Pranav Agarwal is a graduate student in the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program on a Merit Scholarship at Georgetown University, pursuing a concentration in Global Politics and Security. He is interested in humanitarian policy, human rights, and multilateral diplomacy. In 2024, he was awarded the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations to work with a U.S. Government agency the Inter-American Foundation.

Prior to MSFS, Pranav earned a law degree from the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab in India, where he specialized in international law. He worked as a Student Legal Advisor to the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland. He advised on the 49th and 50th Sessions of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the 40th Session of the Universal Periodic Review. He participated in negotiations on HRC Resolution 50/11 on the ‘Importance of Casualty Recording to Human Rights.’ Pranav has also interned with the Max Planck Institute for International Law, Amnesty International, and the Supreme Court of India. He has been an editor for the Groningen Journal of International Law and E-International Relations.

Publications:
1. Oxford Political Review. “From Annexation to Self-Defense: Prelude to the Eleven Day Gaza Conflict | Pranav Agarwal and Yagnesh Sharma | Oxford Political Review,” July 11, 2021. https://oxfordpoliticalreview.com/2021/07/11/from-annexation-to-self-defense-prelude-to-the-eleven-day-gaza-conflict/.
2. OxPol. “ ‘Uniting for Peace’ Against Israel’s Annexation Plan | Pranav Agarwal and Yagnesh Sharma | OxPol,” February 19, 2021. https://blog.politics.ox.ac.uk/uniting-for-peace/.
3. Yale Review of International Studies. “Fault Lines in the Legal Basis of America’s Snapback | Pranav Agarwal and Yagnesh Sharma | Yale Review of International Studies,” September 30, 2020. http://yris.yira.org/comments/americas/4314.
4. The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs. “Dealing With Non-State Actors In International Law: The ‘Unwilling And Unable Doctrine’; The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs,” May 9, 2020. http://www.fletcherforum.org/the-rostrum/2020/5/9/dealing-with-non-state-actors-in-international-law-the-unwilling-and-unable-doctrine.
5. Oxford Human Rights Blog. “International Criminal Investigation in Afghanistan | Pranav Agarwal | OHRH,” May 28, 2020. http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/international-criminal-investigation-in-afghanistan/.
6. JURIST Commentary. “Will Myanmar Comply with Provisional Measures in Gambia v. Myanmar? | Pranav Agarwal and Yagnesh Sharma | JURIST Commentary,” May 20, 2020. https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2020/05/agarwal-sharma-icj-measures-rohingyas/.
7. Bhardwaj, Talin and Pranav Agarwal, “Underreporting of Crimes Against Women: Resolving the Paradox of Bihar and Kerala: A Socio-Legal Policy Perspective,” NUJS International Journal of Law and Policy Review 9, No. 1 (2020): 98, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IpnfWgDEZ7xRr-WE5MWo0nSY_tiVfF_z/view.