Dr. Somabha Bandopadhay is an Assistant Professor at Xavier Law School, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata. She previously served as Assistant Professor at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Delhi Campus, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Criminology, Université de Montréal, Canada, under the Indo-Canadian Shastri Mitacs Research Scholarship.
Her teaching and research focus on Human Rights Law, International Law, International Criminal Law, Victimology, Earth Jurisprudence, Environmental Law, Refugee Law, and Legal Research Methodology. Her interdisciplinary scholarship addresses transgender rights, forensic victimology, mental harm, environmental justice, rights of nature, refugee protection, and performing arts law. She has authored two books, co-edited an edited volume, published extensively in Scopus-indexed and UGC-CARE journals, and contributed chapters to books published by Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Bloomsbury, and Peter Lang.
Dr. Bandopadhay has received several prestigious academic distinctions, including the Indo-Canadian Shastri Mitacs Research Scholarship, the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Gold Medal, the Chancellor's Gold Medal, and the National Service Scheme (NSS) Best Volunteer Award from the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. She has delivered invited lectures and keynote addresses at universities, judicial academies, and professional institutions in India and abroad, while also serving on editorial and peer-review boards of reputed journals. Her academic work integrates rigorous legal scholarship with empirical research and policy engagement, contributing to legal reform, access to justice, and the advancement of human rights and environmental governance. She serves in the advisory capacity of various organisations including Kolkata Anandam for Equality and Justice. She is also the peer review board member of prestigious international journals.
