Param Pandya is a PhD candidate and the President's Graduate Fellow at the National University of Singapore, Singapore. He holds a Master’s in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford. Param has worked as a Research Fellow at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi, a non-profit legal policy think-tank which assists the Government of India in drafting better laws. Param is qualified to practice law in India and has also worked as an Associate at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai, a leading law firm in India. Param's doctoral research work focuses on designing a mechanism to enforce directors' duties to consider stakeholders’ interests in common law jurisdictions. He hopes to continue working on corporate governance, sustainable finance, and climate change in the Global South to make companies more socially responsible.

Param is an Indian history buff and collects British Indian coins and stamps. He is passionate about popularising traditional Gujarati cuisine and hopes to open a restaurant someday!