Name: Saurabh Choubey

Vote Count: 4

Source of Information: RANCHI, Jharkhand

Category: Other

Background: Rights First Foundation is a public interest law organization in India whose core mission is to expand access to justice and legal empowerment for communities that traditionally face barriers to fairness and legal awareness. Central to its work are pro-bono legal services, legal literacy, and juridical advocacy.

At the heart of the foundation’s activities are programmes aimed at educating people about their legal rights and supporting them through the legal system:

Legal Literacy & Awareness: Through workshops and community engagement, the organization demystifies legal principles and rights so that individuals—especially those from marginalized populations—can understand and assert their legal entitlements confidently.

Access to Justice Initiatives: The foundation offers free legal aid and advocacy support, working to reduce practical and economic obstacles that prevent vulnerable groups from accessing justice mechanisms.

Cultural Preservation & Empowerment: Beyond law clinics, the foundation supports initiatives that help preserve local arts, crafts, language, music, and cultural identity—recognizing that cultural empowerment is closely tied to social and legal empowerment.

Targeted Program: These include legal education campaigns, platforms like Project First Forum that creatively blend law and art to raise awareness, and Initiate First—a mentorship program aiding startups and creators on legal compliance and sustainable growth.

Through these efforts, the foundation positions law not as a distant institution but as a resource that ordinary people can engage with to protect rights, resolve disputes, and seek fair treatment