Dr Farooq Ahmad Mir joined as Professor in the Department in September 2020. Having nearly three decades of teaching experience at University level, he served as Dean and Head, Faculty of Law at the University of Kashmir. He also worked as Registrar, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, and Controller of Examinations at the University of Kashmir and the J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations. The Max Planck Institute, Munich awarded him a fellowship for undertaking a project on “E-commerce – An Indian Perspective” in Germany (1999), which was later on published in the International Journal of Law and Information Technology, England (2001). He also received a letter of appreciation from Late Sh. V.N. Gadgil, the then Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting for writing an article titled “False and Misleading Advertisements - Legal Perspectives,” which was published in the Journal of the Indian Law Institute (1996).

 

Prof. Mir published books on Cyber Law, Law on Consumer Services, Copyright, and Consumer Protection in India, and more than fifty research articles in distinguished journals. He is an active member of various academic societies and also serves as referee and editor to several law journals.