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Projects :: By Partner Organization :: ADR |
| Association for Democratic Reforms, Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
About ADR
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Association for Democratic Reform is a non-political, non-partisan group.
Its charter is to improve the governance and strengthen democracy in
India. It was founded by professors & alumni of the Indian
Institute of Management Ahmedabad and the National Institute of Design.
Some accomplishments of ADR: 1. Public Interest Litigation filed by ADR in December 1999 culminated in a landmark Supreme Court Judgment on May 2, 2002. The judgment mandated complete asset, liability, educational qualifications and criminal records disclosures of all electoral candidates. 2. Gujarat Election Watch 2002: A panel of citizens headed by Justice B.J. Divan, former Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court invited information from citizens about criminal background of candidates contesting the elections. This information was scrutinized and compared with that provided by candidates in their nomination papers, and disseminated to the voters. The Election Watch Report showed that of the candidates contesting for 182 seats, 140 had a criminal record. 3. First National Workshop on Electoral Reforms and Right to Information held on May 10th and 11th. ADR Website: http://www.adrindia.org Contact Person: Jagdeep Chhokar, Trilochan Sastry Address: Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur Ahmedabad 380015, Gujarat, India Phone +91-(0)79-6324913 Email Address: adr_AT_icenet_DOT_net The email has been reformatted to counter spam agents. Replace "_AT_" by "@" and "_DOT_" by "." |
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PrajaNet Support
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PrajaNet provided financial assistance for the Gujarat Election
Watch 2002 program.
Financial support will also be provided for Election Watch in
Madhya Pradesh for the assembly elections in 2003. A talk by Prof. Chhokar was organized in the Bay Area in June 2003. For more information: Write to the ADR Project Leader at PrajaNet. ADR is assisting in Election Watches in Rajasthan, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. Continual funds are needed to create awareness of such programs and make them possible. To support this cause, please write to us. |