Above, Left: Executive Committee Meeting, 16 July 2005. At right: Dr. TN Shalla (Founder) and Dr. Kulwant Singh (Good Governance Project Director).  Above, Right: Entrance to the SCOPE Office at 7 Panj Bakhtar Road, near Residency Road, in Jammu-Tawi, J&K.
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History of SCOPE

The Society for Consumer Protection and Environment [SCOPE] was founded in 1990 in Jammu City, Jammu & Kashmir, India, by Dr. TN Shalla of the Law Department of Jammu University.  SCOPE was later registered under the J&K Societies Registration Act in 1996 under its Executive Committee (Registration No. 2613-S of 1996). Throughout its early years, SCOPE was active in promoting consumer rights on a variety of issues, including traffic safety, pollution, deforestation, pollution of environment by plastics, fuel adulteration, tampering of rickshaw meters, etc. In later years, it engaged in several voluntary programs funded by agencies such as NACO, the British Council, the Indian Oil Corporation, etc.  Starting in 2001, SCOPE has also started Chhaya, a center for women's empowerment through training in tailoring skills. Beginning in March of 2005, SCOPE has been preparing for a major program in Good Governance that will be sponsored by the Parternship for Transparency Fund (Washington, DC), which will be led by a newly-formed Legal Committee.  SCOPE has also been preparing to implement a Dairy Development Project in rural Jammu District to be sponsored by the Goverment of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).