New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- At this time last year, law graduate Trisha Shetty was at New York's Columbia University, as one of 12 change makers from around the world brought together by the Obama Foundation's flagship Scholars Programme. For the 29-year-old founder of SheSays, which provides legal, medical and other assistance to survivors of sexual violence, and is one of the safety partners of social media platform Twitter, the experience was transformative. Back in India now, Shetty hopes to expand the work of SheSays - which offers legal help, counselling and other assistance to survivors - to rural India. Dhamini Ratnam speaks to Shetty about her learnings from her work with sexual abuse survivors, why the death penalty is a bad idea for cases of child sexual abuse, and other issues. Edited excerpts:...