Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi is an eminent jurist, parliamentarian, visible media personality, well known columnist, author and commentator. He topped India at the school leaving Indian School Certificate exam and did BA Economics Hons, St Stephen’s College,
and MA and PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge, UK. Abhishek Manu Singhvi also taught at St. John’s College, Cambridge and did a summer program, PIL, from Harvard, USA. He has lectured to student/faculty groups and general audiences at Stanford, Harvard, Yale,
Boston MIT and George Washington Universities, to NGOs and think tanks (like Heritage Foundation, International Council of World Affairs in Washington, DC, USA) and addressed several international conferences, including those at Paris and Pakistan.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi is a Member of Parliament; the senior most National Spokesperson of the Congress Party; the youngest designated Senior Advocate, Supreme Court (at age 34); a former and youngest Additional Solicitor General of India (ASG) (at 37) and former elected Vice President, Supreme Court Bar Association. Abhishek Manu Singhvi is currently the Chairman of the AICC All India Law and Human Rights Department and Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Law, Justice, Personnel & Grievances. Abhishek Manu Singhvi was formerly Vice Chairman of Congress’ Media Department. The Rajya Sabha MP is also the Congress National Spokesperson and is a former Additional Solicitor General of India. He is also a front ranking senior Counsel at the Supreme Court and has appeared in several landmark cases on constitutional law, commercial and civil law. He has also been feted with the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award by the World Economic Forum at Davos.Abhishek Manu Singhvi is of the view that people are always born with a silver spoon, however if they do not fight hard to prove themselves in whatever career they choose, then they would get rejected in fraction of seconds by the society. He says, “The actual test of a person’s potential gradient comes to test, when they start to perform”. Abhishek Manu Singhvi cites his own example that how confused he was when he had to choose a field but at that point of time his father became his inspiration and gave him courage. Abhishek Manu Singhvi association with the media has been noted since a long time, with the help of his expression force and communication through his amusing and humorous, self-possessed non emotional conversational talks. Dr.Abhishek Manu Singhvi’S contribution in media includes the ‘Candid Corner’, a column written by him in Hindustan Times which are also published in a book form. Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi reflects his stature of being an attractive source to the dynamic and ever-popular televised urban
privileged and influential class of the society.
