Support the IDIA Scholar Fund
A seat at a National Law University costs up to ₹5 lakh a year. The students who earn one can rarely pay for it.
✓ 50% tax deductible u/s 80G
✓ FCRA registered
✓ Registered charitable trust since 2011
Founded by the late Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer, who believed that the legal profession would only be as just as the people allowed into it.
We don’t hand out a cheque and hope. We stay for a decade.
Four stages, run largely by 1000+ law-student volunteers who travel to the schools themselves.
Outreach
1
Fund by donating ₹1,000-5,000
Train
2
Fund by donating ₹10,000-20,000
Fund
3
Fund by donating ₹25,000-1,00,000
Mentor
4
280,000+
1,000+
284
47
87
1000+
Student volunteers
The bottleneck isn’t ability. It’s the price of the door.
India’s National Law Universities produce the lawyers who end up arguing in its highest courts. Almost none of their students come from the communities most likely to need one.
₹5L
What a single year at an NLU costs once tuition, hostel, books and internship travel are counted
₹4,000
The CLAT application fee alone. For a family living on daily wages, this is where the ambition usually stops — before a single class has been attended.
2 years
How long serious CLAT preparation takes. Coaching at that level is priced for cities and for parents who can pay upfront.
Pick the piece of the journey you want to pay for.
₹1,000
A classroom hears about
law
₹3,000
One CLAT application
form
₹15,000
A year of preparation material *
₹50,000
A term at a National Law University *
₹2,50,000
A Scholar, for a whole year
Ashutosh, an IDIA Scholar from the 2025 batch, is a first-year student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Born …
National Law University, Delhi Ashutosh, an extremely diligent and dedicated young man, hails from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Growing up in a family …
Born and raised in the slums of Khar, Mumbai, Atharva Minath Karanjkar’s journey is one of resilience, hard work, and unshakeable determination. …
Avadhuta Vamshi Krishna hails from the Warangal district of Telangana. When he joined us as a trainee, his father ran a small …
Ayshath Suhara hails from Kollam, Kerala and is currently pursuing her B.A. LL.B. at Al-Ameen Law College, affiliated with the Karnataka State …
Ayush Raj, hailing from Bihar, grew up witnessing how societal power holds more influence than wealth. Unlike many, Ayush’s choice to pursue …
National Law Univeristy, Odisha Ayushman Khadanga, from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, is a shining example of resilience and determination. Despite facing immense challenges, including …
Bala Nihal hailing from Patna, Bihar. He belongs to a joint family of eleven members and managing studies in a small house …
Photographs and details as published in IDIA’s own Scholar directory at idialaw.org/scholars. Confirm current consent for fundraising use before this page goes live, and swap in IDIA’s preferred portraits if it has them.
The proof is in who is now in the room.
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Donations to IDIA Charitable Trust qualify for a deduction of 50% of the donated amount under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act. If you donate ₹10,000, ₹5,000 comes off your taxable income
Since the 2021 rules, charities must report every donation to the Income Tax Department against the donor’s PAN. Without it we cannot file that statement, cannot issue your Form 10BE certificate, and you cannot claim the deduction.
An acknowledgement is emailed as soon as the payment settles. The Form 10BE certificate covering all your donations in a financial year is issued by 30th june of the following year.
Yes. If you hold an Indian passport and are donating from an NRE/NRO account, you can use the domestic route and claim 80G against Indian taxable income if you have any.
If you are a foreign national or donating in foreign currency, the contribution must go through IDIA’s designated SBI FCRA account or via DanaMojo, as required by the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. Section 80G relief does not apply to foreign taxpayers.
Any time, with no notice period and no questions. Email accounts@idialaw.org and the mandate is cancelled or amended from the next cycle.