Naresh Prajapati is a Senior Research Fellow in Law at the Central University of Punjab, pursuing a Ph.D. on judicial approaches to human rights protection amid climate change in South Asia. A UGC-NET JRF awardee in both Law and Human Rights, he holds degrees in Geography, Law, and Environmental Law. Naresh has presented at international conferences across Asia and Europe, and published widely in Scopus and ABDC-indexed journals. He serves as Senior Editor of Africa University Law Review and Lead Editor for a special issue of the Journal of International Women’s Studies, (Scopus Index)