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Sujatha Raghavan elected president of Indian Women’s Press Corps
All office bearers and executive committee members were returned unopposed in the 2026-27 elections
India’s premier organisation for women journalists has a new president. Sujatha Raghavan has been elected to lead the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) for 2026-27, with results declared on April 11th in New Delhi.
The full slate ran unopposed. Sujata Mathur and Sushma Verma were elected vice presidents, Saroj Dhulia became general secretary, Suman Parmar was elected joint secretary, and Parul Sharma takes charge as treasurer. The nomination process, launched under a notification issued on March 16th, closed on April 2nd, with nominations displayed at the IWPC office. After the withdrawal window on April 4th, every candidate standing was declared elected without a contest.
The executive committee is equally settled. Twenty-one members were selected, including Aditi Nigam, Amiti Sen, Anju Grover, Anu Shakti, Aruna Singh, Bhasha Singh, Fozia Yasin, Geeta Shree, Huma Siddiqui, Kavita Bajeli Dutt, Malini Srivastava, Mrinal Ballari, Neerja Vakil, Nisha Singh, Preeti Prakash, Saraswati Chakraborty, Shivani Rawat, Shobhana Jain, T.K. Rajlaxmi, Vibha Joshi and Yogita Yadav.
An unopposed sweep suggests a leadership with few serious challengers. The IWPC now has a full bench. Whether it uses it to sharpen journalism’s gender conversation in India remains to be seen.
