Padma Lakshmi of Kerala became the state’s first transgender lawyer when she registered as an advocate with the state’s Bar Council. Padma Lakshmi, according to the minister’s post, was one of over 1,500 recent law graduates who received their bar enrolment certificates on Sunday at an event hosted by the Bar Council of India. Padma Lakshmi graduated from Ernakulam Government Law College with a law degree.