Dr. Shyamtanu Pal is currently working with the School of Law, Pondicherry University. He is associated with the teaching fraternity for more than a decade and has a unique experience of teaching at Central University, National Law University, Government Law College and Deemed Universities across the country. He was also the founding faculty of the School of Law, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE) Chennai in 2019. Before joining CARE, he was teaching both undergraduate and post graduate level at reputed universities like Hidayatullah National Law University Raipur (CG), Christ (Deemed to be University) Bengaluru Karnataka, G.D. Goenka University Delhi (NCR), and Tripura Govt. Law College Agartala Tripura. He is an alumni of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (CG) with Corporate and Securities Law as his specialization. His Ph.D. research area relates to Corporate Governance and its implications on the Indian Companies Act, 2013. Before joining academics, he had a brief stint of practice at Tripura.
In recognition of his academic contributions, Dr. Shyamtanu Pal was invited in 2023 to deliver lectures at the Faculty of Law, Administration, and Economics, University of Wroclaw (established in 1702), Poland, and in 2024 at the prestigious ‘Thursday Meeting’ (Encontro das Quintas-Feiras), organized since 2007 by the Research Center in Constitutional Law at UniBrasil, Brazil. He was called upon as a panelist at the 15th Annual Conference of the Asian Criminological Society, held in Manila, Philippines. He was also selected to represent India at the ADB Regional Capacity Development Technical Assistance Program on “Environmental and Climate Change Laws in Asia and the Pacific” held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2018. He has been inducted as a member of the Consultation Committee tasked with fostering legal literacy and awareness among various stakeholders in Pondicherry for the NYAYA OLI Project, sponsored by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India. Dr. Pal is also a member of the committee responsible for Internationalization at the Pondicherry University. He has presented papers in various national and international seminars/conferences, published several articles in various journals, periodicals, written chapters in several edited volumes on various contemporary legal and social issues. He is also an external member on the Board of Studies at various Government and Private Universities. He has organized various National/International Seminars, Conferences and Moot Court competitions and has been invited as a resource person to deliver special lectures at various institutions.