Adithya Variath is an Assistant Professor of Law at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, India. He is the Coordinator of the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law and Faculty Editor of the Law and Pop Culture Forum at MNLU Mumbai. He also serves as an Expert at the UNESCO, Inclusive Policy Lab. He was a Research Fellow at the Information Society Law Center, University of Milan, Italy (2022-23) and a Research Group Member at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, USA (2022). He previously served as a Research Assistant to the Government of India Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) - IPR Chair, MNLU Mumbai. As a researcher, his work focuses on International Law, air and space law and environmental law and policy. He writes frequently on issues of international law for Geopolitics, Modern Diplomacy, Times of Israel, etc. He has presented papers at conferences and workshops hosted by the University of Cambridge, King's College London, University of Pretoria and Graduate Institute, Geneva, among others. His recent works include An Introduction to International Law (Thomson Reuters, 2021) and A Handbook of International Aviation Law (Thomson Reuters, 2023). He is the founding Editor of the Indian Review of Air and Space Law. 

Contact - adithya.v@mnlumumbai.edu.in