Madhavi Kukreja

Vanangana

Vanangana has worked since 1993 across Chitrakoot and Banda districts of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, supporting survivors of domestic and gender-based violence with legal and emotional support while building women's collectives — including a roughly 6,000-member Dalit Mahila Samiti — and running youth leadership and social-enterprise programmes across 174 villages.

Vanangana reports the following, on its own site:

• 1,410 women are Sangathan members
• Present across 175 villages in its impact area
• 20,000 women impacted by relief work
• 5,000 women reached through the Youth Development and Empowerment Program

Sanatkada Trust

Sanatkada Trust, founded by development professional and activist Madhavi Kuckreja, has worked since the mid-2000s to document, revive and showcase Lucknow's syncretic craft and cultural heritage. It runs the Lucknow Bioscope city-heritage museum, the annual Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival held since 2010, and a crafts initiative that gives artisan women, including a leadership programme for young Muslim women, market access and technical training. Its Sanatkada Film Studio is run by a collective of young women from marginalised communities who document the city through short films and photography.