In conversation with Roshni Shanker, Founder and Executive Director of the Migration and Asylum Project (MAP).
Roshni is the Founder and Executive Director of the Migration and Asylum Project (MAP), India’s first and only dedicated law centre for forced migration and displacement. After completing her law degree in India, Roshni worked with one of India's leading law firms as a private equity lawyer. She later pursued a Masters from Columbia Law School with a focus on international law and human rights. She joined UNHCR in 2010 and worked as a Refugee Status Determination (RSD) officer in various field offices, including India, Egypt and the UAE. Realizing the critical need to incorporate legal aid as a core component within refugee protection frameworks, Roshni returned to India in 2013 to set up MAP.