“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 [...]

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 [...]

In honour of late Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer (Founder, IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) and SpicyIP), the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) joined hands with IDIA to [...]

The Legal Aid vertical and the Sensitisation vertical of the IDIA Kerala chapter visited Swanthanam, an orphanage for girls at Edathala, Kochi, on 28 January 2020, to organise an interactive [...]

UPDATE: Amidst lockdowns and travel restrictions, we have urgently sent most of our scholars to their respective homes. Most of them are traveling by last minute flight bookings. Our directors [...]

Welcomed by the sound of beating drums and smiles on the faces of the locals, the IDIA Jharkhand chapter embarked on yet another ambitious drive, ‘A WALK TO AWAKEN’. The walk was organised to [...]

Jashpur district lies in the north-eastern corner of the state of Chhattisgarh, bordering the states of Odisha and Jharkhand. It is a district with a majority tribal population. The IDIA [...]

“Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving” – Hank Rosso The IDIA Punjab Chapter conducted their maiden fundraising event between the dates of 4th October to 6th October 2019. [...]

Today, as I write this post, I tear up a little. There’s not a day that has gone by when I’ve not thought about Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer since the evening of 8th August 2019. Oddly enough, I [...]

IDIA Tamil Nadu Chapter’s inaugural sensitization session for the academic year 2019-2020 was held at the Chennai Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Perambur. We must admit that this sensitization [...]