“An NGO promoting legal awareness on women's rights and child protection.”
• On Nyaya Chetana, which she co-founded in 2018
Aishwarya Ananth Kumar is a Bengaluru disputes lawyer and a Partner at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India. She has more than a decade of litigation before the Karnataka High Court, the NCLT and arbitral tribunals, and has been standing counsel for bodies including the Bangalore Development Authority and the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board. In 2018 she co-founded Nyaya Chetana, an NGO on legal awareness.
Most of us only meet the BDA across a counter. She has represented it in court. Here is the documented record.
Quick Information
She argues for the city's agencies in the High Court, then spends her spare time explaining the law to people who never get a lawyer.
Who Is Aishwarya Ananth Kumar?
Aishwarya Ananth Kumar is a Bengaluru lawyer whose practice covers commercial litigation, arbitration, insolvency and writ petitions. She trained under Justice Pratibha Singh, Senior Advocate Sajjan Poovayya and Murali Ananthasivan.
Which Bengaluru Agencies Has She Represented?
She has been standing counsel before the Karnataka High Court for the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board, the Karnataka Slum Development Board, the Bangalore Development Authority and the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
What Is Nyaya Chetana?
Nyaya Chetana is the NGO she co-founded in 2018 to spread legal awareness on women's rights and child sexual abuse. It creates educational content and runs awareness sessions in organisations.
What Public Roles Has She Held?
In 2021 the Government of Karnataka picked her as the only woman on the 13-member expert committee that framed the Karnataka Youth Policy. She is a trustee of the Bangalore International Arbitration Centre and a jury member of the Namma Bengaluru Awards.
- 2018 Co-founds Nyaya Chetana
- 2021 Karnataka Youth Policy committee
- Ongoing BIAC trustee; Namma Bengaluru Awards jury
Before her current firm she practised as Principal Attorney at A and D Legal in Bengaluru.
Why Does Aishwarya Ananth Kumar Belong in People of Bangalore?
She practises law in Bengaluru, represents the city's development and water agencies, and sits on the jury of the Namma Bengaluru Awards.
I haven't interviewed Aishwarya Ananth Kumar for this piece. It's pieced together from online research: published interviews, news reports, books and official records, cross-checked against each other. If you know Aishwarya Ananth Kumar and spot something I've got wrong, tap the WhatsApp icon at the bottom right and tell me, and I'll fix it.
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Who is Aishwarya Ananth Kumar?
A Bengaluru disputes lawyer and co-founder of the legal awareness NGO Nyaya Chetana.
What is Nyaya Chetana?
An NGO promoting legal awareness on women's rights and child protection.
Which agencies has she represented?
The BDA, BWSSB, KIADB and the Karnataka Slum Development Board, among others.
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