Faculty

Biography

Mrs. Puja Silwal is an Assistant Professor at Kathmandu School of Law. She pursued her LL.M. from Renmin University of China and her B.A. LL.B. from Kathmandu School of Law. She has work experience as a Program Secretary for the Asia Pacific Master's Program in Human Rights and Democratization at KSL. Apart from that, she has been actively engaged in various national and international seminars, workshops, and projects. Her interests lie in Artificial Intelligence and various facets of law, including human rights and ethical concerns.   

Publication

Book Chapters: 

• Conference Proceedings of National Conference on Navigating the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Law: Ethical        and Legal Horizons,Department of Legal Science,Techno India University and Law Learnizo, Editors, Dr. Debashree   Chakraborty and Others,Juris Cognita Publications, A Dilemma for Protection of Authorship Right Under Copyright Law for   AI-Generated Work, pp 187-200, 2025.

• Seventy Years of Nepal-China Relations, A Model for Civilizational Friendship, Ed. Zhang Jiadong and Bibek Dhoj   Thapa,“AI and Opportunity for Nepal” Adorit, 2026.

Conferences:

• National Conference on Navigating the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Law:Ethical And Legal Horizons,Techno India University andLaw Learnizo,28th and 29th September 2024.

• International Conference on Globally Changing Facets of Law: Dialogue Between Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approach, Asian Law College and Kathmandu  School of Law, 8th Nov, 2025. Presented paper on “Towards a Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility Framework in Nepal: Lesson from India and China.

• International Conference on Human Rights at Crossroads: Emerging Issues and Response, organized by KSL and Kerala Law Academy, “Cyber Crime and Human Rights: Recent Development in Asia Pacific”, 21 and 22 May, 2026.

Research Articles

 Newspapers Articles:

•  Artificial Intelligence, Health Care and Human Right During the Covid-19 Pandemic, April 18, 2022,

http://asia-blogs.org/2022/04/18/artificial-intelligence-healthcare-and-human-rights-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/.

• Artificial Intelligence in Nepal: Amid Growing Use, Here Are Things You Should Know, 21 Jan, 2023, 

http://english.onlinekhabar.com/pro-artificial-intelligence-in-nepal.html.

• AI and Nepali Law: The Much- Needed discussion faces hurdles, 18 March, 2023, 

http://english.onlinekhabar.com/tech-ai-and-nepali-law-discussion.html

•Necessity of an e-commerce bill in Nepal: Balancing Opportunities and Concerns, 7 September, 

http://english.onlinekhabar.com/necessity-e-commerce-bill-nepal.html.

• Marxism of A New Era, Book Review, The Rising Nepal, Nov 8, 2024, Friday Supplement.

Journal Article:

• AI and Law, Scope and Challenges in Nepal, Kathmandu School of Law Review, April 1, 2022

http://kslreview.org/index.php/kslr/issue/view/170.

• Digital Education A Critical View from Children Right to Education Perspective During Covid-19 Pandemic in South Asia', FIMT, Volume 4, India, ISSN No: 2582-9017

http://fimtlawjournal.in/volume-4-2021/.

• Corporate Accountability in Data Governance: International Legal Standards And Asian Comparative Perspectives From Nepal, Indonesia, And Vietnam, Brazilian Journal of IL, Nguyen Thi Hong Yen, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, Amritha V. Shenoy, Nguyen Phuong Anh, Puja Silwal (Online Submitted), 2026.