Child Rights Centre, Chanakya National Law University, Patna-Bihar-India

What Child Rights Centre, Chanakya National Law University, Patna-Bihar-India does

The Child Rights Centre (CRC) is a specialised research and policy advocacy centre within Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established informally in 2011 and formally inaugurated on 20 November 2018 with the technical support of UNICEF Bihar, under which it has continued to operate. The centre engages with child rights from a multi-disciplinary legal, social, and policy perspective, providing integrated technical support to governance institutions at local, state, and national levels — including Juvenile Justice Boards, Child Welfare Committees, police, and courts. Its primary problem domain is the protection and development of child rights in Bihar, with explicit attention to crimes against children, trafficking, child labour, and access to justice for children.

CRC operates as a unified research and publication platform offering a Student Internship Programme, recurring newsletters (Annual and Quarterly Issues), the CRC Magazine, a collaborative blog for guest and expert posts, the national-level URJAA competition, a webinar series, and ongoing research projects on children in conflict with law, child labour trafficking, adolescent labour law, and Nepal-India human trafficking. There is no proprietary technology stack, SaaS product, mobile app, API or AI component disclosed; the underlying platform is a Wix-hosted website supplemented by mainstream social media channels. The centre is led by a core coordination team comprising the Convenor (Prof. (Dr.) Faizan Mustafa, also CNLU Vice-Chancellor), Co-Convenor (Prof (Dr.) S. P. Singh, also Registrar), Centre Coordinator (Dr. Aman Kumar), Programme Coordinator (Dr. Chandan Kumar Sinha), Senior Research Coordinator (Dr. P.P. Rao), Training & Course Coordinator (Dr. Fr. Peter Ladis F.), and Research Coordinator (Mrs. Sugandha Sinha), supported by a total headcount of approximately 39.

The centre's revenue model is not commercial. No revenue figures are publicly disclosed, and no funding rounds, investors, or operating revenue streams are reported. Income is implicitly derived from parent-institution (CNLU) allocations, UNICEF technical-support funding since November 2018, and minor event fees (URJAA entries Rs. 100–300). Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, distributing research via the centre website, social media, academic publications, and in-person and virtual events targeted primarily at the Bihar market and secondarily at national and international research collaborators.

Name

Child Rights Centre, Chanakya National Law University, Patna-Bihar-India

Legal name

Child Rights Centre, CNLU Patna

Website

https://crc.cnlu.ac.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Child Rights Centre, CNLU is a university research and policy advocacy centre in Patna, Bihar, providing multi-disciplinary technical support to government institutions, law students, and civil society on child rights protection, operating with UNICEF support since November 2018.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Rights Research and Advocacy Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

Keywords

• Child rights research
• Legal policy advocacy
• Human rights publications
• Child welfare research
• Legal capacity building

Headquarters

HQ city

Patna

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. UNICEF Technical Support: Child Rights Centre is established and running with technical support of UNICEF for effective implementation of children's laws in Bihar since November 2018.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Child Rights Centre is a specialised research centre of Chanakya National Law University, Patna, that engages with child rights from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It provides integrated technical support to governance institutions at local, state, and national levels through knowledge management, human resource development (student internships, training, guest lectures), research publication (newsletters, magazine, blog), and capacity-building events such as the URJAA national-level competition and webinar series, with technical support from UNICEF Bihar since November 2018.

Product overview

Child Rights Centre, CNLU is a specialized research centre of Chanakya National Law University that operates as a research and advocacy organization focused on child rights protection in Bihar since 2011 (formally inaugurated November 20, 2018). The centre functions as a unified research and publication platform offering multiple interconnected programs: the Student Internship Programme for capacity building, published newsletters and the CRC Magazine for disseminating research, a collaborative blog platform for guest and expert posts, national competitions like URJAA for engagement, webinar series for awareness, and ongoing research projects on critical child rights issues. UNICEF provides technical support since November 2018. The organization does not offer technology products or SaaS offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student Internship Programme @ CRC Structured internship programme at CRC designed to provide university students (primarily from law schools) with practical workplace skills and exposure to children's rights research, including studies on child education, crimes against children in Bihar, and gender-based violence in the state.
• CRC Publications (Newsletters & Reports) Periodical publications comprising Annual Issues, Quarterly Issues (2019–2022), and research reports on child rights topics, seminars, and programme documentation including joint work with UNICEF Bihar.
• CRC Magazine Annual CRC magazine publication accepting research papers, notes/comments, case comments, and book reviews on child rights topics with focus on Bihar.
• Blog Platform (Guest & Expert Posts) Collaborative blog platform with expert/faculty articles and guest posts on child rights, women's rights, COVID-19 impacts on children, POCSO, child custody, child trafficking, and the role of JJB & CWC.
• URJAA National Level Event National-level competition hosted by CRC offering Article, Essay, Story, Poetry, and Drawing/Painting competitions on COVID-19-themed topics related to women and children, with one-time registration fees per category.
• Webinar Series on Child & Women Rights Online webinar and guest lecture series covering topics such as the reproductive rights of women, COVID-19 impact on children, and legal aspects of vaccines, with sessions sponsored by partner bodies such as the National Commission for Women, New Delhi.
• CRC Research Projects Ongoing multi-disciplinary research projects on critical child rights issues in Bihar and the India-Nepal region, covering children in conflict with law, adolescent labour, child labour trafficking, and human trafficking.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organised 'From Advocacy to Action' event with UNICEF Bihar on March 10, 2021 uniting CSOs for child rights
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNICEF BiharcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2018Child Rights Centre is established and running with technical support of UNICEF Bihar since November 2018 for effective implementation of children's laws in Bihar. UNICEF provides ongoing technical assistance for the centre's operations and child rights programmes.
• CCARHT CambridgeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with CCARHT Cambridge for spreading video messages on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Standing with survivors and focusing on research for eradication of Human Trafficking.
• International Research CollaboratorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaborations with researchers including Dr. Jennifer Dustow (Hawaii), Katerina Mpelmpa (Greece), Nky Okechukwu (Nigeria), Luis Perez Torner (Mexico), and Nelson Jones (USA) working on child rights and human trafficking issues.
• UNICEF Bihar (Event Partnership)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrom Advocacy to Action - Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Unite for Child Rights organised by Child Rights Centre, CNLU & UNICEF Bihar on March 10, 2021. Youth Unite for Child Rights orientation on February 26, 2021.
• National Commission for Women (NCW), New DelhicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCW sponsored webinar on 'Reproductive Choice of Women: A Fundamental Right' held on November 27, 2021. Four speakers from various institutions participated in the panel discussion.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HAQ: Centre for Child Rights: HAQ is an independent child rights organisation in Delhi that conducts research, advocacy, and monitoring on child rights implementation across Indian states. Comparable to CRC in its research-driven, policy-advocacy approach to child rights protection in India.
• Centre for Child and the Law (CCL), NLSIU: CCL is a research and policy centre at National Law School of India University, Bangalore, focused on child rights law, juvenile justice, and child protection policy. Like CRC CNLU, it is a university-embedded research centre producing publications, policy advocacy, and capacity-building work for child rights stakeholders.
• Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre: Prayas works directly with children in conflict with the law and children in need of care and protection across multiple states. It shares CRC's focus on juvenile justice and child protection, though operates with a stronger direct-intervention model rather than research-only.

Broad incumbents

• Save the Children India: Save the Children India is a large international NGO with multi-state child rights programmes spanning health, education, protection, and policy. Comparable thematic overlap with CRC on child rights policy advocacy, though operating at significantly greater scale and funding capacity.
• Childline India Foundation: Childline India Foundation operates the 1098 helpline for children in distress across India, with substantial government and institutional backing. CRC addresses overlapping child protection themes through a research and policy lens, whereas Childline operates at a much larger service-delivery scale.
• CRY (Child Rights and You): CRY is one of India's largest pan-Indian child rights NGOs, working across education, child protection, and policy advocacy with national fundraising capacity. CRC operates in a comparable child rights advocacy space but at a substantially smaller, state-focused scale anchored to an academic institution.
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR): NCPCR is the statutory body of the Government of India for protecting child rights, monitoring implementation of child rights laws, and advising government. CRC's research and convening work feeds into similar statutory priorities, making NCPCR both an institutional stakeholder and a comparable mission-aligned entity.

Emerging players

• Butterflies NGO: Butterflies works on child rights and child protection with focus on vulnerable and working children, including education and rescue programmes. It overlaps with CRC's child protection and labour trafficking research themes but emphasises direct programme delivery over research.
• Terre des Hommes (India): Terre des Hommes operates child protection and anti-trafficking programmes in South Asia, including India, with research and advocacy components. Overlaps with CRC's anti-trafficking research agenda (Nepal-India corridor) while operating through direct intervention rather than academic convening.

Others

• UNICEF India: UNICEF India is the current anchor institutional partner providing technical support to CRC since November 2018. While not a peer in the competitive sense, UNICEF is the principal funder and convening counterparty shaping CRC's programme priorities and reach in Bihar.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJVzNKXVL7wLYjPgJ8ljVrQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/Child-Rights-Centre-CNLU-1164793673678908
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/child-rights-centre-cnlu-patna
• Instagraminstagram.com/crcpatna

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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