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Board
Shishira Rudrappa

A Co-Founder of Bar & Bench, Shishira has been instrumental in promoting partnership initiatives at Bar & Bench. He also played a pivotal role in carving out a content management strategy apart from forging content sharing partnerships.
Shishira plays a critical role in several other leading companies. This entrepreneur is a graduate of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and a Thomas Buergenthal scholar from George Washington University. He worked as an Associate at Poovayya & Co., a Bangalore based law firm, before co-founding JuriMatrix (now, Clutch Group), one of the leading LPOs worldwide. A snooker enthusiast and a movie buff, he is actively associated with Janaagraha, a non-profit organization. He can be reached at shishira.rudrappa[at]barandbench.com.

Bipul Mainali

Bipul is a member of the Board of Bar & Bench. He has been instrumental in designing operational and marketing strategies. Bipul is an attorney, currently practicing at Pepper Hamilton LLP, New York. He is a graduate of the National Law School of India University and Harvard Law School. Bipul worked with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices in New Delhi prior to joining Harvard Law School.
While at Harvard, Bipul focused on negotiations-related work, including preparing a blue print for negotiating the political crisis in Nepal brewing at the time, and he also served as the Harvard '06 LL.M. commencement speaker. He is a member of the American Bar Association. Bipul spends his spare time reading, writing, enjoying adventure sports and working on entrepreneurial projects. He can be reached at bipul.mainali[at]barandbench.com.

Team
Gauri Manga

Gauri graduated with a Master's from the National University of Singapore (NUS) where she specialized in Intellectual Property and Technology laws. Prior to her Masters, Gauri graduated with a BSL, LL.B degree from ILS Law College, Pune. Previously she was an in-house counsel at CoreObjects a US based software company. While at NUS, she was a member of the 'I-care Project', which assists in improving the English speaking skills of students coming from Asian countries.
Gauri is a gadgets freak and she enjoys games on her Play Station and plays Golf on the driving range. She can be reached at +91 98111 91194 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +91 98111 91194 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or by email at gauri.manga[at]barandbench.com.

Tanya Agrawal

Tanya is an alumnus of the University Law College, Bangalore and has worked as a Legal Associate with the radio satellite company, Worldspace for a little more than a year. She studied journalism for a year at Christ College of Journalism, Bangalore, before moving on to law. Her areas on interest are public international law and law and politics.
Tanya is passionate about books and is an avid movie fan. She can be reached at +91 96866 02650, +91 96866 02650 or by email at tanya.agrawal[at]barandbench.com.
 

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