Over 600 prominent citizens condemn Ed raids on Mandar home and offices

New Delhi, 18 Sep 2021 [Fik/News Sources]:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids  on the offices and private home of one of India’s leading human rights and peace activists, and former IAS  Harsh Mander has attracted wide condemnation. Over 600 academics, advocates, activists, civil servants, writers, film makers, journalists, musicians, artists and others issued a joint statement condemning the government.  Expressing solidarity with Mandar, they strongly register protest at this kind of harassment of  Mandar.  The raids came after Mandar’ and his wife left on a scheduled fellowship for Germany. It said ED is still here at Harsh’s house.

The text of the joint statement of condemnation

“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.

We stand with Harsh Mander and with each person associated with the Centre for Equity Studies. The Constitution of India and the law of the land shall prevail, exposing these intimidatory tactics exactly for what they are – an abuse of state institutions to try and curtail all our rights.

Name

Organisation / Independent / Activists

S.No.
Name
Organisation / Independent / Activists

Romila Thapar
Historian
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
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
567
Tapan Bose
Peace Activist

There are many others whose names we have not been able to incorporate.