Faculty Profile

Dr Prashna Samaddar joined Xavier Law School, St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata, as an Assistant Professor in August 2021. Before this institute, she had teaching experience at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur; Jagannath Institute of Management Studies (affiliated to Indraprastha University, Delhi); and Galgotias University, Greater Noida. She was awarded her PhD from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata, in the year 2018. The thesis on which she was awarded her doctorate was titled, “Cry for Nationality and lives in Vacuity: A Comparative Analysis on Condition of Statelessness in South Asian States with Special Reference to India”. She has published articles and book chapters in various reputed National and International Journals and edited books. She has completed a 15-day winter course on Law, Justice and Sustainable Development organised by Centre for Law, Justice and Development, National Law University, Delhi, in collaboration with University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, under the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, Government of India, from 15th-30th January, 2020. She has also completed a two-and-a-half-month pilot course conducted by the Institute of Stateless and Inclusion, on “An introduction to childhood statelessness and promoting every child’s right to a Nationality” from 11th June, 2020 to 24th August,2020 in association with Tilburg University, Netherlands. Her major areas of teaching are: Public International Law, Law of International Organisations, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian and Refugee Laws, Citizenship Law, and International Disputes Resolution Bodies in the present institute. The other areas that she has taught are Immigration Laws, Energy Laws and Sports Law in previous institutes. Since joining the legal fraternity, she has had teaching experience of more than 9 years. 

• 2010- B.A. LL.B., HNB Garhwal Central University, Uttarakhand
• 2012- LL.M., Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) Raipur (C.G)
• 2018- PhD, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata (W.B)

• Assistant Professor, Xavier Law School, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata, from August 2021
• Assistant Professor, School of Law, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, U.P, from February, 2018 to July 2021
• Assistant Professor, JIMS School of Law (Affiliated to Indra Prastha University, Delhi) from July, 2017 to February, 2018
• Assistant Lecturer, HNLU, Raipur (C.G), from January, 2013 to July, 2014

• Professor in Charge, B.Com.LL.B. (Hons.) w.e.f July, 2025
• Convenor, Programme Monitoring Committee, SXUK, w.e.f July 2024-June, 2026
• Member, Women and Gender Development Cell, SXUK, w.e.f July 2024-June, 2026
• Member, Equal Opportunity Cell, SXUK, w.e.f June 2023-July, 2026
• Member, Academic Council, SXUK, w.e.f July, 2025
• Member, Faculty Council, Xavier Law School, w.e.f July 2025
• BOS, Secretary, Xavier Law School, w.e.f January, 2026
• Assistant PIC, XUCAS, SXUK w.e.f July, 2024-June, 2025

• Assessing the Impact of Forced Refugeehood on Women’s Health in South Asia. In: Chouhan, P., Chandra Das, K., Roy, A., Kapasia, N., Rahaman, M., Das, J. (eds) Women's Health Dynamics in South Asia. Asian Perspectives on Public Health. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-2321-4_5, 2026
• Machinised Mediation: Apprising the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Existing Dispute Resolution Paradigm in India. In: Chakraborty, M., Chakrabarty, S.P., Marsoof, A. (eds) Proceedings of Sixth International Ethical Hacking Conference. eHaCON 2025. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1513. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8632-2_20, 2026
• Transforming Conflict Resolution: The Impact of AI on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) in India and Beyond. In: Chakraborty, M., Chakrabarty, S.P., Penteado, A., Balas, V.E. (eds) Proceedings of 5th International Ethical Hacking Conference. eHaCON 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1148. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8457-8_7, 2025
• Relooking “The Principle of Self-Determination” In the Human Rights Regime of Contemporary Times: Appraising the Rhetorical Reality in the Context of Ongoing Ethnic Conflict in Manipur, UPES Law Review, Vol. IX, ISSN No. 2347-9620, 2024
• Driving Factors of Peoples’ Migration across the Sinking Islands of Indo-Bangla Sundarban Regions: A Legal Analysis, Cochin University Law Review (CULR, ISSN 0970-0331), Volume XLVII, 2023