Kumar Anjaneya Shanu

Co-Founder

Patna, Bihar, India13 yrs 10 mos experience
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  • Advocated for millions of students' rights in India.
  • Co-founded a platform for legal advocacy and public interest.
  • Elected representative at The Fletcher School for student governance.
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Kumar Anjaneya Shanu is a Bihar based lawyer. Shanu advises government and private/corporate bodies on wide range of legal issues. He has been a lawyer for State of Bihar, Magadh University, Municipal bodies of Mokama, Araria, Nauhatta, as well as New Delhi Municipal Council(NDMC). He has had served on two committees set up by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), Government of Delhi, to review the working of the ChildLine, the “911” equivalent helpline for children and implementation of Section 12(1) (c) of Right to Education Act which mandates every private school in India to reserve 25% of its entry-level seats for children from economically weaker sections and socially disadvantaged groups, respectively. During his time at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Shanu was an elected student representative to the Fletcher Student Council. He was also inducted to the university’s prestigious 'Honos Civicus Society' in recognition of his engagement in public service and leadership activities and contribution in strengthening civic life in the United States and abroad during his studies. In this short, eventful and exciting career, Shanu has had the honor of representing litigants ranging from, poor labourers to rich government departments and foreign companies, underpaid government employees to cabinet ministers, atheist activists to the most prestigious temples in India, millions of helpless students to his own primary school teachers. Shanu, the co-founder of Whistle for Public Interest (WHIP), is also known in India for his Public Interest Litigation and effective use of the Right to Information Act. WHIP is a platform for law students and young lawyers to put their advocacy skills to use in solving public issues. The organisation founded in 2015, works for promoting transparency and accountability in the affairs of public authorities in India. Shanu’s fight against the non-disclosure of evaluated answer-scripts under the Right to Information Act to students by different educational institutions including India’s largest public education board namely Central Board for Secondary Education(CBSE) before the Supreme Court has enabled millions of students exercise their “fundamental right” to know. The country's leading legal news network, Bar and Bench, featured WHIP as the most inspirational law school story of the year 2016.

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Mahavir cancer sansthan & research centre

Board Member

Jan 2026 – Present · 5 mos · Patna

  • Serving as a member of the working committee of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan & Research Centre (MCSRC), Patna. It is a leading and one of the largest not-for-profit comprehensive cancer care institutions in India. Established in 1998 and managed by the Mahavir Mandir Trust, MCSRC is dedicated to providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality cancer diagnosis, treatment, and research.

Aryabhatta knowledge university, patna

Panel Advocate

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Patna, Bihar, India

Bihar school examination board (bseb)

Empanelled Advocate

Jun 2024 – Present · 2 yrs

  • Represent the Bihar School Examination Board, the state run examination board before the Hon’ble Patna High Court.

Nagar parishad, araria

Empanelled Advocate

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Empaneled to pursue all the litigation before the Hon’ble Patna High Court pertaining to the statutory public body authorized to look after the civic issues including road construction, taxation, urban development, housing, sanitation and cleanliness in the municipal area.

Nauhatta municipality

Empanelled Advocate

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Nauhatta, Bihar, India

  • Empaneled to pursue all the litigation before the Hon’ble Patna High Court pertaining to the statutory public body authorized to look after the civic issues including road construction, taxation, urban development, housing, sanitation and cleanliness in the municipal area.

Magadh university

Empanelled Advocate

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Patna High Court · On-site

  • Counsel for Magadh University, one of the largest universities in Bihar, before the Patna High Court.

Mahavir mandir trust

Empanelled Advocate

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Patna, Bihar, India

  • Empaneled as an advocate for Mahavir sthan Nyas Samiti( Mahavir Mandir Trust), Patna to pursue all its litigation before the courts. Mahavir Mandir is one of the richest temple trusts in India. It uses its funds to run 5 state-of-the-art Mahavir hospitals in the state of Bihar among other philanthropic institutions.

Nagar parishad, mokama

Empanelled Advocate

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Patna, Bihar, India

  • Empaneled to pursue all the litigation before the Hon’ble Patna High Court pertaining to Nagar Parishad, Mokama, a statutory public body authorized to look after the civic issues including road construction, taxation, urban development, housing, sanitation and cleanliness of the town.

State of bihar

2 roles

Assistant Counsel to Advocate General, Bihar

Sep 2022 – Feb 2023 · 5 mos

  • Assistant counsel empaneled by the government to assist the Ld. Advocate General of Bihar before the Hon’ble High Court of Patna

Assistant Counsel

Oct 2021 – Sep 2022 · 11 mos

  • Assistant counsel empaneled to represent the State of Bihar before Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT), Patna

Advocate

2 roles

Patna High Court

Sep 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Supreme Court of India & Delhi High Court

Aug 2016 – Aug 2019 · 3 yrs

Delhi commission of protection of child rights, government of nct of delhi

Member, State Standing Committee on EWS admissions

Apr 2018 – Aug 2018 · 4 mos · New Delhi

  • Pursuant to assistance sought by the Government of NCT of Delhi as part of its obligation owing to the judgement of Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) 4607/2013 (Justice for All vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr.) and CONT.CAS(C) 1050/2016 (Justice for All vs. Samuya Gupta & Anr), the Delhi Commission of Protection of Child Rights, Government of NCT of Delhi has constituted a Standing Committee at state level to deal with policy level issues in implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. Section 12(1) (c) mandates every private school to reserve 25% of its entry-level seats for children from economically weaker sections(EWS) and socially disadvantaged groups.

Delhi commission for protection of child rights, govt. of nct of delhi

Member, ChildLine Review Committee

Jan 2018 – Aug 2018 · 7 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • A committee established by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Govt. of NCT of Delhi to comprehensively review the working of ‘Childline’, the'911' equivalent, India’s most important outreach service for the children in need and care of protection and recommend measures for its improvement.

New delhi municipal council (ndmc)

Legal Retainer

Dec 2017 – Sep 2018 · 9 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Assisted the officials of the public municipal body on legal issues primarily pertaining to taxation, revenue, budgeting, contracts, accounts and audits, streets and sanitation, public health, public safety and suppression of nuisances.

Whistle for public interest- whip

Co-founder

Feb 2016 – Aug 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • WHIP is a platform for law students and young lawyers to put their advocacy skills to use in solving public issues. The organisation founded in 2015, works for promoting transparency and accountability in the affairs of public authorities in India.

Law school internships

Intern

Jul 2012 – Jul 2016 · 4 yrs · New Delhi Area, India

  • Some of the major internships while at law school were with:
  • 1. Karanjawala & Company Advocates
  • 2. Chambers of Salman Khurshid, Senior Advocate and Former Minister for Law & Justice & External Affairs, India
  • 3. Hemant Sahai Associates Advocates
  • 4. Office of Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, MLA & the Chief Minister of Delhi
  • 5. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ved Prakash Vaish, Delhi High Court
  • 6. Chambers of Mr. Waseem Qadri, Senior Advocate & Standing Counsel, Government of India and NCT of Delhi at the Supreme Court of India

Education

The Fletcher School at Tufts University

Master of Laws - LLM — International Law

Aug 2018 – Aug 2019

Amity Law School

B.A. LL.B. (H) — Law

Jun 2011 – Aug 2016

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