Prof. (Dr.) Sandeepa Bhat is working as a Professor of Law and the Director of the Centre for Aviation and Space Laws at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. He has the teaching and research experience of over twenty-one years after completing his master degree with first rank and double gold medals in 2003. His seven Major Research Projects are sponsored by World Bank, ISRO, the WB Judicial Academy, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Commerce, and Government of West Bengal. He holds the unique feat of being the first Indian to be inducted as the UNIDROIT Correspondent for India. He has been a member of four distinguished international bodies including the American Society of International Law. Dr. Bhat has published seven books on aviation and space laws, and four books on medical law. In addition, he has published more than seventy articles in the journals of international and national repute (substantially on aviation and space laws). He is the recipient of the inaugural Sachdeva Award for Space Law 2022 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to space law. He has presented over hundred and ninety research papers in the international and national conferences including the coveted International Astronautical Congress, as well as in international conferences held at Austin, Cambridge, Changsha, Charles Town, Istanbul, Jakarta, Paris, Seoul, Sharjah, Singapore and Southampton (substantially on aviation and space laws). He is a Listed Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Space Enterprise, IASL, Moscow. He also has the distinction of being a member of the Indian Space Research Organization’s Expert Group for drafting the National Space Act for India.