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Indian politician
Nina P. Nayak (born 24 November 1953) is a social worker and child rights activist from Dakshina Kannada. Her career has been dedicated to the promotion and protection of child rights.[1][2][3]
She gave a presentation on the role of children in governance in a TEDx event in Bangalore on 6 April 2012.[4][5] She has authored several articles and books. Nayak was a former chairperson for Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights.[6] Previously, she was also the vice-president of the Indian Council for Child Welfare and member of the sub-committee on children in the National Planning Commission of India.[7][8][9]
Nina Nayak has a Master's degree in social work with specialization in family and child welfare, and a Bachelor's degree in home science from University of Madras, with core subjects child development, food and nutrition.[8] She has a certificate in human rights from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).[8]
As a child rights activist for the last 30 years she has held several positions of responsibility[3][7]
On 10 March 2014 she was Aam Aadmi Party candidate for Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency and received 21403 votes (1.9% of the total votes polled) and lost to Ananth Kumar of BJP[10]
Nina Nayak has brought up 2 adopted children.[9]