Special Monitors S.No. Name Work allocation 1 Shri Ahmed Javed Bonded Labour and Child Labour (Subject covered - All matters relates to Bonded Labour and Child Labour) 2 Dr. Yogesh Dube Women and Disability (Subject covered - Sexual Violence & Rape, Domestic Violence and Sexual Harassment at work place) 3 Shri Fauzan Alavi Environment (Subject covered - All matters relating to Environment and Water) 4 Shri Surendra Kumar Tribal Welfare (Subject covered - All matters relating to welfare of Tribals & Forest dwellings) 5 Shri Veerendra Singh Rawat Alias Swami Yoganand Human Rights Advocacy (HR Education and Gender Equality) 6 Shri Balkrishan Goel Child Rights and Elderly Citizens (Subject covered - All matters relating to Child Rights and Elderly Citizens) 7 Ms. Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Transgender (Subject covered - All matters relating to Transgender, LGBT Rights) 8 Ms. Vrinda Swarup Education (Subject covered - R.T.E. Act, Curriculum for primary, middle and secondary education, Hostels, other facilities and matters, teaching and other staff) 9 Shri Hemanta Narzary Panchayatiraj and local self Government (Subject covered - All matters relating to Panchayatiraj and local self Government) 10 Shri Sudhir Chowdhary Human Trafficking (Subject covered - All matters relating to Human Trafficking) 11 Shri Prem Singh Bisht Business & Human Rights (Subject covered - All matters relating to Business & Human Rights) 12 Shri Jayanto Narayan Choudhury Criminal Justice System (Subject covered -Jails, Juvenile Justice & Correctional Homes) and Police & Police Reforms (All matters relates to Police & Police Reforms) Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) The Commission has set up a Focal Point to deal with the complaints alleging harassment of Human Rights Defenders (HRD). The Focal Point is accessible 24x7 365 days. HRDs play a very constructive role in promoting and protecting human rights in the country. The role of the NHRC and the HRDs is complementary to each other. The HRDs through their work on the ground can see and raise concerns, if any, on the status of the implementation of welfare schemes and human rights situation and help the Commission in the discharge of its mandate. www.nhrc.nic.in, covdnhrc@nic.in, @India_NHRC HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL | 9