The Vichar Trust was registered in 2018 as a charitable trust. It is the initiative of a group of concerned citizens.

Vichar Trust has an Income Tax certificate under Section 12A of the IT Act and enjoys 80G exemption on its donations.

It will be involved in education activities such as knowledge dissemination, publishing for students, teachers and others, conduct of workshops and provision of scholarships. `The India Forum` is its first activity.

It is governed by a Board of Trustees. A Council of Advisors works with the trustees.

The current Board of Trustees is:

• Mr Ashok Vajpeyi

  Chairperson

  (Chairman, Raza Foundation, New Delhi

• Ms K. Sujatha Rao

  Managing Trustee

  (Former Secretary, Government of India)

• Prof Niraja Gopal Jayal

  Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

• Prof G.N. Devy

  Chair, People’s Linguistic Survey of India

  Former Prof of English, M S University of Baroda

• Mr C. Rammanohar Reddy

  Journalist and Writer, Hyderabad, Editor, ‘The India Forum’

• Prof Ritu Dewan

  Director (retired)

  Department of Economics, Mumbai University

• Prof Mary John

  Professor (retired)

  Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi

• Prof Sudha Narayanan

  International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi and IGIDR Mumbai

• Mr M.R. Vikram

  Anandam and Co., Hyderabad