Expertise in: Legal representation, forced migration, asylum seekers, post displacement, and refugee status determination.

Roshni Shanker is the founder and Executive Director of the Migration and Asylum Project (MAP), India’s first and only law centre for forced migration and displacement. After completing a Masters's from Columbia Law School, Roshni joined UNHCR in 2010 and worked in various field offices, including India, Egypt, and the UAE. Noting the urgent need for legal assistance for refugees, she returned to India to set up MAP in 2013, which pioneered the concept of legal representation in the asylum process. Roshni has published in the Forced Migration Review, Refugee Law Initiative, and International Journal of Refugee Law, amongst others.