PRAYAS
was registered on the 11th of November 1997 under the Trust
Registration Act 1950 and the Society Act 1860. PRAYAS has permanent FCRA
number, 80-G certificate and 12-a registration.
The
organisation was founded by Bhadresh Rawal having academic background in
agriculture. The founder member has worked for more than eight years in
the development fields of AKRSP (I) and KRIBHCO Indo-British Rainfed Project (KRIBP) funded by ODA. He was
responsible for field level management, community mobilization and later
for state level coordination. Bhadresh decided to start an organisation
working on various development activities; however the focus was on right
based issues.
The
founder member was supported in their efforts by well-known developmental
issues consultants like Binoybhai Acharya (Unnati), Prof. Anilbhai Bhatt (IIM), and Tushaarbhai
Shah (Director, IRMA). All three also agreed to be the Board members of
PRAYAS. Finally, Memorandum, Rules, and Regulations were decided on for
PRAYAS and the organization was registered.
