Welcoming Prof. Poonam Saxena as Visiting Chair Professor (Ford Foundation Chair in Public Interest Law)
November 2, 2026
We are pleased to welcome Prof. Poonam Saxena, former Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Jodhpur, as a Visiting Chair Professor (Ford Foundation Chair in Public Interest Law) at NLSIU!
Poonam Saxena is the former Vice Chancellor of the National Law University, Jodhpur, where she led the university’s administration for ten years. Before joining NLU Jodhpur, she served as Professor-in-Charge of Law Centre II at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
With 41 years of experience in teaching and academic administration, she specialises in Family Law, Property Law, and Women and Law. She was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in 1988, during which she lectured at the University of Baltimore School of Law, Maryland, and at Northeastern University, Boston. In 2000, as a Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellow, she delivered lectures on gender issues at eleven universities across Canada. An accomplished academic traveller, she has shared her views at numerous seminars, workshops, and conferences, both in India and abroad.
As an author, she has written eight law books, all published by LexisNexis Butterworths. These include Family Law Lectures I & II, Property Law, and a revised edition of Mulla’s Transfer of Property Act, along with four volumes of Halsbury’s Laws of India: Property and Easements (Vol. 26), Trusts and Charities (Vol. 37), Family Law-I (Vol. 19), and Family Law-II (Vol. 20). She has also authored many articles for journals, both national and international.
Prof. Poonam Saxena received her LLB from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi; LLM and PhD from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi.