Our Team

Prof. Shantha Sinha is known for her pioneering work on child rights. She is the founder-secretary of the M V Foundation, a rights-based grass root level NGO operating out of Hyderabad, which has withdrawn over 10,00,000 children from work and put them into schools. She also served as Professor of political science at the University of Hyderabad. She was the first Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the year 2007 and served two terms until 2013. She is the recipient of numerous awards such as the Rotary India Award for Elimination of Child Labour, Albert Shankar International Award for her outstanding personal contribution for education, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership. In 1998, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India, which is one of the highest civilian awards.

P Avinash Reddy is the Co-Founder and Managing Trustee of the charitable organisation DEVISE – Developing Inclusive Education. He pursued his B.A.,LLB (Hons.) at National Academy of Legal Studies And Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad.  He is an incoming LLM candidate (2020-21) at Leiden University, Netherlands where he will be pursing his Advanced Masters in International Children’s Rights on a scholarship provided by Ritsema van Eck Foundation. He has previously worked on various child rights related projects with UNICEF, UNHCR, Save The Children, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) etc.

Ananye Krishna is the Co-Founder and Managing Trustee of the charitable organisation DEVISE – Developing Inclusive Education. He pursued his B.A.,LLB (Hons.) at National Academy of Legal Studies And Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad.  He will be pursuing his MBA from IIM Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in the academic years 2020-22. He has actively written about education and health on LSE South Asia Blog and Oxford Human Rights Hub.

Abhishek Vyas has recently completed his BSc.,LLB (Hons) from Gujarat National Law University and has been offered a place at the University of Cambridge to pursue MPhil in Education course for the academic year 2020-21. His background in education has been broadly through teaching, working with school administration, and policy research. Starting with volunteer teaching in Government Primary School in a village near his University, he has ventured into teaching subjects like legal literacy, Gandhian thought, and social-emotional learning. He believes that the school education in India must equip the children with the necessary values and skills of non-violence and acceptance, which would lay the ground for peaceful coexistence. He plans on developing workable models of peace education that factor in the socio-cultural diversity of India.

Benjamin Vanlalvena created and manages this website. He pursued his B.A. LLB (Hons.) at National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad.

He has previously created, designed and managed websites for DEVISE, NALSAR Student Law Review, Law and Other Things, Indian Journal of Constitutional Law, and Tech Law Forum @ NALSAR.

I am a fourth-year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Working amongst children from the disadvantaged sections of the society made me acknowledge my sheer educational privilege, which motivated me to create a levelled field for all stakeholders of the society. As a part of the editorial board of the blog, I strive to raise awareness about child rights issues which moves beyond the language barriers.

I am a fourth-year law student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. I have previously worked with children through DEVISE, IDIA and research projects through which I have learnt the loopholes in the status quo. As an Assistant Editor to the blog, I would put this understanding to use to explore possible solutions in the field of Child Rights.

I am a fourth-year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. I am keenly interested in Child Rights, Constitutional Law, and Development Studies.