
19/12/2024
World Human Rights Day, 2024.
The World Human Rights Day event organised the Civil Rights And Social Justice Society (CRSJS) on 10th December at Gandhi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram.
Every year CRSJS gives the Dr. S BALARAMAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AWARD to a human rights activist. The award instituted by CRSJS in honour of its former patron, Dr. S Balaraman (former Chairperson of the Kerala State Human Rights Commission & former Vice Chancellor of CUSAT) consists of a memento, a certificate, and a cash prize of ten thousand rupees.
This year's receipient was Sri.S Thulasidharan, a former KSRTC bus Conductor who saved many lives during a railway crossing accident, a train - bus collusion 37 years ago on November 8th, 1987.
It was a well attended event which was inaugurated by the former Transport Minister Sri V S Sivakumar. Sri. K C Mohanakumar, Retd. Associate Professor, Govt Law College, Thiruvananthapuram delivered the Dr. S Balaraman Memorial Human Rights Lecture. CRSJS Secretary Sri R Jayachandran presided.
CRSJS office bearers Sri. Mudvanmugal Ravi, Adv. B Jayachandran Nair, and Sri. K Udayakumar also spoke.
Team CRSJS thanks all those who attended and made the event a grand success.