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THE RAJIV GANDHI FOUNDATION |
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The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was established on 21 June 1991 to commemorate Rajiv Gandhi's vision for India. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation aims to work in areas which were of deepest concern to Rajiv Gandhi and to act as a catalyst in promoting effective, practical and sustainable programmes in areas of national development. The Foundation has established its presence in virtually all the states and union territories of India, and launched programmes and activities in all our areas of concentration.
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation intervenes in the following areas :
Universal elementary education and literacy
Empowerment of the underprivileged, especially women, children, tribals, and the economically depressed
Propagation and extension of health cover facilities in backward regions and for the dispossessed
Helping people with disabilities to become self reliant and to provide them with equal opportunities for employment or self employment
Promotion of science and technology applied in the service of people
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| Mission |
The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation is inspired by the vision of a
nation that is modern, an economy that is strong and a society
that is just. It seeks to strengthen civil society’s contribution
to the realization of these objectives.
The Foundation is independent of party or political affiliation
and offers a forum for dialogue between different views. It
works towards influencing public policy, improving governance – local, national and international – and providing enlarged
opportunities to the underprivileged and the deprived.
In promoting human development in its diverse aspects, the
Foundation gives particular attention to supporting diversity
and pluralism in human societies, the empowerment of women
and the alleviation of poverty. Acknowledging our obligation
to future generations, the Foundation also works for the
regeneration of India’s environment and the protection of our
country’s biodiversity.
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| ChairPerson's Message |
Welcome to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation’s website.
The Foundation exists to serve India’s underprivileged and deprived, irrespective of caste, region, religion or political affiliation. It carries forward some of Rajiv’s dreams for a more humane and caring India.
Despite India’s accelerating economic progress, large sections of our people remain marginalized. Government by itself cannot meet the demands of our enormous and growing population. We have a long way to go to achieve universal literacy, quality education for all, better healthcare for the poor, a place in the national mainstream for the disabled and the development of our women and children to their full potential. Newer challenges have emerged, among which water conservation, environmental protection, combating HIV/AIDS and female foeticide are prominent. Civil society can and must be proactive in helping the country achieve these major national goals.
It gives me much satisfaction that the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation is playing its part in contributing to progress on all these issues. It is doing so in innovative and pioneering ways, both directly as well as through partnership with NGOs in different parts of the country.
I hope you will find this website of interest, and that you too will become one of the Foundation’s friends, on whose support we can depend.
SONIA GANDHI |
| RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY STUDIES |
The Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS) is a research institute with a specific focus on areas that have a policy angle, as opposed to abstract and esoteric research work that is devoid of policy content. It concentrates on research in four broad segments - international economic relations (much of the work in this area is World Trade Organization related), economic reforms, law (including administrative law) reforms and working towards a knowledge-based society. In each of these segments, the intention is to indicate ways for the benefit of reforms to filter through to the poor. Some of the research is conducted in-house, but research work is also farmed out on contractual basis. In addition, the Institute plays an advocacy role through seminars, workshops and publications.
RGICS has three streams of publications. First, there are books brought out on each of the above areas. Second, there is a series of published working papers. Third, there is a series known as "Agenda for Change". These are reader-friendly documents on specific policy aspects. Some future numbers of "Agenda for Change" are on legal reforms, information technology and economic reforms for the poor.
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| Board of TRUSTEES |
Mrs. Sonia Gandhi
President, All India Congress Committee, and an eminent social worker in her own right.
Dr.
Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India; former Finance Minister; India's leading economist.
Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission; former Director, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF; former Member, Planning Commission; and Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Mr. P. Chidambaram
Finance Minister of India; earlier played a major role in the economic liberalisation of India as the country's Minister for Commerce & Trade.
Dr. Y. K. Alagh
Chairman, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) and former Minister of Power, Planning and Science & Technology.
Mr. Suman Dubey
Secretary, Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust; former editor of one of India's leading dailies - The Indian Express.
Mr. Rahul Gandhi
Member of Parliament.
Dr. Mohini Giri
Former Chairperson, National Commission for Women; prominent figure in the social welfare sector.
Mr. R. P. Goenka
One of the leading and most successful industrialists in India.
Dr. V. Krishnamurthy
One of the most successful corporate managers of India, he has headed major public sector companies in his career; currently, Chairman, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, Govt. of India.
Dr. Sekhar Raha
National Council Member of the Technology Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Chairman of the Environment Committee; Founder Director of the Technology Information & Advisory Council and former Executive Director, ICI Limited.
Sir Shridath Ramphal
Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth and Co - Chairman of the Commission on Global Governance.
Prof. M S Swaminathan
Well known agricultural Scientist and father of India's Green Revolution; Chairman of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation , Chennai.
Ms. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Teacher and educationist.
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