Former NLU Jodhpur VC Prof. Poonam Saxena Joins NLSIU as Visiting Chair Professor
Prof. Poonam Saxena, former Vice Chancellor of National Law University, Jodhpur, has joined the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, as a Visiting Chair Professor under the Ford Foundation Chair in Public Interest Law.
NLSIU announced her appointment on November 2, 2026. Prof. Saxena brings more than four decades of experience in legal education, teaching and academic administration to the university.
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She previously served as Vice Chancellor of NLU Jodhpur, where she headed the university’s administration for ten years. Before taking up that role, she was Professor-in-Charge of Law Centre II at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
Prof. Saxena has 41 years of experience in teaching and academic administration. Her main areas of academic interest include Family Law, Property Law, and Women and Law. Her career has also included significant international academic engagements.
In 1988, she was selected as a Senior Fulbright Scholar. During the programme, she delivered lectures at the University of Baltimore School of Law in Maryland and Northeastern University in Boston.
She later became a Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellow in 2000. As part of that fellowship, she delivered lectures on gender-related issues at eleven universities across Canada.
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Over the years, Prof. Saxena has participated in several seminars, workshops and conferences in India and abroad, contributing to academic discussions on areas connected with her legal specialisations.
Her contribution to legal scholarship also includes eight books published by LexisNexis Butterworths. Among her works are Family Law Lectures I & II and Property Law.
She has also worked on a revised edition of Mulla’s Transfer of Property Act. In addition, she has authored four volumes of Halsbury’s Laws of India dealing with Property and Easements, Trusts and Charities, and Family Law.
Apart from books, Prof. Saxena has written several articles for national and international journals, adding to her long-standing academic work in family, property and gender-related law.
Prof. Saxena completed her LLB from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. She subsequently obtained her LLM and PhD from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
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