About WPC > Organisation
Structure
The General Assembly (GA)
The General Assembly (GA) of WPC consists of all the members
of the Governing Body, all organizational members at the
grass-roots level, state level and at national level and
all individual members at the grass roots level and individual
level.
WPC currently has more than 900
organizational and individual members. General Assembly
is required to meet once annually for completion of the
following:
- Receive and approve Annual Report
- Outline future programmes and prioritize programmes
accordingly
- Once every two years, elect the Governing Body and
Office Bearers of the Society
- Review, approve and adopt (the) audited statement.
- Adopt or amend the rules and regulations of WPC, if
required.
The Governing Body (GB)
The Governing Body (GB) is comprised of four office bearers
and five regional representatives. It meets quarterly and
is responsible for making all policy-related decisions,
planning annual activities and planning budgets. It also
ensures the effective management of the organization.
Governing Body 2009-2011 Office Bearers
Dr Ranjana Kumari, President
 Dr
Ranjana Kumari is a prominent activist and widely regarded
as a leading force in the women’s movement in India.
Dr Kumari is the President of Women Power Connect (WPC)
and is also Director of the Centre for Social Research
(CSR); Coordinator of Joint Action Front for Women (JAFW)
and has been senior advisor to the Ministry of Labor,
Government of India, and Coordinator of the South Asian
Forum for Women's Political Empowerment. Dr. Kumari has
also been a member of the Task Force on Industrial Relations
for The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.
She has written several books, among them Brides Are
Not for Burning and Women in Decision Making, and presented
numerous papers in international and national forums.
An activist in the women’s movement and an ardent
supporter of reservation of seats for women in parliament,
Dr. Kumari also is involved in research, advocacy, lobbying
and training for the protection of women's human rights.
Dr Vibhuti Patel, Vice President
 Dr.
Vibhuti Patel is professor and head of the University
Department of Economics, and Director, Department of
Post Graduate Studies and Research of SNDT Women’s
University,Mumbai and holds a Doctorate in Economics.
She is a member of Board of Studies, Research and Recognition
Committee for Social Sciences, Board of University Teaching
and Research and Chairperson of Women Development Cell
and Anti Ragging Committee, PGSR and Campus-in-Charge
of SNDT Women’s University.
She is also a member of Expert Committee on School of
Gandhian Thoughts and a member of Expert committee of
School of Gender and Development Studies for Indira Gandhi
Open University (IGNOU) and a member of Advisory Board
of Department of Women’s Studies of National Council
of Education, Research and Training NCERT, Delhi. She
is a member of subgroup on Gender and Agriculture for
the 11th Five Year Plan, the Planning Commission of India,
GOI, Delhi.
Dr N. Hamsa, Executive Director
 Dr
N. Hamsa is trained in Sociology with PH.D from JNU and
has worked for over 25 years on gender, labour, human
resource, and issues with Council of Indian Employers
and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Since 2002 she has been working on gender related issues
and has been associated with WPC since its inception
2005.
Governing Body 2009-2011 Members
Ms Gouri Choudhury
 Ms
Gouri Choudhury is one of the founders of Action India,
Saheli, Jagori, Shaktishalini, Dastakar and WPC. Action
India is an organization working in urban slums and resettlement
colonies since 1976. Gouri has been actively involved
in mobilizing the community against sex selection through
the grassroots network created by Action India and the
wider civil society activists and intellectuals concerned
about the declining child sex ratio in India at the national
level and particularly in the NCT Delhi.
Ms Alice Garg
 Ms
Alice Garg actively works for child (special emphasis
on the girl child) and women empowerment since 1972,
confronting social evils, gender inequality and violence
that are prejudicial to women’s self-reliance and
development. She has participated in several national
and international conference and seminars on child, women
and human rights. Several awards State, National and
International including Jamna Lal Bajaj award
Ms. Hasina Kharbhih
 Ms
Hasina Kharbhih, ASHOKA Fellow, Founder President and
presently Team Leader Impulse NGO Network. She is also
a Commonwealth Youth Ambassador for Positive Living,
representing India. She has a management background.
She is a trainer, specialized in the area of human rights,
with special reference to human trafficking, life shills
education, in context to HIV / AIDS, project management,
organization strategies. She has been involved as a consultant
and researcher, monitoring and evaluation, project formulation
for a number of International agency and Project such
as World Bank, Management System International Washington
DC USA, South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF),
SARI/Equity Good Practices Study a South Asian Program
funded by USAID.. etc . She was also selected as an International
Visitors Program NGO Management to United States.
Ms Anju Sinha
 Ms
Anju Sinha, is a Post Graguate in Zoology. She is associated
with Gramin Evam Nagar Vikas Parishad since 1994. She
is a life member of Bihar Council of Child Welfare, Bihar,
Member of LDM Network and a Member of Common Health.
She has 15 years experience of Women Rights, Child Rights,
Dalit Rights, Sexual & Reproductive Health rights,
Women Empowerment and Gender. She has been awarded state
level Father James Tong Memorial for Best Health promoter
in 1999.
Ms Indrani Sinha
 Ms
Indrani Sinha works for Sanlaap. Indrani’s career
began with teaching English, in 1973-76, in a well-known
Hindi-medium school in Calcutta, she soon realized that
her interest lay in the development sector. In 1982,
she joined Terre des Hommes, a network of ten national
organizations working for the rights of children and
to promote equitable development without racial, religious,
political, cultural or gender-based discrimination and
then moved on to the Oxfam India Trust, where she worked
for five years in women’s empowerment.
Dr Celine Sunny
Dr Celine Sunny is a Masters in Sociology and Women
Studies. She is the Director at Centre for Women Studies
and Development in Kerala. Her areas of specialization
are protection of women against Domestic Violence and
Human Trafficking.
The Executive Committee (EC)
The Governing Body appoints an
Executive Committee to assist it in coordination work.
The Executive Committee meets monthly. Some of the roles
and responsibilities of the EC are mentioned hereunder:
- Preparation of the Society’s annual budget
- Preparation of annual work plan of the Society
- Ensuring the effective management of the Society
- Be responsible for the overall vision and thrust of
the Society
The Present EC members are:
- Dr Ranjana Kumari, President
- Dr N. Hamsa, Secretary
- Ms Gouri Chaudhury, Member
The WPC Secretariat
WPC’s Secretariat functions as the ground base of
operations for WPC. Members of the secretariat work together
to design and carry out programme schemes, carry out the
lobbying initiatives of the Governing Body, organize and
execute annual activities, manage accounts and information,
produce WPC publications, meet and work with government
agencies, and much more. The office
of the Secretariat is the WPC Delhi headquarters and
holds regular hours, Monday–Friday, 9.30am–5.30pm.
 Dr.
N. Hamsa
Executive Director Ms.
Rachna Shanbog
Project Associate Ms.
Subashini Perumal
Project Associate Mr.
Lalit Singh Katariya
Accounts officer CA
Pradeep Dahiya
Finance Consultant Mr.
Sonu Kumar
Office Assistant
In addition to paid staff, the WPC Secretariat also employs
the skills of temporary voluntary interns. The Secretariat’s internship
programme is open to all students who are committed
to human rights and social justice in India. WPC has worked
with interns from the United Kingdom, the U.S., Europe
and India.
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