People’s Watch began its journey in 1995 as a programme unit of the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns (CPSC) based in Madurai city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Henri Tiphagne, advocate and ardent human rights activist, is one of the founders and Executive Director of Peoples Watch, India. Since 1995, People’s Watch has been working with one-pointed dedication and commitment to fulfill its vision to promote a society free of human discrimination, injustice and create social economic conditions for the realisation of human values and rights.

One of the principal objectives of the organisation is to cultivate and nurture a culture of human rights through education and trainings.