R Venkatramani is an Indian advocate, who has been practising as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India for around 42 years. He is the fifteenth Attorney General of India.Venkatramani grew up in a middle-class family in Pondicherry.He was a student of the Late Prof. Madhava Menon at Government Law College, Pondicherry.Venkatramani got enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in July 1977. Subsequently, he began practising as a lawyer at the Madras High Court.After spending two years at the Madras High Court, Venkatramani moved to the Supreme Court of India. There, he joined the chambers of Late PP Rao, senior advocate, Supreme Court.After a few years, Venkatramani set up his independent practice in the Supreme Court and was designated as a senior advocate by the apex court in 1997.In the same year, he was designated as the chairman of the Independent Monitoring Panel. Constituted by the World Bank, the Government of India, and the National Thermal Power Corporation, the panel was formed to observe and provide guidance on the rehabilitation of people displaced by the NTPC projects in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.He served as the special senior counsel for various central government departments in High Courts and Supreme Court from 2004 to 2010.Venkatramani also served as the counsel of the Supreme Court in various matters relating to the service conditions of the Supreme Court employees.Holding a specialisation in various branches of law including prominent constitutional law, the law of indirect taxes, human rights law, civil and criminal law, consumer law, and the law relating to services, Venkatramani has fought many legal battles in High Courts and Supreme Court on behalf of the central government, various state governments, universities, and public sector undertakings.