Argha Kumar Jena

Argha Kumar Jena is CELIS Assistant Country Reporter for India.

Mr. Argha Kumar Jena is an advocate from the Republic of India. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at UNIDROIT while being enrolled as a Ph.D. scholar with full scholarship at UNINETTUNO University, Rome composing his dissertation on the Crossroads of FDI Control Regulations and Sustainable Development Goals. He is also serving as a Senior Research Associate with Prof. Dr. Steffen Hindelang and as the Assistant Country Reporter (India) at the CELIS Institute. Since being admitted to the Bar Council of India in 2017, he has partnered with law firms in Germany, Italy and India, in continuing to advise and represent clients from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in international transactions and disputes. Additionally, he lectures periodically on subjects concerning international contracts, private and public international law at Uppsala University (Sweden); Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI, Germany); and the University of Turin (Italy). Argha has completed his LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution from the Humboldt University of Berlin. Previously, he has served as a Research Associate at an international arbitration boutique in Berlin, Germany (2020-2021) during which, amongst other things, he has co-authored a comprehensive guidebook for international commercial arbitration in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) states that was published in association with the German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK).