Bar and Bench
 
23 December 2021
 
“Pursuant to the collaboration, Allen & Overy will offer a four-week long internship to an IDIA Scholar in the fourth or fifth year of their studies at its Singapore office for the next two years. Allen & Overy will sponsor and provide mentorship to the IDIA Scholar for the duration of the internship.”

SCC Online
 
21 December 2021
 
“Internships are an important part of the journey of law students, and this is a valuable learning and development opportunity for IDIA Scholars who come from diverse backgrounds. Unfortunately, IDIA Scholars have often experienced many forms of marginalisation. An internship with a leading global law firm offers them a chance to gain international experience, develop career skills and gather know-how that may otherwise not be accessible to them.”

SCC Online
 
21 August 2021
 
“IDIA UP Chapter scholars, Sumyya and Anmol Raj, qualified the Common Law Admission Test, 2021. Sumyya, who secured All India Rank 1215, will be joining RML National Law University, Lucknow. Anmol bagged All India Rank 91 (PWD), and will attend National Law University, Odisha.”

SCC Online
 
30 July 2021
 
“CLAT results are out and IDIA students from diverse backgrounds have shown outstanding success despite many challenges posed by their circumstances. IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) is ready to welcome its new batch of Scholars in 2021 with at least 10 of its Trainees being eligible for admission to top law colleges in the first list. Around 10 more Trainees are expected to gain admission in the subsequent lists.”

The New Indian Express
 
29 July 2021
 
“Swabhiman Jayant Patil, who was trained at IDIA, is All India Rank 42 in CLAT 2021 with a score of 106.75 marks out of 150.”

Live Law
 
29 July 2021
 
“The results of CLAT- 2021 has become a moment to revel in the outstanding performance of its students for IDIA (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access).”

Bar and Bench
 
9 July 2021
 
“The Confederation of Alumni for National Law Universities (CAN) Foundation has announced five candidates who have been selected for the Dhananjay 2021 scholarship, two of whom are IDIA scholars.”

SCC Online
 
8 July 2021
 
“In its maiden year of execution, the Foundation had selected 4 law graduates under this flagship initiative, a first of its own kind in the country for fresh NLU Grads.

Out of the 5 applications selected, 2 of the selected scholars were recommended by IDIA.”

Bar and Bench
 
7 June 2021
 
“Increasing Diversity for Increasing Access (IDIA Charitable Trust) and Confederation of Alumni for National Law Universities (CAN Foundation) have tied-up through a Memorandum of Understanding (‘MoU’), in regard to one of CAN’s flagship projects, ‘Dhananjay’.”

Live Law
 
7 June 2021
 
“The IDIA Charitable Trust and the CAN Foundation have tied-up through a Memorandum of Understanding for supporting IDIA scholars under CAN’s flagship project, ‘Dhananjay’.”

Live Law
 
16 May 2021
 
“IDIA will be setting up isolation centers in rural areas for people with mild symptoms of COVID-19. These isolation centers will be equipped with beds, medicines, oxymeters, thermometers and other basic requirements. Doctors would also be available on video call.”

Bar and Bench
 
5 May 2021
 
“Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education (IDIA) has joined forces with organisations and individuals to provide aid to those in need in the State of West Bengal amid the COVID-19 pandemic.”

SCC Online
 
26 February 2021
 
“Udai’s father is a farmer, and he is the youngest son in a family of four. His dedication towards becoming a supporting pillar for his family is unparalleled. To pursue his passion of being a changemaker in society, Udai secured admission to study BA. (Law & Politics) at Ambedkar University, Delhi. He was elected to the Student-Faculty Committee therein. His zeal and ardor towards understanding law more closely prompted him to begin preparing for law entrance examinations.”

SCC Online
 
25 February 2021
 
“Jai’s consistent hardwork and perseverance gave him an outstanding result in CLAT 2020. He stood out as the 3rd best candidate in CLAT 2020 (AIR 3) and secured a seat at NLSIU, Bangalore.
He is excited to pursue his passion and is committed to give back to society through his legal education.”

SCC Online
 
17 December 2020
 
“Anand Kumar came to know about IDIA through one of his seniors in school who is currently studying in CNLU, Patna. He qualified among many students who gave the IDIA National Aptitude Test, and was selected as an IDIA Trainee.

According to him, law is the best subject he can study. He believes that law is an important aspect of everyone’s life and it plays an integral role in a nation’s growth and development. He is determined to study law and contribute towards the development of his community.”

Bar and Bench
 
5 December 2020
 
“The IDIA Disability Access Programme (I-DAP), in collaboration with Enable India Foundation, will host specialized training programmes for visually impaired law students. The novel set of training programmes has been organized keeping in mind I-DAP’s policy to promote accessibility and inclusion in the legal field.”

Newzhook
 
4 December 2020
 
“There is a need for a different way of teaching to equip students with visual impairment with these software skills which are essential to multiple aspects of their lives and which would become increasingly important in the times to come. While universities comply with the law in many ways, we feel that lack of software training for law school coursework is a major lacuna to foster true accessibility and inclusivity in these universities. – Svetlana Correya, Director in charge, I-DAP”

The Hindu
 
31 October 2020
 
“This academic year, as many as 21 IDIA scholars have already got into NLUs – which is their highest ever since inception, and around 30 students are expected to get admissions. IDIA funds their education and continues to mentor them once they get into these universities. Besides this year, as many as 74 of the IDIA trainees have got into NLUs. As for the long term plans of the organisation, Mr Rudrappa said, “Our founder Shamnad Basheer would say that there should be a time when IDIA ceases to exist and all law universities should become more inclusive.”

The Hindu
 
27 October 2020
 
“Seventeen-year-old K.K. Radhika from Wayanad is in the limelight for cracking the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), said to be the first among a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) in the country.”

Indian Express
 
8 October 2020
 
“My father does not get pension, and my elder sister (22) is also preparing for the BPSC. So funds were low. The IDIA helped with filling up the form, which costs Rs 4,000, and study materials,” Anand Kumar said.

Ever since June, online classes were held from late night till early morning, since most students were free only then.”