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𑀛𑀸𑀦ध्यान
mental absorption, meditation

ஜனாಜನ
the people, a citizenry, birth

جاناںजानाँ
a loved one, a sweetheart, Dear

Meet our people

Made by the world with love in India

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Hemanth Bharatha Chakravarthy

CEO

BA Economics, Harvard · Gates Foundation · RBI · Office of the Chief Economic Advisor

What: Generalist, chief scientist

Why: Democratizing information and reducing the cost of legal process are rights‑based problems.

Personal: Fiction writer and politics wonk.

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Anya Batra

COO

BA LLB, JGLS · Tier‑1 Law · Founder, JGU Legal Incubation Centre · SCI Clerk

What: Engineer; coordinates PM and growth

Why: Legal issues are often complicated, not complex. I wanted to surpass my methods, measurements, and inside views.

Personal: Cosmetics-maker, powerlifter.

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Em McGlone

CTO

BA Physics, Harvard · Univ. of Utah Comp. Psych. · Harvard Physics

What: Creator of jhana's data engine

Why: Positive feedback from overburdened court staff and judges; prefers living in Bangalore.

Personal: Video games, maps, and IPAs.

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Priyadarshini Sh..

Fdg. Mem. & Dir. Product

LLM, Columbia Law; BLS LLB, GLC Mumbai · Tier-1 Law · Litera/TR/iManage/Avvoka

What: Mapping legal problems to AI solutions

Why: AI can bridge last miles; wanted to leverage practice and legaltech experience.

Personal: Piano and workouts; baking and decluttering.

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Pranav Khandelwal

Dir. Business

BE (Comp.), MIT Pune · LinqHaul · CollegeDekho · SkilloVilla

What: Customer success, growth, partnerships

Why: Structured, data‑driven strategy unlocks scale, efficiency, and durable impact.

Personal: Former agro-trader and Bengaluru startup history nerd.

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Smita Gupta

Dir. Judiciary & Public Sector

BA LLB (Hons.), NLS Punjab · Co-Lead, Agami OpenNyAI

What: Project Lead of jhana Courtroom

Why: If technology has become process, building usable tools is institution-building.

Personal: Strongly identified with Delhi, where I was born, and its culture and history.

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Amanullah Qaiser

GC & Dir. Legal Research

BA LLB, Univ. of Calcutta

What: Benchmarks, evals, data annotation

Why: Being surrounded by ML engineers made me realize that legal data is underserved.

Personal: Cricket fan; financial markets hawk.

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Tushar Anand

Dir. Science & AI

MA, TISS Mumbai · NIPFP · XKDR Forum

What: Works on agents and token manifolds

Why: Harnessing data and technology to drive innovation at scale.

Personal: Occasional writer, politics junkie.

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Pallavi Kishore

SDE

What: Product experience, user interface

Why: TODO

Personal:

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Aditya Jayakrishnan

Design Principal

BA (Math & Econ), Swarthmore · T1 Advertising

What: AI interface design, philosophy of work

Why: Legal costs have not fallen proportionately with compute costs.

Personal: Football, long-form journalism.

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Nandini Tandon

SDE II

BE (CS), AMC BLR · HealthFlex

What: Design and user journey

Why: Courts are in a design crisis; we can fix it.

Personal: New to Bangalore!

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Srivarsen

SDE I

BTech (AI & Data), NEC · Cognizant

What: Databases, full-stack

Why: Well‑engineered systems make work fun.

Personal: Anime, games.

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Siddhi Mantri

Manager, Mumbai

BBA LLB (Hons.), JGLS · Tier-1 Law

What: Growth and alliances in Maharashtra

Why: Accessible technology unlocks justice and enables fearless ecosystems.

Personal: Good food and stories; pottery and sketching.

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Akash Kannan

Manager, Chennai

BE (ECE), SSN · Freshworks

What: Growth and alliances in Tamil Nadu

Why: Bridging law and technology transforms justice for common people.

Personal: Documentary photographer and fast walker.

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Pranav Ram..

Adv. & Legal Engineer

LLM, UC Berkeley; LLB, JGLS; BE SSN · Startup Founder; Delhi HC; L&S

What: New frontiers in law and tech

Why: Product moves faster than commercial relationships.

Personal: Screenwriter & weekend yogi

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Fahad Inbesat

Chief of Staff

BE, VIT Vellore · Bain & Co · ZS Associates

What: Strategy, token COGS, economics

Why: Building legal operating systems and access corridors that outlive us.

Personal: Trivia buff; always has a story to tell.

Credits
Leadership

Ben Hoffner-Brodsky

Fmrly. World Bank DE JURE, US Dept. of State, US Treasury, J-PAL; Harvard dropout
Legal Fellows

Subhaprad Mohanty

Asst. Prof. of Law @ NLU Odisha; PhD Scholar, IIT Delhi

Avanti Deshpande

AOR, SCI; Justice Leila Seth Fellow; ILS Law

Pranav Ramakrishnan

LLM, UC Berkeley; LLB, JGLS; BE (CS), SSN

Sonal Gupta

AOR, SCI; Symbiosis

Anannya Pramanik

NLS Bangalore

Pratham T

NLS Bangalore

Anuvind Praveen

NUALS Kochi
Engineering

Vedansh Bagadia

NMIMS CS

Ishir Bhardwaj

IIIT Delhi CS

Ayush Chauhan

Stanford CS

Arav Dhoot

Columbia CS
Interns

Amira Bhutani

Columbia Econ

Ankit Wilfred

JGLS
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