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vii.) The officers also deliver lectures in training
ins tutes and other forums to sensi se various
stakeholders and spread human rights literacy
and promote awareness of the safeguards
available for the protec on of human rights.
The officers also deliver lectures to interns and
students undertaking short term and long term
internship programmes at NHRC.
4.1.3 Policy Research, Projects and Programmes Division
(PRP&P): The Division undertakes and promotes
research on human rights and organises conferences, seminars and workshops on important
human rights issues. Whenever the Commission, on
the basis of its hearings, delibera ons or otherwise,
arrives at a conclusion that a par cular subject is of
importance, it is converted into a project/
programme to be dealt with by the PRP&P Division.
Besides, it reviews policies, laws, trea es and other
interna onal instruments in force for the protec on
and promo on of human rights. It facilitates
monitoring the implementa on of NHRC recommenda ons by the Central, State/ UT authori es. It
further helps the Training Division in spreading
human rights literacy and promo ng awareness
about the safeguards available for the protec on of
human rights. The work of the Division is handled by
two Joint Secretaries, Joint Director (Research),
Senior Research Officer (SRO), Research Officers
(ROs), Sec on Officers (SOs), Senior Research
Assistant, Junior Research Consultants (JRCs) and
other secretarial staff.
4.1.4 Training Division: This Division is responsible for
spreading human rights literacy among various
sec ons of society. As such, it trains and sensi ses
various government officials and func onaries of
the State and its agencies, non- government officials, representa ves of civil society organisa ons
and students on different human rights issues. For
this purpose, it collaborates with the Administra ve
Training Ins tu ons/ Police Training Ins tu ons and
Universi es/ Colleges. Besides, it conducts
internship programmes for college and university
students. The Division is headed by a Joint Secretary,
who is supported by a Senior Research Officer
(Training), an Assistant, Junior Research Consultants
and other secretarial staff.
4.1.5 Administra on Division: Throughout the year, the
Administra on Division has played a pivotal role in
facilita ng various administra ve func ons crucial
to the effec ve opera on of the Commission. The
Division con nues to be a key driver of various
essen al administra ve func ons pertaining to
establishment, personnel management, accounts,
and procurement of goods for official use. The
Division is headed by a Joint Secretary, who is
supported by a Deputy Secretary, SOs, Assistants,
and others secretarial staff.
4.1.6 As on 31 March 2023, the total strength in the
Inves ga on Division was 54; Law Division was 134;
Training and Research Division was 42; Administraon Division was 107. This makes the total actual
strength of commission as 337, against the total
sanc oned strength of 358.
4.2 Promo on of Official Language
4.2.1 Na onal Seminars: In its efforts towards crea ng
human rights awareness among the masses, the
Commission has been organising Na onal Seminars
in Hindi on Human Rights related themes in different parts of the Country. In 2022-23, the Commission organized 'Na onal Seminar on 'Manav
Adhikaron ki Amrit Uplabddhiyan' in collabora on
with Maharashtra Na onal Law University, Nagpur
on 8-9 September 2022; and 'Na onal Seminar on
'Varied perspec ves of human rights in literature
and society' in collabora on with North Eastern Hill
University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya from 31
March -1 April 2023.
4.2.2 Publica on of Annual Hindi Journal: NHRC started
to publish Hindi Journal since 2004 in order to create
human rights awareness through crea ve wri ng.
NHRC published its 19th Volume and released it on
Human Rights Day, i.e., 10 December 2022.
4.2.3 MARG Booklets: The Commission published various
booklets on Human Rights issues in collabora on
with Mul ple Ac on Research Group (MARG), a
Delhi based organisa on. Ve ng of the Hindi
transla on of ibid booklets carried out by the
Commission.
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