Shyamala Pappu (21 May 1933 – 7 September 2016) was an Indian lawyer and one of the senior counsels practicing in the

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. She was a member of the

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and had participated in several conferences, delivering keynote addresses. An alumnus of the Miranda House of the University of Delhi, she was a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India and a former member of the ''Independent Commission on Development and Health in India'' (ICDHI). She had also served as a member of the Governing Council of her alma mater, Miranda House, during 1973–74. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the

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, in 2009, for her contributions to society. She died on 7 September 2016.

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