| 1. Maja Daruwala is an advocate and human rights activist from India, known as the younger daughter of Indian Field Marshal ‘Sam Manekshaw.' |
| 2. She worked as a stewardess at the "British Overseas Airways Corporation" (now British Airways) after completing her formal education. |
| 3. From 2009 to 2014, she served as a trustee at Oxfama in Great Britain and has been the Executive Director at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) since September 1996. |
| 4. Daruwala is involved in charitable boards like NAMATI, International Record Management Trust, MARG New Delhi, and PAC Bangalore. |
| 5. She was recognized as one of the 200 World’s Most Dynamic Women by Zerbanoo Gifford. |
| 6. Having lived and worked in England, Singapore, and Sri Lanka, she focused on systemic reforms as a program officer at the Ford Foundation after practicing in the Supreme Court of India. |
| 7. Maja is affiliated with organizations like the Open Society Justice Initiative and the International Women’s Health Coalition in New York. |
| 8. As a barrister, she works on civil liberties, gender equality, rule of law, and access to justice, and played a significant role in Tata Trusts as a Senior Advisor. |
| 9. Daruwala leads the India Justice Reports and serves on boards like the Population Foundation of India and the Media Foundation, advocating for women’s health and civil liberties. |
| 10. She has chaired the Minority Rights Group in London, served on the board at Open Society Justice Institute in New York, and advised the World Bank Group on governance and anticorruption. |
| 11. She is a recipient of the Nani Palkiwala Award for protection and preservation of civil liberties in India. |
| 12. She has been appointed as Prison Monitor by the National Human Rights Commission of India. |
