Hemant Batra information

Hemant Batra
Hemant Batra at SansadTV in 2021
Corporate, Commercial and Public Policy Lawyer, Vice President, SAARCLAW Apex Body of SAARC, Columnist, Writer, Author, Commentator, Public Speaker, and TV anchor/Host
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016
Preceded by	Justice Tshering Wangchuk, Chief Justice of Bhutan
Personal details
Born	(1967-08-15) 15 August 1967 (age 56)
Spouse	Preeti Wahi Batra[1]
Residence(s)	Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, and New Delhi
Alma mater	GMHS 16, Chandigarh Punjab University, Chandigarh
Profession	Sr Lawyer and Public Policy Advocate[2][3][4][5][6][7] Author [8][9][10][11][12] Philanthropist Social Activist[13][14][15]

Hemant Batra (born 15 August 1967) is an Indian business, public policy, corporate and commercial senior practicing lawyer, newspaper – columnist writer author,^{[16][17][18][19]} TV anchor/Host,^{[20][21][22][23]} public speaker, commentator (law & public policy), mentor, and legal counsel.^{[24][2][3][15][25][4][26]} He was the co-founder and counsel at Kaden Boriss Global, an alliance and forum of independent and autonomous law firms and legal enterprises.^[1][6][27] Hemant holds a position as the Secretary General^[28] of SAARCLAW^[29] (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law). SAARCLAW is a regional Apex body of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation). He has also authored several books on law and policy.^{[8][9][10][11][12]} He was engaged by the Lok Sabha as a Guest Anchor and Guide for a fresh series of Sansad TV called `75 Years: Laws That Shaped India'^{[30][31][32][33]} The other Guest Anchors engaged by the Parliament for Sansad TV being Bibek Debroy, Dr Karan Singh, Amitabh Kant, Shashi Tharoor, Maroof Raza and Sanjeev Sanyal.^{[34][35][36][37]} The global TV channel Sansad TV was launched by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu and Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla on 15 September 2021.^[38][39][40]

Hemant Batra withdrew from all active roles in Kaden Boriss law firm in 2015 and formally quit the law firm in 2016. He now independently practises law as an arguing Counsel in the Indian Supreme Court and Delhi High Court. He is seen now in the roles of arbitrator, mediator, conciliator, tutor of law and public policy. He is authoring books for Eastern Book Company.^[41][42] Hemant has recently merged his practice with India's leading and topmost law firm, namely, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co(SAM). In the law firm, he heads the new vertical of New Ventures & Growth where he is responsible for the expansion and growth of SAM geographically, territorially, and professionally. As per industry sources, his role is working closely with the founders Shardul S. Shroff and Pallavi S. Shroff^[43][44]

Kaden Boriss partnered with I-Inspire 2013, a national conference for women leaders, aiming to be a confluence of ideas, a convergence of thoughts and celebration of the spirit of diversity and entrepreneurship. He is also the chairperson of the Organizing Council of International Infrastructure & Construction Law Arbitration Moot (IICLAM)^[45] and member of the advisory board of the Organisation for International Cooperation (OIC) based in New Jersey, US.^[46] IICLAM^[47] is a joint initiative of Kaden Boriss, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Singapore.^[48] He is a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Seva Medal.^[49] Batra took over as the chairman of the panel of jury for the grant of Aces Awards for Corporate Excellence and Sustainability in Asia.^{[50][51][52][53]}

"We are committed to social justice and can play a key role in encouraging legal reforms and disseminating information on progressive decisions, related to human rights, across the legal community in South Asia," says Hemant Batra on the UNDP website.^[54]

Batra joined the advisory board of the pivotals, the first ever stakeholders engagement platform.^[55][56][57] In his role as a policy specialist and global business lawyer, he was invited to join the leadership team of a well known not for profit organization.

Batra was appointed in July 2017 as an active member of the Union of International Associations (UIA), the only appointment from India that year.^[58][59]

He established his music label called Urf Hekbat to accomplish his passion of playing, composing and arranging lounge and new age music. This fact was disclosed by him in an interview given to a well-known lawyers monthly magazine. He is also a sound recording artist.^[60]