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Chitra Mudgal - Ex-President & Patron
"I have always written freely on the subjects I feel strongly about. My aim is to
depict reality as it is, not to paint one for the convenience of a reader's conscience."
- Chitra Mudgal
Rare is this amalgamation of gentle sensitivity, utter humility and such superior intellect. Probably her solace with her wonderful self is the reason behind the glowing radiance on the face of this 60-year old, which can put a thousand electric bulbs to shame. Meet the multi-faceted Chitra Mudgal, a renowned and respected figure in modern literature in Hindi, who is also a dedicated trade unionist, social activist, virtual mother to slum dwelling women and, at the same time, a doting housewife and mother. Probably it will be better to say that her wide spectrum of social work and her unflinching belief in "humanism" defines the world-class writer in her.
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Dr. Purobi Roy - President
Dr Purabi Roy is a retired Professor of Jadavpur University, visiting Professor of Moscow State University and St.Petersburg University, Russian Federation. Born in July 1941, she did her Ph.D from the Institute of Oriental Studies. Russian Academy of Science, Moscow.
She participated in various International Seminars and Conferences. As a research
Professor of the Asiatic Society, she published volumes on Russo-Indian Relations
XIX Cent, Indo-Russian Relations XX Cent. Part-I and Part-II. Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose Commemoration Vol. of Scottish Church College. She is the author of many articles
on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
She is a specialist of Russian Language and Politics. Presently she is doing research
on New Findings on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose - From Russian British German and
Indian Archives.
She presented papers at the Institute of Oriental Studies Moscow-1999, Oriental
Faculty, St.Petersburg-2002,Hamburg University, German 2003, Humbolt University,
Germany-2004 and Lund University, Sweden-2004.
She was a deponent and Member of JUSTICE MUKHERJEE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY on ALLEGED
DISAPPEARANCE OF NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE, 1999-2005.
She is a women activist and believes in empowerment of Society depends upon Gender
Equality.
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Rekha Mody - International Convenor & Vice-President
Born in 1955 into the illustrious industrialist family of Modis, Modinagar in Uttar Pradesh, Rekha Mody is in her own right, a woman who wears more than one hat. She is a connoisseur of art, social worker and a woman campaigner. She started her education at a labourer’s school in Modinagar, which brought her close to the plight and the pain of the less privileged people. She is the founder of Divya Chaya Trust established in 1984, Habiart Foundation 1987, Stree Shakti - The Parallel Force 1998.
She has edited A Quest For Roots a book of more than 300 posthumous biographies
of women from India significant in South-Asian history, second edition released
in 2009. It is an attempt to rediscover and recount women’s histories in a user-friendly
form for the common person.
Rekha Mody serves on the board of United Way New Delhi from 2008 and Women Founders
Collective USA 2006. She is also Trustee of Women International Trust.
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Dr. Aarti Saxena
Present Institution: Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi South Campus,
Position held: Associate Professor
Department: Botany
Recognition: Awarded “Honour for Excellence” by Russian centre of Science and Culture, International Federation of Indian Russian youth club, Gantavya Sansthan and Women on Top, for application of best practices in plant sciences for the rural areas in Rajasthan and Haryana. Associated with People For Plants and Environment group.
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Anuradha Dalmiya - Treasurer and Convenor of Science Samman
1. Schooling at Modern High School for girls, Kolkata
2. Bsc. Hons. in Home Science from JD Birla Institute of Home Science
3. Post Grad Diploma in Dietetics from All India Inst of Hygiene & Public Health and Advanced Diploma In Systems Management from NIIT.
4. Married with 2 children
5. Interests in Music, Gardening, travelling, current events, science and womens' empowerment. Been a Streeshakti menber since 1985, seen it grow and evolve into a contemporary organization while maintaining its stature and Standpoint. Am a easy going, sociable and sometimes absent minded person, open to new ideas and looking to enhance my knowledge and horizons constantly.
I feel all women have it in them to BE the change they want to see for their family, society and our country.
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Dr. Sarmistha Chakrabarti - Joint Secretary
Dr. Sarmistha Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor in the University of Calcutta, teaches Chemistry in the Food & Nutrition section of the Department of Home Science. A winner of the National Science Talent Search contest, she did her Bachelors & Masters degrees from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata and has had postdoctoral & research experience of about 10 years in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich and Purdue University & University of California at Los Angeles in the USA. Her interest in Women & Science came from her tenure as Research Officer in the Women’s Studies Research Centre of Calcutta University. She has papers published in renowned international journals of Chemistry as well as those presented in conferences, the most recent one being in Beijing, China at the Third World Organisation of Women in Science (of which
she is a full member) Fourth General Assembly.
Sarmistha Chakrabarti’s association
with Streeshakti has been for the past 10 years.
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Neeru Poddar - West Bengal Convenor
Winner of Priyadarshini Award for Promotion of Crafts , Neeru Poddar is a grass root worker . She is a Trustee with Divya Chaya Trust and Habiart Foundation. She has been a founder member of Stree Shakti - The Parallel Force. Neeru ji has trained many women in West Bengal to earn their living through Kantha embroidery. She has been very active with the Reproductive Child Health programme introduced in village Podra near Kolkata in 2009. Counselling the under privileged is her forte.
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Deepa Chatrath - Convenor of 100 Women Forum, Singapore
Deepa is passionate about women empowerment, social enterprises and public policy. In her pursuit of inclusive growth and solutions to some pressing social and economic challenges in this part of the world, she believes gender empowerment, equal economic opportunity and education are all critical. To this end she is Co-founder of “100 Women Forum” a Singapore based Not-for-Profit company that focuses on gender empowerment and eaquality across Asia Pacific region. Deepa is also member of “Stree Shakti The Parallel Force”.
Deepa has 18 years of experience in building brands in consumer lifestyle products industry in emerging and mature markets in Asia Pacific Region. Deepa has the ability to work across cultures and establish brands and create business. She has worked in the areas of marketing, launching and managing brands, product management, pricing and brand management. She excels in start-up opportunities to build new businesses in Asia Pacific region. She has moved to General management role and is at present Regional Managing Director of a leading consumer lifestyle brand.
Deepa holds a BA English Honors & an MBA with specialization in Marketing from India and an EMBA from Insead, France. Deepa has worked and lived in the Asia-Pacific region for the past fifteen years. She is now based in Singapore, where she lives with her husband and son.
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Asha Nayyar Basu - Joint Convener, 100 Women Forum
Asha Nayar-Basu, is a corporate lawyer & is the Managing Partner of S
Jalan & Company, Solicitors & Advocates. She specializes in
substantial & sophisticated development projects & joint
venture/co-investment transactions & has extensive experience of
commercial & corporate law, including outsourcing, joint ventures,
strategic alliances, manufacturing/supply arrangements, distribution,
agency, franchising, e-commerce, marketing and media law. She appears
regularly before the Supreme Court, Delhi High Court, BIFR, AAIFR,
Consumer Forums, DGFT & other Tribunals. She advises large industrial
houses, media houses, developers, retail firms, NGOs, Governmental
Agencies, Banks, FIs, software companies & start ups ventures on their
legal issues.
Asha is also an Advisor (Communications, Legacy & Sponsorship) to the
Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi.
She is also a noted Odissi dancer & a disciple of Padma Vibhushan Dr.
Sonal Mansingh.
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Amrita Kataria - Coordinator, 100 Women Forum
Amrita Kataria is fighting for justice since the last 9 years. Her cases are pending in the District and High Courts of Delhi. She is a commerce graduate from Lady Shri Ram College and an alumni of the Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi where she has been actively involved and headed the Old Students’ Association.
She has her own Event Management Company under the name of Let’s Party.
She is the joint convenor of Save a Child and The Teen Outreach Programme of Divya Chaya Trust. She is the Co-ordinator of the 100 Women’s Forum. One of her visions is to provide a life of dignity and hygiene to women at the grassroot level.
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• Ms. Sarmistha Chakrobarty - Joint Secretary
• Ms. Kalpana Sharma - Governance Convenor
• Ms. Kamal Chugh - Haryana Convenor
• Ms. Loveleena Mody - Uttranchal Convenor
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