Ms Eram Mahtab
Bio - Profile
Eram Mahtab is a Research Associate with the Public International Maritime Law (PIML) Cluster at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF). She is a lawyer with a masters’ degree in International and Area Studies. She did her B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from the Faculty of Law, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj in 2016, and her M.A. (Politics: International and Area Studies) from MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Eram has done a six-month internship programme at the National Maritime Foundation in the Autex-2024 batch. Herein, she participated in the NMF workshop on ‘Unlock ocean-based solutions to climate change’ in collaboration with Nausicaa, the European Commission, and EuroOcean as part of the Ocean Citizen series. She also did a Certificate Course on Exclusive Economic Zone Protection Officers’ Course organized by the Royal Navy, UK. She has also published a book review during her internship titled ‘The Free Sea: The American Fight for Freedom of Navigation’
Eram is currently focusing her research on Public International Maritime Law, particularly on the themes of UNLCOS and the Laws of Naval Warfare.
Areas of Research
- Public International Maritime Law
- UNCLOS
- Legal Aspects of Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
Education
- Certificate Course, Exclusive Economic Zone Protection Officers Course, Royal Navy, UK (2024)
- M.A. (Politics: International and Area Studies), MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. (2022)
- B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Faculty of Law, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, U.P. (2016)
Experience
- Research Intern (Autex 2024), National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi
