Anand Grover is a human rights lawyer based in India and the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (2008-2014). Grover is a designated Senior Advocate on the Supreme Court of India and Co-Founder of the Lawyers Collective (India) where he is Director of the HIV/AIDS Unit. The Lawyers Collective uses litigation and advocacy to promote human rights related to HIV/AIDS, LGBT persons, access to medicines, sex workers, and drug users. Grover has fought numerous high profile court cases in India relating to the repeal of law criminalizing homosexuality, cases relating to patents to make drugs, including antiretroviral and cancer drugs affordable, relating to drug use, sex work  and relating to animal rights. He was appointed the Special Public Prosecutor in the 2G government corrpution scandal, the largest public corruption case in India’s history. As UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Grover worked closely wth governments, civil society, and community groups promoting a human rights-based approach to health. He holds a BSc (Honours) from Surrey University, a PGCE from Chelsea College, London University and a LLB from Bombay University.