Chethana decided to study law after completing her school education. She graduated from Gujarat National Law University with a degree in commerce and law. She aimed to be a corporate lawyer and started working in a top corporate law firm in Mumbai. However, she soon realised, corporate law was not a career she wanted to pursue and that her ideas of pursuing law are firmly rooted in rights-based litigation and assisting people from different walks of life. She moved to Chennai in 2018 and began litigating in the Madras High Court, family courts, trial courts and district courts in the Chennai, Kancheepuram, and Tiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu. Chethana began to take up cases on domestic violence, gender-based violence, sexual abuse and gender identity issues, assisting a senior lawyer in conducting workshops and seminars on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, legal remedies available for LGBTQIA + individuals with respect to unlawful detention, police brutality, and malicious prosecution based on their gender identity. Along with her seniors she also assisted the Learned Amicus Curiae appointed by the Madras High Court to inspect certain sub-jails, special prisons for women, and central jails in the state as part of a proceeding to examine the conditions of prisons in Tamil Nadu. Chethana wants to learn more about grass root LGBTQIA+ movements in Tamil Nadu and spend time with the community to find out the informal dispute redressal mechanisms that already exist, in order to not tread or be disrespectful of the existing structures. She hopes to also work with lawyers across the country to compile a list of judgements from various High Courts, in order to see how the law has been implemented. She believes it would benefit lawyers across the country if such a database exists. Through the fellowship she hopes to start her own practice across trial courts which will enable her to reach out to more individuals who are not in tier one cities or metropolitan areas. At the end of this fellowship, she would hopefully have collected data through RTI regarding various benefits for trans* individuals across India to see if there is any uniformity in the approach between the different states. Apart from this, she would also look into the number of certificates that have been issued under the new Trans Act and its general compliance. This she believes will help the second wave of litigation required to fight for equal marriage rights and adoption/ parental rights. Through the fellowship Chethana hopes to connect with lawyers her age, and identify possible ways to influence and transform existing structures for the better, as a collective.