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 and Dilip Dave both having academic background
in agriculture. The two founder members have worked for more than eight
years in the development fields of AKRSP (I) and KRIBHCO Indo-British
Rainfed Project (KRIBP) funded by ODA. Both were responsible for field
level management, community mobilization and later for state level
coordination. Bhadresh and Dilip decided to start an organisation working
on various development activities, however the focus was on right based
issues.
The two founder
members were 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.
