Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty: First Feminine President of the Press Membership of India

Senior journalist Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty was on Sunday (December 14, 2025) elected as the primary lady president of the Press Membership of India.

Ms. Pisharoty’s group swept all office-bearers and managing committee positions, scoring an emphatic 21-0, within the elections held on Saturday (December 13). The counting of votes befell on Sunday.

Afzal Imam was elected because the secretary common of the Membership whereas Jatin Gandhi emerged victorious because the vice-president.

Aditi Rajput (Treasurer) and P R Sunil (Joint Secretary) had been elected unopposed.

The managing committee members are 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.