​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Upasana Dasgupta holds a PhD in Space Law from the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL), McGill University. She has more than a decade of experience as a space law academic. Currently, she is serving as a postdoctoral researcher at Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy, ESEI, Université Laval, focusing on divergent State practices and views with regards to space treaty provisions regarding the common benefit principle. She has also taught courses such as space law and international law at O.P. Jindal Global University, India. Further,as Board member of non-profit ACES Worldwide, she is heading the Space and Sustainability Compact Agreement Initiative at South Asia.​