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{{short description|Indian lawyer, author and social worker|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Poornima Advani
|birth_name =
| image = The Chairperson of National Commission for Women Dr. Poornima Advani addressing the Media in Guwahati on January 6, 2005 (1).jpg
| caption = Advani addressing the media in 2005.
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| office2 = Chairperson of [[National Commission for Women]]<br /> {{small|}}
| term2 = 25 January 2002 – 24 January 2005
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Girija Vyas]]
| spouse =
| parents =
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|profession = Lawyer, Author, Professor, Social worker
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
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'''Poornima Advani''' is an Indian lawyer, author and social worker.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Poornima-Advani-lambasts-UP-police/articleshow/114858.cms|title=Poornima Advani lambasts UP police|work=The Times of India|date=5 August 2003|accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> She has served as the chairperson of [[National Commission for Women]] (NCW), from January 2002 to January 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050125/nation.htm#1|title=Poornima bows out as NCW chief|work=The Tribune|date=24 January 2005|accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amritapuri.org/49562/03-poornima.aum|title=Dr. Poornima Advani|website=Mata Amritanandamayi Math|accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> She was a member of the NCW and has written legal and medical publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sri.nic.in/dr-poornima-advani|title=Dr. Poornima Advani|website=Speaker's Research Initiative|accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> Advani is a doctorate in law from the [[University of Bombay]] and also holds a post-graduate diploma in physio-therapy. She is currently a Partner at The Law Point, a national law firm, which she co-founded in the year 2005, along with Mr. B.N. Makhija, Former Principal Advisor, Planning Commission of India.<ref name=zee>{{cite news|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/poornima-advani-to-be-new-chairperson-of-ncw_31371.html|title=Poornima Advani to be new chairperson of NCW|publisher=Zee News|date=15 January 2002|accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref>

She was also a lecturer in the department of law, University of Bombay.<ref name=zee/> She has authored a book titled ''Indian Judiciary: A Tribute'' (1997).<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Judiciary: A Tribute|isbn=8172232497|last1=Advani|first1=Poornima|year=1997}}</ref> Her mother, Meera Govind Advani is an author.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/burying-blog-bitterness-bjp-chief-calls-advani-tallest-leader/story-Ar7Ijq4sCtwS6mnyKqi74O.html|title=Burying blog bitterness, BJP chief calls Advani tallest leader|work=Hindustan Times|date=13 June 2012|accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> Advani was honoured with the Acharya Tulsi Kartitva Puraskar in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abtmm.in/aboutus/awards/presented/|title=Awards presented by ABTMM|publisher=ABTMM|accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ncw.nic.in/commission/chairpersons-commission-its-inception Chairperson's of NCW]
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