Pallavi is a multi-award winning Lawyer, Notary Public & Academic, and AFR & Westpac 100 Woman of Influence. She currently works as a keynote speaker, MC and Event Facilitator.
Pallavi has worked across NSW, in the private, public and community sector including as a Solicitor for King & Wood Mallesons, as a Research Assistant/Tipstaff for Justice Kirby, as a Legal Mediator at CatholicCare & an Executive Officer at Migration Institute of Australia. She is the Founder & Principal of Lawyers with Solutions, a multi-disciplinary firm offering education/training, policy, strategic &/or legal services. In 2018, she won a Corporate Vision Business Innovator Award.
Previous Experience
Education: Pallavi has lectured for universities such as the University of Sydney, Australian National University, Macquarie University, Western Sydney University & Australian Catholic University, including as the Convenor of Advanced Administrative Law & Advanced Topics in Public Law at Macquarie University.
Charity and Philanthropy: Pallavi has also been a Spokesperson for disadvantaged groups, presented submissions before Government Committees, and positively contributed to changes to Government policy to increase access to justice. She has served on several Boards, and currently serves on the NSW Ministerial Council for Women's Economic Opportunity, and the Multicultural Consultation Council of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board. Pallavi is also an Appointed Supporter of the Joint Federal & State Government campaign to stop Domestic or family violence (DV). In addition, she was the first Indian Australian woman to be appointed as a People of Australia Ambassador by the Federal Government, and is a former Lifeline Counsellor.
Media: A popular and well-known speaker and media commentator, Pallavi has spoken at Global and National Conferences. She participated in the Ethics Centre Intelligence Squared Debate with Stan Grant, Rita Panahi & Jack Thompson, which was broadcast on ABC TV & BBC World. She has appeared on Skynews, ABC TV Q & A, The Drum & the 7.30 Report and BBC World. Her opinion pieces have been widely published, including by the SMH, ABC & SBS. One of her articles reached over 250,000 accounts on social media
Her work has been widely recognised. Cover stories on Pallavi are available in papers such as the Sydney Observer, Indus Age, Indian Telegraph & Subcontinent Voice.
Awards and Accolades: She has been an Award winner or a Finalist for many awards including:
- Corporate Vision Business Innovator award
- AFR & Westpac 100 Woman of Influence
- Women's' Agenda Women's Leadership Award Finalist
- Inspiring Achiever, Rising Star, Community Icon & other Awards from
Indian organisations such as Indian Executive Club, Australian
Chapter of Institute of Chartered Accountants, Global organisation
of People of Indian Origin and United Indian Association
- Australian National University Excellence in Education Award
Nominee
- Diversity and Law Award Finalist, Australian Migration & Settlement
Awards Parliament House, Canberra (I was 1 of 3 Finalists & the
only individual shortlisted as a Finalist)
- Woman of the Year and Local Community Hero Nominee
Talking Points
Women and Business, Women Empowerment, Leadership, Motivational
Her success story as Principal of Lawyers with Solutions, challenges she has encountered and tips to get a job and be successful in different spheres of life. How to develop as an entrepreneur and deal with obstacles in a 'man's world'. As Women's Chair of the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils Australia and Deputy Chair Immigrant Women' Speakout Association, I have also spoken about empowerment in the relation the unique needs of, and challenges faced by, women from diverse backgrounds.
Women and Business, Women Empowerment, Leadership, Motivational
Law and Politics
As a lawyer in the topical area of immigration law for about 10 years, Pallavia has frequently been invited to talk about immigration policy, and her thoughts on the ways in which it could be improved.
Law and Politics
Education
Pallavi speaks about education policy on live television when was invited as a Panellist on Q & A which has had an audience of one million people. She debated government policy with the Federal Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne and made suggestions about improvements to the curriculum.Education
As an Academic at Australian National University, and teacher at a variety of institutions including TAFE, business colleges and a village, she is acutely familiar with a wide variety of methods of teaching including face-to-face and online technology. She has spoken at conferences about the effectiveness of various forms of teaching and the future of teaching.
Society, Culture and the Arts
As a second generation Australian of Indian origin, Pallavi is trained in Indian classical and contemporary dance and is a model for Indian outfits such as saris on Channel 9 and the NSW Art Gallery. Pallavi has also spoken about her Indian roots and creative training in the context of topics such as living in a multicultural society. In addition, she has spoken about the benefits of being an Australian Indian and promoting better ties between Australia and other countries such as India and China.Society, Culture and the Arts
Pallavi also fluently speaks Hindi, the national language for the Indian subcontinent community, the fastest growing ethnic community in NSW. She has been invited to be the Master of Ceremonies for India-Australia Friendship Fair, the annual event at Sydney Olympic Park which has attracted 20,000 people in the past.
Mental Health & Resilience
Mental Health & Resilience
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity & Inclusion
Domestic & Family Violence
Domestic & Family Violence
Video
Interview with Pallavi Sinha - Domestic Violence & How to Prevent it
Pallavi is a multi-award winning Lawyer, Notary Public & Academic, and AFR & Westpac 100 Woman of Influence. She currently works as a keynote speaker, MC and Event Facilitator. Pallavi has worked across NSW, in the private, public and community sector including as a Solicitor for King & Wood Mallesons, as a Research Assistant/Tipstaff for Justice Kirby, as a Legal Mediator at CatholicCare & an Executive Officer at Migration Institute of Australia. She is the Founder & Principal of Lawyers with Solutions, a multi-disciplinary firm offering education/training, policy, strategic &/or legal services. In 2018, she won a Corporate Vision Business Innovator Award.Pallavi Sinha | Inspiring Change Conference 2014
Pallavi Sinha completed a degree in Economics in Social Sciences and Law degrees with honours from the University of Sydney. She currently works as an Immigration Lawyer, an academic, accredited mediator and counsellor. Pallavi is the Women's Chair of the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils Australia and Deputy Chair of the Immigrant Women's Speakout Association. She speaks about empowerment in the relation of the unique needs and challenges faced by women from diverse backgrounds.AMSA 2014 FINALISTS Law
Pallavi is a multi-award winning Lawyer, Notary Public & Academic, and AFR & Westpac 100 Woman of Influence. She currently works as a keynote speaker, MC and Event Facilitator. Pallavi has worked across NSW, in the private, public and community sector including as a Solicitor for King & Wood Mallesons, as a Research Assistant/Tipstaff for Justice Kirby, as a Legal Mediator at CatholicCare & an Executive Officer at Migration Institute of Australia. She is the Founder & Principal of Lawyers with Solutions, a multi-disciplinary firm offering education/training, policy, strategic &/or legal services. In 2018, she won a Corporate Vision Business Innovator Award.Q&A - Q & Anarchy
The panel discussed youth training programs, US university funding model, education inequity, regional students, science research and the impartiality of the speaker. Pallavi is a multi-award winning Lawyer, Notary Public & Academic, and AFR & Westpac 100 Woman of Influence. She currently works as a keynote speaker, MC and Event Facilitator.IQ2 Debate: Racism is Destroying the Australian Dream
Is Australia really a multicultural safe haven of equal opportunity? Or is racism more prevalent than ever before? Watch as former Sky News anchor Stan Grant and immigration layer Pallavi Sinha go head to head against Herald Sun columnist Rita Panahi and iconic actor Jack Thompson.Community leader Pallavi Sinha - Stop it at the Start campaign?
My name is Pallavi Sinha. I am a lawyer, notary republic and an advocate in the area of domestic or family violence.I met Pallavi first time in PICAC conference in Novatel Hotel at Parramatta. She was the M.C. and I was impressed with the way she conducted the conference. In October 2015, Aussie Indian Ag ... keep reading Aussie Indian Age Care Support Holistic Association
Ms Pallavi Sinha has been assisting the Indian Support Center (ISC) as its Brand Ambassador ever since ISC was established in March 2015. As the Brand Ambassador of the ISC, she has been doing tremendous work in spreading ISC's aims and objectives to the Community. In particular, I would like to commend the work she did as an Anchor for the creation of a DVD that ISC created in promoting its activities to the Community. She did this at a time when she was hard pressed for time while her family member was in hospital. In addition to assisting in the creation of this DVD, Pallavi has been actively promoting the ISC's key program areas new migrant support, Domestic Violence support and Senior Citizens support through the Print, TV and Radio media to the Community at large. Ms Pallavi Sinha, with a strong backing of family value systems which she inherited from her parents, possesses those rare talents that would bring credibility to any community institution. The Indian Support Center is pleased to be having her as its Brand Ambassador and wishes her well in her future endeavours.
I would like to express a personal thank you for your invaluable contribution addressing the Western Sydney Open Forum Tyranny of Status Quo: Challenges of Indian Economic Reforms on 20 January 2016. Pallavi's speech was excellent and the feedback I received from participants was very positive. I appreciate the time you took out of your busy schedule to join us and thank you for sharing your insights with our attendees.
From a personal observation Pallavi presents as a person with a sincere and genuine interest in seeing a kinder world realised in our lifetime and our international delegates were not only impressed with her commentary they were incredibly grateful for the opportunity to have Pallavi's support contributions to this important event were welcomed value add to the international table of the World Kindness Movement
CMRC has recently invited Pallavi Sinha to be a guest speaker at Inspiring Change: The Power of a Woman Conference which was held at Parkroyal Parramatta on 19 June 2014. Pallavi was a very professional speaker, inspirational and thought provoking. She expresses herself very clearly and has a lot of experiences to draw from. Her speech and panel discussion were much appreciated by the audience. I would like to recommend her as a speaker on any topic, and particularly on topics such as leadership, diversity and gender.
As the CEO and Co-Founder of MultiConnexions, I invited Pallavi Sinha to speak at a Global Conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in November 2013. Pallavi delivered an impressive address and was highly professional throughout the entire conference. She demonstrated advanced skills in her use software applications such as PowerPoint during the conference. I would recommend her as a speaker on any topic and particularly on topics such as Women and Business, leadership, diversity and gender.
