Asim Sarode

Some Lesser Known Facts About Asim Sarode

• Asim Sarode grew up in Pune, Maharashtra.

  

• When he was a child, Asim’s family was involved in many social activities.

• His grandfather, Babasaheb Sarode, worked with Indian freedom fighter Vinoba Bhave in the Bhoodan Movement.

• Asim Sarode’s father, a Gandhian social worker, established an educational institution called the Sahyog Trust, a non-profit organisation in Pune, Maharashtra.

  

• During his college days, he thought of providing legal guidance and help to the oppressed and poor. He decided to dedicate his life to socio-legal causes.

• After completing his law degree, Asim Sarode started his career by providing free legal help to under-trial prisoners at Yerawada Central Prison in Pune, Maharashtra.

• He also started providing free legal help to sex workers under the Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act.

  

• In September 1999, Asim Sarode founded Asim Sarode and Associates, a law firm, in Pune, Maharashtra.

• He later established the volunteer and student-centred legal wing of the Sahyog Trust.

  

• Asim Sarode is an expert in Criminal, Family, International, Environmental, and Human Rights Laws.

• He is the founder of the Human Rights and Law Defenders (HRLD), a law school, in Pune, Maharashtra.

• Asim Sarode is the only Indian male advocate to receive the internationally recognized ‘Majlis Fellowship’ for his work on women’s rights.

  

• Apart from being a lawyer, he is also a freelance journalist who often writes articles on socio-legal issues in many renowned newspapers.

• Asim Sarode is a Community Advisory Board (CAB) member of the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI).

• He often provides free legal help and advice to various non-profit organizations.

• On 13 March 2006, Outlook Magazine published an interview with Asim Sarode on the topic ‘Making a Difference,’ recognizing his work.

• He has been elected for the ‘Ashoka Fellowship’ for Innovators in Washington, USA, for his initiatives in the socio-legal field in India.

• In 2007, Asim Sarode worked as a guest editor for The Times of India newspaper. The same year, he was selected by the Times of India group for their ‘India Poised’ campaign.

  

• During the same time, he also led the ‘Lead India’ campaign by the Times of India group in Pune.

• Asim Sarode is an advisor to the Working Group of the Planning Commission of India for Social Justice and Law.

• In 2013, he was appointed President of the National Green Tribunal Bar Association in Pune, Maharashtra. As President, he managed four states in the West Zone of India: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, and Daman and Diu.

•  As a writer, Asim Sarode has published many books including ‘Point of View’ and ‘Domestic Violence and Law.’

  

• He once became the only lawyer selected as the Yuva Star by BBC for their program ‘Haath Se Haath Mila,’ where actress Urmila Matondkar interviewed him.

• Asim Sarode was then invited to the Orange County Superior Court in the USA as an expert viewer on Indian laws.

• Indian news channel Star News has released a documentary, based on a case where he represented a man wrongfully imprisoned for 11 years, in their program ‘Insaaf ka Taraju.’

• The national television channel Pragya has made a documentary film titled ‘Aur Eak Ekalavya’ based on his work.

• The news channel ETV has reported his work in their program ‘Yuva Bharat’ to inspire young people to pursue career in Human Rights.

• A Marathi channel titled SAAM has made a documentary on his work and telecasted it on their program ‘Deepstambha.’

• In 2019, Asim Sarode attended the United Nations 40th Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, and spoke on issues like police brutality against people with disabilities, farmer suicides, caste panchayat traditions, and the need for functional human rights courts in India.

• After that, he was selected among 160 Young Leaders worldwide to represent India at the ‘Young Leaders Summit’ in Japan.

• Asim Sarode likes travelling to distant places and playing carom in his free time.

  

• He is a fitness enthusiast and often practises yoga and meditation. He often shares pictures of his yoga sessions on social media.

  

• Asim Sarode goes to the gym regularly.

  

• He is an animal lover and has pet dogs. He often shares pictures of his pets dogs on social media.