Meet Our Leadership

Co-Founders

Dakshita Chopra

Dakshita is the co- founder of SAHYOG. After graduating from NUJS, she commenced her career as an Advocate in New Delhi. She has appeared before the SC, Delhi HC, NCLAT, and Delhi District Courts.

In 2023, she graduated with an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. She has actively volunteered for socially relevant causes. These include rehabilitation of street children in the NUJS-Herbert Smith Freehills Bridge Project, life skills education for tribal children at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, reproductive justice at If/When/How: Lawyers for Reproductive Justice and at the Family Court of Philadelphia. At present, Dakshita works as an Associate at CAM, Delhi.

ADYA JHA

Adya is the co-founder of SAHYOG. After graduating from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, she commenced her career as an advocate in New Delhi. Since then, she has handled a variety of cases, including those in the fields of constitutional law, family law, property law, and environment law.

Her experience extends to representing clients before the SC, Delhi HC, Punjab and Haryana HC, and district courts in Delhi and Haryana. Additionally, she has worked with the Access to Justice program of the Ministry of Law and Justice, the NUJS-HSF Bridge Project, and NUJS Legal Aid Camp. Her passion for writing led her to also be a member of the NUJS Law Review. Currently, Adya is pursuing her LL.M. at Harvard Law School, focusing on constitutional law, commercial law, and access to justice.

Project Leaders

DEVASHRI MISHRA

Devashri is a Project Leader at SAHYOG. After graduating from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, she has been working in public policy. She worked in the corporate law and financial regulation team at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Presently she works on financial regulation, fintech and technology policy at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Through her work, she has interacted with ministries in the Government of India for advisory on policy and legislative developments. She also advises private clients on public policy and financial regulation in India. Additionally, she has worked with organisations like Parichay to assist those in need of legal aid. During her time at University, she was a member and editor at the NUJS Law Review where she pursued her interest in producing academic research.

Coordinators

Tridib Mandal

Tridib is currently a 4th year student at WBNUJS Kolkata. Keen on research and pro-bono legal activities, he has been associated with SAHYOG since 2021 as a research assistant and now as a Member of the Executive board. He has been a member of the Pro Bono Club under the Ministry of Social Justice and has lead various events to promote legal literacy among the common people in remote areas. He has also been a part of various research projects which range from Criminal laws to Human Rights laws and has actively engaged in various on-field activities including interviewing and ground zero data collection on its behalf. Beyond academics, he is an avid reader and is passionate about music.

Sriroopa Neogi

Sriroopa is in her penultimate year at NUJS, Kolkata. She has been a part of Sahyog as a research assistant since 2021 and currently serves as a Member of the Executive Board at SAHYOG. In college, she has been a member of the NUJS Kautilya Society for the Nyaaya wing of the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. She has actively engaged in social work and community service since school, as a volunteer at the Tree of Life for Animals (TOLFA) and at the Badhir Vidyalaya for hearing and speech-impaired students in Ajmer, Rajasthan. Beyond academics, she is incredibly passionate about classical Odissi dance, theatre, and football and has a soft corner for animals.

Sameer Parihar

Sameer is a fourth-year student at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. His passion for social justice and legal education has led him to undertaken various activities and occupy positions actively working in those areas. He has been associated with Increasing Diversity by Increasing Success (IDIA) as a as Deputy Team Leader and also as a Co-ordinator for the Interview Project by Weekend Lecture Series (WLS). He has also been associated with SAHYOG since 2021 as a research assistant and is now serving as a Member of the Executive board.

Priyam Mittal

Priyam is in her final year at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. She has been actively involved with SAHYOG since its inception in her first year and currently serves as a Member of the Executive Board at SAHYOG. Additionally, she is a senior Member at Increasing Diversity by Increasing Success (IDIA), Kolkata Chapter, where she regularly mentors IDIA scholars in different law schools. She has been closely associated with Rotary International for most of her life, and she also served as the President of her school’s Interact Club. Aside from that, she takes a keen interest in travelling to unexplored places, and also enjoys reading fiction and watching football.