Team
Swarnima Bhattacharya
Founder
Swarnima Bhattacharya is the Founder of TheaCare. She works as a POSH consultant with various companies. She is also a Fellow of the Berlin-based DO School, and a Women Deliver Young Leader. She's passionate about fostering socio-cultural shifts in attitudes towards women's health.
TheaCare is her labour of love, and aims to dismantle the culture of silence and stigma against women's healthShikha Gandhi
Shikha Gandhi is a health journalist with over 15 years experience in tracking health and wellness, She is a certified Pranic healer and a lover of long walks, yoga and gardening.
Pallavi
Pallavi manages everything digital and creative at TheaCare. She is a multimedia professional, an independent filmmaker and video editor based in Delhi. An academic at heart, foodie and flaneuse in practice, her work primarily revolves around gender and space.
Ms. Kamna Chhibber
Advisor
A Cognitive Behaviour Therapist and Head of the Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences at Fortis Healthcare. Works extensively with schools, corporates and NGOs to dismantle the silence and stigma around mental illnesses.
Dr. Monalisa Padhee
Advisor
A Public health worker, currently working as the program coordinator for women wellness initiative and ENRICHE health head. Deeply committed to work in the area of women health.
Mansi Rawat
An English graduate with a deep interest in women's health. Currently working as the Public Relations Officer of Sai Sanrachna Foundation.
Ridhima Bahl
Prolific Digital Marketeer with a sharp sense of brand positioning, holds a Masters degree in Sociology where she wrote a thesis on the portrayal of women’s sexuality in Indian cinema.
Mudita Agarwal
A Graphic Student at NID, and visual communicator in the making. Worked with inmates of Sabarmati Prison, and underprivileged women at Hope Foundation to help use their creativity and make a difference.
Lalitha Ramachandran
Lalitha brings to the TheaCare team, a strong background in Life Sciences coupled with experience in healthcare policy, economics and law. She is an undergraduate in Biotechnology and Biochemistry and completed her Masters in Regenerative Medicine at the top of her class. She obtained her second Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.
Ira Pundeer
A freelance writer and editor, Ira has written on invisible disabilities and sexual health and reproductive rights. She is interested in researching on memory and material culture, and is currently working as an editorial consultant for the 1947 Partition Archive.
Vandita Morarka
Vandita Morarka is the Founder and CEO of One Future Collective and the Policy, Legal and United Nations Liaison Officer at Safecity (Red Dot Foundation), tweets @vanditamorarka.
Shikha Gandhi
Shikha Gandhi is a health journalist and a short film maker. She is also a certified Pranic healer and a lover of long walks.
Rohini Banerjee
Rohini Banerjee is a 23-year old freelance writer who is passionate about issues relating to gender, sex, and sexuality. She's also an advocate for mental health awareness, queer rights, and education, while balancing an abiding love for literature and popular culture.
Namrata Mishra
Paromita Bardoloi
Paromita Bardoloi loves the rains and herself. When not writing, she dreams. At the end of the day, she is very proud of herself. And for her that what matters at the end of the day!
Anu Salelkar
Trustee and Founder member of Anubhuti
She has worked with adolescent girls’ groups, college youth, sex workers and women with disabilities on their health and safety. She has a background in research, having studied sexual harassment of girls in schools for her MPhil dissertation. In the team, she is responsible for communications and social media.
Meghana Pawar
Meghana Pawar is a Professional Content Writer, Editor, and a Lifestyle Blogger. She is a personal growth junkie, currently working in Digital Media. She's a true bibliophile and a stationery lover! Being a meditator and a yoga enthusiast, Meghana also volunteers and supports pro bono work in this field of interest.
Nanditha Ravindar
Currently a research scholar based out of Chennai, Nanditha believes in the saying “if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem”. Passionate about development communication and teaching, she loves writing and is part of Tale Weavers (an educational, storytelling initiative for kids). Having worked in an MNC for a while, she realized the corporate field did not interest her and shifted her focus to academia and development communication, working with various marginalized communities over the years.
Shradha Thapliyal
Shradha Thapliyal is a Masters student at Azim Premji University and a Research Assistant at One Future Collective. A graduate of Dr. RML National Law University, Lucknow, she is currently specialising in Law and Development, and has a keen interest in specific field studies of social issues presently concerning the Indian Society.
Neha Ramneek Kapoor
Advertising | Marketing Consultant | Blogger| Singer | Emcee | Soft skills trainer. Lifestyle, Fitness, Travel, Fashion, Makeup, Dogs, Feminism, Poetry, Life.
Kirthi Jayakumar
Kirthi Jayakumar is an Indian women's rights activist, a social entrepreneur, a peace activist, artist, lawyer and writer. She founded The Red Elephant Foundation, an initiative built on storytelling, civilian peace-building and activism for gender equality. She is the author of Stories of Hope, a collection of short stories; The Dove's Lament, also a collection of short stories.
Jerin Jacob
Editor-in-chief, One Future Collective. A passionate lover of literature and languages, Jerin is currently an educator at Gundecha Education Academy and thrives on her ardour for teaching to foster radical and progressive thinking among young minds. A former volunteer at Childline and Teach for India, she is also academically interested in the portrayal of abuse in literature across genres. Jerin is also an avid traveler, poetess, art enthusiast and photographer.
Dr. Bhavi Mody
Women and Child Health Care with Homeopathy & Nutrition. Founder Vrudhi HolisticHealth Care & Edupsyche. Having already been involved in setting up Vrudhi Research Foundation, a non profit organisation to that effect, she co-founded Edupsyche, an institute that bridges the gap between Mental Health professionals and those seeking Mental Health Services
Foram Mehta
Development Consultant - Knowledge Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Capacity Building, Gender. Currently Initiator / Facilitator at Bola India
Kiran Chaturvedi
Kiranjeet Chaturvedi is a sociologist by education and the founder of the NCR’s pioneering Write & Beyond writing workshop and support group, is a mentor to many early stage writers. Her book reviews, opinion columns and short stories have been published in India and abroad.
Aindrila Chaudhuri
Aindrila is an engineer who shifted gears after working for sometime in the Indian IT sector. She did her post graduation from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. The founder of the Web series called “Sex N Gender"- a project on self esteem, body image and on rights based approach.
Her interests and expertise lies in technology, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, asexuality activism and human rights related issues.
