Ishaan Bamba - Portrait

Ishaan Bamba

Ishaan Bamba is a Research Fellow with the Crime & Punishment Team at Vidhi. Prior to joining Vidhi, Ishaan has worked as a Senior Policy Analyst at Swaniti Initiative, a Child Rights Fellow with the Delhi Government, and most recently, as a Young Professional at NITI Aayog. Ishaan provided research and technical support to Members of Parliament (MPs) and Civil Society Organisations on themes of human trafficking, bonded labour, and child labour while at Swaniti. As a Child Rights Fellow with the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), Govt. of NCT of Delhi, he worked directly on implementation and monitoring of various child-related policies in Delhi, impacting institutions and beneficiaries. Thereafter, at NITI Aayog, his work focused on revitalizing the Planning Departments across all States and UTs as well as on implementing the State Support Mission, a Central Sector Scheme. He graduated from Amity Law School, Delhi in 2017 with a B.A. LLB (Hons.) and completed his Master’s in Public Policy from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru (NLSIU) in 2019.