New Delhi: As the Enforcement Directorate continued its raid on rights activist Harsh Mander’s home, office and a children’s home he helped set up, more than 500 academics, activists and others expressed their solidarity with Mander and condemned the ED action.
“We condemn these raids to harass and intimidate a leading human rights and peace activist who has done nothing but work for peace and harmony, consistently upholding the highest moral standards of honesty and probity,” the signatories said.
The ED on Thursday raided Mander’s home, the office of the Centre for Equity Studies which he runs, and the Ummeed Aman Ghar, a children’s home. This, the signatories argue, is nothing but targeted harassment by the Central government:
“Over the past year, Harsh Mander and the CES have been subjected to continued harassment by multiple state agencies. The false and malicious allegations by the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) were definitively countered by the Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), a statutory body, which has filed a strong affidavit in the Delhi High Court, putting an end to the false allegations against CES.
“CES has also been subjected to harassment by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), and the IT department. All these vindictive efforts combined, have showed neither diversion of money nor any violation of the law. The current raids by the ED and IT department are to be viewed in this context, as part of a continuing chain of abuse of state institutions to threaten, intimidate and try to silence every critic of the present government.”
Mander has been a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi government, and his NGO’s research work has also highlighted the government’s failings in insuring an equitable, safe India for all. Mander and his wife had left on Wednesday night for Germany, where the activist is participating in a nine-month fellowship programme.
Find the full statement and list of signatories below.
This morning, September 16, 2021, officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at the offices of the Centre of Equity Studies (CES) Delhi, headed by Harsh Mander. They also raided his private home in Vasant Kunj. The Income Tax (IT) department has simultaneously raided one of the children’s shelter homes run by an allied institution – Ummeed Aman Ghar in Mehrauli. More details are awaited, as these raids are on-going.
Mr. Mander is currently in Berlin, Germany at the invitation of the Robert Bosch Academy to join them for the prestigious Richard Von Weizsacker Fellowship. The Robert Bosch Academy, founded in 2014 as an institution of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, offers international decision-makers, opinion leaders, and experts the opportunity for solution-oriented cooperation on issues of global relevance.
We condemn these raids to harass and intimidate a leading human rights and peace activist who has done nothing but work for peace and harmony, consistently upholding the highest moral standards of honesty and probity.
Over the past year, Harsh Mander and the CES have been subjected to continued harassment by multiple state agencies. The false and malicious allegations by the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) were definitively countered by the Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), a statutory body, which has filed a strong affidavit in the Delhi High Court, putting an end to the false allegations against CES.
CES has also been subjected to harassment by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), and the IT department. All these vindictive efforts combined, have showed neither diversion of money nor any violation of the law. The current raids by the ED and IT department are to be viewed in this context, as part of a continuing chain of abuse of state institutions to threaten, intimidate and try to silence every critic of the present government.
S.No. | Name | Organisation / Independent / Activists |
1 | Rajmohan Gandhi, Historian | Historian |
2 | Julio Ribero, IPS (Retd.) | Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai |
3 | Admiral Ramdas | Former Chief of Naval Staff |
4 | Aruna Roy | MKSS |
5 | Prof. Rooprekha Verma | Former VC, Lucknow University |
6 | Indira Jaising, | Senior Advocate, Supreme Court |
7 | Dr. Syeda Hameed | Former Member, Planning Commission of India |
8 | Prof. Jean Dreze | Economist |
9 | Arjun Appadurrai | Anthropologist, Berlin |
10 | Vivan Sundaram | Artist |
11 | Jagdeep Chhokar, | Professor (retd), IIM, Ahmedabad |
12 | Shanta Sinha | Former Chairperson, NCPCR |
13 | Medha Patkar, | NAPM |
14 | Flavia Agnes | Majlis, Mumbai |
15 | Prof. Amitabh Kundu | Urban Studies Expert |
16 | Prashant Bhushant | Senior Advocate, Supreme Court |
17 | Subhashini Ali | Member Politbureau CPI (M) |
18 | Uma Chakravarty | Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India |
19 | Madhu Bhaduri, | IFS, (Retd), Former Ambassador to Portugal |
20 | Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, IFS (Redt.) | Former Ambassador to UK |
21 | Mihir Desai | Senior Advocate Bombay High Court and SC of India |
22 | Kavita Krishnan | General Secretary, AIPWA |
23 | Prof Apoorvanand, | General Secretary, AIPWA |
24 | Henri Tiphagne, | People’s Watch |
25 | Annie Raja | Gen Sec. NFIW |
26 | Ravi Kiran Jain | President, PUCL |
27 | V.Suresh | General Secretary, PUCL |
28 | Anand Grover | Senior Advocate, Supreme Court |
29 | Colin Gonsalves | Senior Advocate, Supreme Court |
30 | Bharat Bhushan | Columnist |
31 | Anand Sahay | Columnist |
32 | Aakar Patel | Amnesty India |
33 | Abdul Hafiz Lakhani | Editor siyasat dot net |
34 | Abey George | RTI NETWORK KERALA |
35 | Abha Bhaiya | Feminist Activtis |
36 | Abhay Kumar | Social Activist |
37 | Abhinandan Sekhri | News Laundry |
38 | Abhisikta Dasgupta | Performance Researcher-Practitioner |
39 | Abraham Mathai | Human Rights Worker, Mumbai |
40 | Abu Mohammed Sajid Basha | Activist |
41 | Achin Vanaik | Retd prof, New Delhi |
42 | Adhiraj Sarin | Indendent |
43 | Aditya Mukherjee | Retired Professors, JNU |
44 | Aditya Shrivastava | Lawyer, Dekhi |
45 | Adv. Sachin Godambe | Social Activist & Freelance Journalist) Pune |
46 | Adv.Ansar Indori | National Confederation of Human Rights Organization’s (NCHRO) |
47 | Ajay Prakash | Editor, Janjwar |
48 | Ajey Saxena | PUCL Pratapgarh |
49 | Akash Banerjee | Desh Bhakt |
50 | Akhil Chaudhary | Lawyer and PUCL |
51 | Alaka Basu | Professor, Cornell University |
52 | Alok Jain | Independent |
53 | Amala Dasarathi | Advocate |
54 | Amit Gupta | Business man |
55 | Amita Cherian | Advocate |
56 | Amita Joseph | Activist |
57 | Amitabh Kundu | Independent |
58 | Ammu Abraham | Feminist Activist |
59 | Amod Shah | Independent |
60 | Amrit Kumar Goldsmith | Independent |
61 | Amrita Chhachhi | Photographer, Delhi |
62 | Amrita Johri | Social Activist |
63 | Amrita Shodhan | Independent |
64 | Anand Chakravarty | Academic |
65 | Anand K Sahay | Columnist |
66 | Anand Patwardhan | Film Maker |
67 | Anand Vardhan Singh | The Public India |
68 | Anant Bhatnagar | PUCL Rajasthan |
69 | Anant Maringanti | HUL |
70 | Ania Loomba | Academic |
71 | Anil Kumar | Activist |
72 | Anita Agnihotri, IAS | Former Secretary, Department of Social Justice Empowerment, GoI |
73 | Anita Mathur | Azad Foundation |
74 | Anita Rampal | Educationist |
75 | Anjali Bharadwaj | Social Activist |
76 | Anjor Bhaskar | Right to Food and Work Campaign |
77 | Ankita Aggarwal | Researcher |
78 | Anju Nayal | PUCL Ajmer |
79 | Anna Dani, IAS, Retd | Former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra |
80 | Anubha Rastogi | Advocate |
81 | Anuradha Marwah | Ajmer Adult Litreacy Association |
82 | Anwar Ali | Inpendent |
83 | Apar Gupta | Advocate |
84 | Aparna | President, India Federation of Trade Unions |
85 | Archana Prasad | JNU |
86 | Arif Jafar | Naz Foundation International |
87 | Arjun Appadurai | Anthropologist, Berlin |
88 | Arun Gupta | Child and Nutrition Expert |
89 | Arun Kumar | Retd Prof. JNU |
90 | Arun Vyas | Advocate PUCL |
91 | Aruna Rodrigues | Food Rights Activist |
92 | Aruna Roy | MKSS |
93 | Arundathi V | Social Arts Practioner, himachal pradesh |
94 | Faisal Khan | Khudai Khidmatgar |
95 | Arundhati Dhuru | National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) |
96 | Asawari Kapur | Independent |
97 | Asha Kalra | Children and woman welfare society |
98 | Asha Kotwal | Dalit women fight |
99 | Asha Mishra | Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti |
100 | Asha Sharma | Secretary, AIDWA Delhi |
101 | Asha Sharma | Secretary, AIDWA Delhi |
102 | Ashish K Mishra | The morning context |
103 | Ashma Izzat | Advocate |
104 | Ashok Kumar Sharma, IFS, Retd | Former MD, State Forest Development Corporation, Govt. of Gujarat |
105 | Ashok Verma | Convenor, Jharkhand Loktantrik Manch |
106 | Ashrfi Prasad | Right to food Campaign Jharkhand |
107 | Ashwani Kumar Paliwal | PUCL Udaipur |
108 | Aunohita Mojumdar | Freelance Journalist |
109 | Aurobindo Behera, IAS | Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Odisha |
110 | Avantika Srivastava | Social Activist |
111 | Avinash Mohananey, IPS | Former Director General of Police, Govt. of Sikkim |
112 | Ayeesha Rai | National Network of Sex Workers |
113 | Aysha | Right to food Campaign |
114 | Balram | Right to food Campaign Jharkhand |
115 | Barun Bandhopadyay | Editor People’s Reporter |
116 | Beena Jadav | Rahethan Adhikar Manch -Gujarat |
117 | Bela Bhatia | Activist |
118 | Bhanwar Meghwanshi | PUCL Rajasthan |
119 | Bhanwari Bai | Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer |
120 | Bharat | Vishakha: Women’s Research and Resouce group |
121 | Bharat Dogra | Independent |
122 | Bhaswati | HUL |
123 | Bhavna Sharma | Social Activist, Anhad |
124 | Bidyut Mohanty | Academic |
125 | Binayak Sen | Human Rights Worker and PUCL |
126 | Bindu Singh | Right to Food, UP |
127 | Binod Kumar | Social Activist, Ranchi |
128 | Biswa soren | Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand |
129 | C B Choudhary | Samajwadi Jan Parishad |
130 | Chander | Independent |
131 | Chandra Kala | Ekal Nari Shakti Sangathan |
132 | Chandrakant Chaudhari | Social Activist, Bhusaval |
133 | Chandrashekhar Balakrishnan. IAS, Retd. | Former Secretary, Coal, GoI |
134 | Chayanika Shah | Queer Feminist Researcher, Mumbai |
135 | Chetan Gollapalli | Independent |
136 | Chhaya Pachauli | Centre for Health and Equity, Jaipur |
137 | Clifton D’Rozario | National Convenor, All India Lawyers Association for Justice |
138 | Cynthia Mathew CJ | Independent |
139 | D. Geetha Advocate | Activist |
140 | D. L. Tripathi | PUCL Rajasthan |
141 | D. Leena | |
142 | Deb Mukharji, IFS | Former High Commissioner to Bangladesh and former Ambassador to Nepal |
143 | Debmalya Nandy | Nrega Sangharsh Morcha |
144 | Deepak Kalra | Disabled Rights Expert |
145 | Denzil Fernandes | Academic, Delhi |
146 | Deshdeep Dhankhar | University of Hyderabad |
147 | Dev Benegal | Film Director |
148 | Dev Desai | Human Rights activists, Ahmedabad ANHAD |
149 | Dhanya Rajendran | The news minute |
150 | Dilip D’Souza | Writer, Bombay |
151 | Dipali Taneja | Independent |
152 | Dipani Sutaria | Gujarat |
153 | Divakar Narayanra | Independent |
154 | Dr Kochurani Abraham | ICWM, Kerala |
155 | Dr Ashok Dhawale | National President, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) |
156 | Dr Raja Ram | Retired Faculty, Delhi University. |
157 | Dr RatiRao E | AIPWA |
158 | Dr Saif Mahmood | Advocate, Supreme Court of India |
159 | Dr Sunil Kaul | Ex- Advisor to the SC Commissioners |
160 | Dr Sunilam | Kisan Sangharsh Samiti and Bahujan Samwad. |
161 | Dr V. Lakshminarayana | AIPF, PUCL |
162 | Dr. Akash Bhattacharya | Faculty Member, School of Education, Azim Premji University |
163 | Dr. Alaka Rao | Public Health Consultant |
164 | Dr. Asha Kaushik | Rajasthan University Women’s Association |
165 | Dr. Ashok Dhawale | President – AIKS |
166 | Dr. Jyothi Krishnan | RTI NETWORK KERALA |
167 | Dr. Kanchan Mathur | Women Studies Consultant |
168 | Dr. Laad Kumari Jain | Rajasthan University Women’s Association |
169 | Dr. Malti Gupta | RUWA and NFIW |
170 | Dr. Mohammed Hasan | Independent Academic |
171 | Dr. Pawan Surana | Rajasthan University Women’s Association |
172 | Dr. Pritam Pal | Women Studies and Public Health Consultant |
173 | Dr. RatiRao E. | AIPWA , PUCL |
174 | Dr. Renuka Pamecha | Women’s Rehabilitation Group |
175 | Dr. Saroop Dhruv | Cultural Activist, Gujarat |
176 | Dr. Shobhita Rajagopal | Women Studies Consultant |
177 | Dr. Smriti Rao | Professor, Economics and Global Studies, Assumption University |
178 | Dr.Meeta Singh | PUCL and Foundation for the Dignity of the Girl Child |
179 | Dr.Mohan Rao | Former Professor at JNU |
180 | Dunu Roy | Social Activist and Thinker |
181 | E A S Sarma | Visakhapatnam |
182 | Elina Horo | Adivasi Women’s Network |
183 | Ena Zafar | Human Rights Activist |
184 | Eshwarappa M | ESG India |
185 | Faizan Alam | Filmmaker, Activist |
186 | Fatema | Indendent |
187 | Father Jothi SJ | Human Rights Activist, Tripura |
188 | Feroze Mithiborwala | India Palestine Solidarity Forum |
189 | Francis Parmar | Independent |
190 | Ganatantrik Adhikar Surakhya Sangathan | Odisha |
191 | Ganga ram Paikra | Right to Food Campaign Chhattisgarh |
192 | Gautam Mody | New Trade Union Initiative |
193 | Gayatri Singh | Senior Advocate Bombay High Court |
194 | Geeta Kapur | Art Critic, Delhi |
195 | Geeta Seshu | Co-editor, Free Speech Collective |
196 | George Thomas | Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chennai. |
197 | Ghanshyam Shah | Ahmedabad |
198 | Girija Boddupalli | Oxfam |
199 | Githa Hariharan | Writer |
200 | Gladston Xavier | Professor in social work. |
201 | Gopal Menon | Film Maker |
202 | Gopalan Balagopal, IAS, Retd | Former Special Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal |
203 | Gurjeet Singh | Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand |
204 | Gutta Rohith | Human Rights Forum, AP and TN |
205 | Harkesh Bugalia | Rajasthan Nirman Env General Worker Union |
206 | Harsh Kapoor | Mainstream Weekly |
207 | Harsh Sethi | Independent |
208 | Hasan Abdullah | New Delhi |
209 | Hasina Khan | On behalf of Bebaak Collective |
210 | Hasina Khan | Bebaak Collective |
211 | Hemantkumar Shah | Economist, Gujarat |
212 | Himanshu Kumar | Gandhian Activist, Goa |
213 | Hiren Gandhi | Cultural Activist |
214 | I D JAMES | Indendent |
215 | Indira Hirway | Centre For Development Alternatives Ahmedabad |
216 | Indira Pancholi | Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer |
217 | Indu Chandrasekhar | Tulika Books |
218 | Indu Prakash Singh | President, Forum Against Corruption & Threats. Facilitator, CityMakers Mission Internationals |
219 | Intekhab Qamar | Social Activist |
220 | Ira Raja | Faculty, Delhi University |
221 | Jagdeep Chhokar | Professor (Retired), IIM Ahmedabad |
222 | Jagmati Sangwan | Bheem Awardee, Volleyballer |
223 | Jahnvi Andharia | Independent |
224 | James Anthony | PUCL Bharatpur |
225 | James Herenj | Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand |
226 | Javed Anand | Journalist |
227 | Jawahar Mehta | Activist |
228 | Jawahar Mehta | Social Activist, Jharkhand |
229 | Jaya Mehta | Economist |
230 | Jayasree Subramanian | Activist |
231 | Jeevika Shiv | Advocate and Feminist Activist |
232 | Johanna | Social Activist |
233 | John Dayal | Writer and Activist |
234 | John Dsouza | Documentalist, Mumbai |
235 | Johra chhipa | Housing Rights Human Rights Groups-Gujarat |
236 | Julio Ribeiro, IPS Retd. | Former Adviser to Governor of Punjab & former Ambassador to Romania |
237 | Jyoti Punwani | Freelance Journalist, Mumbai |
238 | K Ramnarayan | Ecologist & Educator, Uttarakhand, India |
239 | Kabi Sherman | Social Activist |
240 | Kailash Kumbhakar | Acaedmy for Socio Legal Studies, |
241 | Kailash meena | PUCL Rajasthan |
242 | KALYANI MENON | SEN |
243 | Kamal Jaswal, IAS | Former Secretary, Department of Information Technology, GoI |
244 | Kamayani Bali Mahabal | Punjab Women Collective |
245 | Kameshwari Jandhyala | Hyderabad |
246 | Kamyani Swami | Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan |
247 | Kanishka Gupta | Write and Publisher |
248 | Karen Gabriel | Independent |
249 | Karuna John | Writer, Editor, Translator, Teacher |
250 | Karuna Phillip | Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer |
251 | Kashi nath Chatterjee | Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti |
252 | Katyayani Vidmahe | Independent |
253 | Kavita Srivastava | PUCL |
254 | Kedar Mishra | Poet and journalist, Bhubaneswar |
255 | Khairunissa Pathan | Parwaaz, Mumbai |
256 | Khan Sophia | Gender & Legal Consultant |
257 | Kiran Grover | Independent |
258 | Komal Srivastava | Bharat Gyan vigyan Samiti |
259 | Koninika Ray | National Federation of Indian Women |
260 | Kusum Saiwal | AIDWA |
261 | Laavanya Tamang | Activist |
262 | Lakshmi Krishnamurty | Researcher – education of children and women |
263 | Lalita Ramdas | Educator and Activist…Bhaimala, Alibag |
264 | Lata Kachawaha | Social Activist, Barmer |
265 | Lata P.M | Social Activist, Maharashtra |
266 | Lata Singh | JNU |
267 | Lata Singh | PUCL |
268 | Latika Padgaonkar | Independent |
269 | Leena Abraham | Mumba |
270 | Leena Joshi | Academic |
271 | Leo F. Saldanha | Environment Support Group |
272 | Lotika Singha | University of Wolverhampton, UK |
273 | M M P Singh | Activist |
274 | M.G. Devasahayam, IAS, Retd | Former Secretary, Govt. of Haryana |
275 | Madhavi Kane | Activist |
276 | Madhavi Kuckreja | Independent |
277 | Madhu Bhaduri, IFS, Retd. | Former Ambassador to Portugal |
278 | Madhu Bhushan | Women’s rights activist, Bangalore |
279 | Madhu Garg | AIDWA |
280 | Madhulika | PUCL, Dungarpur |
281 | Madhumita | India Civil Watch |
282 | Madhusree Dutta | Artist |
283 | Mahendra Parida | General secretary, Aicctu |
284 | Maimoona Mollah | Social and Political Activist |
285 | Maitreyi Krishnan | Manthan Law, Bangalore |
286 | Malika Virdi | Uttarakhand. |
287 | Malini Subramaniam | Independent Journalist |
288 | Mamata Dash | WSS, Delhi |
289 | Mamta Jaitly | Vividha |
290 | Mamta | |
291 | Manan Ganguli | India Matters UK |
292 | Manavi Atri | Lawyer/Researcher, Bangalore |
293 | Manavwadi Bharat | The Humanist |
294 | Mangla Kumar | Advocate |
295 | Manju Sharma | Writer |
296 | Manu Kaushik | Management Consultant |
297 | Maria Couto | Aldona goa |
298 | Mariam Dhavale | AIDWA |
299 | Mathew Cherian | Social Activist |
300 | Maya Krishna Rao | Theatre Artist |
301 | Mazher Hussain | Hyderabad |
302 | Medha Patkar | National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) |
303 | Meenakshi | Movement for Secular Democracy |
304 | Meera Samson | CORD |
305 | Meera Sangahmitra | National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) |
306 | Mehroo Kotval | Independent |
307 | Members | Forum Against Oppression of Women |
308 | Members | Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan |
309 | Mewa Bharti | Domestic Workers Union |
310 | Minakshi | NFIW |
311 | Mira Shiva | Health and Nutritionist Expert |
312 | Mohd Tarique | TISS |
313 | Mohit | Independent |
314 | Mohit M | Independent |
315 | Mridul | Technology Professional |
316 | Mridula Mukherjee | Retired Professors, JNU |
317 | Mrinalini Paul | right to food and work Campaign, West Bengal |
318 | Mukta Srivastava | Right to food Campaign and Shoshit Jan Andolan |
319 | N Venugopal | Journalist, Hyderabad |
320 | N.C. Saxena, IAS, Retd | Former Secretary, Planning Commission, GoI |
321 | Nachiket Udupa | MKSS |
322 | Nagalsamy, IAAS | Former Principal Accountant General, Tamil Nadu & Kerala |
323 | Nandini Rao | Social Activist |
324 | Nandini Sundar | Academic, Delhi |
325 | Nandita Gandhi | Co-Director, Akshara Centre |
326 | Nandita Narain | Delhi University. |
327 | Narendra Gupta | Prayas |
328 | Natasha Badhwar | Film Maker and Author |
329 | Naveen Narayan | Dalit Activist |
330 | Navendu Mishra | Seoni working with agrini samaj Kalyan samiti |
331 | Navrekha Sharma, IFS, Retd | Former Ambassador to Indonesia |
332 | Neeta Kolhatkar | Independent Journalist |
333 | Nirja Mishra | Indpendent Academic |
334 | Nirmala Karunan | Independent |
335 | Nisha Biswas | WSS |
336 | Nisha Chauhan | Social Activist, Bikaner |
337 | Nisha Sidhu | National Federation Indian Women |
338 | Nishat Hussein | National Muslim Women’s welfare society |
339 | Niti Saxena | Lawyer and Researcher |
340 | Noella de Souza. | Mumbai |
341 | Noor Mohmmad | PUCL Alwar |
342 | Norat Mal | Social Activist, Ajmer |
343 | Norati | President, Rajasthan Asangathith Mazdoor Union |
344 | Nupur Basu | Senior Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker. |
345 | Om Prakash Ray | PUCL Ajmer |
346 | P. J. Josey | INSOCO Kerala |
347 | P. Joy Oommen, IFS | Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Chhattisgarh |
348 | P.A. Nazareth, IFS | Former Ambassador to Egypt and Mexico |
349 | P.R. Dasgupta, IAS, Retd | Former Chairman, Food Corporation of India, GoI |
350 | Padma Velaskar | Professor (retd), Tiss Mumbai |
351 | Padmaja Shaw | Rtd Professor Osmania University |
352 | Pamela Philipose | Journalist, New Delhi |
353 | Pamposh Dhar | Singapore |
354 | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta | Journalist |
355 | Paromita | Independent |
356 | Persis Ginwalla | Ahmedabad |
357 | Pervin Jehangir | Activist |
358 | PM Lata | Social activist, Maharashtra |
359 | Poonam Batra | Professor of Education, Co-Investigator, TESF India |
360 | Poonam Kaushik | Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan, Delhi |
361 | Prabhat Patnaik | Professor Emeritus, JNU |
362 | Prabir Purkayastha | Editor, Newsclick, and science activist |
363 | Pradeep K. Deb | IAS (Retd.) Former Secretary, Deptt. Of Sports, GoI |
364 | Pradeep K. Deb, IAS Retd. | Former Secretary, Department of Sports GOI |
365 | Pradip Krishen | Independent |
366 | Pradnya Deshpande | Psychologist |
367 | Pragya Joshi | PUCL Rajasthan |
368 | Pranab S. Mukhopadhyay, IAS Retd. | Former Director, Institute of Port Management, GoI |
369 | Prasad Subramaniam | Secretary – FSMM |
370 | Prashant Bhushan | Advocate, Supreme Court |
371 | Praveer Peter | Jharkhand, Janadhikar Mahasabha |
372 | Prem Krishan Sharma | Academy for socio legal studies |
373 | Priyanshu Gupta | Independent researcher |
374 | Prof Beulah Shekhar | YWCA of India, Department of Criminology, Karunya University Coimbatore. |
375 | Prof Neera Chandoke | Academic |
376 | Prof Roopa Rao E | PUCL |
377 | Prof Rooprekha Verma | Former Vice Chancellor, Lucknow University |
378 | Prof. Navdeep Mathur | Faculty, IIM Ahmedabad |
379 | Professor Sushil Khanna | ( retd) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta |
380 | Purnima Upadhyay | Social Activist, Amravati |
381 | Purwa Kushwaha | Independent |
382 | Pyoli, Samajwadi | Janparishad |
383 | Qamar Naqvi | Satya Hindi |
384 | Radha Holla | Child and Nutrition Expert |
385 | Radha Khant | PUCL Rajasthan |
386 | Radha Vallabh Sharma | PUCL Ajmer |
387 | Radhakant Saxena | PUCL Rajasthan |
388 | Radheshyam Varma | PUCL Bharatpur |
389 | Radhika Desai | Hyderabad |
390 | Raghunandana Sathamarshana | Kannada Poet, Playwright, Stage-Director |
391 | Raish Khan | PUCL Udaipur |
392 | Raj Kumari Dogra | NFIW |
393 | Raj Shekhar | Right to Food Campaign |
394 | Rajaraman | Rangmatipadar Adivasi Commune, Rayagada, Odisha |
395 | Rajashri Dasgupta | Independent Journalist |
396 | Rajeev R. Singh | Independent consultant. |
397 | Rajeev Singha | UK |
398 | Rajendra Kuntal | PUCL Bharatpur |
399 | Rajendra Prasad | Sahmat |
400 | Rajendran Narayanan | Azim Premji University |
401 | Rajesh Prasad, IFSm, Retd. | Former Ambassador to the Netherlands |
402 | Rajesh Singh | Human Rights Activist Delhi |
403 | Rajiv Dimri | General Secretary, All India Central Council of Trade Unions |
404 | Rajmohan Gandhi | Formar Governor |
405 | Rajni Bakshi | Writer |
406 | Raju Sharma, IAS | Former Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh |
407 | Rakhi | CFAR |
408 | Rakhi Sehgal | Independent |
409 | Ram Manohar Reddy | The Editor, The India Forum |
410 | Ram Puniyani | All India Secular Forum Mumbai |
411 | Rama Melkote | Independent |
412 | Ramani Venkatesan, IAS Retd. | Former Director General, YASHADA, Govt. of Maharashtra |
413 | Ramesh Asher | Film Maker |
414 | Ramesh Nandwana | PUCL Rajasthan |
415 | Rami Chhabra | Media veteran and social activist |
416 | Ranjana Padhi | Women’s Activist |
417 | Ranjit Kaul | Activist |
418 | Rashid Hussain | Social Activtis |
419 | Ravi Vira Gupta, IAS | Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India |
420 | Raza Haider | Filmmaker, activist , Delhi |
421 | Reetika Khera | Academic |
422 | Rekha Awasthy | Activist |
423 | Richa Audchiya | Jan Chetna Samiti, Sirohi |
424 | Rita Brara | Academic |
425 | Rita Manchanda | Human rights peace advocate |
426 | Ritu Kapur | The Quint |
427 | Roda Billimoria Desai | Independent |
428 | Rohini Hensman | Writer and independent scholar |
429 | Rohit Parakh | Food Rights Activist |
430 | Rohit Prajapati | PUCL |
431 | Rosamma Thomas | Journalist |
432 | Roshani Pack | Independent |
433 | Roshmi Goswami | Feminist Activist, Shillong |
434 | Ruchi Garg | PUCL Bharatpur |
435 | Rupsa Mallik | Feminist Activist |
436 | Rushda Siddiqui | NFIW, Delhi |
437 | S. Vincent Anesthasiar | General Secretary, Justice Peace and Integrity Creation (JPIC) |
438 | S.K. Guha, IAS, Retd | Former Joint Secretary, Department of Women & Child Development, GoI |
439 | S.N. Sahu | Activist |
440 | S.Q.Masood | Social Activist, Hyderabad |
441 | Sachin Jain | Vikas, MP |
442 | Sachin Rao | Political Activist |
443 | Sadaf Jafar | Political Activist |
444 | Sadhna Arya | University of Delhi |
445 | Sagari Ramdas | Food Sovereignty Alliance |
446 | Sahana Kaul | Activist |
447 | Saheli Women | Saheli resource center for Women, New Delhi NCR |
448 | Sajha Kadam | Jharkhand |
449 | Sakina Dhorajiwala | Activist |
450 | Salim Saboowalla | Independent |
451 | Sameera Khan | Journalist and Researcher, Mumbai |
452 | Sameet Panda | Right to food Campaign Odisha |
453 | Sandeep Bagchee | Retired Officer of the I.A.S. |
454 | Sandeep Pandey | Socialist Party (India) |
455 | Sandhya Gokhale | Forum Against Oppression of Women |
456 | Sangeeta Sahu | Right to Food Campaign, Chhattisgarh |
457 | Sanjay Mangla Gopal | NAPM |
458 | Sanjay Sanghvi | Trade Union Centre of India |
459 | Santosh Sharma | Social Activist, New Delhi |
460 | Sarah Mathews | Managing Trustee, Sankalp Women’s Support Alliance |
461 | Sarika Shrivastava | State Secretary, NFIW (M.P.) |
462 | Sarojini N | Researcher, Public Health |
463 | Satish Kumar | Centre For Dalit Rights |
464 | Satya Narayan Mohanty | IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission |
465 | Sawai Singh | Social Activist |
466 | Sehba Farooqui | AIDWA |
467 | Sevanti Ninan | Journalist |
468 | Shabnam Aziz | PUCL |
469 | Shadan Farasat | Advocate |
470 | Shaheen Nazar | Delhi |
471 | Shakuntala Pamecha | Rajasamand Mahila Manch |
472 | Shalini Gera | Advocate |
473 | Shalmali Guttal | Researcher |
474 | Shamsul Islam | Cultural Activist |
475 | Shantha Sinha | Independent |
476 | Sharad Raj | Independent Filmmaker |
477 | Sharanya Nayak | Rangmatipadar Adivasi Commune, Koraput, Odisha |
478 | Sheba George | Indendent |
479 | Shikha Sethia | Independent |
480 | Shirish Patel | Chairman Emeritus, Shirish Patel & Associates, Consulting Civil Engineers |
481 | Shiv Shankar Mukherjee | IFS (Retd.) Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom |
482 | Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, IFS (Retd) | Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom |
483 | Shreya Munhot | Advocate |
484 | Shripad Dharmadhikary | Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Pune |
485 | Shubhranshu Choudhary | Independent |
486 | Sister Carol Geeta | PUCL, Ajmer |
487 | Smita Gupta | Researcher |
488 | Smita Premchander | Activist |
489 | Smriti Nevatia | Researcher-Writer, Film Festival Curator, Bombay |
490 | Snehal Sinha | Activist |
491 | Snimer Kaur Sahni | Delhi |
492 | Solomon David | SJ |
493 | Soma KP | Independent Researcher |
494 | Sonal Kellogg | Sabfree Foundation |
495 | Sonam Chaturvedi | Assistant Lecturer, OP Jindal Global University |
496 | Srelekha Mukerji | Activist |
497 | Sruti Bala | Univ of Amsterdam, InSAF India |
498 | Subbarao Prabhala | Captain S. Prabhala IN (Retd) |
499 | subhash Gatade, | New Socialist Initiative |
500 | Subhashini Ali | CPI (M) Politbureau member |
501 | Subir Sinha | Independent |
502 | Sudha N | Activist-Researcher, Bangalore |
503 | Sudhanva Deshpande | Publisher and Theatreperson |
504 | Suhas Kohelkar | NAPM |
505 | Sujata Gothoskar | Independent researcher and activist |
506 | Sujata Gurung Chowdhary | North East Now |
507 | Sujit Patwardhan | Indendent |
508 | Suki Iyer | Independent |
509 | Sukirat Anand | Writer |
510 | Sukumar Muralidharan | Independent |
511 | Suman Devathiya | Dalit Women Fight |
512 | Sumita Mehta | Independent |
513 | Sumitra Chopra | AIDWA |
514 | Sundar Burra, IAS, Retd | Former Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra |
515 | Suneeta Dhar | Feminist Activist, Delhi |
516 | Sunil Raj Varisth | PUCL Bharatpur |
517 | Sunilam | Ex MP and Farmer’s leader |
518 | Supriya Jan | Right to pee campaign Mumbai |
519 | Suresh K. Goel, IFS, Retd | Former Director General, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, GoI |
520 | Surjit K. Das, IAS, Retd | Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Uttarakhand |
521 | Sushila Devi | Social Worker, Newc Delhi. |
522 | Sushmita Jha | Indendent |
523 | Svati Joshi | Independent |
524 | Swati Desai | NAPM Gujarat |
525 | Swati Narayan | Academic |
526 | Sweta Dash | Academic |
527 | Sylvia karpagam | Social Activist |
528 | T. L. PALANI KUMAR | Activist |
529 | Tanushree Gangoupadhyay | Journalist |
530 | Tara Ahluwalia | Bal Evam Mahila, Samiti Bhilwara |
531 | Tara Murali | Architect, Chennai. |
532 | Thomas Franco | Independent |
533 | Thomas Pallithanam | Salesian Representative to UN ECOSOC. |
534 | Tinu Joseph | St.Francis De Sales’ College, Nagpur. |
535 | Tultul Biswas | MP Mahila Manch |
536 | Tushar Dhara | Journalist |
537 | Ujjaini Chatterji | Advocate |
538 | Ulka Mahajan | Sarvahara Jan Andolan |
539 | Uma Chakravarty | Historian |
540 | Vandana Prasad | Child and Nutrition Expert |
541 | Vanita Nayak Mukherjee | Feminist Activist |
542 | Vapalla Balachandran, IAS Retd. | Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI |
543 | Varsha Bhargavi | Director, WhereAreTheWomen |
544 | Veena Dwivedi | PUCL Udaipur |
545 | Veena Gowda | Advocate, Advocate, Mumbai |
546 | Veena Shatrugna | Former Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad. |
547 | Vibha Puri Das, IAS, Retd | Former Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI |
548 | Vidhya | Activist, N Delhi |
549 | Vignesh Vellore | The News minute |
550 | Vijay Bharatiya | Activist |
551 | Vijay Lakshmi Joshi | PUCL |
552 | Vimal Bhai | National Alliance of People’s Movements |
553 | Vimala Ramachandran | Independent |
554 | Vineet Tiwari | National Secretary, PWA |
555 | Vineeta Bal | Pune |
556 | Vinita Kaul | Activist |
557 | Vinod C. Khanna, IFS | Former Additional Secretary, MEA, GoI |
558 | Virginia Saldanha | ICWM |
559 | Vivan Sundaram | Activits |
560 | Vivan Sundaram | Art Critic, Delhi |
561 | Vivek Korde | Activist |
562 | Vivek Monteiro | CITU |
563 | VK Cherian | Writer |
564 | VS Krishna | Human Rights Forum, AP and TN |
565 | Zal Cowasji | Activist |
And many others whose names we have not been able to incorporate |