Her favourite novel is To Kill a Mockingbird. She was portrayed by Indira Varma in the film Official Secrets. Awards and honours Chakrabarti is a member of the Foundation for Information Policy Research advisory council. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours. In 2011, she was awarded the President's Medal by the British Academy. She was one of eight Olympic Flag carriers at the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony (the announcer incorrectly described her as "the founder of Liberty"). She was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom in 2013 by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4, and in 2014 she was included in The Sunday Times'''s "100 Makers of the 21st Century" list. In May 2018, it was announced that Chakrabarti was to be sworn of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. This usually allows the style 'The Right Honourable', however, as a peer, she is already styled as such and therefore uses the post-nominal 'PC'. Scholastic University degrees Chancellor, visitor, governor, and fellowships Honorary degrees On Liberty On Liberty, Chakrabarti's first book, was published by Allen Lane in 2014. In November 2015, a settlement was announced of a High Court libel case brought by Martin Hemming, formerly the Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Defence, concerning false allegations made by Chakrabarti. The publishers apologised for the "hurt and distress caused" by the allegations, confirmed they were "without foundation", and agreed to pay Hemming damages and legal costs. See also Taking Liberties'' – a film in which Shami Chakrabarti was one of the participants References External links Shami Chakrabarti related articles on Liberty's official website Archived profile on Liberty website |- |- |- 1969 births Living people 20th-century English lawyers 21st-century English lawyers Alumni of the London School of Economics British human rights activists Women human rights activists British politicians of Indian descent Chancellors of the University of Essex Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English barristers English feminists English people of Bengali descent English people of Indian descent English women lawyers Fellows of Nuffield College, Oxford Labour Party (UK) life peers Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Labour Party (UK) people Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom National Council for Civil Liberties people People associated with Oxford Brookes University People educated at Bentley