Loreto College, Kolkata

Founder and CEO of Parikrma Humanity Foundation, a nonprofit organization that runs English-medium schools for under-privileged children in Bangalore, India

Successful Entrepreneur, Renowned Business Person, Art Enthusiast, Social Worker & Equestrian. Chairperson of Heritage Insurance Broker & Heritage Health TPA and Hon. Consul General of Denmark, she has been Knighted by the Queen of Denmark.

Founder of Tantuvi, an initiative to revive weaving traditions of Benares in 1998. She was awarded Nari Shakti Award for the year 2018 by the Government of India in recognition of her contribution in the Handloom-Weaving Industry. Additionally, she is a trustee in Jnana-Pravaha, an organization providing a platform for critical thinking and intellectual rigor in aspiring individuals by creative exchange of ideas.

Renowned TV and film personality. Started her career with The Telegraph and shifted to Sananda where she was the assistant editor. She then started a television career and has directed films, including Cross Connection. While on television, she did several award winning shows, including Police Files, Labonyor Sansar and Khunje Berai Kachcher Maanush. Her films with Abhijit Guha, such as Teen Yaari Kotha, Bapi Bari Jaa, Jodi Love Dilena Prane, Benche Thakar Gaan, Sraboner Dhara have won accolades in India and abroad.

Former Vice President of Nari Siksha Samity one of the oldest organisations working in the field of disadvantaged women, girls and tribals in Jhargram. She was also the Hon. Joint Secretary of ALL BENGAL WOMEN’S UNION, working in the field of rescue, shelter and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking and sexual abuse. For many years she was a member of the Kolkata High Court Legal Services Committee and acted as a Judge of several Lok Adalats, District Courts and Consumers Forums.

Former Professor of International Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Chairperson, Centre for International Politics in the School of International Studies. She was a member of the Indian Foreign Service before joining academia.Surjit Mansingh is the author of numerous academic papers and several books, including Concise Encyclopedia of Indian History ( New Delhi: Vision Books, 2009), India s Search for Power, (New Delhi: Sage, 1984), co-author of Diplomatic History of Modern India ( Delhi: Allied, 1972) and editor of Prospects for India United States Relations (New Delhi: India Habitat Centre, 2000) Indian and Chinese Foreign Policies in Comparative Perspective (New Delhi: Radiant Press, 1998) and Nehru s Foreign Policy.

Professor in the Liberal Studies Programme at New York University since 1999. Her research and writing is on British, South Asian & Comparative Literature, Feminist and Postcolonial Theories. She is currently working on a book called "The Empire Within: British Domestic Fiction, Women and Empire."

Since 1986 Mrs. Ahmed has been the chairperson of the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy. She is deeply committed to the issue of inclusion of children with disabilities into mainstream education. She was ppointed to the West Bengal Human Rights Commission 1995-2000. Some of the institutions she has been involved with are Calcutta Rescue, All Bengal Womens Union and Swayam. She is actively involved in helping teachers of schools for deprived children.