OVER 600 ACADEMICS, ADVOCATES, ACTIVISTS, CIVIL SERVANTS, WRITERS, FILM MAKERS, JOURNALISTS, MUSICIANS, ARTISTS and OTHERS

CONDEMN THE RAIDS BY THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE

ON THE OFFICES AND PRIVATE HOME OF ONE OF INDIA’S LEADING

HUMAN RIGHTS & PEACE ACTIVISTS, HARSH MANDER

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.

S.No.NameOrganisation / Independent / Activists
1Rajmohan Gandhi, HistorianHistorian
2 Julio Ribero, IPS (Retd.) Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai
3Admiral RamdasFormer Chief of Naval Staff
4Aruna RoyMKSS
5Prof. Rooprekha VermaFormer VC, Lucknow University
6Indira Jaising,Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
7Dr. Syeda HameedFormer Member, Planning Commission of India
8Prof. Jean DrezeEconomist
9Arjun AppadurraiAnthropologist, Berlin
10Vivan SundaramArtist
11Jagdeep Chhokar,Professor (retd), IIM, Ahmedabad
12Shanta SinhaFormer Chairperson, NCPCR
13 Medha Patkar,NAPM
14 Flavia AgnesMajlis, Mumbai
15Prof. Amitabh KunduUrban Studies Expert
16Prashant BhushantSenior Advocate, Supreme Court
17Subhashini AliMember Politbureau CPI (M)
18Uma Chakravarty Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
19Madhu Bhaduri, IFS, (Retd), Former Ambassador to Portugal
20Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, IFS (Redt.)Former Ambassador to UK
21Mihir DesaiSenior Advocate Bombay High Court and SC of India
22Kavita KrishnanGeneral Secretary, AIPWA
23Prof Apoorvanand,General Secretary, AIPWA
24Henri Tiphagne,People’s Watch
25 Annie Raja Gen Sec. NFIW
26Ravi Kiran JainPresident, PUCL
27V.SureshGeneral Secretary, PUCL
28Anand GroverSenior Advocate, Supreme Court
29Colin GonsalvesSenior Advocate, Supreme Court
30Bharat BhushanColumnist
31Anand SahayColumnist
32Aakar PatelAmnesty India
33Abdul Hafiz Lakhani Editor siyasat dot net 
34Abey GeorgeRTI NETWORK KERALA
35Abha BhaiyaFeminist Activtis
36Abhay KumarSocial Activist
37Abhinandan SekhriNews Laundry
38Abhisikta DasguptaPerformance Researcher-Practitioner
39Abraham MathaiHuman Rights Worker, Mumbai
40Abu Mohammed Sajid BashaActivist
41Achin Vanaik Retd prof, New Delhi
42Adhiraj SarinIndendent
43Aditya MukherjeeRetired Professors, JNU
44Aditya ShrivastavaLawyer, Dekhi
45Adv. Sachin GodambeSocial Activist & Freelance Journalist) Pune
46Adv.Ansar IndoriNational Confederation of Human Rights Organization’s (NCHRO)
47Ajay PrakashEditor, Janjwar
48Ajey SaxenaPUCL Pratapgarh
49Akash BanerjeeDesh Bhakt
50Akhil ChaudharyLawyer and PUCL
51Alaka BasuProfessor, Cornell University
52Alok JainIndependent
53Amala DasarathiAdvocate
54Amit GuptaBusiness man
55Amita CherianAdvocate
56Amita JosephActivist
57Amitabh KunduIndependent
58Ammu AbrahamFeminist Activist
59Amod ShahIndependent
60Amrit Kumar GoldsmithIndependent
61Amrita ChhachhiPhotographer, Delhi
62Amrita JohriSocial Activist
63Amrita ShodhanIndependent
64Anand ChakravartyAcademic
65Anand K SahayColumnist
66Anand PatwardhanFilm Maker
67Anand Vardhan SinghThe Public India
68Anant BhatnagarPUCL Rajasthan
69Anant MaringantiHUL
70Ania LoombaAcademic
71Anil KumarActivist
72Anita Agnihotri, IASFormer Secretary, Department of Social Justice Empowerment, GoI
73Anita MathurAzad Foundation
74Anita RampalEducationist
75Anjali BharadwajSocial Activist
76Anjor BhaskarRight to Food and Work Campaign
77Ankita AggarwalResearcher
78Anju NayalPUCL Ajmer
79Anna Dani, IAS, RetdFormer Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra
80Anubha RastogiAdvocate
81Anuradha MarwahAjmer Adult Litreacy Association
82Anwar AliInpendent
83Apar GuptaAdvocate
84AparnaPresident, India Federation of Trade Unions
85Archana Prasad JNU
86Arif JafarNaz Foundation International
87Arjun AppaduraiAnthropologist, Berlin
88Arun GuptaChild and Nutrition Expert
89Arun KumarRetd Prof. JNU
90Arun VyasAdvocate PUCL
91Aruna RodriguesFood Rights Activist
92Aruna RoyMKSS
93Arundathi VSocial Arts Practioner, himachal pradesh
94Faisal KhanKhudai Khidmatgar
95Arundhati DhuruNational Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
96Asawari KapurIndependent
97Asha KalraChildren and woman welfare society
98Asha KotwalDalit women fight
99Asha MishraBharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
100Asha SharmaSecretary, AIDWA Delhi
101Asha SharmaSecretary, AIDWA Delhi
102Ashish K MishraThe morning context
103Ashma IzzatAdvocate
104Ashok Kumar Sharma, IFS, RetdFormer MD, State Forest Development Corporation, Govt. of Gujarat
105Ashok VermaConvenor, Jharkhand Loktantrik Manch
106Ashrfi PrasadRight to food Campaign Jharkhand
107Ashwani Kumar PaliwalPUCL Udaipur
108Aunohita MojumdarFreelance Journalist
109Aurobindo Behera, IASFormer Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Odisha
110Avantika SrivastavaSocial Activist
111Avinash Mohananey, IPSFormer Director General of Police, Govt. of Sikkim
112Ayeesha RaiNational Network of Sex Workers
113AyshaRight to food Campaign
114BalramRight to food Campaign Jharkhand
115Barun BandhopadyayEditor People’s Reporter
116Beena JadavRahethan Adhikar Manch -Gujarat
117Bela BhatiaActivist
118Bhanwar MeghwanshiPUCL Rajasthan
119Bhanwari BaiMahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer
120BharatVishakha: Women’s Research and Resouce group
121Bharat DograIndependent
122BhaswatiHUL
123Bhavna SharmaSocial Activist,  Anhad
124Bidyut MohantyAcademic
125Binayak SenHuman Rights Worker and PUCL
126Bindu SinghRight to Food, UP
127Binod KumarSocial Activist, Ranchi
128Biswa sorenRight to Food Campaign, Jharkhand
129C B ChoudharySamajwadi Jan Parishad
130ChanderIndependent
131Chandra KalaEkal Nari Shakti Sangathan
132Chandrakant ChaudhariSocial Activist, Bhusaval
133Chandrashekhar Balakrishnan. IAS, Retd.Former Secretary, Coal, GoI
134Chayanika ShahQueer Feminist Researcher, Mumbai
135Chetan GollapalliIndependent
136Chhaya PachauliCentre for Health and Equity, Jaipur
137Clifton D’RozarioNational Convenor, All India Lawyers Association for Justice
138Cynthia Mathew CJIndependent
139D. Geetha AdvocateActivist
140D. L. TripathiPUCL Rajasthan
141D. Leena 
142Deb Mukharji, IFSFormer High Commissioner to Bangladesh and former Ambassador to Nepal
143Debmalya NandyNrega Sangharsh Morcha
144Deepak KalraDisabled Rights Expert
145Denzil FernandesAcademic, Delhi
146Deshdeep DhankharUniversity of Hyderabad
147Dev BenegalFilm Director
148Dev DesaiHuman Rights activists, Ahmedabad ANHAD
149Dhanya RajendranThe news minute
150Dilip D’SouzaWriter, Bombay
151Dipali TanejaIndependent
152Dipani SutariaGujarat
153Divakar NarayanraIndependent
154Dr  Kochurani AbrahamICWM, Kerala
155Dr Ashok DhawaleNational President, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)
156Dr Raja RamRetired Faculty, Delhi University.
157Dr RatiRao EAIPWA
158Dr Saif MahmoodAdvocate, Supreme Court of India
159Dr Sunil KaulEx- Advisor to the SC Commissioners
160Dr SunilamKisan Sangharsh Samiti and Bahujan Samwad.
161Dr V. LakshminarayanaAIPF, PUCL
162Dr. Akash BhattacharyaFaculty Member, School of Education,  Azim Premji University
163Dr. Alaka RaoPublic Health Consultant
164Dr. Asha KaushikRajasthan University Women’s Association
165Dr. Ashok DhawalePresident – AIKS
166Dr. Jyothi KrishnanRTI NETWORK KERALA
167Dr. Kanchan MathurWomen Studies Consultant
168Dr. Laad Kumari JainRajasthan University Women’s Association
169Dr. Malti GuptaRUWA and NFIW
170Dr. Mohammed HasanIndependent Academic
171Dr. Pawan SuranaRajasthan University Women’s Association
172Dr. Pritam PalWomen Studies and Public Health Consultant
173Dr. RatiRao E.AIPWA , PUCL
174Dr. Renuka PamechaWomen’s Rehabilitation Group
175Dr. Saroop DhruvCultural Activist, Gujarat
176Dr. Shobhita RajagopalWomen Studies Consultant
177Dr. Smriti RaoProfessor, Economics and Global Studies, Assumption University
178Dr.Meeta SinghPUCL and Foundation for the Dignity of the Girl Child
179Dr.Mohan RaoFormer Professor at  JNU
180Dunu RoySocial Activist and Thinker
181E A S SarmaVisakhapatnam
182Elina HoroAdivasi Women’s Network
183Ena ZafarHuman Rights Activist
184Eshwarappa MESG India
185Faizan AlamFilmmaker, Activist
186FatemaIndendent
187Father Jothi SJHuman Rights Activist, Tripura
188Feroze MithiborwalaIndia Palestine Solidarity Forum
189Francis ParmarIndependent
190Ganatantrik Adhikar Surakhya Sangathan Odisha
191Ganga ram PaikraRight to Food Campaign Chhattisgarh
192Gautam ModyNew Trade Union Initiative
193Gayatri SinghSenior  Advocate Bombay High Court
194Geeta KapurArt Critic, Delhi
195Geeta SeshuCo-editor, Free Speech Collective
196George ThomasOrthopaedic Surgeon, Chennai.
197Ghanshyam ShahAhmedabad
198Girija BoddupalliOxfam
199Githa HariharanWriter
200Gladston XavierProfessor in social work.
201Gopal MenonFilm Maker
202Gopalan Balagopal, IAS, RetdFormer Special Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal
203Gurjeet SinghRight to Food Campaign, Jharkhand
204Gutta RohithHuman Rights Forum, AP and TN
205Harkesh BugaliaRajasthan Nirman Env General Worker Union
206Harsh KapoorMainstream Weekly
207Harsh SethiIndependent
208Hasan AbdullahNew Delhi
209Hasina KhanOn behalf of Bebaak Collective
210Hasina KhanBebaak Collective
211Hemantkumar ShahEconomist, Gujarat
212Himanshu KumarGandhian Activist, Goa
213Hiren GandhiCultural Activist
214I D JAMESIndendent
215Indira HirwayCentre For Development Alternatives Ahmedabad
216Indira PancholiMahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer
217Indu ChandrasekharTulika Books
218Indu Prakash SinghPresident, Forum Against Corruption & Threats.
Facilitator, CityMakers Mission Internationals
219Intekhab QamarSocial Activist
220Ira RajaFaculty, Delhi University
221Jagdeep ChhokarProfessor (Retired), IIM Ahmedabad
222Jagmati SangwanBheem Awardee, Volleyballer
223Jahnvi AndhariaIndependent
224James AnthonyPUCL Bharatpur
225James HerenjRight to Food Campaign, Jharkhand
226Javed AnandJournalist
227Jawahar MehtaActivist
228Jawahar MehtaSocial Activist, Jharkhand
229Jaya MehtaEconomist
230Jayasree SubramanianActivist
231Jeevika ShivAdvocate and Feminist Activist
232JohannaSocial Activist
233John DayalWriter and Activist
234John DsouzaDocumentalist, Mumbai
235Johra chhipaHousing Rights Human Rights Groups-Gujarat
236Julio Ribeiro, IPS Retd.Former Adviser to Governor of Punjab & former Ambassador to Romania
237Jyoti Punwani Freelance Journalist, Mumbai
238K RamnarayanEcologist & Educator, Uttarakhand, India
239Kabi ShermanSocial Activist
240Kailash KumbhakarAcaedmy for Socio Legal Studies,
241Kailash meenaPUCL Rajasthan
242KALYANI MENONSEN
243Kamal Jaswal, IASFormer Secretary, Department of Information Technology, GoI
244Kamayani Bali MahabalPunjab Women Collective
245Kameshwari JandhyalaHyderabad 
246Kamyani SwamiJan Jagran Shakti Sangathan
247Kanishka GuptaWrite and Publisher
248Karen GabrielIndependent
249Karuna JohnWriter, Editor, Translator, Teacher
250Karuna PhillipMahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Ajmer
251Kashi nath ChatterjeeBharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
252Katyayani VidmaheIndependent
253Kavita SrivastavaPUCL
254Kedar MishraPoet and journalist, Bhubaneswar
255Khairunissa PathanParwaaz, Mumbai
256Khan SophiaGender & Legal Consultant
257Kiran GroverIndependent
258Komal SrivastavaBharat Gyan vigyan Samiti
259Koninika RayNational Federation of Indian Women
260Kusum SaiwalAIDWA
261Laavanya TamangActivist
262Lakshmi KrishnamurtyResearcher – education of children and women
263Lalita RamdasEducator and Activist…Bhaimala, Alibag
264Lata KachawahaSocial Activist, Barmer
265Lata P.MSocial Activist, Maharashtra
266Lata SinghJNU
267Lata SinghPUCL
268Latika PadgaonkarIndependent
269Leena AbrahamMumba
270Leena Joshi Academic
271Leo F. SaldanhaEnvironment Support Group
272Lotika SinghaUniversity of Wolverhampton, UK
273M M P SinghActivist
274M.G. Devasahayam, IAS, RetdFormer Secretary, Govt. of Haryana
275Madhavi KaneActivist
276Madhavi KuckrejaIndependent
277Madhu Bhaduri, IFS, Retd.Former Ambassador to Portugal
278Madhu BhushanWomen’s rights activist, Bangalore
279Madhu GargAIDWA
280MadhulikaPUCL, Dungarpur
281MadhumitaIndia Civil Watch
282Madhusree DuttaArtist
283Mahendra ParidaGeneral secretary, Aicctu
284Maimoona MollahSocial and Political Activist
285Maitreyi KrishnanManthan Law, Bangalore
286Malika VirdiUttarakhand.
287Malini SubramaniamIndependent Journalist
288Mamata DashWSS, Delhi
289Mamta JaitlyVividha
290Mamta  
291Manan GanguliIndia Matters UK
292Manavi AtriLawyer/Researcher, Bangalore
293Manavwadi BharatThe Humanist
294Mangla KumarAdvocate
295Manju SharmaWriter
296Manu KaushikManagement Consultant
297Maria CoutoAldona goa
298Mariam DhavaleAIDWA
299Mathew CherianSocial Activist
300Maya Krishna RaoTheatre Artist
301Mazher HussainHyderabad
302Medha PatkarNational Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
303MeenakshiMovement for Secular Democracy
304Meera SamsonCORD
305Meera SangahmitraNational Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
306Mehroo KotvalIndependent
307MembersForum Against Oppression of Women
308MembersChhattisgarh Bachao Andolan
309Mewa BhartiDomestic Workers Union
310MinakshiNFIW
311Mira ShivaHealth and Nutritionist Expert
312Mohd TariqueTISS
313MohitIndependent
314Mohit MIndependent
315MridulTechnology Professional
316Mridula MukherjeeRetired Professors, JNU
317Mrinalini Paulright to food and work Campaign, West Bengal
318Mukta SrivastavaRight to food Campaign and Shoshit Jan Andolan
319N VenugopalJournalist, Hyderabad
320N.C. Saxena, IAS, RetdFormer Secretary, Planning Commission, GoI
321Nachiket UdupaMKSS
322Nagalsamy, IAASFormer Principal Accountant General, Tamil Nadu & Kerala
323Nandini RaoSocial Activist
324Nandini SundarAcademic, Delhi
325Nandita GandhiCo-Director, Akshara Centre
326Nandita Narain Delhi University. 
327Narendra GuptaPrayas
328Natasha BadhwarFilm Maker and Author
329Naveen NarayanDalit Activist
330Navendu MishraSeoni working with agrini samaj Kalyan samiti
331Navrekha Sharma, IFS, RetdFormer Ambassador to Indonesia
332Neeta KolhatkarIndependent Journalist
333Nirja  MishraIndpendent Academic
334Nirmala KarunanIndependent
335Nisha BiswasWSS
336Nisha ChauhanSocial Activist, Bikaner
337Nisha SidhuNational Federation Indian Women
338Nishat HusseinNational Muslim Women’s welfare society
339Niti SaxenaLawyer and Researcher
340Noella de Souza.Mumbai
341Noor MohmmadPUCL Alwar
342Norat MalSocial Activist, Ajmer
343NoratiPresident, Rajasthan Asangathith Mazdoor Union
344Nupur BasuSenior Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker.
345Om Prakash RayPUCL Ajmer
346P. J. JoseyINSOCO Kerala
347P. Joy Oommen, IFSFormer Chief Secretary, Govt. of Chhattisgarh
348P.A. Nazareth, IFSFormer Ambassador to Egypt and Mexico
349P.R. Dasgupta, IAS, RetdFormer Chairman, Food Corporation of India, GoI
350Padma VelaskarProfessor (retd), Tiss Mumbai
351Padmaja ShawRtd Professor Osmania University
352Pamela PhiliposeJournalist, New Delhi
353Pamposh DharSingapore
354Paranjoy Guha ThakurtaJournalist
355ParomitaIndependent
356Persis GinwallaAhmedabad
357Pervin JehangirActivist
358PM LataSocial activist, Maharashtra
359Poonam BatraProfessor of Education, Co-Investigator, TESF India
360Poonam KaushikPragatisheel Mahila Sangathan, Delhi
361Prabhat PatnaikProfessor Emeritus, JNU
362Prabir PurkayasthaEditor, Newsclick, and science activist
363Pradeep K. DebIAS (Retd.) Former Secretary, Deptt. Of Sports, GoI
364Pradeep K. Deb, IAS Retd.Former Secretary, Department of Sports GOI
365Pradip KrishenIndependent
366Pradnya DeshpandePsychologist
367Pragya JoshiPUCL Rajasthan
368Pranab S. Mukhopadhyay, IAS Retd.Former Director, Institute of Port Management, GoI
369Prasad SubramaniamSecretary – FSMM
370Prashant BhushanAdvocate, Supreme Court
371Praveer PeterJharkhand, Janadhikar Mahasabha
372Prem Krishan SharmaAcademy for socio legal studies
373Priyanshu GuptaIndependent researcher
374Prof Beulah ShekharYWCA of India, Department of Criminology, Karunya University Coimbatore.
375Prof Neera ChandokeAcademic
376Prof Roopa Rao EPUCL
377Prof Rooprekha VermaFormer Vice Chancellor, Lucknow University
378Prof. Navdeep MathurFaculty, IIM Ahmedabad
379Professor Sushil Khanna( retd) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
380Purnima UpadhyaySocial Activist, Amravati
381Purwa KushwahaIndependent
382Pyoli, SamajwadiJanparishad
383Qamar NaqviSatya Hindi
384Radha HollaChild and Nutrition Expert
385Radha KhantPUCL Rajasthan
386Radha Vallabh SharmaPUCL Ajmer
387Radhakant SaxenaPUCL Rajasthan
388Radheshyam VarmaPUCL Bharatpur
389Radhika DesaiHyderabad
390Raghunandana SathamarshanaKannada Poet, Playwright, Stage-Director
391Raish KhanPUCL Udaipur
392Raj Kumari DograNFIW
393Raj ShekharRight to Food Campaign
394RajaramanRangmatipadar Adivasi Commune, Rayagada, Odisha
395Rajashri DasguptaIndependent Journalist
396Rajeev R. SinghIndependent consultant.
397Rajeev SinghaUK
398Rajendra KuntalPUCL Bharatpur
399Rajendra PrasadSahmat
400Rajendran NarayananAzim Premji University
401Rajesh Prasad, IFSm, Retd.Former Ambassador to the Netherlands
402Rajesh SinghHuman Rights Activist Delhi
403Rajiv DimriGeneral Secretary, All India Central Council of Trade Unions
404Rajmohan GandhiFormar Governor
405Rajni BakshiWriter
406Raju Sharma, IASFormer Member, Board of Revenue, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
407RakhiCFAR
408Rakhi SehgalIndependent
409Ram Manohar ReddyThe Editor, The India Forum
410Ram PuniyaniAll India Secular Forum
Mumbai
411Rama MelkoteIndependent
412Ramani Venkatesan, IAS Retd.Former Director General, YASHADA, Govt. of Maharashtra
413Ramesh AsherFilm Maker
414Ramesh NandwanaPUCL Rajasthan
415Rami ChhabraMedia veteran and social activist
416Ranjana PadhiWomen’s Activist
417Ranjit Kaul Activist
418Rashid HussainSocial Activtis
419Ravi Vira Gupta, IASFormer Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
420Raza HaiderFilmmaker, activist , Delhi
421Reetika KheraAcademic
422Rekha AwasthyActivist
423Richa AudchiyaJan Chetna Samiti, Sirohi
424Rita BraraAcademic
425Rita ManchandaHuman rights peace advocate
426Ritu KapurThe Quint
427Roda Billimoria DesaiIndependent
428Rohini HensmanWriter and independent scholar
429Rohit ParakhFood Rights Activist
430Rohit PrajapatiPUCL
431Rosamma ThomasJournalist
432Roshani PackIndependent
433Roshmi GoswamiFeminist Activist, Shillong
434Ruchi GargPUCL Bharatpur
435Rupsa MallikFeminist Activist
436Rushda SiddiquiNFIW, Delhi
437S. Vincent AnesthasiarGeneral Secretary, Justice  Peace and Integrity Creation (JPIC)
438S.K. Guha, IAS, RetdFormer Joint Secretary, Department of Women & Child Development, GoI
439S.N. SahuActivist
440S.Q.MasoodSocial Activist, Hyderabad
441Sachin JainVikas, MP
442Sachin RaoPolitical Activist
443Sadaf JafarPolitical Activist
444Sadhna AryaUniversity of Delhi
445Sagari RamdasFood Sovereignty Alliance
446Sahana KaulActivist
447Saheli WomenSaheli resource center for Women, New Delhi NCR
448Sajha KadamJharkhand
449
Sakina Dhorajiwala
Activist
450Salim SaboowallaIndependent
451Sameera KhanJournalist and Researcher, Mumbai
452Sameet PandaRight to food Campaign Odisha
453Sandeep BagcheeRetired Officer of the I.A.S.
454Sandeep PandeySocialist Party (India)
455Sandhya GokhaleForum Against Oppression of Women
456Sangeeta SahuRight to Food Campaign, Chhattisgarh
457Sanjay Mangla GopalNAPM
458Sanjay SanghviTrade Union Centre of India
459Santosh SharmaSocial Activist, New Delhi
460Sarah MathewsManaging Trustee,  Sankalp Women’s Support Alliance
461Sarika ShrivastavaState Secretary, NFIW (M.P.)
462Sarojini NResearcher, Public Health
463Satish KumarCentre For Dalit Rights
464Satya Narayan Mohanty IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission
465Sawai SinghSocial Activist
466Sehba FarooquiAIDWA
467Sevanti NinanJournalist
468Shabnam AzizPUCL
469Shadan FarasatAdvocate
470Shaheen NazarDelhi
471Shakuntala PamechaRajasamand Mahila Manch
472Shalini GeraAdvocate
473Shalmali GuttalResearcher
474Shamsul IslamCultural Activist
475Shantha SinhaIndependent
476Sharad RajIndependent Filmmaker
477Sharanya NayakRangmatipadar Adivasi Commune, Koraput, Odisha
478Sheba GeorgeIndendent
479Shikha SethiaIndependent
480Shirish PatelChairman Emeritus, Shirish Patel & Associates, Consulting Civil Engineers
481Shiv Shankar MukherjeeIFS (Retd.) Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
482Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, IFS (Retd)Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
483Shreya MunhotAdvocate
484Shripad DharmadhikaryManthan Adhyayan Kendra, Pune
485Shubhranshu ChoudharyIndependent
486Sister Carol GeetaPUCL, Ajmer
487Smita GuptaResearcher
488Smita PremchanderActivist
489Smriti Nevatia Researcher-Writer, Film Festival Curator, Bombay
490Snehal SinhaActivist
491Snimer Kaur Sahni Delhi
492Solomon DavidSJ
493Soma KPIndependent Researcher
494Sonal KelloggSabfree Foundation
495Sonam ChaturvediAssistant Lecturer, OP Jindal Global University
496Srelekha Mukerji Activist
497Sruti BalaUniv of Amsterdam, InSAF India
498Subbarao PrabhalaCaptain S. Prabhala IN (Retd)
499subhash Gatade,New Socialist Initiative
500Subhashini AliCPI (M) Politbureau member
501Subir SinhaIndependent
502Sudha NActivist-Researcher, Bangalore
503Sudhanva DeshpandePublisher and Theatreperson
504Suhas KohelkarNAPM
505Sujata GothoskarIndependent researcher and activist
506Sujata Gurung ChowdharyNorth East Now
507Sujit PatwardhanIndendent
508Suki IyerIndependent
509Sukirat AnandWriter
510Sukumar MuralidharanIndependent
511Suman DevathiyaDalit Women Fight
512Sumita MehtaIndependent
513Sumitra ChopraAIDWA
514Sundar Burra, IAS, RetdFormer Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra
515Suneeta DharFeminist Activist, Delhi
516Sunil Raj VaristhPUCL Bharatpur
517SunilamEx MP and Farmer’s leader
518Supriya JanRight to pee campaign Mumbai
519Suresh K. Goel, IFS, RetdFormer Director General, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, GoI
520Surjit K. Das, IAS, RetdFormer Chief Secretary, Govt. of Uttarakhand
521Sushila DeviSocial Worker, Newc Delhi.
522Sushmita JhaIndendent
523Svati JoshiIndependent
524Swati DesaiNAPM Gujarat
525Swati NarayanAcademic
526Sweta DashAcademic
527Sylvia karpagamSocial Activist
528T. L. PALANI KUMARActivist
529Tanushree GangoupadhyayJournalist
530Tara AhluwaliaBal Evam Mahila, Samiti Bhilwara
531Tara MuraliArchitect, Chennai.
532Thomas FrancoIndependent
533Thomas PallithanamSalesian Representative to UN ECOSOC.
534Tinu JosephSt.Francis De Sales’ College, Nagpur.
535Tultul BiswasMP Mahila Manch
536Tushar DharaJournalist
537Ujjaini ChatterjiAdvocate
538Ulka MahajanSarvahara Jan Andolan
539Uma ChakravartyHistorian
540Vandana PrasadChild and Nutrition Expert
541Vanita Nayak MukherjeeFeminist Activist
542Vapalla Balachandran, IAS Retd.Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, GoI
543Varsha BhargaviDirector, WhereAreTheWomen
544Veena DwivediPUCL Udaipur
545Veena GowdaAdvocate, Advocate, Mumbai
546Veena ShatrugnaFormer Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.
547Vibha Puri Das, IAS, RetdFormer Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GoI
548VidhyaActivist, N Delhi
549Vignesh VelloreThe News minute
550Vijay BharatiyaActivist
551Vijay Lakshmi JoshiPUCL
552Vimal BhaiNational Alliance of People’s Movements
553Vimala RamachandranIndependent
554Vineet TiwariNational Secretary, PWA
555Vineeta BalPune
556Vinita KaulActivist
557Vinod C. Khanna, IFSFormer Additional Secretary, MEA, GoI
558Virginia SaldanhaICWM
559Vivan SundaramActivits
560Vivan SundaramArt Critic, Delhi
561Vivek KordeActivist
562Vivek MonteiroCITU
563VK CherianWriter
564VS KrishnaHuman Rights Forum, AP and TN
565Zal CowasjiActivist