Faculty Profile

Dr. Avik Banerjee

Dr. Avik Banerjee

Assistant Professor

Commerce & Management

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Avik Banerjee is a legal scholar and educator specializing in Business and Corporate Law. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Law under the Faculty of Commerce and Management at St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata, bringing nearly a decade of blended experience in legal academia and professional practice to his role.

Dr. Banerjee completed his five-year integrated B.A. LL.B. at the University of Calcutta's Department of Law (Hazra Campus). Following his graduation, he enrolled as an Advocate under the Bar Council of West Bengal and successfully cleared the All India Bar Examination (AIBE). He went on to earn an LL.M. in Business Law from Amity Law School, Amity University, Kolkata, where he was awarded the Silver Medal for academic excellence alongside the prestigious 'Shree Baljit Shastri Award' for exemplary human and traditional values. He also qualified SET (West Bengal) for Assistant Professor eligibility.

Dr. Banerjee holds a Ph.D. in Law from Raiganj University (a State Govt. University in West Bengal), where his doctoral research focused on a "Socio-Legal Study on Cyber-Bullying and its Impact on Teenagers in West Bengal: Efficacy of the Existing Legal Framework." Beyond his core academic degrees, he is a certified CSR Trainer from the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). As an active researcher, he regularly participates in Faculty Development Programmes, workshops, seminars and conferences and his scholarly work has been published across various peer-reviewed and SCOPUS-indexed journals.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D in Law - Raiganj University, West Bengal (2024)
  • State Eligibility Test - West Bengal (2020)
  • LL.M. (Business Law) - Amity University, Kolkata (2017)
  • B.A., LL.B. - Department of Law, University of Calcutta (2015)

Areas of Specialisation

Business Law Corporate Law Cyber Crime Intellectual Property Rights

Teaching Experience

  • Assistant Professor (Law) at ST. XAVIER'S UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA, Faculty of Commerce & Management
  • Full-Time Faculty Member (Business Law) at ST. XAVIER'S UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA, Faculty of Commerce & Management
  • Part-Time Faculty Member (Business Law) at ST. XAVIER'S UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA, Faculty of Commerce & Management
  • Guest Lecturer (Industrial Law) at UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, Dept. of Business Management-MBA
  • Faculty Member (Law) at AMITY UNIVERSITY, Amity Law School, Kolkata
  • Faculty Member (Business Law) at ILEAD, KOLKATA, Dept. of Management Studies

Top 5 Publications

  • “Untangling The Threads: Arbitration and Insolvency Processes Intersected” in the International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, Volume 12, Issue 5 (2025), pp. 932-938. ISSN: 2309-4508; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14419/dy1vw291
  • “The Strategic Evolution of the Corporate Legal Framework” in Corporate Law and Governance Review, Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2025), pp. 135-144. ISSN Online: 2664-1542; ISSN Print: 2707-1111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.22495/clgrv7i1p12
  • “Judicial Outlook of Cyberbullying in India” in the International Journal of Law Management & Humanities, Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2023), pp. 121–130. ISSN: 2581-5369; DOI: https://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.116087
  • “A Study of the Existing Legal Framework in India to Address Bullying in Cyberspace” in the Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research, Vol. 5, Issue 5 (2023), pp. 3020–3036. ISSN: 2582-8878; DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/04.2025-89268445/IJLLR
  • “An Analysis of Predatory Pricing in India – With Special Reference to Reliance Jio’s Penetration Pricing Strategy” in IILS Law Review, Vol. 6, Issue 1 (2020), pp. 141–149. ISSN: 2320-5318; Link: https://www.iilsindia.com/download/Law-Review-2020.pdf

Awards & Recognitions

  • Silver Medal for Second best Academic Performance in LL.M. (from Amity University, Kolkata)
  • Shree Baljit Shastri Award for the Best in Human and Traditional Values (from Amity University, Kolkata)

Academic / Researcher Profile

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