Maitreyi Misra

Maitreyi is a co-founder of The Square Circle Clinic, NALSAR University of Law. She heads their work on death penalty mitigation and research. She graduated in Law from the Symbiosis Law School, Pune in 2010 and holds a Masters in Law from the New York University.

Maitreyi has previously worked with Mr. Anand Grover, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India and assisted him in his work as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. She is the lead author of Project 39A’s report ‘Deathworthy: A Mental Health Perspective of the Death Penalty’ (2021). In 2023, Maitreyi was awarded the Presidential Commendation at the 23rd World Congress of the World Psychiatric Association for her impactful work on the WPA’s statement against the death penalty for persons with intellectual disabilities.