Founder
Gaurav Singhal
Gaurav Singhal is a Master of Laws (LL.M.) graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he specialised at the intersection of technology law and anti-discrimination law.
He worked as an independent legal practitioner in India, specialising in constitutional law and anti-discrimination law, where he provided legal counsel, conducted legal research, and advanced legal reform.
He has also served as State Secretary in the Scheduled Castes Department of the Haryana State Congress Committee — the State Executive Committee of the Indian National Congress, India’s principal opposition party.
He was born a Chamar, a socially marginalised and constitutionally protected caste in India, which is positioned at the bottom of India’s hierarchical caste system and was historically considered “untouchable”.
Inspired by Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s seminal work Annihilation of Caste (1936), he founded the Centre for Annihilation of Caste as a virtual think tank, focusing on research and advocacy related to the lowest of the lower castes in India.
He has conducted actionable socio-legal research on the implementation of anti-discrimination laws in Haryana, India, namely the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.
Working at the intersection of law, technology, and public policy, he conducts research, develops proposals, authors reports, and engages with policymakers and other stakeholders to inform law and policy.
🌐 Website: gauravsinghal.in
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