Dr. Snigdha Kuriyal

At Nyaya Pathshala

As Associate Editor, Dr. Kuriyal leads our work where crime meets money and technology. She reviews the guides on cyber fraud, digital arrest scams, banking and cheque bounce, data protection and privacy, and evidence and forensics, so that readers know how financial and online crimes are actually investigated and proved. Her research on economic offences, anti-money-laundering law and green criminology also shapes our explainers on white-collar crime and the environment.

Profile

Dr. Snigdha Kuriyal is an Assistant Professor at the Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS, which she joined in June 2026. Before that she taught at Lloyd Law College (2023–2026), the School of Law at Sharda University and ICFAI University, Dehradun, and began her career as an Associate with S&G Partners, Dehradun. In 2024 she was a Fellow at the Institute of Legislative Drafting and Research, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice. She holds a Ph.D. from Sharda University (2026), an LL.M. from Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University, and a BBA LL.B. from Symbiosis Law School, Noida, and is UGC-NET qualified. Her research covers economic offences, criminal law, artificial intelligence, forensics and environmental law. She has published on money laundering, white-collar crime, crime-scene evidence, data protection and space law, including in LiveLaw and Telangana Today, and has taught subjects ranging from evidence, criminal procedure and forensic science to IPR and international commercial arbitration.

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