IDIA to host a training programme in collaboration with Enable India Foundation to promote accessibility and inclusion in legal education
The IDIA Disability Access Programme (I-DAP), in collaboration with Enable India Foundation, will host specialized training programmes for law students with visual impairment enrolled in universities and pursuing higher education in the legal field. This pilot session of the programme shall tentatively start in the third week of December and shall be conducted in an […]
IDIA students from diverse backgrounds soar to new heights in law entrance examinations
IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) is ready to welcome its new batch of Scholars including Jai Singh Rathor, who has performed brilliantly and obtained All India Rank 3 in Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020. Belonging to a small place in Patna district, Jai overcame many issues including financial struggles to emerge as one of the […]
Making E-Learning Inclusive: Our Initiative to Provide Internet Access to a Village
With the help of donors, IDIA sponsored construction of a mini tele tower in August 2020 that helped an entire village have access to internet! Here’s the story behind it. Jiyarul Hoque is an IDIA Scholar, who is currently studying law is his fourth year at National Law University, Odisha. Due to the on-going COVID-19 […]
Making Online Education Accessible and Inclusive in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic
This report was authored by a team from IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA). The team consisted of IDIA’s Directors, Svetlana Correya and Swati Agrawal, and law students, Shreyas Alevoor (National Law University Odisha) and Puja Raghavan, (Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi) who were interning at IDIA. A special note of thanks is extended to IDIA […]
Interns’ Corner | Scope Of ‘Weaker Sections And Disadvantaged Groups’ Under The Right To Education Act
– Mrudula Dixit* The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (‘Act’) aims to foster inclusive education of children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups. On that note, this article aims at clarifying the scope of the term ‘weaker sections and disadvantaged groups’ by considering various government notifications and jurisprudence of the […]
Interns’ Corner | Reservation Norms at Leading National Law Universities
– Shreyas Alevoor* This is the first post in an intended two part series on reservation policies of the leading five National Law Universities. It analyses the data from their prospectus/ brochures for the academic year 2020-21 and the IDIA Diversity Survey 2018-19. These NLUs include National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), National […]
Spin-A-Tale Contest by IDIA Pune Chapter
As a part of its latest fundraiser initiative, IDIA Pune Chapter organised an online Short Story Writing Competition called ‘Spin-A-Tale’. The participants were asked to choose one of the two prompts that were given to them. They were asked to write a short tale beginning with the same prompt. A few “keywords” were provided that […]
IDAP Interview Series: Interview XVII with Milan Mittal
This IDAP interview features Milan Mittal, currently working as a lawyer with IndusLaw in New Delhi, India. Milan was diagnosed with a degenerative retinal disorder and gradually started losing his eyesight from early teenage, reducing his vision to just light perception by early twenties. However, this never stopped him from pursuing his dreams of carving […]
Interns’ Corner | Hurdles Faced by People With Disabilities in India During Covid-19
“Disabled people are not only the most deprived human beings in the developing world, they also are the most neglected”. -Amartya Sen[1] As the world grapples with the Covid-19 crisis, some lives are at more risk than the others. While most of us are able to traverse our way through the lockdown, hoping for things […]
Linklaters signs MOU with IDIA to Support IDIA’s Training and Materials Vertical
Linklaters, one of the leading law firms worldwide, has come forward to support IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with IDIA. Linklaters will be supporting the Training and Materials vertical of IDIA for three years. IDIA is a pan-India movement to train underprivileged students and help transform them into […]