Academic Profile

I studied law at the University of Madras in India, graduating with a BL (ranked first in the university) in 1998. I completed a Masters programme in International and Constitutional Law, ranked second at the University of Madras in 2000. I practiced law for a couple of years alongside my masters programme at the Madras High Court. Having developed an interest in politics, I studied for a MA in Defence studies at the University of Hull as a Chevening Scholar funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK. I did a PhD at the University of Sheffield, pursuing my interest in interdisciplinary work, took up the topic of international governance of human genomic research, completing it in December 2006. I joined the University of Sheffield as lecturer in September 2007 after a short stint at Sheffield international college teaching law.

Member of Sheffield Centre for International and European Law and Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology, Law and Ethics research clusters.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Sheffield
• MA Security Studies, University of Hull (Chevening Scholar)
• ML International and Constitutional Law, (University Second Rank Holder) University of Madras
• BL, (University First Rank holder) Dr. Ambedkar Law College, University of Madras

Teaching and Learning

I teach public and private law subjects at the UG and PG level. I am part of the core team on intellectual property law at Sheffield Law School and also teach public international law. I design and deliver intellectual property modules at the undergraduate and post graduate levels, with an emphasis on research-based teaching, interdisciplinary and problem based approach to intellectual property law learning. The masters IP modules have a strong component of international IP law and include philosophical and bioethical issues.

Undergraduate	Postgraduate and MA
Property Law I	Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law
International Law I	International Biolaw
Patents, Trade Secrets and Branding (Industrial Property)	Intellectual Property Law and the Biosciences
	International Intellectual Property Law

Research Interests

My research interests are in international law, primarily looking at how international law responds to new technologies and how technological advances have shaped international law. I am interested in international regulatory issues, intellectual property, human rights and the work of international intergovernmental organisations in these areas. I am also interested in public engagement in ethics and regulation.

I work on legal and ethical challenges in human cloning, property issues in genetic research, the right to development and international intellectual property , legal issues in protection and promotion of traditional medicine in traditional cultures, the human genome as common heritage, trade versus security interests in the regulation of nuclear technology, the conception of cultural rights and their relation to traditional knowledge issues, cultural rights and methodology (the use of arts in understanding law and culture).

Key Publications

Kuppuswamy, C. (2010) International Organisations as fora for international bioethical debate: Towards a just international bioethical law? In S. Hongladarom, ed., Genomics and Bioethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Technologies and Advancements. IGI Publishers. p24-33
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-883-4

Kuppuswamy, C. (2009) The Ethics of Intellectual Property Rights: The Impact of Traditional Knowledge and Health on International Intellectual Property Law. Asian Medicine, 5 (2009) 340–362
DOI: 10.1163/157342109X568847

Kuppuswamy, C. (2009) The International Legal Governance of the Human Genome. Routledge.

Kuppuswamy, C. (2006) Cloning: National and International Law, Journal of International Biotechnology Law, 3(1), 216 - 233

Kuppuswamy, C. (2006) The Role Of International Institutions in the Formation of International Bioethical Law: UNESCO and the United Nations General Assembly attempt to govern Human Cloning. Journal international de bioéthique, 18(1-2), 139-170

Kuppuswamy, C. (2006) Is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Shaking at its Foundations? Stock Taking After the 2005 NPT Review Conference. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 11(1), 141-155.
doi:10.1093/jcsl/krl004

Key projects/Grants

Year	Title
2011	Santander Research Mobility Grant
2008	British Academy Conference Grant
2007	UK India Education and Research Initiative Travel Grant European Science Foundation Conference Grant

Professional Activities and Recognition

• Member, Board of Directors, International Association of Bioethics (2009-2012)
• Former Co-coordinator, Arts Bioethics Network, International Association of Bioethics (founded 2006)
• Communications and Publicity Manager, Sheffield Café
• Consulted by UNESCO´s International Bioethics Committee´s Working Group on Human Reproductive Cloning, July 2008 - May 2009
• Media participation - Sheffield Live! (April 2009), BBC World Service Programme (May 2008), Press and Media coverage of UNU-IAS Report on human reproductive cloning (November 2007)
• Produced and performed a 20 minute dance drama (The Toybox) on the theme of challenges interdisciplinary research, for Kroto Research Institute, Sheffield.
• Advocate, Bar Council, Tamilnadu, India (1998 enrolled)

Areas of Research Supervision

I invite proposals on themes that correspond with my research interests as above-mentioned.