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Centre for Equity Studies
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  • About
    • Vision, Mission and Values
    • Governing Board
    • Distinguished Fellows
    • Financial Reports
  • Themes
    • Communal Violence
      • Videos and Photos
    • Citizenship
    • Gender
    • Labour and Migration
    • Land, Forest and Tribal Rights
    • Manual Scavenging and Sewer Work
    • Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Crisis
    • Social Justice
    • Urban Poverty and Homelessness
  • COVID-19 Lockdown and Relief
    • Articles
    • CES Blogs
    • Relief Reports
      • Six Million Meals Campaign
      • SMM Daily Report 29 April
      • TMM Daily Report 24 April
      • TMM Daily Report 17 April
      • TMM Daily Report 13 April
    • Videos and Webinars
    • Reports
    • Newsletter
  • Debates and Discussions
    • Conversations with India’s Margins
    • Pandemic and Equity Webinar Series
    • Policy and Inclusion Debate Series
  • Gallery
  • Contact Us
    • How to Reach Us
    • Work With Us

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Governing Board

Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Indian director and screenwriter in Hindi films and television. One of the most respected names among India’s New Wave Cinema, his films include Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro, and Naseem (which won two National Film Awards in 1996). He is also the writer of four highly regarded books.

Niranjan Pant

A civil servant widely respected for his integrity – served in the Government of India at senior positions for 35 years and retired as the Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General & ex-officio Chairperson of Government Accounting Standards Advisory Board (GASAB)

Uma Shankari Narendranath

A writer, researcher and farmers’ rights activist, is an organic farmer from Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh; working with farmers movements and other social movements.

John Dayal

He is one of India’s most senior veteran journalists. He is a leading human rights activist, particularly working on the rights of religious minorities in India. He was a member of the National Integration Council (NIC) of India, Secretary-General of the All India Christian Council and a past president of the All India Catholic Union.

Loitongbam Babloo Singh

A lawyer, anthropologist and human rights activist based in Manipur. He has been fighting to protect human rights in the northeast of India for more than 20 years. He has meticulously documented no fewer than 1528 cases in which innocent people were killed in so-called “fake encounters” (alleged combat against terrorists). Babloo bases his methods on Gandhi’s form of non-violent resistance.

Harsh Mander

He is a human rights and peace worker, writer, columnist, researcher and teacher. He led the campaign Karwan e Mohabbat to fight lynching and hate violence. He was nominated by the Director, Oslo Peace Research Institute for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022.

Distinguished Fellows

Neera Chandoke

She is a Leading political scientist, was Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi and Director of Developing Countries Research Centre at the University of Delhi. Her recent publications include Nelson Mandela: Peace Through Reconciliation, 2021; Rethinking Pluralism, Secularism, Tolerance: Anxieties of Co- Existence, 2019; Democracy and Revolutionary Politics, 2015; and Contested Secessions, 2012

Prabhat Patnaik

He is one of India’s most respected economists and political commentators. He taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, from 1974 until his retirement in 2010. His recent publications include A Theory of Imperialism, 2016; Marx’s Capital: An Introductory Reader Essays, 2011; Re-Envisioning Socialism, 2011; The Value of Money, 2008; and Retreat to Unfreedom: Essays on the Emerging World Order, 2003.

Aditi Mehta

She had a distinguished career as an Indian civil servant, holding several positions of responsibility in the central and Rajasthan governments. She is particularly remembered for her contributions in the fields of social welfare and culture.

Navsharan Singh

She is a Delhi-based feminist researcher and human rights activist. She has worked and published extensively on informal-sector workers, especially women workers and the precarity of their work and lives. She has also been working on the vulnerability of internally displaced people and those affected by mass sectarian violence. She was previously the Senior Program Specialist for the Women’s Rights and Citizenship Program at the International Development Research Centre’s Asia office, New Delhi. Her recent publications include Blood, Censored: When Kashmiris Become the ‘Enemy’, 2018; Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India; Blood, Censored, 2014; and Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development, 2007.

Avinash Kumar

A scholar in Modern History, has contributed significantly to civil society efforts for human rights. He was the Executive Director, Amnesty International India before joining CES as a distinguished fellow. Previously, he worked as the Director, Policy & Planning, Wateraid India.

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Zoom Webinar | 17 September 2020 | What does the drastic contraction of the economy mean for India’s labouring poor?

Zoom Webinar | 12 September 2020 | Conversations with the Margins: Domestic Workers during the Lockdown

Zoom Webinar: Labour Rights in India – Before, During and After the Pandemic | Monday 18 May, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

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