She focuses on employment documentation, internal policies on terms and conditions of employment, closure of establishments, separations (contentious and simpliciter), severance pay-outs, devising strategy for labour litigations, internal disciplinary processes including fact-finding exercise of HR issues as an external investigator, advisory on redressal procedure under prevention of sexual harassment law and diversity and inclusion based workplace laws on persons with disabilities and transgender persons. She also advises on the movement of employees, their benefits and related issues in M&A transactions. Having gained experience in corporate law firms, chamber of senior counsel and heading the legal division of a D&I advisory start-up, Suruchi has a 360* experience in corporate advisory, representation of clients before labour authorities, tribunals and courts of India, and conducting awareness sessions on facets of labour laws.
Suruchi is a regular panelist at annual Law Review Consultations held by the National Commission for Women (NCW) on women centric issues in labour laws and has assisted the NCW in making representations to the relevant Ministries on implementation and policy. She had also provided valuable inputs to Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, which have been incorporated in the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020. She has given guest lectures on D&I laws applicable to workplace at Jindal Global Law School, conducted awareness sessions on prevention of sexual harassment at law schools such as NMIMS Kirit Mehta School of Law, Mumbai and business schools such as IIM, Kozhikode. She has conducted training sessions for various clients on handling exits, implementing mechanism to redress bullying and harassment (including sexual harassment) at workplace, overview of labour laws, and lifecycle of labour disputes in India.
Suruchi was recently awarded ‘Emerging Leader’ for labour and employment laws in May 2024 by the Economic Times Ascent. She has been recognised by Legal 500 Asia Pacific Rankings 2024 as a ‘Key Lawyer’ for industrial relations, investigations, and issues pertaining to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She was awarded ‘Iconic Woman Creating a Better World for All’ by Women Economic Forum and ‘North India’s Women Leaders’ by the World Women Leadership Congress, both in December 2022).
Suruchi has contributed to the Lexology Panoramic – Labour and Employment Disputes Guide, 2025 along with Pooja Ramchandani (Equity Partner and Head of Labour, Employment and Benefits practice). She has co-authored article for moneycontrol.com on ‘Diversity and Inclusion at the Workplace have become a Legal Reality’ (December 2023), co-authored guide along with Team for ‘Chambers & Partners Guide – 2023 on Global Employment Trends’ (August 2023); and co-authored guide along with Team for ‘LexisNexis Employment and Immigration Law Guide 2022’ (2022).
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