Ms. Kritika Padode Bhandari is an alumnus of National Law University, Delhi. She also worked as a research fellow at the Centre for Constitutional Law, Policy and Governance. She has worked with the Law Commission of India on formulating the Death penalty report. After graduating from Law School, she has been instrumental in setting up IFIM Law School in Bangalore which has been continuously ranked number 2 in south India and is a member of the founding team of Vijaybhoomi University, India's first Liberal Professional University. She is a regular columnist for leading publications like Education Times, Times of India and The Hindu.