John Dayal is an Indian human rights and Christian political activist. He is a member of the National Integration Council (NIC) of India, Secretary-General of the All India Christian Council, and a past president of the All India Catholic Union. He has been outspoken in opposition to communal polarisation, bigotry, and the spread of hatred between religious communities.
Dayal was born in New Delhi to Christian parents from South India. Before becoming a journalist, he studied physics at St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He served as a war correspondent or foreign correspondent in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and Europe. In June 1998, he was one of the signatories of a statement by a group of journalists calling on India to return to the global nuclear disarmament agenda.
Dayal became an activist in the early 1970s. In this role, he has worked on such issues as displacement of tribal people, opposition to nuclear weapons, forced disappearances, and impunity.
Dayal was one of the founders of the ecumenical All India Christian Council (AICC) and the United Christian Forum for Human Rights. In March 2005, Dayal was a member of a delegation led by Vincent Conçessao that presented a memorandum on minorities to the prime minister. The delegation was assured that the government would issue a White Paper on minority communities.
Dayal has been appointed to many fact-finding committees and tribunals. In September 2008, Dayal won the Maanav Adhikaar Paaritaushik (Human Dignity Award) in memory of Professor M. M. Guptara. In 2010, Dayal was again nominated as a member of the National Integration Council. (Collected from the public domain)
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