After more than a decade, all members of Project 39A will be moving out of National Law University Delhi. From 31st March 2025, we will collectively begin a new chapter at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad as The Square Circle Clinic.
Whilst being a part of NALSAR, Hyderabad, we will have offices in Delhi, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Pune.
Our engagement with criminal justice through research, pro bono legal representation, and public discourse has been driven by our commitment to the constitutional vision of equal access to justice for all. At our new home, The Square Circle Clinic, we will deepen and expand this commitment. We will continue to build our diverse body of work on criminal justice issues, including on mental health, forensics, sentencing, legal aid, capital punishment, custodial violence, incarceration, prison art education and storytelling initiatives.
We are excited to further our vision of equal justice and equal opportunity across the country as part of The Square Circle Clinic, NALSAR.
We thank National Law University Delhi for supporting the work we built over the years.
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The Fair Trial Fellowship is an initiative of Project 39A to train and mentor a group of young professionals (lawyers and social workers) to work with the State Legal Aid machinery towards ensuring fair trial for undertrial prisoners. The first batch of Fair Trial Fellows have been inducted in August 2018 for working on cases in Nagpur and Pune Central prisons and have undergone rigorous training for the same. The batch represents a group of young professionals with diverse backgrounds and experiences committed to ensuring quality legal representation for all within the criminal justice system.
Medha Deo
Programme Director
Ankita Richard Sakharpekar
Finance and Administrative Assistant, Nagpur
Aditya Shelar
Legal Strategy Coordinator, Pune
Abhishek Ujjankar
Office Assistant-Nagpur
Saurabh Surwase
Office Assistant, Pune
FELLOWS (NAGPUR)
Riolia Leo Mascarenhas
Senior Social Work Fellow
Shivkumar Ramkushal Dwivedi
Senior Legal Fellow
Mohineesh Nair
Legal Fellow
Ram Jagdish Gaikwad
Social Work Fellow
Shahbaaz Siddiqui
Legal Fellow
Shahrukh Ali H. Sayyed
Junior Legal Fellow
Pramod Wasnik
Social Work Fellow
FELLOWS (PUNE)
Amar Manik Pawar
Junior Legal Fellow
Ashok Dada Gaikwad
Senior Legal Fellow
Ashok Manik Jadhav
Social Work Fellow
Ganesh Gurunath Dhakpade
Social Work Fellow
Pravin Madhukar Gunjal
Junior Social Work Fellow
Swati Kevate
FINANCE AND ADMIN ASSISTANT
Navnath Bandu Vedpathak
Junior Legal Fellow
Sumit Nanasaheb Patil
Senior Legal Fellow
Nisha Rahul Pawar
Senior Legal Fellow
Anjali Pravin
Data Analyst MIS Consultant
Alumni
Aditi S Thakkar
Akash Vijay Shende
Ankita Sarkar
Anjali Lav Amkar
Archana P Rupwate
Ateek Ekbal
Bhawana Lanjewar
Gopal Gajbhiye
Hemant Jugal Kishore
Jeevika Shiv
Kunal Bandu Chavhan
Madura Patkar
Mayank Labh
Naina Gill
Neha Adhav
Niwrutti Premsagar Meshram
Pramod Pradip Patil
Poonam Lene
Prashant Dhadve
Pravin Nikam
Punam Pisurde
Rahul Surwade
Santosh Subhash Pawar
Saurav Kumar
Shahin Shaha
Shashank Kotangale
Sheetal Newaskar
Shravan Taram
Sinjini Mitra
Treena Stafford
Trupti Konkamwar
Udaykumar Kulkarni
Vaibhav Uddhavrao Pandit
Yashpal Manohar