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  • Lives in Chennai, India

Chethana Venkataraghavan

Debating has helped me through law school and assisted me enormously in co-curricular activities like mooting.

World Schools always has a special place in my heart as I had the wonderful privilege to represent my nation while meeting people from countries I had only read about in my childhood. It gave me an opportunity to view the world from a different vantage point and such an experience drastically transforms the way I viewed people, countries and world issues.

I’ve started a small initiative in my college called ‘Mimosa pudica Speaks’ where people are invited to speak out about sexual abuse and eve-teasing instead of letting it become a painful statement suffered in silence. It is in its nascent stage of development, but one thing I’ve learnt after seven years of debating is that if there is a problem, the easiest way to arrive at a solution is structured disagreement and fervent brainstorming, and that’s exactly what I hope this initiative will do.

  • Debater, Team India 2010
  • Debater, India Development to RMcV 2011
  • Currently litigating in the Madras High Court
  • Worked as an Associate for Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Mumbai
  • Graduated from Gujarat National Law University in 2015, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree (BA/LLB)

We aim to strengthen relationships between ISDS alumni, current members, and soon-to-be alums while maximizing potential in both their personal and professional lives.