Asha Chandra, Patron, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Past President for almost a decade, former Chairperson of the College Governing Body, an advertising professional and short film-maker, she has steered organisational programmes in new employment opportunities and social sector advancement in alignment with national and UN goals.

President, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Rita Menon has spent over 40 years in public service and joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1975. In her long career in the Government of India and her cadre Uttar Pradesh, she excelled in the fields of rural and community development, law and order, revenue administration and policy, urban development and planning, industrial policy and development, Finance, Defence administration and Textiles. She served on the boards of a number of entities including SIDBI, Delhi Metro UGC ICAR

Vice President, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Ms. Chitra Sarkar retired as Executive Director of Air India after a long innings of thirty six years. Prior to her retirement she was Regional Head for America & Europe. She also headed Air India Tourism, Represented Air India and Indian civil aviation in International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Tourism industry in global tourism bodies. Ms. Sarkar volunteers with several NGOs and is an Independent Woman Director on private sector boards.

Secretary, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)
PFHEA, Higher Education Academy, UK

Dr Mona Suri is the Secretary of All India Women Education Fund Association (AIWEFA). She is an Associate Professor, former Academic Vice President at Royal University for Women (RUW) Bahrain, former Reader, Lady Irwin College, Delhi, India, has a teaching experience of more than 32 years in India and Bahrain. She has been actively involved in research and teaching and has successfully supervised six PhD and 45 Master’s students. She has many publications, presentations, and awards to her credit. She is holding workshops/lectures, member of Research Advisory Committees for master’s and PhD programmes for various universities and institutions, including Lady Irwin College, NIFT, CBSE. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Graphic Era Hill University, Uttarakhand.

Jt. Secretary, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Dr. Mayanka Gupta presently Assistant Professor at Dept. of Resource Management and Design Application, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi. Expertise in teaching, training, and research for over 15 years. Ph.D. (2015) focused on Quality of Life of Institutionalized Older adults & is regularly invited for public presentations on Aging nationally and internationally. Research interest includes aging in place, ICT & Aging, Management of shared resources, and intergenerational bonding. Seasoned in conceiving and building programs from the ground up through proven competencies in administration, program management, and student development. Has been a participant of two exchange programs related to community living and HIV/AIDS to America and Canada respectively.

Mail : mayankagupta85@gmail.com, mayanka.gupta@lic.du.ac.in
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mayanka-gupta-6a06b6171

Treasurer , All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Mr. Umesh Chand Goyal: is founder and Managing Partner of UCC & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants . He qualified CA from India and CPA from USA. He has authored “Accounting of Special Authorities under Central or State Acts” issued by ICAI. Has delivered lectures in various seminar and work shop on Accounting including IFRS , I GAAP, taxation, audit and other professional matters. He is member of CII and CILT. He also work for various schools for benefits of under privileged children.

EC Member, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

EC Member, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Ms. Sarla Manchanda, currently Executive Member AIWEFA, has rendered selfless service to this organisation for over two decades. She has served the organization in various capacities and looked after the administration of AIWEFA and organised various activities such as various workshops and seminars. She has great organising and coordinating capacity.

Ms. Sarla Manchanda a post graduate in Chemistry and diploma holder in “ Teaching Methods in New Chemistry”, is a former Associate Professor of Chemistry at Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.

She has been advisor to many schools on scientific issues. She has been on the Governing Body of the Lady Irwin College for a term of 5 years.

EC Member, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Dr. Renu Malaviya, Professor, Deptt. of Education, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, a is RCI certified special educator and mental health professional, with research and extension work in the area of Specific Learning Disability (SLD) for almost 30 years. She has been a Master Trainer in different capacities such as gender studies, intergenerational bonding, family–school interactions, children’s reading habits, disability studies. Is consultant to various national and international agencies. Has authored 40 books, edited books and bibliotherapy books. She has publications in national, international journals and national newspapers.

EC Member, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

EC Member, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Mridula Seth is Vice President, Richmond Fellowship Society (India) Delhi. She was teaching in Lady Irwin College for 25 years before joining the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as Technical Adviser (Adolescents & Youth). Worked as Honorary Director of a life skills project in SPYM’s Juvenile Drug Deaddiction and Rehab Centre. She promotes partnerships between academic institutions and grassroots organizations, involving youth as advocates for mental health, substance abuse, adult literacy and life skills education. Recipient of Fulbright post-doctoral research fellowship, Tagore Literacy award and Nari Samman 2022. She has authored “Minding the Mind: A Volunteer’s insights on Mental Health.

Co-opted EC Member, All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)

Adarsh Sharma’s experience spans across five decades. She is former Director of National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development and has been on teaching faculty of Lady Irwin College, Pant Nagar Agricultural University and Ambedkar University Delhi .Her research acumen is well recognised, post-doctoral research as a Fulbright scholar at Pennsylvania State University, and guiding of master and doctoral scholars. She undertook Independent and collaborative research, has several publications to her credit. She worked as a Consultant to International agencies and was an expert member in governmental and NGOs committees. Recipient of Out Standing Alumna award and her contributions to ECE have been acclaimed and awarded

EC Member and AIWC Representative

An ex banker by profession, Kalyani Raj has more than 35 years of working experience with corporate sector in India and Hongkong. She has worked with a leading nationalized bank in India and financial management firms in Hongkong. With an objective to utilize all her working experience for a good social cause to contribute meaningfully to society, she joined All India Women’s’ Conference as a volunteer in 1998. After supervising various social welfare projects for the NGO, for 20 years, Kalyani took over as Hon. Secretary General of AIWC at national level for the 2017-19 term and has recently taken over as the President of AIWC for the 2023-25 term.

She is also currently Facilitative Committee member for the Women & Gender Constituency of the UNFCCC.

EC member and AIWC Representative

Currently as Hon. Secretary General of the All India Women’s’ Conference (estb. 1927) India’s largest NGO, Dr. Manju Kak has helped promote women’s rights from grass root funded projects to international high tables and where as a Peace Promoter she has conducted many advocacy workshops, seminars at regional and national level ( A Culture of Peace (Seminar). She is a former Treasurer, AIWC and former Vice President of International Alliance for Women, a Geneva based NGO, and current Convener of the Peace Commission, Trustee in the government funded Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Trust.

Dr. Manju Kak is as an author and academician, an art and cultural archivist. Her fiction, essays, critical reviews, and articles have appeared in anthologies, newspapers, journals, and magazines in India and abroad since 1989. Her published works of short fiction include First Light in Colonelpura; Requiem for an Unsung Revolutionary; Just One Life and other Stories.

EC member and AIWC Representative

Dr Upasana Singh, Treasurer, AIWC crowned her academic success with a gold medal in her post-graduation with History in the year 1989 from Meerut University, is a distinguished social activist. Besides her largescale association with various organisations, Dr Upasana Singh is also the ‘Founder and President of ‘The Human Touch Foundation‟ and the All India Women’s Conference Greater Noida Branch (U.P.)

She did her M.Phil. from Agra University and pursued research work, with a Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Historical Research, on the topic -“Leadership, Satyagrah And Repression In North-West Frontier Provinces; Role of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan And Khudai Khidmatgars In Freedom Movement” and was awarded a Doctorate (PhD) in 1995 from Meerut University.

EC member and Director, Lady Irwin College

Dr Anupa Siddhu, Director, Lady Irwin College and Head, Dept of Home Science, University of Delhi. She is a PhD from AIIMS (Gold Medallist). Under her leadership Lady Irwin College has received NAAC rating of A+ in 2018 and NIRF 2018 National ranking of 12 among colleges of India. She was National Head, Secretariat, Capacity building project – Food and Drug Safety (MOHFW) 2007. Presently she is Chairperson, National Centre of Excellence and Advanced Research on Diets and Chairperson, National Centre of Women Collectives Led Social Action at Lady Irwin College. She is signatory to several MOUs with Foreign Universities. She is the recipient of several awards- Mahila Shiromani Swarn Padak, Asia’s Brand Award 2016 for Education, and Women Leadership Award.