Allen & Overy enters into an MOU with IDIA for offering internships to IDIA Scholars
IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) and Allen & Overy will collaborate on an internship programme to support IDIA Scholars studying in law schools in India. 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 […]
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 | 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 […]
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 – 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 […]
IDIA Odisha Chapter conducts Sensitisation sessions for over 300 students in Bolangir in 3 days
3 days. 3 volunteers. Over 380 students sensitized about law. You read that right! Over a span of three days, from 3rd – 5th April, 2019, a team from IDIA Odisha Chapter consisting of first year volunteers Tuku Padhan and Shreyas Alevoor (the author of this post), led by Team Leader (Legal Aid) Shivendra Pandey, conducted a […]
IDIA Kerala Chapter Conducts Sensitisation at a Girls’ School in Venganoor
I am Shinto Matthew Abraham, and I studied in NUALS Kochi. I am an IDIA Scholar, and I was also a volunteer with the IDIA Kerala Chapter. One of the core activities of the IDIA state chapters is to organise sensitisation sessions for students from underprivileged backgrounds. IDIA Kerala chapter organises sensitisation drives among school […]
IDIA – Look Back 2016
2016 was our biggest year yet. We want to thank everyone who made it possible. Here’s a look back at the year!
Arodhum selects first year law student Dharu Ram as Arodhum Scholar 2016
Arodhum awards scholarships to deserving rural students who demonstrate laudable strength or skill in a field, and show great potential to be agents of change. It has selected IDIA scholar, Dharu Ram as Arodhum Scholar 2016. Dharu, hails from a village in Rajasthan, and wants to fight for justice. Read his story and about Arodhum scholarship that provides opportunity and resources to bridge inequality.