Thakur Foundation

is glad to announce a TWO-YEAR GRANT TO PROJECT 39A at

is glad to announce a
TWO-YEAR GRANT TO PROJECT 39AA at

NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, DELHI

for research on

PRETRIAL DETENTION, TORTURE and
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CUSTODIAL DEATHS.

Promoting the protection of civil rights for citizenship empowerment.

Our Civil Liberties grant aims to encourage scholarship, research, and advocacy in areas that foster civil liberties. Our objective is to empower ordinary citizens by supporting causes that protect their civil rights.

Grant Objective

Civil liberties form the foundation of any democracy. By supporting individuals and organizations and aiding causes that advance protection of civil liberties, we aim to promote accountability of the state toward its citizens and foster the creation of an inclusive, non-discriminatory society.

We support projects that enable investigative reporting into the violation of civil liberties, public interest litigations, research, and scholarship on a variety of topics that fall within this broad area.

Our Vision

Our grants support applicants that empower citizens by:

EDUCATING CITIZENS ON THEIR RIGHT TO INFORMATION.

PROTECTING THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS.

BOLSTERING THEIR ABILITY TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.

PROMOTING PARTICIPATIVE, TRANSPARENT, AND SOCIALLY-JUST GOVERNANCE.

We encourage projects that use the Right to Information (RTI) Act as a tool for increasing transparency and accountability in governance. By bridging gaps around the implementation of the RTI Act, our grants aim to facilitate a review of the operation of the Act, the functioning of Public Information Officers, the State Information Commissions, and the Central Information Commission.

Apart from projects that focus on the implementation of the RTI Act, we also fund research in the area of prevention detention, and offer fellowships to young lawyers or activists working in the field of civil liberties.

For further information, please send a request for information to

grants.administrator@thakur-foundation.org.

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Thakur Foundation announces a grant to the Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy, Indian Law Society, Pune to establish a repository of information to support the Central and State Governments in the implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, India Mental Health Policy, 2014, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and other state-led policy initiatives such as the District Mental Health Program to be named India Mental Health Observatory (IMHO).

IMHO will develop an institutional mechanism to collaborate with a range of stakeholders including policymakers, mental health professionals and civil society to collect and collate data, research and metrics on mental health services at the national, state and district level with the goal of promoting evidence-based policymaking for bridging systemic gaps in the provision of mental health services and advancing mental health in India.