Madhu Kishwar

Madhu Purnima Kishwar is an Indian academic and a commentator.[1][2][3][4] She is currently employed as a chair Professor in the Indian Council of Social Science Research. Kishwar along with fellow-academic Ruth Vanita co-founded the journal Manushi. Whilst her earlier work were favorably received by the academia and fellow activists, her counterparts disassociated from her post the '90s, once she embraced the ideology of Hindutva.[5][6][a] She has been awarded the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson in 1985.[