Ashwini Obulesh

Programme Coordinator- Nyaaya Kannada

Ashwini is an advocate practising before the High Court of Karnataka. She is currently associated with Nyaaya as the Programme Coordinator for all Kannada projects.

Ashwini has a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) degree and an LL.M. degree from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She previously worked with corporate law firm Samvad Partners in the areas of banking and finance, general corporate advisory, and private equity. She has been associated with several women and child rights based organisations over the past decade. She has, over the years, been working towards creating quality legal content in Kannada, so as to expand the reach of the Law to all persons. Ashwini has recently started Dhwani Legal Trust, an organisation that aspires to provide legal aid, especially to persons from poor and marginalized communities, thereby empowering them to establish their rights. She has been incriminated to be an unashamed aesthete, impulsively enthusiastic and hopelessly idealistic.