Two Winners
₹5 lakh each to outstanding early-stage initiatives.
₹30 lakhPrize pool
Agami Prize 2027
Ideas that
serve justice.
Are you building an idea that could transform the field of law and justice in India?
₹30 lakhPrize pool
₹30 lakhPrize pool
Agami Prize 2027
Ideas that
serve justice.
Are you building an idea that could transform the field of law and justice in India?
₹30 lakhPrize pool
₹30 lakhPrize pool
Agami Prize 2027
Ideas that
serve justice.
Are you building an idea that could transform the field of law and justice in India?
₹30 lakhPrize pool
Applications close on 30th October 2026✦Ideas in action✦Law and justice in India✦Applications close on 30th October 2026✦Ideas in action✦Law and justice in India✦
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What is Agami Prize
The Agami Prize recognises and supports innovative ideas that can transform systems of law and justice in India.
Ideas paving the way for more people to participate in making justice.
See past winners
The right tailwind at an early stage can take an idea much further. Agami Prize creates an open space for new ways of making justice to emerge.
Special Cash Prizes
For promising ideas with standout potential.
Tailored Mentorship
A two-day, in-person interaction with leading innovators.
National Showcase
Present your idea at Justicemakers Mela 2027.
Visibility & Network
Visibility, community, connections to help your idea grow.
Agami Prize
Partners
Applications close on 30th October 2026✦Ideas in action✦Law and justice in India✦Applications close on 30th October 2026✦Ideas in action✦Law and justice in India✦
01
What is Agami Prize
The Agami Prize recognises and supports innovative ideas that can transform systems of law and justice in India.
Ideas paving the way for more people to participate in making justice.
See past winners
The right tailwind at an early stage can take an idea much further. Agami Prize creates an open space for new ways of making justice to emerge.
Two Winners
₹5 lakh each to outstanding early-stage initiatives.
Special Cash Prizes
For promising ideas with standout potential.
Tailored Mentorship
A two-day, in-person interaction with leading innovators.
National Showcase
Present your idea at Justicemakers Mela 2027.
Visibility & Network
Visibility, community, connections to help your idea grow.
Agami Prize
Partners
Applications close on 30th October 2026✦Ideas in action✦Law and justice in India✦Applications close on 30th October 2026✦Ideas in action✦Law and justice in India✦
01
What is Agami Prize
Agami Prize recognises and supports innovative ideas that can transform the systems of law and justice.
Ideas paving the way for more people to participate in making justice.
See past winners
The right tailwind at an early stage can take an idea much further. Agami Prize creates an open space for new ways of making justice to emerge.
Two Winners
₹5 lakh each to outstanding early-stage initiatives.
Special Cash Prizes
For promising ideas with standout potential.
Tailored Mentorship
A two-day, in-person interaction with leading innovators.
National Showcase
Present your idea at Justicemakers Mela 2027.
Visibility & Network
Visibility, community, connections to help your idea grow.
Agami Prize
Partners
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Who should apply
We are looking for ideas that are reimagining:
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How the legal industry works
New tools, models, processes and ways of working that make legal systems more efficient and responsive. This could look like:
- Making legal compliance, research or processes simpler and frictionless.
- Making legal knowledge easier to find, understand and use.
- Improving the quality, reach or accessibility of legal services.
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How the legal industry works
New tools, models, processes and ways of working that make legal systems more efficient and responsive. This could look like:
- Making legal compliance, research or processes simpler and frictionless.
- Making legal knowledge easier to find, understand and use.
- Improving the quality, reach or accessibility of legal services.
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How justice is experienced
New ways for people to understand, access, shape, and participate in justice. This could look like:
- Bridging the gap between citizens and systems of law and justice.
- Helping people better understand and exercise their rights.
- Rethinking how laws and policies are made to better respond to people’s needs.
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How justice is experienced
New ways for people to understand, access, shape, and participate in justice. This could look like:
- Bridging the gap between citizens and systems of law and justice.
- Helping people better understand and exercise their rights.
- Rethinking how laws and policies are made to better respond to people’s needs.
03What is an early-stage idea?
An idea already moved into action.
The Agami Prize is open to different kinds of initiatives, including for-profits, not-for-profits, hybrids and unregistered entities. Your idea could be at any of the stages below.
Testing your idea
Prototyping an early version to test, learn and improve.
Proof of concept
Showing that an idea is feasible and has potential.
Piloting your idea
Trying your approach in a real-world setting.
Implementing
Putting your idea to work and beginning to demonstrate results.
04idea prize winners
Early-stage ideas we've supported in previous prize cycles.
2022 / POLICY CHANGE & ADVOCACY
ILFAT
Enabling trafficking survivors to shape policy, advocacy, and public narratives.
SURVIVOR-LED JUSTICE
2022 / LEGAL TECH SOLUTION
Lawyered
Expanding access to legal support for people underserved by the formal legal services.
Access to justice
2020 / COMMUNITY LEGAL AID
Zenith
Building community capacity to effectively claim rights, entitlements and justice.
LEGAL EMPOWERMENT
2018 / CIVIC TECH SOLUTION
Civis
Making it easier for citizens to understand and participate in shaping laws and public policy.
Civic participation
2018 / SENSITIVE REPORTING
Impulse Model Press Lab
Training journalists in the Northeast to report on human trafficking responsibly.
ETHICAL MEDIA & JUSTICE
2020 / LITIGATION & RESEARCH
CPAP
A litigation and research initiative challenging discriminatory policing and criminalisation of marginalised communities.
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
04idea prize winners
Early-stage ideas we've supported in previous prize cycles.
2022 / POLICY CHANGE & ADVOCACY
ILFAT
Enabling trafficking survivors to shape policy, advocacy, and public narratives.
SURVIVOR-LED JUSTICE
2022 / LEGAL TECH SOLUTION
Lawyered
Expanding access to legal support for people underserved by the formal legal services.
Access to justice
2020 / COMMUNITY LEGAL AID
Zenith
Building community capacity to effectively claim rights, entitlements and justice.
LEGAL EMPOWERMENT
2018 / CIVIC TECH SOLUTION
Civis
Making it easier for citizens to understand and participate in shaping laws and public policy.
Civic participation
2018 / SENSITIVE REPORTING
Impulse Model Press Lab
Training journalists in the Northeast to report on human trafficking responsibly.
ETHICAL MEDIA & JUSTICE
2020 / LITIGATION & RESEARCH
CPAP
A litigation and research initiative challenging discriminatory policing and criminalisation of marginalised communities.
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
04idea prize winners
Early-stage ideas we've supported in previous prize cycles.
2022 / POLICY CHANGE & ADVOCACY
ILFAT
Enabling trafficking survivors to shape policy, advocacy, and public narratives.
SURVIVOR-LED JUSTICE
2022 / LEGAL TECH SOLUTION
Lawyered
Expanding access to legal support for people underserved by the formal legal services.
Access to justice
2020 / COMMUNITY LEGAL AID
Zenith
Building community capacity to effectively claim rights, entitlements and justice.
LEGAL EMPOWERMENT
2018 / CIVIC TECH SOLUTION
Civis
Making it easier for citizens to understand and participate in shaping laws and public policy.
Civic participation
2018 / SENSITIVE REPORTING
Impulse Model Press Lab
Training journalists in the Northeast to report on human trafficking responsibly.
ETHICAL MEDIA & JUSTICE
2020 / LITIGATION & RESEARCH
CPAP
A litigation and research initiative challenging discriminatory policing and criminalisation of marginalised communities.
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
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eligibility criteria
Let's check if your idea is eligible!
Pro tip: The Prize is for young ideas, not necessarily young people. There is no age or career-stage limit.
1. Does your idea see law and justice as a site of change, transforming how legal systems work or how justice is experienced?
2. Is your initiative based in India, with India as an important target area?
3. Is at least one founder working on it full-time?
4. Is it a new or early-stage initiative that is less than 3 years old?
Answer all four questionsYour result will appear here.
→Please Note
New programmes, products or verticals inside established organisations are not eligible.
06EVALUATION CRITERIA
How ideas are evaluated
Eligible initiatives are considered for their leadership, the agency they activate and the transformation they make possible.
Entrepreneurial Leadership
We look for deeply committed leaders who can formulate practical pathways, take people with them and choose the organising model needed to realise the idea’s full potential.
Entrepreneurial Leadership
We look for deeply committed leaders who can formulate practical pathways, take people with them and choose the organising model needed to realise the idea’s full potential.
Activating Agency
Strong ideas create roles for others to become players in making justice—not only recipients of services—and especially activate people traditionally denied agency.
Activating Agency
Strong ideas create roles for others to become players in making justice—not only recipients of services—and especially activate people traditionally denied agency.
Transformative Innovation
We look for unique insight and new possibilities created by challenging existing roles, information flows, processes, relationships or structures. Technology may or may not be central.
Transformative Innovation
We look for unique insight and new possibilities created by challenging existing roles, information flows, processes, relationships or structures. Technology may or may not be central.
07timeline
Your Prize Journey
Join a cohort of people reshaping justice.
Applications & nominations open
Apply for the Prize or nominate early-stage ideas you believe in.
Applications & nominations close
Last day to get your application or nominations in.
Meet the Agami team
If your idea moves forward, we will have a short conversation to understand you, the idea and what you are building.
Meet the Evaluation Council
Shortlisted applicants go deeper in a one-to-one conversation about the idea, its potential and impact.
Join the Prize cohort
Up to 20 promising ideas become part of the Agami Prize 2027 cohort, followed by field visits to select the finalists.
Take your idea to the Grand Jury
Finalists present their work, and the two winning ideas are announced.
After-Prize journey
Finalists come together for a two-day, in-person interaction with mentors, masterclasses and peer exchange.
Take the national stage
Showcase your work at JusticeMakers Mela 2027 at Freedom Park, Bengaluru.
07timeline
Your Prize Journey
Join a cohort of people reshaping justice.
Applications & nominations open
Apply for the Prize or nominate early-stage ideas you believe in.
Applications & nominations close
Last day to get your application or nominations in.
Meet the Agami team
If your idea moves forward, we will have a short conversation to understand you, the idea and what you are building.
Meet the Evaluation Council
Shortlisted applicants go deeper in a one-to-one conversation about the idea, its potential and impact.
Join the Prize cohort
Up to 20 promising ideas become part of the Agami Prize 2027 cohort, followed by field visits to select the finalists.
Take your idea to the Grand Jury
Finalists present their work, and the two winning ideas are announced.
After-Prize journey
Finalists come together for a two-day, in-person interaction with mentors, masterclasses and peer exchange.
Take the national stage
Showcase your work at JusticeMakers Mela 2027 at Freedom Park, Bengaluru.
07timeline
Your Prize Journey
Join a cohort of people reshaping justice.
Applications & nominations open
Apply for the Prize or nominate early-stage ideas you believe in.
Applications & nominations close
Last day to get your application or nominations in.
Meet the Agami team
If your idea moves forward, we will have a short conversation to understand you, the idea and what you are building.
Meet the Evaluation Council
Shortlisted applicants go deeper in a one-to-one conversation about the idea, its potential and impact.
Join the Prize cohort
Up to 20 promising ideas become part of the Agami Prize 2027 cohort, followed by field visits to select the finalists.
Take your idea to the Grand Jury
Finalists present their work, and the two winning ideas are announced.
After-Prize journey
Finalists come together for a two-day, in-person interaction with mentors, masterclasses and peer exchange.
Take the national stage
Showcase your work at JusticeMakers Mela 2027 at Freedom Park, Bengaluru.
Frequently asked questions.
Still have a question or need help applying?
Reach out to the Agami Prize team and we’ll help you find the right next step.
Frequently asked questions.
Still have a question or need help applying?
Reach out to the Agami Prize team and we’ll help you find the right next step.
Frequently asked questions.
Still have a question or need help applying?
Reach out to the Agami Prize team and we’ll help you find the right next step.
06explore past winners
Past Agami Prize winners.
Explore winning initiatives across legal innovation, community power, access, and public accountability.
Aadiwasi Janjagruti
Equipping local leaders in Nandurbar to use video and community media as tools for justice.
Indus Action
Closing the gap between welfare schemes on paper and the families entitled to them.
Mobile Vaani
Community voice media reaching people where the internet does not.
Jawabdehi Andolan
Campaigning for a state accountability law in Rajasthan, building on the RTI movement.
ILFAT
A national collective of trafficking survivors organising for their rights and rehabilitation.
Lawyered
Expanding access to legal support for people the formal legal market does not reach.
Aajeevika Bureau
Helping migrant workers understand their rights and recover unpaid wages.
Zenith Society for Socio-Legal Empowerment
Building community capacity to claim rights, entitlements and justice.
CPAP
Enabling marginalised communities to hold everyday policing to account.
Indian Kanoon
Free, searchable access to Indian case law and legislation for anyone who needs it.
Provakil
Technology that helps legal teams track litigation and manage case work at scale.
Civis
Making it easier for citizens to read, understand and respond to draft laws and policies.
Impulse Model Press Lab
Training journalists in the Northeast to report on human trafficking responsibly.
Phoenix: A smart prison ERP
Technology and empathetic design making Indian prisons more humane.
Now we Make Justice
Now we Make Justice