Upendra Baxi (born 9 November 1938)[1] is a legal scholar, since 1996 professor of law in development at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

He has also served as the vice-chancellor of the University of South Gujarat, Surat, India (1982–1985).

Additionally, he holds a degree of Doctorate of Juristic Sciences (S.J.D.

He was a former Ford Foundation Professor of Human Rights at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata, and was succeeded by Justice Ruma Pal.

[6] Baxi's areas of special expertise in teaching and research include comparative constitutionalism, social theory of human rights, human rights responsibilities in corporate governance and business conduct, and materiality of globalisation.