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Press Club of India elects its first woman president
DELHI: History was made in New Delhi as Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty was elected the first woman president of the Press Club of India, capping a landslide victory that delivered her panel a clean sweep of every office-bearer and managing committee seat.
The results, declared on Sunday after counting concluded, followed elections held on Saturday. Pisharoty’s team stormed the polls with an emphatic 21–0 score, leaving no room for doubt about the mandate.
Afzal Imam was elected secretary general, with Jatin Gandhi winning the vice-president’s post. Aditi Rajput took charge as treasurer and P R Sunil as joint secretary, both elected unopposed.
The managing committee comprises Niraj Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Jahanvi Sen, Ashok Kaushik, Kallol Bhattacharjee, Praveen Jain, Agraj Pratap Singh, Manoj Sharma, Nyanima Basu, P B Suresh, V P Pandey, Prem Bahukhandi, Sneha Bhura, Javed Akhtar, Rezaul Hasan Laskar and Sunil Kumar.
One election, one message: the country’s most influential press club has voted for change—and it did so without blinking.
Press Club of India election result:—
President: Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty
Vice President: Jatin Gandhi
Secretary General: Afzal Imam
Joint Secretary: PR Sunil
Treasurer: Aditi Rajput #PCIElection2025 #PressClubElection pic.twitter.com/dIxA55YKSl
— Press Club of India (@PCITweets) December 14, 2025
