Mohit Gupta

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Grant Category:	Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Project Title:	Sustainable Fisheries Management: A study of regulatory policies for dealing with the issue of Bycatch in India and the U.S.
Field of Study:	Public Policy
Home Institution:	Gujarat Maritime University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Host Institution:	Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI
Grant Start Month:	December 2025
Duration of Grant:	Twelve months

Brief Bio:

Dr. Mohit Gupta is an assistant professor at Gujarat Maritime University, Gujarat, India. He earned his BA LLB(Hons.) degree in 2016 from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow and completed his LLM in international law in 2018 from South Asian University, Delhi. In 2023, he was awarded a PhD from the Gujarat National Law University, Koba, Gujarat. Dr. Gupta has received prestigious fellowships from the Korea Maritime Institute and the University of the Faroe Islands to attend the Yeosu Academy on the Law of the Sea and the Academy on the Continental Shelf. He has been a fellow at the United Nations Regional Course in International Law.

Dr. Gupta’s research interests lie in international law and the law of the sea, with a focus on international fisheries governance. He has published research articles in international journals, including Ocean Development and International Law (Taylor and Francis), International Journal on Minority and Group Rights (Brill), and the Indian Journal of International Law (Springer). His performance at the Yeosu Academy on the law of the sea earned him a diploma with magna cum laude.

As a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the U.S. Naval War College, Dr. Gupta is conducting a comparative analysis of fisheries bycatch regulations in India and the United States. The issue of bycatch is posing a substantial challenge to sustainable fisheries management. Dr. Gupta aims to develop and present policy recommendations to address the challenges associated with bycatch.