V.C. Vivekanandan
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| Country: | India |
| Email: | vivekvc2001[at]yahoo.co.in vivek[at]nalsarpro.org |
| LinkedIn: |  [V.C. Vivekanandan V.C. Vivekanandan]
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Dr. V. C. Vivekanandan is the Director of the Legal Information Institute of India and Professor and Head National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) Proximate Education, University of Law at Hyderabad. He also serves as IP Chair Professor of the Ministry of Human Resources Information and Adjunct Visiting Professor at the University of Buffalo Business School in New York. He is a member of the Nominating Committee (NomCom) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers until the expiration of his term in 2012.[1]
Expertise
Dr. Vivekanandan has an extensive experience in academic research and advocacy. He is expert in the field of Intellectual Property Rights, Internet Laws and international Trade laws.[2]
Career History
In 1988, Dr. Vivekanandan started teaching about internet governance and cyber laws to law students and working professionals in the four cities India. Since 2001, he is serving as Professor and Head of NALSAR Proximate Education, University of Law and IP Chair Professor of Intellectual Property Rights of Ministry of Human Resources Development for the government of India since. Prior to this position, he was the Dean of Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law at IIT Kharagpur and Head of the Distance Education Department of the National Law School of India in Bangalore.[3] In 2007, he became Adjunct Visiting Professor of the University of Buffalo, Business School. In 2008, he was one of the participant at the Hague Conference on Private International Law on Online Jurisdiction Issues on Legal information. [4] In 2010, he became the Director of the Legal Information Institute of India. At present, he is a research fellow at Maastricht University, School of Law in Netherlands under the 2010 ICCSR NWO Exchange Scholarship Program.[5] He is also an Honorary Advisor for IP Dome, a firm specializing in providing IP management services for companies/[6]