Dr. Navpreet Kaur
Co-Founder, Laxmi Foundation
Advocate, Punjab State Legal Services Authority
Dr. Navpreet Kaur
Dr. Navpreet Kaur is Chandigarh
based Researcher/Campaigner / Social Worker. She started her career as an
Advocate in District Courts, Chandigarh after completing her BA.LLB. & LLM
from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in 2012. She qualified her UGC NET in
2013 and started teaching as an Assistant Professor at Rayat College of Law,
Ropar under Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2013. She completed her Ph.D in
Laws in 2018 from Panjab University, Chandigarh on the topic “Acid Attacks on
the Women" While pursuing her Ph.D. she met many acid attack victims and
she realized that these victims are battling with psychological, social,
medical and legal issues and that the help they were receiving from Government
and other agencies was not enough. Thus, to help the acid attack victims-she
joined a campaign “StopSaleAcid” with acid attack survivors against the free
sale of acid and also helped the acid attack survivors in their rehabilitation.
The campaign created awareness and gained global support. Now, Dr. Navpreet
Kaur is Vice-President of "the Laxmi Foundation”, an NGO dedicated to acid
attack survivors. She is closely working for women empowerment along with the
upliftment& social integration of acid attack survivors, underprivileged
women, children and various other weaker sections of the society. The research papers written by her are published
in various National and International journals and books. She has been invited
as a speaker/Chairperson/Panelist/Judge by various National and International
Colleges, Universities and Departments.