Annual Report 2007 - Observer Research Foundation

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FINANCIAL FACT SHEET Observer Research Foundation is registered at Delhi under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 as a not-for-profit organisation. Donations to ORF enjoy Income Tax exemption under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. ORF follows the financial year from April to March. Statement of Accounts, audited by a qualified and registered Chartered Accountant, is submitted to the concerned departments in India as per the statutory requirements. Internal audit system is conducted by a qualified and registered Chartered Accountant’s Firm periodically. All donations received by ORF from donors outside India are received as per the FCRA (Foreign Contributions Regulation Act) guidelines. Section 6(1) of the FCRA inter alia provides that an association (organisation) registered under the FCRA shall intimate to the Central Government in India the amount, source and the manner in which such foreign contribution is received and the purpose for and the manner in which such contribution is utilised. These foreign contributions are to be received only through a particular registered and designated bank. For any information on the same, please contact Honorary Secretary, Observer Research Foundation, 20 Rouse Avenue, New Delhi 110002 Email: baljitkapoor@orfonline.org The details of the funds received and utilised as per the audited Accounts of Financial Year 2005- 2006 are: FUNDS RECEIVED (in Rupees million) UTILISATION OF FUNDS (in Rupees million) Donation and Grants 50.40 Research Activities Salaries & Honorarium 23.99 Interest Income 2.84 Meetings & Conferences 9.66 Other Income 0.40 Travelling & Conveyance 3.55 Communication 1.27 Total 53.64 Overheads 8.64 Sponsorships support (such as Air Tickets) 2.50 Total 47.11 ORF Assets : (in Rupees million) Fixed Assets 3.46 Investments 45.70 Cash & Bank Balance 7.91 Other Assets 2.04 Total 59.11 Besides the above, the asset value of ORF’s building and infrastructure, over Rs. 60 million, has been provided at no cost on a permanent basis by Observer Research Foundation’s Corporate benefactors.
CHAIRMAN R.K. Mishra Lalit Bhasin Bharat Goenka TRUSTEES Brajesh Mishra Abid Hussain HONORARY SECRETARY Baljit Kapoor HONORARY TREASURER Annu Tandon ADVISORS, SENIOR FACULTY & ASSOCIATES ADVISORS M. Rasgotra V.P.Malik K.K. Nayyar D.V. Kapoor S. Narayan Arjun Sengupta Vikram Sood Saeed Naqvi Falguni Sen Amitav Malik Vivek Paranjpe Dileep Padgaonkar SENIOR FACULTY S.D.Muni N.K.Singh Vinayak Patankar Sunjoy Joshi Rakesh Basant Wilson John Ashok Kumar Singh Nandan Unnikrishnan Lydia Powell N. Sathiyamoorthy Jayshree Sengupta R. Swaminathan SENIOR FACULTY B. Venkatesh Kumar Deba Ranjan Mohanty Harinder Sekhon R.S.Vasan Niranjan Sahoo PV Ramana Gopal Choudhary ASSOCIATES Vivek Karandikar Praveen Chaudhry Mohan Guruswamy
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