L to R: Rohan Kochhar, SKOCH Foundation: Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Senior Advocate and Member, Rajya Sabha: Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group
L to R: Rohan Kochhar, SKOCH Foundation: Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Senior Advocate and Member, Rajya Sabha: Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group
Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Senior Advocate & Member, Rajya Sabha
Abhishek Singhvi is an eminent jurist, writer and parliamentarian. He is also the youngest designated Senior Advocate – at the age of thirty-four; the youngest Additional Solicitor General of India – at thirty-seven; and, the youngest elected vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Association – at thirty-nine.
From 1997 to 98, he was Additional Solicitor General of India. He was chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Law and the AICC Law and Human Rights Department. He was a member in the Committee of Privileges from 2006 to 2010. From August 2009 to July 2011, he served as the Member of the Committee on Personnel in Public Grievances, Law and Justice Department.
He chaired the 30-member parliamentary panel that presented its voluminous report on the Lokpal Bill 2011. The Report discussed and reported on over 24 issues and reflected an overwhelming consensus on almost all of them.
He has pledged Rs 2 crore to establish The Singhvi Trinity Scholarship at Cambridge, to focus exclusively on Indian students desirous of pursuing LLM.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi Senior Advocate and Member, Rajya Sabha
Dr Abhishek Manu Sighavi, Senior Advocate & Member, Rajya Sabha:
Abhishek Singhvi is an eminent jurist, writer and parliamentarian. One of the senior most national spokespersons of the Congress party, he is also the youngest designated Senior Advocate (at age thirty-four), the youngest Additional Solicitor General of India (at thirty-seven) and the youngest elected vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (at thirty-nine). He was chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Law and the AICC Law and Human Rights Department.
He was bestowed the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award by the World Economic Forum, Davos in 1999 He has written popular fortnightly columns for the Hindustan Times (Candid Corner”) and the Times of India (‘SubVerse”).
Educated at St Columba’s School (all-India topper) and St Stephen’s College in Delhi, and Trinity College, Cambridge, he also did a short summer programme at Harvard.
Two recent publications, Legal Eagles and Courting Politics, list Dr Singhvi among the top few lawyers in India. He has endowed many charities in India and abroad.
Dr Abhishek Manu Sighavi, Senior Advocate & Member, Rajya Sabha:
Abhishek Singhvi is an eminent jurist, writer and parliamentarian. One of the senior most national spokespersons of the Congress party, he is also the youngest designated Senior Advocate (at age thirty-four), the youngest Additional Solicitor General of India (at thirty-seven) and the youngest elected vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (at thirty-nine). He was chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Law and the AICC Law and Human Rights Department.
He was bestowed the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award by the World Economic Forum, Davos in 1999 He has written popular fortnightly columns for the Hindustan Times (Candid Corner”) and the Times of India (‘SubVerse”).
Educated at St Columba’s School (all-India topper) and St Stephen’s College in Delhi, and Trinity College, Cambridge, he also did a short summer programme at Harvard.
Two recent publications, Legal Eagles and Courting Politics, list Dr Singhvi among the top few lawyers in India. He has endowed many charities in India and abroad.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi Senior Advocate and Member, Rajya Sabha
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