About
Advocate and governance practitioner with more than a decade of experience in public policy, democratic institutions and citizen-focused reform.
Background
I began in public service, convinced that the central problem was weak accountability. I worked on Delhi’s Doorstep Delivery of Public Services, which meant coordinating unfamiliar procedures across departments, supporting frontline staff and resolving citizens’ grievances one at a time until the system earned their trust.
That work showed me the distance between a right that exists on paper and a right a person can actually use. I carried the question into law. I enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 2025 and now practise constitutional and administrative law before the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court.
A decision that looks administratively reasonable can still be procedurally unfair.
Whatever the forum, I want to bring both perspectives to the work: how implementation succeeds or fails, and the legal discipline to insist that it succeed lawfully.
Experience
- 2025 to present
- Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Delhi High CourtConstitutional and administrative law, public interest litigation, regulatory accountability and consumer rights. Drafts petitions and legal opinions on governance, statutory interpretation and the responsibilities of public institutions.
- 2018 to 2024
- Government of DelhiHelped design and deliver Doorstep Delivery of Public Services, working across departments to monitor delivery, resolve operational barriers and support grievance response.
Selected work
- Doorstep Delivery of Public ServicesHelped turn a major citizen access reform from policy idea into working delivery, reducing repeated visits to government offices. More than 100 services, over 100,000 residents reached.
- Public interest litigation on ethanol-blended fuelPetitioner in a writ petition under Article 32 (W.P.(C) No. 813/2025) seeking mandatory labelling of ethanol content at fuel pumps, the continued availability of ethanol-free petrol, enforcement of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, and a nationwide impact study. The Supreme Court declined to entertain the petition and dismissed it on 1 September 2025. The questions it raised, about disclosure and informed consumer choice, remain open.
Education and fellowships
Education
- Master of Public Administration2025
- Bachelor of Laws2024
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science2018
Fellowships
- U.S. Department of State Professional FellowGovernance and Civil Society programme, 2022. Worked with the Ohio General Assembly.
- Associate FellowDelhi Assembly Research Centre