Shaffi Mather

Shaffi Mather Lawyer, Entrepreneur & Policy Analyst Shaffi Mather is Lawyer and a serial Social Entrepreneur. He is the founder of Ambulance Access for All (Dial 1298 for Ambulance – an Emergency Response Ambulance Service), Education Access for All (Newton Schools and E-tutor Digital Learning Support) and co-promoter of Moksha Yug Access (Rural Supply Chain Organization). Shaffi practice Law (mainly in New Delhi, Mumbai and Cochin) focusing on litigation in Public Interest Matters especially battling for transparency in governance and use of public funds, human rights, civil rights and primacy of constitution. Shaffi is educated at the Mahatma Gandhi University, India, University of Pittsburgh, USA, University of Bridgeport, USA and the London School of Economics, UK where he was a Chevening Senior Scholar and currently, a Visiting Lecturer. He was also a Mason Fellow in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in 2007-08 graduating with a MPA degree. Post his MBA, Shaffi took his family business in real estate to a leadership position in his State and then professionally worked with two of India's leading corporate leaders, Mr. Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries) and Mr. Subash Chandra (ZeeTV/Essel Group) in Retail and Telecom. He is part of an upcoming new generation of young leaders within Indian National Congress Party and an Asia Young Leader (Asia Society), Ted Fellow (TED), World Young Leader (BMW Foundation), Kenneth Galbraith Scholar (Harvard University), Member of Clinton Global Initiative (Clinton Foundation) and Winner of Godfrey Philips Bravery Award for Social Act of Courage. Shaffi has also beeen featured in case studies at Harvard Business School, University of Michigan Business School, Columbia University Business School and project studies at several leading business schools. He has also spoken at multiple international conferences and forums including World Justice Forum, Williamsburg Conference, Asian Young Leaders Summit, World Socialist Forum, Clinton Global Initiative etc.