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Varsha Aithala

Assistant Professor of Law

and

Faculty In Charge, ICICI Professorial Chair on Business Laws

Careers & Internships (In-charge)

Teaching

Academic Programmes

5-Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.)

LL.M.

Courses

Mar 2025

Nov 2024

July 2023

The Indian Legal System and Access to Justice

Education

  • B.A., L.L.B. (Hons.) (NALSAR University of Law) (2007)
  • Master of Corporate Law (University of Cambridge) (2017)
  • Ph.D. Candidate (NLSIU)

Profile

Varsha Aithala has worked as a corporate lawyer in leading Indian law firms and has significant corporate practice experience in India and the United Kingdom. Previously, she was a research fellow and faculty at the School of Policy and Governance, Azim Premji University.

Her teaching and research interests cover the areas of access to justice, law and technology, private law and social investment. Varsha is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and as an advocate in India.

She joined as Assistant Professor, and is a doctoral candidate in law at NLSIU. Her doctoral work focuses on legal aid and courts in India.

Research Interests

Social investment, law and technology, access to justice and legal system reform

Publications