Bimal N. Patel

Bimal N. Patel is an International Law Jurist, academician, administrator, and international relations scholar. He is also a professor and the Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Raksha University. Patel has been serving as a Member of the National Security Advisory Board, an advisory board to the National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister of India. He is a member of the Financial Sector Regulatory Appointments Search Committee (FSRASC), headed by the Cabinet Secretary. Patel served as the Director of the Gujarat National Law University for two consecutive terms from 2008 to 2019. He was appointed by a high-level committee headed by the then Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan, at the Supreme Court of India. He was also one of the Lead Academic Advisers to India during India's tenure as a member of the UN Security Council 2021-22. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the ICRC International Review of the Red Cross, Geneva. Patel is co-chair of the American Society of International Law Interest Group on Law of the Sea and a Member of Antarctica Environment Protection and Governance Committee, Government of India.