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Shohini Sengupta

PhD Candidate
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) (NLIU, Bhopal, India); M.Sc. Law and Finance (University of Oxford)
Faculty of Law & Justice

Brief Overview

Shohini is a PhD student at the Faculty of Law & Justice (ARC Laureate PhD Scholarship in 'The Regulation of the Data Revolution'), working on the governance of digital identity in India. She has worked in the field of legislative policymaking, particularly on financial stability, bank resolution, and research at the intersection of finance and technology law. She has聽assisted the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Ministry of Petroleum, financial sector regulators, and the Fifteenth Finance Commission in India on several socio-economic and legal matters, including the Companies Amendment Bill, 2016, and the draft Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017. She has a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in law from the National Law Institute University, Bhopal, and a Master鈥檚 degree in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford on the Weidenfeld leadership scholarship. She is on leave from the Jindal School of Banking & Finance, where she is an Associate Professor and Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Research & Analysis in Finance, Technology & Law.鈥

Research Topic

Digital Identity as the Foundation for the Governance of a Digital Economy: Observations from India

Supervisor/s

Ross Buckley, Natalia Jevglevskaja, Kayleen Manwaring

Areas of Interest

Information technology law & policy, financial regulation, South Asia studies, fintech, legislative policy making
  1. The Oracle鈥檚 Foretelling & the Case for Ambiguity: Exploring the Prophesies of Fintech & Financial Surveillance, Indian Journal of Law and Technology, Special Issue on Fintech, NLSIU, Vol 18 [August (2022)] 鈥
  2. 鈥Privacy and Data Protection in the Financial Sector: Banking Institutions and Digital Payments Paper No.1鈥, Fintech & Privacy Series for the 鈥楶rivacy Law Library鈥 project, Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) at National Law University Delhi, [September (2022)] 鈥 forthcoming
  3. Financial Data Protection in Indian Regulatory Policy: From 鈥楽ecrecy鈥 and 鈥楥onfidentiality鈥 to 鈥楶rivacy鈥, Journal of Indian Law and Society, NUJS, Vol 12(1) [Monsoon (2021)]
  4. Shohini Sengupta and Aishwarya Giridhar. 鈥淧olitical Economy of Communications and Media Regulation in India: Impact of Laws on Online Curated Content Centre for Research in Finance, Technology & Law鈥, Centre for Research in Finance, Technology & Law Working Paper No. 4/2021 by Shohini Sengupta, Aishwarya Giridhar :: SSRN
  5. Co鈥揳uthor for a commissioned study report for the Fifteenth Finance Commission on 鈥淓xamination of the legal basis for conditional transfers to states and issues relating to performance-based incentives for states鈥 Final report of the Commission captures recommendations in Chapters 2 & 3.
  6. Co-authored a policy paper on 鈥楻eforming the Governance Co-operative Banks in India: A Study of State & District Central Co-operative Banks in 10 States鈥 (2019).
  7. Prepared a policy paper 鈥楽ecuring our Future: Analysing the Regulatory Framework for Pensions in India鈥 (2018), and another policy paper on 鈥楨xamining the Regulatory Framework for Pensions in India鈥 (2019).
  8. Contributor (South Asia region) to the 12th report of International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) on 鈥淪tate-Sponsored Homophobia 鈥揂 World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalization, Protection and Recognition鈥.
  9. Volunteer for the 鈥極xford Pro Bono Publico鈥 on their Penal Reform International Project and wrote a paper on the jurisprudence and safeguards currently present in India for the prevention of human rights abuses during transfer of prisoners in December 2014-January 2015.
  10. Regular contributor to national newspapers including The Hindu, Financial Express, Business Standard, The Wire, Firstpost, Scroll etc. Last op-eds include Sengupta, Shohini, 鈥淔inancial privacy must be recognised in India鈥, Hindustan Times (24th July 2021), and Sengupta, Shohini. 鈥15th Finance Commission: Design Principles & Fiscal Transfers鈥 Hindustan Times (21st August 2021)
  1. Curating an 鈥楢wareness Program on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Laws鈥 for the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, May 2022
  2. Curating and teaching a 4 day course on 鈥業nsolvency and Bankruptcy Laws鈥 for the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) officials, January 2022
  3. Response to Meity鈥檚 draft IT [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules], 2018
  4. Response to Meity鈥檚 draft Data Centre Policy, 2020
  5. Response to Ministry of Labour and Employment鈥檚 draft Code on Social Security, 2019
  1. Leading the CRAFT & Law Faculty Workshopping Seminars & paper presentation on 鈥極TT regulation in India鈥, April 2022.
  2. Guest lecture on 鈥楩inancial Regulation & Big Banks鈥, Amherst University, April 2021
  3. Paper presentation and panelist, Digital India and learnings from thereon, India Internet Governance Forum, November 2021
  4. Panelist on 鈥楪lobal Law School鈥檚 Summit 2021鈥, on 鈥楧isruptive Rights for Disruptive Technologies鈥, JGU, 2021
  5. Speaker at the Wiz law session on 鈥榃orkshop on Essentials of Research & Drafting鈥
  6. Moderator, 鈥MSMEs and E-commerce Platforms鈥, and 鈥楩uture of Fintech Laws and Governance鈥, Global Finance Conclave, JGU, 2021
  7. Stakeholder consultation on 鈥楽cience, Technology and Innovation Policy, 2020鈥, led by the CyberPeace Foundation, January 2021
  8. Expert consultation on designing community standards for India, Facebook, 2020.
  9. Moderated roundtable and presented paper on 鈥楥opyright Infringement and Enforcement in India鈥, organised by the Esya Centre, December 2019
  10. Panelist at the 鈥楻oadshow on Competition Law and Practice鈥 organised by the Competition Commission of India, November 2019.
  11. Panelist at FICCI Frames, 2019 on the 鈥楩raming of Technology Regulation in India鈥.
  12. Moderated a roundtable discussion by the Indian Music Industry on 鈥楻eimagining Radio Broadcasting in India鈥, October 2019
  13. Panelist at CyFy 2019 on technology and digital culture, organised by ORF, October 2019聽
  1. 鈥業ndia's Struggling Financial Sector鈥, Episode 16, The Interlinked, Nickeled and Dimed
  2. 鈥楻esponse to Data Centre Policy鈥, Jindal Digest for Competition and Innovation Laws
  3. Financial regulation, Privacy & The India Stack Model, Episode 6, Jack of All Knowledge
  4. 鈥楤ig Tech and Financial Stability鈥, Legal Synthesis聽