Indian Renaissance Institute
The Indian Renaissance Institute was founded on November 20, 1946 as a non-profit organisation and registered under the Societies’ Registration Act, 1860 with a view to developing renaissance movement in India on the basis of scientific humanism. M.N. Roy was the founder and guiding foce of the Institute. Till his death on January 25, 1954 he was the Institute’s Director.
Acutely conscious of the necessity of providing a philosophical foundation to the values of democracy, Roy formulated a number of theses which were discussed among leading members of the Institute and were later published as the “Twenty Two Theses of New Humanism.” These theses seek to define the postulates of a comprehensive personal-social philosophy based on naturalism; to identify the physical-biological sources of the values of freedom, rationalism and morality; and to indicate the principles on which political and social democracy may be organized from the grassroots. In 1947 M.N. Roy published a manifesto under the title “New Humanism” in support of the “Twenty Two Theses”.
Location
The residence of M.N. Roy and Ellen Roy – a bungalow with lawns stretching over about seven bighas – at 13 Mohini Road, Dehradun, was purchased by the colleagues and admirers of M.N. Roy, namely, Justice V.M. Tarkunde and V.B. Karnik. However, as the Roys were not interested in personal property, the same was made over to the Institute when it was registered. A library – the two storey building in red colour – was constructed on a part of the lawns in 1948. Till early 1980 the Head Office of the Institute was located at this address.
Humanist House at 13 Mohini Road, Dehradun, where M.N. Roy and Ellen Roy lived till their deaths in 1954 and 1960 respectively
Sheo Raj Singh, Vinod Jain and Mahi Pal Singh, Treasurer, Chairman and Secretary (from left) respectively, Indian Renaissance Institute, paying tributes at the Samadhi of M.N. Roy & Ellen Roy (covered in green in front of them) at 13 Mohini Road, Dehradun
Roy and Ellen Roy with others at Humanist House,13, Mohini Road, Dehradun
Registration Certificate
Present Office Bearers (Elected on 24.09.2023 for 2 years)
Chairman: Vinod Kumar Jain
Secretary: Mr. Mahi Pal Singh
Treasurer: Mr. Sheo Raj Singh
Members of the Board of Trustees of IRI
Life Trustees:
1. Vinod Jain
2. Dr. Ramesh Awasthi
3. Jayanti Patel
4. Mahi Pal Singh
5. Sheoraj Singh
6. Rajender Kumar Sharma
7. Vacant
8. Vacant
Elected Trustees (Elected for Two Years – 2024-2025):
- G. Veeranna
- Debabrata Pal
- Vedprakash Arya
- Surajdeo Prasad
- Bhaskar Sur
- Rajesh Kumar Sharma
- Ms. Indira Verma
Co-opted Members: (Co-opted for Two Years – 2024-2025):
- Hawa Singh Hooda
- Sandeep Chaudhary
Earlier the following persons were the office-bearers of the Indian Renaissance Institute:
15th October, 2022
Chairman – Vinod Kumar Jain
Secretary – Mahi Pal Singh
Treasurer – Sheoraj Singh
6th April, 2019
Chairman – Dr. Ramesh Awasthi
Secretaries – Mahi Pal Singh & Kiran Nanavati
Treasurer – Satish Chandra Varma
28th January, 2017
Chairman – Dr. Ramesh Awasthi
Secretary – Dr. Rekha Saraswat
Treasurer – Satish Chandra Varma
24TH JANUARY 2015
Chairman – Subhankar Ray
Secretaries – N.D.Pancholi, Kiran Nanavati and Bhaskar Sur
Treasurer – S.C. Jain