User:Kdraju

KD Raju was graduated from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala in Science with specialization in Botany in 1990. After graduating from law school in 1997, Raju joined in Ernakulam Bar. He completed his post graduation in Mercantile Law from the same University, where his thesis was dealing with The Fiduciary Duties of Company Directors under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, and he secured second rank in the University. He has done MPhil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on International Trade Law. He worked on Anti-dumping issues for his doctoral studies in JNU. He is currently working as Secretary, WTO&IPR, Environment, Information and Communication Technology at PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi. His areas of interest and expertise include the WTO, especially Anti-dumping Laws, Intellectual Property Laws, WTO Services Agreement, Corporate, Environmental, Economic and Trade Laws. He has spoken on these themes at various conferences and also published papers in leading journals such as the Journal of Bio-Law and Business, Journal of Intellectual Property, Indian Journal of International Law and contributor to many books. He is the author of “Intellectual Property Laws in WTO and India” and Editor of “The World Trade Organization and India: A Critical Study of Its first Decade.” He is currently editing a book on Re-engineering the Biosafety Protocol: Emerging International Law and Policy. He has been awarded “Fulbright Scholarship” by the United States Education Foundation in India (USEFI) for completing his doctoral study in the US.