The Founders
JAGORI (meaning "awaken woman) was founded in 1984 by - Abha Bhaiya, Kamla Bhasin, Runu Chakravarty, Gouri Choudhury, Sheba Chhacchi, Manjari Dingwaney and Joginder Panghaal with the aim of having a creative space for women to express themselves, and spreading feminist ideology to a wider constituency of women especially in small towns and rural areas.
The General Body
The JAGORI General Body comprises of Abha Bhaiyya, Jaya Srivastava, Joginder Panghaal, Kalpana Viswanath, Kalyani Menon-Sen, Kamla Bhasin, Manjari Dingwaney, Manjima Bhattacharya, Martin Macwan, Nandita Gandhi, Nimisha Desai, Runu Chakraborty and Suneeta Dhar. The GB meets once a year.
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is elected by the General Body and meets four times a year.
Chairperson: Jaya Srivastava
Treasurer: Manjari Dingwaney
Secretary & Director: Suneeta Dhar
Members: Kalpana Viswanath, Manjima Bhattacharya, Nandita Gandhi and Martin Macwan
The JAGORI Office Team
Anupriya Ghosh, Anuradha, Chaitali, Dhruv Singh, Indrajit Chakrabarty, Jenu, Juhi, Kailash, Khadijah, Krati, Madhu, Mahabir Singh, Neetu Routela, Nilanju Dutta, Prabhleen Tuteja, Ratna Manjari, Rinki, Sachin Kochhar, Sarita Baloni, Savita Karan, Savra, Seema Srivastava, Seema Singh, Sunila Singh, Sunil Thakur, Suneeta Thakur, Sunita, Surabhi Tandon Mehrotra and Thulsi Kurup.
Besides this JAGORI is lucky to have a large network of friends, volunteers and past members who link up in many ways with our work from wherever they are today in the world.
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