January 29th, 2016

January 29th, 2016

Signed –

Pamela Philipose
Dr. Achin Vanaik
Shailesh Gandhi
Jayati Ghosh

1. Aheli Chowdhury, JOSH
2. Akhila Sivadas, CFAR
3. Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth
4. Amitava Mitra & Sujato Bhadra, NAPM West Bengal
5. Anand Mazgaonkar, Krishnakant – Paryavaran Suraksh Samiti, NAPM Gujarat
6. Annie Raja, National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW)
7. Arun Kumar
8. Arundhati Dhuru, Richa Singh – NAPM, UP
9. Ashish Kothari, Kalpavriksh
10. Ashish Ranjan, Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan
11. Ashok Bharti on behalf of National Confederation of Dalit Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR)
12. B S Rawat – Jan Sangharsh Vahini & Rajendra Ravi
13. Baba Adhav, Hamal Panchayat
14. Bhaskar Prabhu, RTI activist, Convenor Mahiti Adhikar Manch
15. Biraj Patnaik, Principal Adviser to the Commissioners of the Supreme Court on the Right to Food
16. Brinda Singh
17. C R Neelkandan – NAPM Kerala;
18. C.P. Chandrasekhar, Professor, JNU
19. Deep Joshi, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
20. Devaki Jain, Economist
21. Devasahayam MG, IAS retd
22. Dhirendra Singh
23. Dilip Simeon, labour historian
24. Dipa Sinha, social acitivist, Right to Food Campaign
25. Dipak Dholakia
26. Diwan Singh, Member, Dwarka Water Bodies Committee, Yamuna Satyagraha, Ridge Bachao Andolan, Campaign for Preservation of Commons
27. Dr Karen Gabriel, Associate Professor, Department of English,
Director, Centre for Gender, Culture and Social Processes, St Stephen’s College
28. Dr. Abey George, (Kerala Institute of Local Administration KILA, NCPRI working com, Kerala RTI collective)
29. Dr. Anand Teltumbde, social activist
30. Dr. H Sudarshan
31. Dr. Sunilam, Aradhna Bhargava – Kisan Sangharsh Samiti
32. Dr. V Mohini Giri, social worker and activist, former chairperson NCW, Guild of Service
33. Dr. Vikram Vyas, Centre for Theoretical Physics,St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University
34. Dunu Roy, Senior Fellow at Shiv Nadar University and Hazards Centre
35. E A S Sarma, Former Secretary, Government of India and Convener of Forum for Better Visakha (FBV)
36. Faisal Khan, Khudai Khidmatgar
37. Gabriele Dietrich, Geetha Ramakrishnan – Unorganised Sector Workers Federation, NAPM, TN
38. Gargi Chakravartty, NFIW
39. Gautam Bhan, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
40. Girish Karnad, writer, actor, film director
41. Girish Nikam, senior journalist
42. Harsh Mander, Director Center for Equity Studies
43. Harsh Sethi, Consulting editor, Seminar
44. Henri Tiphagne, National Working Secretary, Human Rights Defenders Alert – India (HRDA) & All India Network of Individuals & NGO working with National and State Human Rights Institutions (AiNNI )
45. J S Walia, NAPM Haryana
46. Jagdeep Chhokar, activist, Association for Democratic Reform (ADR)
47. James Herenj, Convenor Jharkhand NREGA Watch
48. Jayanti Banerjee
49. Jayati Ghosh, Economist, JNU and columnist in Frontline
50. Joe Athialy, New Delhi
51. Justice K. Chandru
52. Kailash Meena, NAPM Rajasthan
53. Kalyani Menon Sen, Feminist Learning Partnerships
54. Kamal Chenoy, Professor Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory, School of International Studies, JNU
55. Kamal Kant Jaswal
56. Kamayani Swami, Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan
57. Karamvir Shastri, RTI activist
58. Karuna M, activist, Tamil Nadu
59. Kathyayini Chamaraj, activist CIVIC Bangalore
60. Kavita Karishnan, AIPWA
61. Kiran Shaheen, Memoirist and activist
62. Koninika Ray, NFIW
63. Krishnakant
64. Kunal Chattopadhyay
65. Lalit Mathur, IAS retd.
66. Lijo Chacko
67. Lingraj Azad – Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti, NAPM, Odisha
68. M S Swaminathan, Founder Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
69. Madhuresh Kumar and Shabnam Shaikh – NAPM, Delhi
70. Madhuri Krishnaswamy, activist
71. Mahendra Yadav – Kosi Navnirman Manch, NAPM Bihar
72. Manisha Sethi, Jamia Milia Islamia
73. Manoj Mitta, journalist
74. Mathew Cherian, Chief Executive Help Age India
75. Medha Patkar – Narmada Bachao Andolan and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
76. Meenakshisundaram
77. Meera – Narmada Bachao Andolan, NAPM, MP
78. Mohan Kanda
79. Mukul Mangalik, Associate Professor of History, Ramjas College,University of Delhi
80. Muzaffar Bhatt, RTI activist
81. Nachiket Udupa
82. Nandini Rao, activist, feminist
83. Nandita Das, actor
84. National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW)
85. Neelabh Mishra, journalist
86. Neha Saigal
87. Nikita Sonavane
88. Nirmala Lakshman, senior journalist and editor
89. Nisha Biswas, activist, Kolkata
90. Nivedita Menon, JNU
91. Ovais Sultan Khan
92. P Chennaiah & Ramakrishnan Raju – NAPM Andhra Pradesh,
93. Parminder, Anita Gurumurthy, behalf of IT for Change
94. Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity
95. Persis Ginwalla, social activist, Ahmedabad
96. Poornima Chikarmane, social activist and Associate Professor at SNDT Women’s University, Pune
97. Prabhat Patnaik, Professor Emeritus, JNU
98. Pradeep Baisakh, journalist, Odisha
99. Prafulla Samantara – Lok Shakti Abhiyan
100. Prashanto Sen, Advocate
101. Praveen Jha, Professor, jnu
102. Preeti Sampat, Professor, Department of Sociology,
Delhi School of Economics
103. Prithvi Sharma, ICAN
104. Rajasthan Majdoor Kisan Union (RMKU)
105. Rajendra Ravi
106. Raju Ramachandran, Senior Advocate
107. Rakesh Agarwal, activist, Dehradun
108. Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu, RTI activist
109. Ram Rahman, photographer, activist
110. Ramachandra Guha, historian
111. Ramchandra Prasad
112. Ranesh Ray, curator and author
113. Ranjana Ray, NFIW
114. Ravi Chopra, ICAN
115. Richa Singh, Sangatin
116. Rolly Shivhare, RTI activist, MP
117. Rukmini V P, Garment Labour Union, NAPM, Karnataka;
118. Runu Chakraborty, activist
119. S. Anandalakshmy
120. Sagar Rabari, Secretary Khedut Samaj, Gujarat
121. Saheli (organisation), New Delhi
122. Saikat Ghosh, Physicist, IIT Kanpur
123. Sanjay Kak, Filmmaker, New Delhi
124. Satish Deshpande
125. Shabnam Hashmi, social activist
126. Shalini Gera, Advocate
127. Shekhar Singh, activist and academic
128. Shoma Sen, activist
129. Siddhartha Basu, producer-director
130. Sister Celia – Domestic Workers Union
131. Smita Gupta, Convenor, economic cell, All India
Democratic Women’s Association
132. Soma Marik
133. Soumen Ray, Jungle Mahal, West Bengal
134. SR Hiremath
135. Subhas Mohapatra
136. Sudha Bhardwaj, activist
137. Sumir Hinduja
138. Sunil Savara
139. Suniti SR, Suhas Kolhekar, Prasad Bagwe – NAPM,
Maharashtra
140. Sunny Sebastian, senior journalist
141. Sushil Tripathi
142. Teesta Setalvad, social activist, Sabrang
Communications
143. TM Krishna, classical muscian
144. Trilochan Sastry, Professor, IIM
145. Tushar Gandhi
146. Uma Chakravarti, social activist, feminist
147. Uma Pillai
148. Uma V Chandru, Bangalore
149. Valsingh Sastiya, On behalf of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit
Sangathan
150. Vasantha Kumari
151. Ved Arya, SRIJAN, social activist
152. Venkatesh Nayak, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
153. Vimal Bhai – Matu Jan sangathan & Jabar Singh, NAPM, Uttarakhand;
154. Vineeta Rai
155. Vipul Mudgal, Common Cause
156. Viren Lobo, ICAN
157. VK Agnihotri
158. Vrinda Grover, Advocate
159. Zoya Hasan, political scientist