Sangeeta
Sangeeta Desarda is an advocate and a human-rights activist currently practicing at High Court of Judicature at Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. She completed her BA in History, Sociology and Economics from SB College, Aurangabad. Due to personal circumstances, she had to discontinue her education in the field of Law. Inspite of this, after a massive gap of 10 years in her education, she persisted and went on to complete her LLB from the M. P. Law College affiliated with Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. Sangeeta has done considerable amount of work in the sector of women's rights and gender equality. She is the co-founder of Arihant Law, a law firm that specializes in the matters of the human rights law and family law, focused on making justice accessible for the weaker sections of the society. She is also the president of Arihant Foundation, an NGO that seeks to educate and empower women and young girls at the grassroots levels and inculcate sustainable development values in urban and rural masses. She was a member of the executive committee of the Advocates’ Association of Aurangabad High Court. She was also listed amongst the top 100 Women Icon by Foxclues India and has also received the nomination for the Women In Disaster Risk Reduction (WINDRR) leadership awards amongst 153 women from 22 different countries. She is a member of prestigious international women-led organizations like - AWID, Global Network for Women Peacebuilders, Global Fund for Women, WINDRR and a proud commitment maker at the Generation Equality Forum, Paris.
- City : Aurangabad
- State : Maharashtra
- Email ID : sangeeta.todarwal@gmail.com
- Profession : Advocate
- Education : LLB
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Sangeeta Desarda is an advocate and a human-rights activist currently practicing at High Court of Judicature at Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. She completed her BA in History, Sociology and Economics from SB College, Aurangabad. Due to personal circumstances, she had to discontinue her education in the field of Law. Inspite of this, after a massive gap of 10 years in her education, she persisted and went on to complete her LLB from the M. P. Law College affiliated with Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. Sangeeta has done considerable amount of work in the sector of women's rights and gender equality. She is the co-founder of Arihant Law, a law firm that specializes in the matters of the human rights law and family law, focused on making justice accessible for the weaker sections of the society. She is also the president of Arihant Foundation, an NGO that seeks to educate and empower women and young girls at the grassroots levels and inculcate sustainable development values in urban and rural masses. She was a member of the executive committee of the Advocates’ Association of Aurangabad High Court. She was also listed amongst the top 100 Women Icon by Foxclues India and has also received the nomination for the Women In Disaster Risk Reduction (WINDRR) leadership awards amongst 153 women from 22 different countries. She is a member of prestigious international women-led organizations like - AWID, Global Network for Women Peacebuilders, Global Fund for Women, WINDRR and a proud commitment maker at the Generation Equality Forum, Paris.
Adv. Sangeeta Desarda is an advocate and a human-rights activist currently practicing at High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Aurangabad Bench. Sangeeta has done considerable amount of work in the realm of women's rights and gender equality. She is the co-founder of Arihant Law, a law firm that specializes in the matters of human rights law and family law, focused on making justice accessible for the weaker sections of the society. She is also the president of the NGO Arihant Foundation. Arihant Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation primarily dedicated to educating and empowering young women and children and nurturing the foundation for a truly sustainable and egalitarian world . She is a member of prestigious international women-led organizations like - AWID, Global Network for Women Peacebuilders, Global Fund for Women, Women In Disaster Risk Reduction (WINDRR) and a proud commitment maker at the Generation Equality Forum, Paris.
We are open to collaboration with organisations across the world to accelerate the achievement of the key sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. At Arihant Law, we firmly believe in the importance of work ethics and it is our mission to deliver justice beyond the discrimination of race, cast, religion or social standing. Our expertise is in advising and assisting with respect to legal requirements ranging from family law, civil law, criminal law and other case appeals.
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After taking a gap of 10 years in my professional career, i started practicing law again with a vision to do good for the society and create an awareness on issues regarding gender equality, women empowerment and to help the underprivileged sections of society, women and children. In this direction, I became a member of societies and groups that work towards the said goals and also started my own professional firm with an aim to help the less priviledged people by providing them legal aid with minimal costs. I am an Executive Commitee Member of the Advocates Association of Bombay High Court at Aurangabad.
I am the president of Arihant Foundation, an NGO that seeks to educate and empower women and young girls at the grassroots levels and inculcates sustainable development values in urban and rural masses. I was recently elected as a member of the executive committee of the Advocates’ Association of Aurangabad High Court. I was also listed amongst the top 100 Women Icon by Foxclues India and have also received the nomination for the WIN DRR leadership awards amongst 153 women from 22 different countries. I am a member of prestigious international women-led organizations like - AWID, Global Network for Women Peacebuilders, Global Fund for Women and a proud commitment maker at the Generation Equality Forum, Paris.
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