Mr. Tarique Faiyaz is a faculty member at the Law School, Vidyashilp University. He completed his B.A.LL.B from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and LL.M from Amity University, Noida, both in First Class Honours. After that he joined the Bar and has worked as a lawyer in and around Delhi. Currently he is a doctoral student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He has participated and presented papers in various national and international conferences. Mr. Tarique Faiyaz has completed a "Certificate Course in International Law- June 2007" organized by the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, India. He has extensively contributed research papers in journals of international repute on issues concerning ocean governance, maritime security, intersection of AI and the law, and transnational organized crime. He has peer-reviewed articles for Journal of the Territorial and Maritime Studies (JTMS). He is engaged in research in the fields of International Law, Ocean Governance, International Environmental Law, as well as intersections of AI and Law.

• Administrative Law
• Labour Law

• International Law
• Law of the Sea
• Ocean Governance
• Artificial Intelligence
• Maritime Security
• International Environmental Law
• Climate Change

• “Examining India's Policy on Climate Change and its Effects on Marine Ecosystem Through the Development of International Environmental Law" at the UMass English Graduate Conference, "Climate, Culture, and Capital: Conversations and Conflicts," organized on 26 March, 2021 by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.
• “The Challenges of IUU Fishing and Maritime Security Threats in the Bay of Bengal Region: Need for a Regional Cooperation” at the “Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance 9th Postgraduate Colloquium” held on 2-3 June, 2021, organized by the University of Strathclyde Law School, UK.
• “IUU Fishing, Maritime Security Threats, and Ocean Governance in the Bay of Bengal: The Evolution of Regional Cooperation concept under International Law” at the 19th ASLI Conference held on 28-29 May 2022 at the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, Japan.
• “UNCLOS at Forty – It's Continuing Relevance and Development of the State Responsibility Concept under International Law in Overcoming the Threats of IUU Fishing in South Asia” at the 20th ASLI Conference from 31 May-01 June 2023 at the National University of Singapore, Singapore
• “Prohibiting Fisheries Subsidies and Combatting IUU Fishing in India: Policy and Regulatory Framework”, at the International Conference on Innovation and Integration for Development VIID 2024: Fostering regional dynamics for sustainable development amid global challenges, on 25 October 2024 at the Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• ‘IUU Fishing in the Bay of Bengal: Challenges of Implementing International Fisheries Law in the Domestic Legal Regime at the “International marine conference co-organised by the Faculty of Shariah and Law, Villa College, Maldives; DEHUKAM (Ankara University Center for Marine Law), Turkiye; Gujarat National Law University, India; Gujarat Maritime University, India; University of the West of Indies, Barbados and Parley, Maldives on 10 December, 2024.

Courses

• Completed the PhD Course, “A Law to Save the World?" from 03 November to 18 December 2020, offered by the Faculty of Law, Lund University as part of the Lund University Agenda 2030 Graduate School.
• Completed the course “Ocean Sciences: Ocean Law and Governance” of the European University of Ocean Sciences at CIVIS from 10 November to 14 December 2021 conducted by the Ocean Science Institute of AIX-Marseille University.
• Completed a Six Week (August 31 - October 12, 2020) MOOC on “The Blue Economy – Creating an Enabling Environment” at the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC), hosted by the James Michel Blue Economy Research Institute, University of Seychelles and the Commonwealth of Learning.
• Completed a Two Weeks (June 28 – July 09, 2021) International Law of the Sea Summer Academy Course on full scholarship, hosted by the Faculty of Law, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Completed a one-week International Training Workshop on Global Ocean Governance in the New Era (13 - 17 September 2021) organized the Xiamen University Center for Oceans Law and the China Seas and China Institute for Marine Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources, China.
• Completed a 10-day Virtual Ocean Governance Course from 19th – 30th September 2022, the IOI Summer School 2022 - Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine Ecosystems organized by Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany.
• Completed the 6th IOI/DMCR one month Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance Framework, Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and Its Related Instruments in the Southeast Asian Seas and the Indian Ocean being conducted by the International Ocean Institute Training Centre, Thailand (IOI Thailand) the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand from July 1 to 29, 2025 in Phuket, Thailand.