Rishabh studies the history and political economy of international law through the Indus Waters Treaty, 1960. He investigates the contradictions of postcolonial self-determination in South Asia, and the relationship between (public) international law, economics, and politics in the 20th century.
He completed his PhD as a Gates Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge. Before that, he earned his LLM at Melbourne Law School as an Alex Chernov Scholar, and his BA.LLB (Hons) at Jindal Law School as a Savitri Jindal Scholar.
A paper based on his doctoral research is forthcoming in the Journal of the History of International Law. His work has also appeared in the Leiden Journal of International Law, EJIL: Talk!, and in journals spanning political theory, history, and international law.
