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Mumbai, 2nd Aug  : CRY – Child Rights and You, invites applications from researchers in exploring child rights. 10 applicants will be selected from all over India, for grants between Rs. 50,000 – Rs. 100,000.

The National Child Rights Research Fellowships were started to encourage new findings on why children are deprived of their rights and ways in which rights may be guaranteed. “We find that on the one hand, the Constitution of India redefines the state-citizen relationship in terms of rights and duties. But on the other hand, how these rights and duties are interpreted is not always in terms of the best interest of the child,” says Dipankar Majumder- Director, CRY.

“In the last six decades, children have been part of nation building and have also faced the brunt of the development path taken. This gives scope for in-depth studies on how children form their identities?

How are their childhoods experienced in a society where the role of family, community, economy and the state is ever-changing?

The CRY research fellowships encourage original ideas, non conventional approaches and seek creative methodologies to explore this area. From the insights and information that researchers will share, we hope to learn more about the interplay of culture, tradition, law, ethics and policy in defining the best interest principle,” he explains.