IDIA Uttar Pradesh Chapter Conducted a Legal Awareness Session with Sadbhavna Trust

The Legal Services Vertical of IDIA – UP Chapter conducted a legal awareness session in collaboration with the Sadbhavna Trust, Lucknow. The session included spreading awareness on topics like the laws on domestic violence, process of filing an FIR, various welfare government schemes, and legal aid. About the Legal Services Vertical of IDIA – UP […]

IDIA Jharkhand Chapter Reaches out to Five Hundred Students in Latehar

The IDIA Jharkhand Chapter which operates out of National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi conducted mass sensitisation sessions in Latehar. Latehar is a remote district in Jharkhand, which is located about 120 kms away from their college campus in Ranchi. This district, like many others in India, faces high illiteracy rate and […]

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 […]

IDIA and NUJS Collaborate to Open the Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer Accessibility Lab

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 inaugurate the Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer Accessibility Lab at NUJS to foster greater inclusion of students with disabilities. This initiative was announced in September 2019, and […]

IDIA Jharkhand: A WALK TO AWAKEN

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 educate the village dwellers of Ekambha, Jharkhand about choosing law as a career. After covering a journey of about 10 kms […]

IDIA – Jashpur District Administration Sensitisation Programme 2019

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 Chhattisgarh Chapter comprising of students from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU) in association with the Jashpur district administration, launched a collaborative project in […]

Going Forward, One Sensitisation at a Time

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 never had the opportunity of meeting him. Yet, there’s a cosmic connection that I have felt towards […]