The Ambedkar Chamber of Commerce and Industry™ welcomes Siddhi Nigam to the Business and Affirmative Action Council (BAAC), recognizing her impactful work in law, policy research, and social justice for marginalized communities.
Siddhi Nigam is a practising advocate enrolled with the Madhya Pradesh Bar Council and a legal scholar with professional experience across corporate and business law, regulatory compliance, litigation, and socio-legal policy research. She is currently associated with the Chambers of Advocate Sangita Moharir, where her work spans consumer protection, banking and insurance disputes and family law litigation. She is also pursuing a PhD on the intersection of copyright, data privacy, and AI-generated content, examining emerging regulatory challenges. She has authored publications focusing on insolvency and bankruptcy, intellectual property, technology law, labour and employment regulation, and public policy.
Her professional journey includes contributing to compliance research, employment and social security frameworks, digital economy regulation. She has also worked with institutions such as the Madhya Pradesh Law Commission and the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights, contributing to policy research, regulatory reform, and rights-based governance.
As a former Legal Journalist with Live Law, she has closely tracked judicial and regulatory developments affecting business, labour, environment, health, and social justice. Her socio-legal engagements reflect a commitment to gender justice, child rights, access to justice, and participatory governance, particularly for vulnerable and marginalised communities.
Council Leadership
The Council is led by Prof.Rohan Sarma (Chair, BAAC), and guided and supported by Prof.(Dr.) Babita Singh Parasain (Honorary Expert on Constitutional Law, Business and Affirmative Action Council; Professor & Director, IILM School of Law, IILM University, Greater Noida).
BAAC’s member network includes
- Viniket Kamble (Founder & Director, Thunder Films/Thunderfans, Mumbai),
- Toyiba Shah (Corporate Sustainability Professional & CSR Consultant),
- Jasmir Thakur (Secretary & E.O, Samabhavana, Mumbai),
- Soumi Dutta (Founder & Secretary, Ashray – South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal),
- Anil Kumar Mahato (Coordinator CSR, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited – RVNL), and
- Kavitha George (Founder & CEO, Communicare Education, Mumbai)
- Siddhi Nigam, Practising Advocate, Madhya Pradesh Bar Council—collectively representing diverse sectors and driving inclusive growth across India.
- Shubhasish Chakraborty, Author, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Social Scientist and renowned CSR Leader
- Nandini Sharma, Director, Centre for Responsible Business Expert – Business and Human Rights
- Dr. Alaknanda Das, Director, LOOMS Ecopreneurs Federation
About Business and Affirmative Action Council (BAAC)
The Business and Affirmative Action Council (BAAC) is a dedicated council of the Ambedkar Chamber of Commerce and Industry™(ACCI), established to promote affirmative action, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across India’s business ecosystem. BAAC works to institutionalise inclusive supply chains, inclusive workplaces, and inclusive entrepreneurship, ensuring that economic growth is equitable, participatory, and sustainable.
The Council recognises that diversity and inclusion are strategic business imperatives, and supports businesses in integrating inclusive procurement, supplier diversity, fair employment practices, and inclusive leadership frameworks into their core operations.
Through advocacy, partnerships, and capacity building, BAAC aims to expand opportunities for historically underrepresented communities across value chains and workplaces. With a strong Vision to build a business environment where opportunity, dignity, and growth are accessible to all, BAAC advances its Mission through key focus areas such as DEI policy adoption, inclusive procurement, equitable employment practices, entrepreneurship development, and policy advocacy and thought leadership.
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