Nominations are invited for the post of Ford Foundation Research Chair (Honorary) at the
Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Studies (Fully funded by the Ford Foundation,
USA) of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. The major responsibility of
the chairinter alia, is to spread human rights literacy amongst the people; sensitize public
servants to human rights issues; provide free legal aid and assistance in support of human
rights; collaborate with NGOs for protecting human rights; to prepare books on human rights
for different categories of functionaries engaged in activities involving human rights; to
conduct study and research in specific areas pertaining to human rights and other functions to
create human rights culture in the society
The post is non remunerative and only a sitting fee may be allowed @ RS. 10,000/-per day
but not exceeding RS. 30,000/- per month. The person shall be having a proven track record
of teaching, research, research supervision, publication pertaining to human rights.