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: Population
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; of India
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Population
Foundation
of india
For over thirty years,
Population Foundation of
India has dedicated itself to
the cause of human welfare
through Family Planning,
Reproductive and Child
Health services (RCH) and
other population
programmes.
Being a pioneer organization
for funding and promoting
population related activities
in the country, the
Foundation, since its
inception, has displayed a
vision to make planning for
small families a socially
acceptable and sustainable
behaviour norm. Its activities
have reached beyond family
planning and the immediate
concern with contraceptives,
to holistic reproductive and
child health programmes,
and wider canvas of
population and development.
Its commitment and work for
the welfare of people at
large, has placed it amongst
the leading non-government
organizations at the national
level.
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The unique position of the
Foundation found recognition
when its founder Chairman
JRD Tata was conferred th~
prestigious UN Population
Award for the year 1992. The
Foundation has also been
recognized as an affiliate body
of Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) of the United
Nations with associate status.
Early Initiatives
The Foundation has been
promoting and advocating
population stabilization
programmes, both as a tool for
reduction of high population
growth, and as an entirely new
way of life in a developing
society, in which a family is not
seen as mere numbers but a
valuable relationship of shared
growth. Initially the Foundation
supported bio-medical and
socio-behaviou ral research ,
and action demonstration
projects.
Changing with challenges
ahead
The Foundation keeps a close
watch on the changes that are
taking place in the national and
international demographic
scenario, plans its policies and
priorities, and fine-tunes its
activities in line with the
changing perspectives and
realities of the ground situation.
A change in the name of the
Foundation in 1993 signifies in
itself the recognition of a
broader vision of the population
issues.
Another turning point in the
Foundation's mandate came
after the International
Conference on Population and
Development held in Cairo in
1994. In line with the
recommendations of the ICPD
Cairo and keeping in view the'
changes in the policies of the
Government of India, the
Foundation has fixed afresh its
priorities and thrust areas.
• To extend full support and
provide guidance in
formulating and influencing
population policies and
programmes and to serve
as a catalytic agent to
promote programmes at
different levels directed
towards the goal of
population stabilization and
development.
• To improve the quality of life
of the people through RCH
programmes with special
emphasis on reduction of
neo-natal mortality, infant
mortality, maternal morbidity
and mortality, adolescents'
health needs, HIV/AIDS
prevention and care, unmet
need for contraception,
women's health and their
reproductive rights, and
gender issues.
• To strengthen non-
government organizations,
community-based
organizations, self-help
groups, Panchayati Raj
Institutions and the
organized sector on
population, health and social
development issues with the
goal of empowering the
community as a whole.
• To advocate its
programmes at all levels to
promote quality of life and
sustainable development.
The Foundation now focuses its
activities largely on the socially
and demographically backward
districts spread over various
states of the country.
In addition to financial support,
the Foundation provides
intellectual and technical inputs
to non-government
organizations for implementing
projects effectively and
efficiently.
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The Foundation extends its
support to:
• Integrated population-
development-envi ronment
linked policy research and
action-demonstration
programmes through
innovative pilot initiatives;
• Reproductive and child
health services through a
life cycle approach;
• Promotion of gender equity
and equality including
balanced sex ratio;
• Promotion of advocacy
programmes at various
levels;
• Behavioural Change
Communication strategies
through mass media and
otherwise;
• Strengthening and capacity
building of non-government
organizations and facilitating
effective networking;
• Empowerment of
Panchayati Raj Institutions
and other community-based
organizations including
Self-Help-Groups;
• Empowerment of
women;
• Male responsibility;
• Quality of care in family
planning and
reproductive health
services, including
social marketing;
• Adolescent health and
development;
• HIV-AIDS/RTI-STI-
Prevention, management
and care;
• Bio-medical and socio-
behavioural research of
critical importance on the
above issues.
Areas of Activity
The Foundation's activities
cover a wide spectrum of areas
as indicated below:
Advocacy programmes
• State and divisional/district
level conferences on
population, health and social
development issues
• JRD Tata Awards for
population and reproductive
health programmes
• Tata Memorial Orations
• Special programmes for
national and state-level
political leadership
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• Community radio
programmes
• Programmes for the
organised sector
• Seminars, conferences and
workshops
• Production of video films
• Publications of wall charts,
and state and district
profiles
• Publication of quarterly
journal - "FOCUS"
• All India Radio Awards
Capacity building mainly
through training
• Panchayati Raj Institutions
.(PRls)
• Non-Government
Organisations
(NGOs)
• Community Based
Organisations
(CBOs) including
Self Help Groups
(SHGs)
• RCH services and
awareness generation
amongst the deprived
groups - slums, tribal
community, etc.
• Working with adolescents
• Service delivery through
mobile clinics
• Community based
distribution of contraceptives
and health supplies through
social marketing
• Data base on population
and reproductive health
parameters
• Publications on health,
population and development
issues
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Governing Board
Advisory Council
Dr Bharat Ram, who
succeeded JRD Tata as
Chairman in 1993, heads the
Governing Board. The Board,
with the advice of Advisory
Council, determines the policies
and programme strategies of
the Foundation and sets
priorities. The distinguished
members of the Board are:
Chairman
Dr Bharat Ram
Vice-Chairman
Mr. Hari Shankar Singhania
Members
Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
Mr K L Chugh
Mr B G Deshmukh
Mr Jamshyd N Godrej
Dr Abid Hussain
Mr R V Kanoria
Begum Bilkees Latif
Mr J C Pant
Ms Justice Leila Seth
Mr Saleem I Shervani
Dr M S Swaminathan
Mr Ratan N Tata
Mr B G Verghese
Mrs Avabai B Wadia
Secretary, Department of
Family
Welfare, GOI
Mr. A R Nanda, Executive
Director, PFI
The Advisory Council,
consisting of experts in related
fields, such as Sociology,
Demography, Communications,
Health Services, Environment,
Education, Management,
Women's Development etc.
contributes to the formulation of
the Foundation's policies and
programmes. The present
members are:
Chairman
Dr M S Swaminathan
Members
Mr. T V Antony
Mrs. Rami Chhabra
Ms. Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
Dr. S 0 Gupta
Dr. B K Joshi
Dr. Usha R Krishna
Mr. Ajay S Mehta
Ms Poonam Muttreja
Dr. Saroj Pachauri
Dr. Yash Pal
Dr. Ragini Prem
Dr. Geeta Sen
Dr. K Srinivasan
Dr. Leela Visaria
Dr. Bobby John
Ms Mirai Chatterjee
Prof. G P Talwar
Joint Secretary, Ministry of
Health & Family Walfare
Mr. A R Nanda, Executive
Director, PFI
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Population Foundation of India
6-28, Qutab Institutional Area, Tara Crescent, New Delhi-110016. INDIA
Telephone: +911126867080-81,26523741,43.
Fax: +911126852766
e-mail: popfound@sify.com
website: www.popfound.org