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Vigil India Movement
Formation
1977
Founder
M.A. Thomas
Type
NGO
Location
Bangalore
Region
India
President
K. Pratap Reddy
Managing Trustee
P.P. Bopanna
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.
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.
Nomination open to M A Thomas Human Rights Award 2018.[1]
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, 1997
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^vigilindia. "Smt. Bandari Jayamma received M A Thomas National Human Rights Award 2014". Vigil India Movement. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
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