Harish Narasappa

Co-founder

Founder of DAKSH

Harish Narasappa is the co-founder of DAKSH [1], an Indian non-profit working on human rights and road safety & civic from Bengaluru.

DAKSH

DAKSH is a civil-society think tank that researches the functioning of India's judiciary and governance institutions, building open data tools like the High Court Data Portal and publishing the India Justice Report to push for court reform and access to justice.

DAKSH reports the following, on its own site:

In 2025, DAKSH's footprint reached 86K+ active users on its website, 235K+ social media impressions, engagement with 25+ institutions (non-profits, law firms, courts and tribunals), 15K+ people reached via media and email, and 19 media features
DAKSH's Justice Definitions Project Wiki reached a milestone of 450+ terms live, curated with a network of 400+ contributors in 2025