Veera bhajan biography

  • The petite Bhajan was admitted to the bar to practise as an attorney, in October, and is now focused on building a successful career.
  • Bhajan, 24, is an attorney, inspirational speaker and now president of her own foundation.She was born without arms yet was able to pursue her studies from.
  • Veera Bhajan, who was born without arms but overcame all obstacles to earn a law degree, is now employed with the Office of the Attorney General.

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    Veera Bhajan gets second term as EOT lay assessor

    Loop News

    March 18, 2024 04:57 PM ET

    Veera Bhajan signs her name. Image via Facebook, The Office of the President of the Republic of T&T.

    President Christine Kangaloo has re-appointed Veera Bhajan as a Lay Assessor of the lika Opportunity Tribunal.

    Bhajan, who was born without arms, took the Oath of Office and received her Instrument of Appointment from Her Excellency at President's House Monday morning.

    This is Bhajan's second three-year term as a Lay Assessor of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal.

    In 2021, Bhajan brought a lawsuit against the EOT and its Chairman after they did not allow her to fulfill her role as a lay assessor, as appointed by then president Paula Mae Weekes in March that year. 

    She won her case in November that year.

    Bhajan has worked as an attorney since 2011.

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    Attorney Veera Bhajan...Standing proud

    Nass­er Khan

    So much has been writ­ten about ung phe­nom Veera Bha­jan since she burst on­to the na­tion­al scen and in­to the na­tion­al con­scious­ness back in 1999. That's the year she wrote and aced the then Com­mon En­trance ex­am, pass­ing for her first choice St Au­gus­tine Girls' High School (SAGHS), and plac­ing in the top 100 stu­dents in T&T.Au­gust born, she gift­ed her par­ents a tiny arm­less bun­dle 23 years ago, kick­ing and scream­ing ready to take on the chal­lenges of the world. And that is ex­act­ly what this dy­namo from cen­tral Trinidad has done in tran­scend­ing these chal­lenges that less­er mor­tals may not have had the men­tal and phys­i­cal strengths to con­quer.

    Of­ten de­scribed as in­spi­ra­tional and ex­cep­tion­al, the pe­tite Bha­jan was ad­mit­ted to the bar to prac­tise as an at­tor­ney, in Oc­to­ber, and is now fo­cused on build­ing a suc­cess­ful ca­reer.Pos­sess­ing great courage and de­ter­mi­na

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    Veera's Footprints leaves an impression wherever she goes

    Rhon­da Krys­tal Ram­bal­ly

    Veera Bha­jan is young, smart and al­ways thinks of ways to help oth­ers. As a child she used her phys­i­cal dis­abil­i­ties to pro­pel her to achieve her dreams.So it was no sur­prise when she formed Foot­prints Foun­da­tion so she could share her bless­ings with young chil­dren born with dis­abil­i­ties just like her­self.Bha­jan, 24, is an at­tor­ney, in­spi­ra­tional speak­er and now pres­i­dent of her own foun­da­tion.She was born with­out arms yet was able to pur­sue her stud­ies from pri­ma­ry school to uni­ver­si­ty."It was al­ways a dream of mine to set up a foun­da­tion in terms of recog­nis­ing my bless­ings and de­sire to use those bless­ings to be a bless­ing to oth­ers," she said dur­ing an in­ter­view at the Hy­att Re­gency on Ju­ly 29.It was her lunch hour. She and her long-time friend Suni­ta Mangray, who is the pub­lic re­la­tions of­fi­cer, spoke with ex­cite­ment about the re­

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