Ms. Arifa Sultana Choudhury
Assistant Professor of Law
Ms. Arifa Sultana Choudhury is an Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru. She holds a B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) degree from the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLU Assam), and an LL.M. (Hons.) in Criminal Law from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.
With over six years of combined experience in academia and legal practice, she has previously served as an Assistant Professor at ISBR Business School, Bengaluru, where she coordinated the Internship and Recruitment Committee and the Moot Court Committee. She also worked as a Junior Associate at the High Court of Assam, gaining significant exposure to criminal and contractual litigation.
At DSU, she teaches core law subjects such as Criminal Law, Personal Law, and Property Law. She serves as the Faculty Co-ordinator for the Centre for Advanced Criminal Law and Environmental Criminology (CACLEC), the Faculty Co-ordinator of the Moot Court Committee, and the Editor of the School of Law Newsletter. She is actively involved in organizing national and international conferences, workshops, and legal symposiums to foster research and professional development among students. Her research interests include Criminal Law, Gender and Law, Human Rights, and Technology Law and has several publications to her credit in reputed peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.
Primary Area: Criminal Law, Personal Law, Property Law
Secondary Area: Gender and Law, Human Rights, Technology Law
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LL.M (Hons) in Criminal Law, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (First Class), 2018
B.A.LL. B (Hons), National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (Distinction with honors), 2016
Property Law (Undergraduate)
Criminal Law-I (Undergraduate)
Moot Court (Undergraduate)
Criminal Law
Gender and Law
Human Rights
Technology Law
Environmental Criminology
Journal Articles
Revaluing the Invisible Economy: Feminist Reinterpretations of Unpaid and Care Labour in Contemporary India”, published in Journal of South Asian Exchanges, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2025, ISSN:3048-8877, DOI- https://doi.org/10.21659/jsae/v2n2/v2n208
International Conference on Law and Social Sciences-Conference Proceedings, International Institute of Justice and Police Sciences and South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, 2025, ISBN: 978-81-982543-3-7-
Paper “Customary Laws and Gender Biasness in North-Eastern region: Need for Legislative Recognition” published in HNLU Journal of Law and Social Sciences, HNLU JLSS 2022.
Paper “Analyzing ‘Mob Lynching’: A New World of Fear in India” published in HNLU Journal of Law and Social Sciences, HNLU JLSS 2019 (V), P. 163.
‘Commercial Surrogacy and Indian Law: Conflicted or Co-Ordinated’ published in the Indian Journal of Social Sciences Research (ISSN 2277-2227).
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Book Chapters:
Paper “IPR and Competition Laws: Two sides of the same coin; Collective Management Societies, Present and Future Concerns in India” published in Edited Book “Regulations and Business Environment in India-1”, ISBN: 978-93-89496-12-3.
Criminal Justice System and Sexual Offences against Women: Contemporary Challenges’ published in the book titled “Women Harassment: Causes and Remedies (ISBN 93-83580-24-8).
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Assistant Professor of Law, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore (August 2024 - Present).
Assistant Professor of Law, ISBR College of Law, Bangalore (August 2019- July 2024).
Awarded four rank holder by National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam.
