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Children
  
2 adopted

Political party
  
Aam Aadmi Party

Residence
  
Bengaluru

Education
  
University of Madras

Name
  
Nina Nayak




Born
  
24 November 1953 (age 70) (
1953-11-24
)

Alma mater
  
University of Madras (Master of Arts

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Nina P. Nayak (born 24 November 1953) is a social worker and child rights activist from Dakshina Kannada. She has dedicated her life to the promotion and protection of child rights. She has more than 30 years of experience in the field of child development, child rights protection and as an administrator, practitioner and trainer. Her works have significantly contributed for the recognition of child rights, policy formulation for these rights and their implementation by the Government of India. She has been a driving force in the implementation of ‘Juvenile Justice Act’ and the ‘Protection of Children Against Sexual Offenses Act’.

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She gave a presentation on the role of children in governance in a TEDx event in Bangalore on 6 April 2012. She has authored several articles and books. Nayak was a former Chairperson for Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Previously, she was also the vice-president of the Indian Council for Child Welfare and member of the sub-committee on children in the National Planning Commission of India. As head of the Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare has facilitated several adoptions in the state.

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Education

Nina Nayak has a Master's degree in Social work with specialization in family and child welfare, and a Bachelor's degree in Home Science from University of Madras, with core subjects Child development, Food and Nutrition. She has a certificate in Human Rights from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

Career

As a child rights activist for the last 30 years she has held several positions of responsibility

  • Chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, Bangalore
  • Chairperson, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights for three terms.
  • Vice-President of the Indian Council for Child Welfare.
  • Member of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (equivalent to Secretary to Government of India)
  • Member of the Sub-Committee on children for the 11th five-year Plan, National Planning Commission of India.
  • Politics

    On 10 March 2014 she was Aam Aadmi Party candidate for Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency and received 21403 votes (1.9% of the total votes polled) and lost to Ananth Kumar of BJP

    Personal life

    Nina Nayak has brought up 2 adopted children.

    References

    Nina Nayak Wikipedia