Arpitha 

KODIVERI

Arpitha is a legal researcher focusing on environmental justice issues. She is a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute where her work studies the intersection of free, prior and informed consent as well as business and human rights in India. Arpitha was previously a senior research associate at the Ashoka Trust of Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) where her work focuses on understanding the conflict of laws in forest areas. Prior to ATREE, she worked as an environmental lawyer with Natural Justice supporting the indigenous Adivasi communities in their struggle for rights over resources in Rajasthan and Odisha. She has a master’s with a focus in Environmental Law from UC Berkeley School of Law as a Fulbright Scholar and a bachelor’s in law from ILS Law College in Pune.