iProbono

Abhishek Yadav

Social Worker

A social worker with experience working with children in need of care and protection (CNCP) in Child Care Institutions (CCIs), Abhishek provides psychosocial support to children. He has a keen interest in rights of persons with disabilities and children in conflict with law.

Aishwarya Sinha

Senior Social Worker

A social worker with over 3 years of field and professional experience of working with children in need of care and protection (CNCP) as well as children in conflict with law (CCL), Aishwarya leads our Comprehensive Care Team in New Delhi.

Akanksha Natesan

Program Officer, Bangalore

Akanksha is an advocate with a broad range of experience in civil and criminal litigation, research, advocacy, and contract management. She has also written and published articles on representing children before the Juvenile Justice Board.

Amla Shejwadkar

Program Officer

With five years of litigation experience, Amla is a lawyer driven by her commitment to human rights and social justice. She manages iProbono's child protection casework in Mumbai.

Ankita Talukdar

Justice Leila Seth Fellow

Ankita Talukdar, an LLM graduate in International Children's Rights, is a Justice Leila Seth Fellow for the 2024 batch. With a background in advocacy and research, she strives to promote child-friendly justice systems globally.

Arunima Sinha

Psychologist

Arunima provides therapy to a diverse clientele using evidence-based interventions. As part of the Comprehensive Care Team, she provides therapeutic assistance and psychosocial support to the communities in need.

Binita Modi

Operations Director & Chair of the Board

With over 13 years experience of working in the legal and charity sector, Binita plays a crucial role in fostering relations with iProbono’s key stakeholders and overseeing our operations.

Deeksha Gujral

India Program Director

A human rights lawyer who studied law at Cambridge University, Deeksha has experience in civil and criminal litigation as well as refugee law. She leads iProbono’s programs in India and oversees case management.

Dhwani Naik

HR Officer & Executive Assistant

A postgraduate in Economics & Management, Dhwani utilises her market research background to optimise HR processes. Supporting the Chair of our Board and wider team, she enriches our workflow synergy.

Faizan Ahmad

Social Worker

A social worker with field experience working with a Child Care Institution, Faizan closely works with children in need of care and protection (CNCP) and children in conflict with law (CCL). He also supports our housing rights work.

Karuvaki Mohanty

Program Manager

Karuvaki has a vast experience in social justice. She leads iProbono India's housing and disability rights efforts and manages our legal support to NGOs vertical.

Mariam Faruqi

Chief Executive Officer

Mariam leads iProbono globally. A human rights lawyer with a focus on social justice in South Asia and the UK, she is Trustee at the Royal Drawing School in London and Reunite, international centre for child abduction.

Nimisha Menon

Program Manager

Nimisha represents children in need of care and protection in iProbono India's child protection litigation. She also leads our advocacy efforts in this area. She has an extensive litigation experience in Delhi courts.

Ragini Nagpal

Program Officer

Ragini, a lawyer with rights-based litigation experience, supports iProbono India's child protection litigation and advocacy efforts. She is interested in constitutional law and in creating systems that robustly support and enable children to thrive.

Rahul E

Junior Program Officer

Rahul is an Advocate with a Master's degree in Human Rights. He is dedicated to representing children in need of care and protection at iProbono. With a passion for Constitutional and Criminal laws, he works to ensure that children have access to legal rights.

Richa Oberoi

Communications and Advocacy Manager

A professional photographer, Richa builds iProbono's visual library, capturing the human element of our work. She also creates educational videos, works on advocacy campaigns, and manages our contact database and website.

Salim Inamdar

Board Director

Salim, the Board Director of iProbono India, is an advocate with a law practice in general, civil, commercial, and infrastructure litigations. He has represented cases involving the fundamental and statutory rights before the Supreme Court.

Satish Ojha

Senior Operations Officer

Satish handles the administrative duties at iProbono's Delhi office. As part of his role, he takes care of vendor management, invoicing and office logistics. He also supports our Operations Director with the financial aspects of our work.

Shireen Irani

Co-Founder

Founding iProbono in 2009, Shireen has worked in law and development across the UK, India and the US. She was recognised by the Queen, the UK Prime Minister and the Asian Women of Achievement, with the Financial Times naming her 'Legal Innovator of the Year'.

Shrutika Pandey

Program Officer

Shrutika is a lawyer and researcher with an interest in promoting access to justice. She has over two years of experience working in criminal justice, focusing on human rights defenders, undertrial prisoners, custodial torture, and violence.

Siddharth Desarda

Justice Leila Seth Fellow

Siddharth is a graduate of Government Law College Mumbai and a Justice Leila Seth Fellow for the 2024 batch. He has an academic and professional background that seamlessly blends social sciences and law. His interests span Constitutional and Criminal Law, Urbanization, and Migration.

Sumit Garg

Board Director

Qualified as a Lawyer and Company Secretary, Sumit has extensive experience in carrying out legal and secretarial due diligence, in both Indian and overseas companies.

Supriya Roychoudhury

Research and Impact Director

Supriya provides strategic direction to iProbono's knowledge, impact, and learning initiatives. Prior to this, she worked at the India-UK Development Partnership Forum, Crisis Action, and Oxfam India. Supriya holds an MPhil in Geographical Research with distinction from the University of Cambridge.

Suvrat Mishra

Office Assistant

As the Office Assistant, Suvrat supports the programs team with general office duties, including photocopying, scanning, and printing the case documents. In addition to his housekeeping tasks, he maintains attendance records and the communications inventory.

Swathi Sukumar

Co-Founder

A leading IP lawyer practicing in the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court, Swathi co-founded iProbono India in 2011. She received her Masters degree from Columbia Law School, which she attended on a Harlan Fiske Scholarship.

Vaidehi Subramani

Board Director

With a career spanning 20 years in child protection, Vaidehi Subramani has chaired two Child Welfare Committees in Delhi, and served on a Juvenile Justice Board. She was Honorary Director at Akshay Pratishthan, and an Academic counselor at IGNOU for the past twelve years.

Yamina Rizvi

Senior Program Officer

Yamina is a lawyer with experience in civil and criminal litigation. She leads iProbono India's juvenile justice work, and also works the rights of under-trial prisoners and housing rights issues.

Zehra Naqvi

Social Worker

A social worker with 5 years of diverse field work experience of working in communities, hospitals and Child Care Institutions (CCIs), Zehra is a part of our Comprehensive Care Team.

Who we are

Abhishek Yadav

Aishwarya Sinha

Akanksha Natesan

Amla Shejwadkar

Ankita Talukdar

Arunima Sinha

Binita Modi

Deeksha Gujral

Dhwani Naik

Faizan Ahmad

Karuvaki Mohanty

Mariam Faruqi

Nimisha Menon

Ragini Nagpal

Rahul E

Richa Oberoi

Salim Inamdar

Satish Ojha

Shireen Irani

Shrutika Pandey

Siddharth Desarda

Sumit Garg

Supriya Roychoudhury

Suvrat Mishra

Swathi Sukumar

Vaidehi Subramani

Yamina Rizvi

Zehra Naqvi

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Who we are

Abhishek Yadav

Aishwarya Sinha

Akanksha Natesan

Amla Shejwadkar

Ankita Talukdar

Arunima Sinha

Binita Modi

Deeksha Gujral

Dhwani Naik

Faizan Ahmad

Karuvaki Mohanty

Mariam Faruqi

Nimisha Menon

Ragini Nagpal

Rahul E

Richa Oberoi

Salim Inamdar

Satish Ojha

Shireen Irani

Shrutika Pandey

Siddharth Desarda

Sumit Garg

Supriya Roychoudhury

Suvrat Mishra

Swathi Sukumar

Vaidehi Subramani

Yamina Rizvi

Zehra Naqvi

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