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About the Speaker
When most of us picture a lawyer, we picture a courtroom: a black robe, a judge and the argument that wins the case. But much of a lawyer’s work begins before there is a dispute — when two friends start a company, an investor puts money into it or one business buys another. Someone has to ask the difficult questions early and write down what everyone has agreed.
That is what Adarsh G does. A first-generation lawyer and Partner at Wadhwa Law Offices, he leads the firm’s start-up practice. For more than fifteen years, he has advised founders, companies and investors on the agreements that help businesses begin, raise money, grow and be bought. The work takes him from everyday products to frontier technology, and across business relationships connecting India, Japan and Singapore.
In this live conversation, we will ask what a start-up lawyer actually does all day, why a single word in a contract can matter, and how Adarsh chose law as the career he wants to follow. Bring your questions about law, start-ups and the careers that can be built with words.
What We’ll Explore
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What does a lawyer do outside of a courtroom?
Follow a start-up lawyer through an ordinary working day: reading, questioning, writing and negotiating before problems begin.
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How does an idea become an agreement?
What founders promise each other, what an investor receives for their money, and why one carefully chosen word can change a deal.
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How do you choose law when nobody in your family is a lawyer?
Adarsh chose a five-year law degree at seventeen. We will ask what he understood then, what surprised him later and what he would tell a student considering law today.
The Next Six Months
Career Adda runs on the second Saturday of every month, 6:30 – 7:30 PM IST. Put them in your calendar now — guests are announced about three weeks ahead, and members are emailed each time.
Sat 19 Sep
2026
Session #5
Meet a Lawyer Who Doesn’t Go to Court
Adarsh G — Partner, Wadhwa Law Offices
Third Saturday this month, not the second.
Registration open
Sat 10 Oct
2026
Session #6
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Sat 14 Nov
2026
Session #7
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Sat 12 Dec
2026
Session #8
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Sat 9 Jan
2027
Session #9
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Sat 13 Feb
2027
Session #10
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Dates are fixed; guests are confirmed nearer the time. If a session has to move, registered members are told first.
About the Series
Career Adda
Most students in India hear about the same five careers. The coaching pipeline narrows options early, and by the time they’re in middle school, many kids already believe their future is a choice between engineering and medicine.
The reality is far more interesting. The world is full of people who built fulfilling, successful careers by following their curiosity. Through unexpected turns, unusual choices, and paths that made sense only in hindsight.
An adda is the long, unhurried conversation with no agenda except that it is interesting — the kind you overhear and don’t want to leave. That is what these sessions are. Each time, we sit down with someone who has built a career worth talking about, ask them how it actually happened, and then hand the microphone to the students. Honest, personal, and designed to help students aged 10–16 and their parents think bigger about what’s possible.
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Real Conversations
Not lectures. A genuine conversation about choices, failures, and surprises.
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Student Q&A
Every session includes 15 minutes for students to ask their own questions directly.
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Diverse Paths
Tech, science, medicine, design, the arts — people who took the road less prescribed.
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Families Welcome
Students and parents attend together. Saturday evenings, 6:30 PM IST on Zoom.
What Students Said After a Recent Session
Session #3 — a quantum physicist — drew 310 registrations and 139 students and parents into the room. Half an hour past the advertised finish, 65 of them were still there. Here is what they told us on the way out.
“I learnt what it’s like being a scientist, and I had a very insightful experience as Sindhu Ma’am helped us understand something as vague and advanced as quantum science in a very clear way.”
— Shreya, student, age 14–15
“The multiple people required to succeed one experiment — theorists, engineers, and the role that designers play in quantum physics, not to mention the experimentalists.”
— Student, age 12–13
“That an atom can be cooled with a laser by shooting it straight at it, similar to throwing many tennis balls at a truck — and how two parties can securely communicate using entanglement.”
— Sabilla, student, age 12–13
“That everything you see around you actually has many other small parts which you cannot see.”
— Krishaana, student, age 12–13
9 in 10
said they would come to another session like this
2 in 3
wanted a session like this in their own school
1 in 3
heard about a career they had never considered before
From the exit poll after Session #3, answered by 59 people in the room. Quotes used with permission; some students asked to stay anonymous.
Past Sessions
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