In 1998, Vigil India launched The Institute of Human Rights with Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. The Institute is a training programme for human rights activists, "training trainers" for grass roots education in human rights.
The organisation awards the Rev. M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award annually.[1]
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vigil, india, movement, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article,. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Vigil India Movement news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs to be updated Please help update this to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Vigil India Movement Vigil India is a non governmental organisation based in Bangalore working in the field of human rights in India Founded in 1977 by Rev Dr M A Thomas who also founded the Ecumenical Christian Centre in Bangalore in 1963 and Association of Christian Institutes for Social Concern in Asia Vigil India MovementFormation1977FounderM A ThomasTypeNGOLocationBangaloreRegionIndiaPresidentK Pratap ReddyManaging TrusteeP P BopannaIn 1998 Vigil India launched The Institute of Human Rights with Mr Justice M N Venkatachaliah former Chief Justice of India and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission The Institute is a training programme for human rights activists training trainers for grass roots education in human rights The organisation awards the Rev M A Thomas National Human Rights Award annually 1 The recipients since 1993 include Lenin Raghuvanshi 2016 2 Jayamma Bandari 2014 3 Swami Agnivesh 2006 Teesta Setalvad 2004 Harsh Mander 2002 Medha Patkar 1999 Justice V R Krishna Iyer 1998 Ravi Nair 1997References Edit Thomas award for Agnivesh The Tribune Chandigarh June 27 2006 vigilindia Mr Lenin Raghuvanshi gets the M A Thomas National Human Rights Award 2016 Vigil India Movement Retrieved 2021 01 10 vigilindia Smt Bandari Jayamma received M A Thomas National Human Rights Award 2014 Vigil India Movement Retrieved 2021 01 10 External links EditVigil India Movement Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vigil India Movement amp oldid 1096303821, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
