Honours/Membership

• Visiting Professor, University of Barcelona, Spain
• Hague University Faculty Member, the Netherlands
• Visiting Scholar, Tel Aviv University, Israel (Invitee)
• Visiting Associate Professor, University of Malaya, Malaysia
• Visiting Professor  & Eminent Scholar Member, Gujarat National Law University, India
• Adjunct Professor, Sardar Patel University, V. V. Nagar, India
• Visiting Professor & Advisor, MIT School of Government, Pune, India
• Member, International Law Association Committee on Teaching of International Law
• Life Member and Honorary European Coordinator, Indian Society of International Law
• Member, American, Australian-New Zealand, Indian, European Society of International Law, International Law Association, Netherlands Association of International Law (NVIR)

Association with Governmental and Non-Governmental Agencies

• Director, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL)
• Member, Academic Council, Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala
• Member, Executive Council, Meghalaya Law University, Meghalay
• Member, Executive Council, Indian Law Institute (Gujarat chapter)
• Member, Ministry of Forest and Environment, Government of Gujarat
• Member, Gujarat Council on Science and Technology
• Member, Gujarat Legal Services Authority

Lectures

• Cambridge University, UK
• Hague Academy of International Law, the Netherlands
• Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands
• Erasmus University of Rotterdam School of Law, the Netherlands
• University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
• University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
• University of Auckland, New Zealand
• University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• National Law University, Jodhpur, India

An international civil servant - administrator

Dr Patel has extensive international administrative knowledge and experience of serving the UN, an international tribunal and an international NGO. Dr Patel has experience in designing and implementing international and national development and research programmes and projects and networking and coordination with governmental agencies, UN bodies and academic/research institutions in various parts of the world. Dr Patel brings excellent experience of serving various international legal research committees and organizational staff-management bodies.

Vision

Director Patel has played a prime mover role and successfully advocated the establishment of Regional Facility of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the oldest arbitration court in the world, in New Delhi and India’s membership in the Hague Conference on Private International Law with an aim to make New Delhi as Capital of Law in Asia. He is committed to promote the use of teaching, education and research of international law in international relations, international commerce and trade. Recognising India’s emerging role in world affairs and importance of international law to ensure the momentum, he would like to promote that practitioners and students of national laws of India have good understanding of latest development of international law in their respective areas of profession – Promotion of Importance of International Law in National Judicial System, Legal Profession and Education..

Current research interests

• International Law & International Organisations
• Indian state practice on international law (policy and practice of India)
• International Courts and Tribunals
• Foreign Policy and International Law
• Public-Private Partnership in Legal Education, Research and Training
• Disarmament
• Human Rights

Selected publications

Books

• The World Court Reference Guide: Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the PCIJ and ICJ (1922-2000) – Kluwer Law International 2002 (Introduction by Shabtai Rosenne), Nominee of the Certificate of Merits Award of the American Society of International Law

• India and International Law (volume 1), Brill (2005)

•  A Comprehensive Guide on the Laws of Human Rights in Commonwealth Countries, Wadhwa (2007)

• India and International Law (volume 2), Brill (2008)

• "History of International Law in India between 1500-1945", Oxford Handbook on History of International Law, Oxford University Press, Upcoming

• The Responsibility of International Organisations: A Study of Inter Relations between the UN and World Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU), upcoming 2012

Articles/Research & Conference Papers & Addresses

• "Fragmentation of International Law: An Indian Perspective", Taipei Conference of International and Comparative Law, Taipei, Taiwan, 30-31 December 2011

• "Integrated Maritime Defense Policy and Strategy of India: Some Critical Ideas for Preparing a Blue-Print for India", Bimal N. Patel, Arunkumar Malik, Soumya Priyadarshinee and Udita Kanwar, Global Maritime Security and Anti-Piracy Conference, GNLU, Gandhinagar, 26 November 2011,

• "India-Australia Relations: Moving from Predicament to Permancy", GNLU Centre for Foreign Policy and Security Studies, 3 October 2011

• "Teaching and Research of International Law in Asia: A Holistic Approach in the 21st Century", 4th Asian Society of International Law Annual Conference, Beijing, China, 28 August 2011

• "Indo-US Relations: 1998 to 2010 and from 2010 Onwards - Nine months after President Obama Visit to India", Seminar on the Indo-US Relations: Nine Months after President Obama Visit to India: An Assessment; GNLU Center for Foreign Policy and Security Studies, 21 August 2011

• Non-State Challenges to Higher Education: Foreign and Private Universities, West-Zone Vice-Chancellors' Conference, Udaipur, 29 July 2011

• India- Singapore Bilateral Relations: A Strong Trading and Political Partner in the ASEAN – a concrete Result of the "Look Towards East" Policy, GNLU Centre for Foreign Policy and Security Studies, 25 July 2011

• India-Indonesia Bilateral Relations: A Strong Trading and Political Partner in the ASEAN – a concrete Result of the “Look Towards East” Policy, GNLU Centre for Foreign Policy and Security Studies, 20 July 2011

• Legal Awareness on Obligations and Rights of Prisoners and Prison Administration – an important tool for the Good Governance of the Prison Administration, Bureau of Police Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, SPIPA, Ahmedabad, 23 March 2011.

• Post-Doha Linkage between International Trade and Competition: Policy and Practice of Developed and Developing Countries, GNLU Conference on International Trade and Competition Law, Gandhinagar, 5-6 March 2011
• Value Oriented Higher Education System: Higher Education System in India, International Conference on Higher Education: Prospects for Gujarat, The Road Ahead, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, 25 November 2010
• Good Governance in the Higher Educational System in India: International Practices and Lessons, UGC-AIU All India Vice-Chancellors’ Conference, 85th Annual Meeting of Association of Indian Universities, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, 14 November 2010
• International Courts and Tribunals: An Indian/Asian Perspective, GNLU Centre for Public International Law, 3 October 2010
• Ethics and Values in Higher Education and Challenges of Globalisation, Western Zone Vice-Chancellors’ Conference, M. S. University, Vadodara, September 2010
• Legal Infrastructure for the 21st Century of India, Gujarat Magazine, June 2010
• India's participation in the Hague Conference on Private International Law is immensely beneficial to the country, its citizens, NRI and PIO communities, GNLU Centre on Private International Law, Gujarat National Law University, 10 April 2010
• Importance of a National Sports Law Centre for the Growth and Development of Sports Industry in India, GNLU Centre for Sports Law, Forest Research Institute, Gandhinagar, 20 March 2010
• Interdependence of Criminology and Forensic Science Management in the Efficient and Effective Administration of Criminal Justice, Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar, 6 March 2010
• Post-1991 Liberalization Polices and Programmes and Impacts on the Reduction of Regional Disparity in India, Interdisciplinary National Seminar on Inclusive Growth and Development: A Social Science Perspective, Jointly organised by the Departments of Labour Welfare, Political Science and Sociology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 26 February 2010
• Does international law offer a remedy to a state which has been and will repeatedly be a victim of terrorist attacks?, Daily News and Analysis, 2010
• Peaceful Coexistence through Sustainable Development - Need to Minimize Ecological Imbalance, Pollution and Uncontrolled Exploitation of Natural Resources, Three Day Round Table Conference, MAEER’s MIT, Pune, 31 January 2010
• Industry and Business Pro-activeness can mould an effective IPR Policy, Y. J. Trivedi – AMA Academy for Intellectual Property Rights, Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad, 23 January 2010
• Legal Issues of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs): Challenges and Possible Solutions, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, 7 January 2010
• Concerns, Needs and Interests shaping the Future of Indian Foreign Policy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 9 December 2009
• Laws for the 21st Century India, Seminar by the Bureau of the Parliamentary Studies, Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Gandhinagar, Saturday, 31 October 2009
• Food Security and Agro-Economy in the Developing Nations: The Millennium Development Goals, GNLU Centre for Food-Security and Agro-Economy, 10 October 2009
• Role of Media in Realizing Developed India Vision 2020, Media & Law Training Programme,  Townhall,Gandhinagar, 11 September 2009
• Role of Mediation Mechanism in Dealing with the Problem of pending cases - Why and How,Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, 5 September 2009
• Importance of Role of Rule of Law and Ethics and Business Practices and MBA Professional Studies, Mahavir Business College, Vir Narmad South Gujarat University, 8 August 2009
• Human Rights and Value Education in India, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, 27 March, 2009
• Pressing concerns of the contemporary Legal World: International Law Today, For a Global tomorrow, GNLU First International Seminar, Gandhinagar,31 January 2009
• India and the United Nations Reform (2005-2006): An Insightful Interplay between International Relations and International Law, in Bimal N. Patel (ed.) India and International Law vol. 2, 49-97 (Nijhoff: Leiden, 2008)·      
• Recommendations on the Enhancement of Role and Effectiveness of the International Court of Justice and the State Practice: Gap between Recommendations and Practice (1971 – 2006), Singapore Yearbook of International Law 2008·
• Some Reflections from Personal Experience on the Promotion of Teaching and Research of International Law, Indian Society of International Law International Seminar, 10 December 2007.         
• The Concept of Peace Dividend and the Chemical Weapons Disarmament (42 Indian Journal of International Law 2 (2005)
• International Court of Justice and India in Bimal N. Patel (ed.) India and International Law (2005), 289-318 (Nijhoff: Leiden, 2005)
• Can India afford to remain a non-member of the Hague Conference on Private International Law? (Second International Law Conference, Indian Society of International Law Proceedings, November 2004)
• Principles and Practices of “Good Governance” and the Chemical Weapons Convention:
• Role of the OPCW (Sixth Hague Joint Conference on Contemporary Issues of International Law 2003)
• Resolution 1540 and the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (2003 African Yearbook of International Law)
• La Cour Internationale de Justice plus sollicitée et plus active que jamais, Revue d’analyse juridique de l’actualité internationale (Année 2002)
• Judicial and Administrative Activities of the ICJ - Year 2001 (42 Indian Journal of International Law 3 (2002)
• Renaissance of the International Court of Justice: An overview of the judicial and administrative activities of the ICJ in 2000, 41 Indian Journal of International Law 2 (2001)
• Theory and Practice: Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention Destruction Regime under the Chemical Weapons Convention, 11 The Non-Proliferation Analysis Journal Summer (2000)
• Accountability of International Organisations: A Case Study of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 13 Leiden Journal of International Law 3 (2000)
• Protection Zones in International Humanitarian Law, 4 Indian Journal of International Law 39 (1999)
• Do the rules of evidence and procedure of the International Criminal Tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia ensure a fair trial?, 3 Indian Journal of International Law 39 (1999)

Recognizing the enormous political, legal and constitutional importance of India’s policy and practical approach on multilateral and bilateral treaties, He has initiated a project on Treaty Law and Practice of India.

Dr Patel has traveled extensively in Asia, Europe, Africa, America and Pacific for academic, research, and organizational purposes.

Family: Mrs Rajnika (Rupal) Patel provides valuable research and coordination support in all projects and activities to Dr Patel. Nand (Om) and Pruthvi-Gerben (Bittu) are their two sons.