Dr. Shaista Peerzada is currently serving as Associate Professor at School of Law, Ajeenkya D Y Patil University, Pune. Dr. Peerzada has been in academics for past six years over the course of which, she has taught Intellectual Property laws, Science, Innovation and Technology, Comparative Constitution, Professional Ethics,  to the students of both the Post-Graduate and Graduate degrees in Law.

Dr. Peerzada completed her PhD. in Intellectual Property and Information Technology, from Shri Venkateshwara University, and holds an LL.M degree with specialization in Innovation, Technology and Intellectual Property Laws from Symbiosis International University. In past, she has had the privilege of attending WIPO SUMMER SCHOOL at FRANKLIN PIERCE IP CENTER at the University of New Hampshire, USA.

During the course of her academic tenure, she has presented research papers on varied topics including but not limited to ‘Innovation in Business & IPR’s, Services Tax and IPR’s’.

Her erudition had been causal to her being invited as a speaker at various faculty development programs. She has served as a Researcher & Teacher at the WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Intellectual Property Teachers and Researchers in Asia, organized by WIPO and WTO in cooperation with Singapore Management University, School of Law, at Singapore.