Dr Aditya Sondhi

Aditya Sondhi is a Senior Advocate practising before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Karnataka. He has served as Additional Advocate General for Karnataka. He graduated from the National Law School of India University, where he has returned to teach constitutional law and other courses. He holds a PhD in political science from Mysore University and has contributed to ‘The Oxford Handbook of The Indian Constitution’. Aditya has been a TEDx speaker and has lectured widely across the country, as also abroad. He has published twice with Penguin (India) and his debut play ‘Famagusta’ was shortlisted for the Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Award 2020. He has been a winner at the Deccan Herald Short Story Competition. He founded (a) Usher – an amateur theatre circle (b) the General K S Thimayya Memorial Lectures (c) the Ravi Sondhi Spirit of Bangalore Lectures, and (d) The Podcaste – Conversations Around Caste.