Shehla R. Shora

Shehla R. Shora graduated from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar in 2011 in Computer Science & Engineering discipline. She has worked as software engineer while, at the same time, pursuing her diverse interests like PR, journalism, fashion, etc. Activism comes naturally to her as she believes in standing up for the voiceless. The key values that drive her as an activist are justice, secularism and equality. She aspires to bring pro-people politics back to the table in order to restore the faith of people in democracy. She blogs at shehlarashid.com/blog and tweets as @shehlarashid.The i-WIL programme has given her both a macro- and micro-perspective of Indian politics and made her aware of the challenges and opportunities awaiting future policymakers.