OUR MISSION
Conversations on human rights and justice have for far too long become academic and theoretical, employing sophisticated language and techniques instead of being useful and usable for a citizen and a justice user. These conversations become inaccessible for a majority of people because the form and medium that they utilise does not respond to the common legal needs of people.
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There is a growing need to democratise access to information about ordinary justice problems and facilitate greater participation among different sections of society in advancing innovations and ideas for access to justice.
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At Justice Adda we seek to understand, prototype and build solutions that contribute to making the justice system work for everyone.
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Do you want to build tools and strategies for legal empowerment ?
Do you require a new strategy to increase the impact of your advocacy campaign ?
Do you want to explain legal procedures in an understandable manner ?
Do you require research to design a more equitable justice system?
TEAM
SIDDHARTH PETER DE SOUZA
Founder
Siddharth studied law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and the universities of Cambridge and Delhi. He is a postdoctoral researcher at Tilburg University. His interests lie at the intersection of access to justice, data justice and legal design.
SIDDHI GUPTA
Design and
Communication Lead
Siddhi is a designer, educator and researcher. Her practice intersects visual communication and creative education. She has studied communication design at NIFT, Delhi and RCA, London.
APARNA MEHROTRA
Law and
Communication Lead
Aparna Mehrotra is an advocate practicing in courts and tribunals in India. Her practice and research interests include constitutional law and literacy, gender and sexuality law and transnational climate justice.
CONOR MCGLYNN
Public Policy and International Affairs Lead
Conor is a policy and public affairs professional, currently a Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington DC. He was previously a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing and worked for several years in EU affairs in Brussels. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin.
NAOMI T. JOSE
Naomi T Jose is an Assistant Professor at the English Department of Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. She worked at Justice Adda as the Research and Operations Lead with a focus on pedagogy and legal awareness.
Editorial Lead
VARSHA AITHALA
Operations Lead
Varsha Aithala is a lawyer, teacher, and researcher based at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. She specializes in social investment, law and technology, access to justice, and legal system reform. Varsha is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at NLSIU.
Saumya is a public policy research and advocacy professional, who has worked on Parliament and legislation for several years. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford.
JANANI TP
Janani is an advocate, who has worked with a leading law firm and in the policy-research space. Her interests include legal literacy for students in schools and higher educational institutions.
Operations Co-ordinator
Sharada Kerkar
Senior Consultant,
Policy and Design
Sharada Kerkar is a development sector practitioner, and illustrator. She graduated in Public Policy and Human Development from UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University.
Eklavya Vasudev
Eklavya studied law at Georgetown University and the University of Delhi. He has experience working as a litigator and researcher on issues at the intersection of Constitutional and Human Rights. He wants to explore rights based solutions to climate justice and health.
Senior Consultant,
Climate and Health
Saumya is a public policy research and advocacy professional, who has worked on Parliament and legislation for several years. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford.
Saumya Varma
Senior Consultant,
Parliament and
Policy Research
Saumya is a public policy research and advocacy professional, who has worked on Parliament and legislation for several years. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford.
PAYAL CHANDRA
​Payal is an independent legal practitioner practicing before courts and tribunals in India. She has ten years of experience which includes a stint with a leading law firm in India. Her primary focus is civil and commercial litigation, arbitration and advisory.
Senior Consultant
and Legal Advisor
Saumya is a public policy research and advocacy professional, who has worked on Parliament and legislation for several years. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford.
Rachit Sharma
Rachit is a recent graduate from the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. His interests lie in legal designing and projects centered around access to justice.
Associate (Legal Research and Design)
Saumya is a public policy research and advocacy professional, who has worked on Parliament and legislation for several years. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford.
Rajith Nair
Rajith is a finance consultant, with a Masters in Commerce currently pursuing CA from ICAI, New Delhi.
He specializes in providing comprehensive financial services to individuals and businesses alike, with a focus on tax litigation proceedings.
Financial Controller
Saumya is a public policy research and advocacy professional, who has worked on Parliament and legislation for several years. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford.
Aditi Nayak
Aditi is a researcher and development sector practitioner. She holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degree in Urban Studies and an MA in Development from Azim Premji University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of gender and the urban, particularly on issues of safety and violence against women.
Research Associate
Saumya is a public policy research and advocacy professional, who has worked on Parliament and legislation for several years. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford.
Soumya Jha
Soumya Jha is a New Delhi–based lawyer, musician, and Senior Consultant (Law and Policy) at Justice Adda. With over a decade in socio-economic rights, she focuses on the future of work, digital labour platforms, and labour laws in India. She is also a singer-songwriter and music producer releasing music on streaming platforms, and she heads Anthems for Justice, bridging law and music.
Senior Consultant (Law and Policy)
TERESA SEBASTIAN
Senior Consultant, Design
Teresa is a visual communications designer from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kangra, India. Her interests and projects include illustrating for social causes especially related to children’s rights.
Justice Adda part of Jusadd Innovation Lab LLP is a social enterprise that helps human rights campaigners, development organisations, justice and other legal institutions to empower people to understand and use the law by providing content, design, and technology solutions. Justice Adda was incubated at the Cambridge Social Ventures programme in the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School.
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