1 July 1960 at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian women's human rights defender and activist.
She seeks to increase women's ability to participate in democratic institutions through capacity building and promote rehabilitation and counselling services for street children and children involved in child labour.
Her work for women's rights has been highlighted by Amnesty International.
She organised women workers to raise issues of physical and mental violence, the dowry system, rape, prostitution and sexual harassment.
[1][3][4] She is a core member of the National Alliance of Women's Organisations (NAWO)[5] and a leader of the Opposition (for the Democratic Party) in the NAWO's Indian Women's Parliament.