Krishnendu Mukherjee > Doughty Street Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

A desire to work on issues of globalisation, and in particular on international environment issues, led him to practice in India from 2007. Up until 2008, he worked with India’s first environmental and natural resources law firm based in Delhi, working on projects concerning coastal regulations, land acquisition and water laws.

After qualifying as an Indian advocate in 2008, he has practised in the Bombay High Court on public interest litigation on the environment, police misconduct, discrimination against minorities and land acquisition.

He writes and speaks widely on issues of environment and corporate accountability. He was one of the recipients of the IUCN’s Alexandre Kiss Award 2008 for his essay on Climate Change Adaptation and the Sundarbans. Krishnendu contributed to the critique of the India’s National Green Tribunal 2009 (The Access Initiative), which set up India’s environmental court, from which some of the recommendations were incorporated into the final Act itself.