Rhythma Kaul

Rhythma Kaul

Associate Fellow

Areas of Research

  • Public International Maritime Law

Experience

  • Associate Fellow, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi (since April 2022)
  • Relationship Banker, Bank of America, Michigan, USA (April 2019-August 2020)
  • Associate Manager (Projects & Communication), All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA), New Delhi (February 2017-February 2018)
  • Project Manager, Stenum Asia Sustainable Development Society, Gurgaon (July 2016-January 2017)
  • Junior Associate, Advocate S. Rajappa, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi (April 2014-July 2016)
  • Legal Reviewer, Black Lion Law LLP, London, UK (October 2012-March 2014)
  • Project Associate, German Cooperation for International Development (GIZ), New Delhi, (March 2012-September 2012)
  • Intern, International Tribunal for the Law of the  Sea (ITLOS), Hamburg, Germany (October 2009- December 2009)

Education

  • LLM, (Environmental Law), School of Law, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (2011)
  • BA-LLB, School of Law, Symbiosis International University, Pune (2010)
  • Diploma, (Environmental Law), WWF, India (2009)

Presentations

All Publications

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SUSTAINABLE SHIP RECYCLING IN INDIA- LEGAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS

Author: Abstract: The Gulf of Khambhat, historically known as the Gulf of Cambay, is a bay in the Arabian Sea in the state of Gujarat on the west coast of India.  Alang-Sosiya, where the majority of India’s ship breaking and ship recycling industry is concentrated, is located approximately 30 km from Bhavnagar in the Gulf of […]
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LEGAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION FROM RECYCLING OF VESSELS IN INDIA

Author: Abstract: India conducts the world’s largest ship-recycling operation in Alang, Gujarat.  Nearly 153 ship-breaking yards line a 10 kilometre long coastal stretch in Bhavnagar district, where End of Life (EOL) vessels are brought to be dismantled.  The term EOL refers to a ship that is at the end of its useful life.  At the ship […]
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INDIA’s RESPONSE TO MARINE OIL SPILLS: AN EVALUATION

Author: Climate Change and Marine Oil Spills Climate change is the greatest challenge that humanity is facing — a challenge that would be significantly greater had it not been for our oceans, which play a crucial ameliorating role when it comes to global warming.  Oceans absorb a significant amount of heat and are the largest environmental […]
  • “Doing their bit: Green Warriors in Pune”, July 2012 Newsletter of Go4BioDiv (International Youth Forum) Convention of Biological Diversity COP.

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