International Fellowships Program India Alumni Network (IFPIAN) is a non-government organization registered under society Act 1860. This organization is formed by Ford Fellow India Alumni with support of IFP India office.
IFPIAN was established to create a common platform for Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program alumni in India to work towards removing inequities in society, striving against discrimination based on caste, class, gender, disability and empowering marginalized communities. It was envisaged that the IFPIAN would function as a collective advocacy platform and support organizations working for the emancipation of the disadvantaged and the marginalized. IFPIAN actively focuses on the issues of farmers' rights, dalit (oppressed people) rights, adivasi (tribal) rights, women's rights, minority rights, rights of disabled people and other human, economic, political, social and cultural rights. |
