Biography

Shyam Kumar Bishwakarma is an advocate licensed by Nepal Bar Council. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Prudential Law Associates and has extensive experience in the Advocating against discrimination , exclusion and inequality. He is the sincere advocate for people who are deprived from their rights and the victims always feel more comfortable with him. He mainly leads the civil litigation and criminal defence department of the firm

Education

Intermediate in Law (I.L.), TU, Janata Kanoon Campus, Biratnagar.
Bachelor in Law (B.L.), TU, NLC, Kathmandu
Masters in Law (LL.M.), International Law and Criminal Law, Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal Law Campus (NLC), Kathmandu.

EXPERIENCE

• Worked as a Project Coordinator, Community Land Rights, Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC), 2014-16.
• Worked as a Subject Teacher, Victimology, Nepal Law Campus, BA.LLB. Program, 2013-14.
• Worked Criminal Defense Lawyer, International Legal Foundation (ILF-Nepal), 2008-10.
• Worked Legal Officer, Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO), February-Mid August, 2008.

• Worked Legal Officer, Legal Aid and Advisory Division, Dalit NGO Federation-Nepal (DNF-Nepal), 2005-January 2008.
• Drafted a Bill on Protection, Promotion and Empowerment of Dalit Rights for Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) targeting to Lumbini Province, 2021.
• Engaged as an expert member to prepare a Strategic Common Framework and SOPs for Coordination and Collaboration among NHRIs, for National Human Rights Commission, 2021
• Associated to make a Concept on Pandemic Responsive Law in Nepal for A2J/UNDP, 2020.
• Prepared a Land Rights Advocacy Paper in a team for Justice and Rights Institute-Nepal (JuRI-Nepal), 2020

Associations

• Member, Lawyers Academy Management Committee, Nepal Bar Council.
• Chairperson, Justice and Rights Institute-Nepal (JuRI-Nepal).
• Central Executive Member, Nepal Bar Association (NBA).
• Member, Public Defender Society-Nepal(PDS-Nepal).
• Have been participation in different national and international meetings, workshops, seminars, conferences and interaction programs conducted through the GoNs., NHRIs, I/NGOs and CSOs in relation to law, justice, rule of law and human rights.