Tanuj Kalia — Co-Founder

I consider my work as a spiritual practice. Here's my journey till now: 1990: Born 1994: Came first in class, but my name was second on the board; cried. 1997: Cut my lip playing cricket with the bigger boys. 2000: Wrote my first poem 'My Dog' which was published in 'The Tribune'. Was paid Rs. 50/poem. 2005: Became the head-boy/school pupil leader. 2006: Won the second prize in an essay competition organized by the RBI. Naana ji was proud! 2008: Entered NUJS, Kolkata. Renamed my Orkut profile as TaNUJS. It seemed cool then. 2010: Started freelance writing for websites like LegallyIndia, BarandBench. Blogavatar: LegalPoet Started Lawctopus 2011: Fell in love. First 10-day Vipassana Retreat. 2013: Graduated First job as VP Marketing; quit after 4 months. Took Lawctopus full-time. 2015: Wrote the book 'Law as a Career' (LexisNexis). 2015-17: Explored Landmark Forum/Education. Went on to complete the ILP (Introduction Leaders Program). 2017: Started NoticeBard.com 2019 -present: Exploring the Madhyasth Darshan/Jeevan Vidya philosophy. Complete an MA in Law, Politics, and Society from AUD, Delhi. Eye-opener. Learned deeply about inequality. 2020: Started Lawctopus Law School. Rode the COVID ed-tech wave well. 2021: Found my soul-mate. 2023: Half-time sabbatical to explore Jeevan Vidya/Madhyasth Darshan. Half-time CEO! 2024: Became a Parent Explore Srikumar Rao's work (thanks Mindvalley) 2025: Moving towards becoming an ICF-certified coach; thanks Coacharya Moving on a clear path to scaling up for Lawctopus

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in EdTech and legal education with strong entrepreneurial skills.

Location: Chandigarh, India

Experience: 16 yrs 11 mos

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Legal Education

Career Highlights

Founder of successful legal education platform Lawctopus.
Published author with multiple reprints of 'Law as a Career'.
Experienced TEDx speaker with impactful talks.

Work Experience

TED Conferences

TEDx Speaker (2 mos)

TEDx Speaker (1 mo)

NoticeBard

Founding CEO (8 yrs 9 mos)

Peoples Union for Civil Liberties(PUCL)

Volunteer (2 mos)

LexisNexis

Author/Writer (1 yr 6 mos)

vakilsearch (vakilsearch.com)

Vice-President, Products and Marketing (5 mos)

Lawctopus

Founder, CEO and Publishing Editor (15 yrs 6 mos)

IDIA Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA)

Leader of the Media and Publicity Team (1 yr)

Legally India

Freelance Journalist (2 yrs 1 mo)

IMS Learning Resources

Student Mentor for Law Aspirants (3 mos)

Education

Stanford Seed Transformation Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business

MA in Law at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD)

BA.BSc/LLB (Hons.) Degree at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

Senior Secondary Education at Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS- 16), Chandigarh

Secondary Education at St. Mary's School, Sundernagar, Himachal Pradesh

Tanuj Kalia

Co-Founder

Chandigarh, India16 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of successful legal education platform Lawctopus.
Published author with multiple reprints of 'Law as a Career'.
Experienced TEDx speaker with impactful talks.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in EdTech and legal education with strong entrepreneurial skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipLeadershipLegal Education

Other Skills

Business Process ImprovementTeam BuildingBusiness StrategyFinanceOperations ManagementCoachingLegal WritingPublic SpeakingMarketingCoaching & MentoringCreative WritingStart-upsLegal ResearchCareer CounselingWriting

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Experience

Ted conferences

2 roles

TEDx Speaker

Feb 2024 – Apr 2024 · 2 mos · Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

Entrepreneurship is a Community-Driven Phenomenon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q98bIUCLl9g&t=11s

TEDx Speaker

Feb 2017 – Mar 2017 · 1 mo · Guwahati Area, India

Delivered a TEDx talk at NLUJAA, Assam. Sadly, it's not up online! But I have a photo of me standing on the 'big red dot'. :)

Noticebard

Founding CEO

Mar 2017 – Dec 2025 · 8 yrs 9 mos

NoticeBard.com covers educational events and opportunities from all streams/fields of study.

Peoples union for civil liberties(pucl)

Volunteer

Apr 2015 – Jun 2015 · 2 mos

Saw what human rights lawyering looks like on the ground. Got to work closely with the bravest person I know of: Kavita Srivastava.

Lexisnexis

Author/Writer

Dec 2013 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

Wrote the book 'Law as a Career'. The book has had 6 reprints of its first edition. Link: http://www.amazon.in/Law-as-Career-Tanuj-Kalia/dp/9351434184/

Vakilsearch (vakilsearch.com)

Vice-President, Products and Marketing

Jun 2013 – Nov 2013 · 5 mos · Chennai

Handled marketing for vakilsearch. Learnt a lot from the founding CEO, Hrishikesh Datar. Didn't continue for long as I decided to take Lawctopus full-time.

Lawctopus

Founder, CEO and Publishing Editor

Sep 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 6 mos

Lawctopus is India's go-to platform for students of law including law aspirants, law students, and young lawyers. We reach 4 lakh readers every month.
Our ed-tech vertical (Lawctopus Law School) launched in April 2020 gets enrollments from approximately 2500 paid learners every year. We teach practical legal skills online and our courses are, on an average, rated 93.3/100.

Business Process ImprovementTeam BuildingLeadershipBusiness StrategyFinanceOperations Management+6

Idia increasing diversity by increasing access (idia)

Leader of the Media and Publicity Team

Aug 2010 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr

IDIA stands for Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education. I was a part of the team (lead by Prof. Shamnad Basheer) which went for IDIA's first pilot project to Sikkim. I also helped in designing the IDIA aptitude test and in setting up the IDIA blog and website.

Legally india

Freelance Journalist

Aug 2009 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Wrote journalistic write-ups on 'Legal Internships', 'The Right to Read Campaign' and 'CLAT Preparations'. Also won the 'best legal blogger' in India award.