journals and has participated in series of events as Chair, Keynote Speaker, Guest Speaker, and Judge in Moot Courts and at times as a participant.

He is a trained mediator from International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, New Delhi. Eight students have successfully completed their Ph.D. under his supervision. In addition to these, more than 40 LL.M. students have completed their dissertation under his guidance and supervision so far.

Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Bahuguna is recipient of numerous Awards and Appreciations, most noteworthy being, from His Excellency Dr. K.K. Paul, the then Hon’ble Governor of Uttarakhand and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Tandon, Chairman of law Commission of Uttarakhand. He has appeared as a panelist on TV Channels and has shared his views on legal issues on Akashwani (AIR).