Jesus & Mary College New Delhi

Distinguished Alumnae

Outstanding Contribution of JMC Alumnae Towards Societal Transformation: Empowering Indian Women Since 1968

Sl. No.	Name	Position Held and Important Contribution	Department from which Passed Out	Batch of
1	Vichitra Sharma	Senior Journalist		1972
2	Dr. Alka Pande	Art Curator with the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.	Economics Department	1976
3	Dr. Usha Sanyal	Lecturer, Queens University of Charlotte	Political Science Department	1976
4	Dr. Roma Chatterjee	Professor in Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi.	Sociology Department	1977
5	Ms. Meera Malhan	Associate Professor, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce	Economics Department	1978
6	Ms. Aruna Rao	Commerce, Associate Professor, Sri Venkateswara College	Economics Department	1979
7	Sylvia Lal	Senior P.A. to the Principal, Jesus and Mary College, Member of YWCA of Delhi and India on various committees.	BA Programme	1979
		New Delhi since 2002 till date. Secretary of Delhi Diocesan Women Fellowship	BA Programme	1979
8	Dr. Reena Marwah	Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Jesus and Mary College	Commerce Department	1980
		Former Senior Fellow and Senior Academic consultant, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and McNamara Fellow of the World Bank, Asia Fellow of the Asian Scholarship Foundation
9	Dr. Gurmeet Bakshi	Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Jesus and Mary College	Commerce Department	1980
10	Dr. Divya Mishra	Associate Professor, Lady Shri Ram College.	Economics Department	1980
11	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	BJP, Member of Parliament from Bolangir, Odisha in the 12th Lok Sabha 1998-99, 13th Lok Sabha 1999-04, 14th Lok Sabha 2004-09.	Political science Department	1981
11	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	Member of the National Executive	Political science Department	1981
12	Shauna Singh Baldwin	Well Known Writer in Indo- Canadian / Polo Player, Prize for Best Book in 2002, Commonwealth Writers	Commerce Department	1982
13	Poonam Singh	Executive Director with Indusion Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.	History Department	1983
14	Chitra Radhakrishnam	Principal, DTEA School, Pusa Road Branch, New Delhi.	Political science Department	1983
15	Justice B.V Nagaranthna		History Department	1984
16	Ms. Rajni Singh	Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Jesus and Mary College	Economics Department	1984
17	Rini Simon Khanna	News Anchor and Journalist	English Department	1984
18	Elizabeth Nanda	Chief of HR and Training, Fabindia Overseas Pvt Ltd.		1984
19	Jayashree Kurup	Head Consultant and Research, Times of India		1984
20	Ritu Sandhu	Media Person	B. A. Programme	1985
21	Ms Sunaina Anand	Director of Art Alive Gallery	History Department	1986
22	Nimmi Kurian	New Delhi and Faculty advisor, India-China Institute, The New School, Fellow (2008-10) and India academic representative (2010-15) India-China Institute. The New School New York. Authored India and China	Political science Department	1986
		Rethinking Borders and Security (co-eds) University of Michigan Press
		Associate Professor at the Centre for Policy Research
23	Dr. Sanjyot Apte	Vice Principal,Sir Parashurambhau College, Pune	Political Science Department	1986
24	Sujata Soni Bali	Director at Miran Productions		1987
25	Denise Ireland	Vice President, Accenture		1987
26	Renuka Raj Singh	Partner at Knowledgepros	Sociology Department	1988
27	Vibha Ravee	Owner, VR Image Consultants	Sociology Department	1988
28	Nidhi Kulpathi	Newcaster, NDTV (Hindi).	Political science Department	1989
29	Hazel Siromoni	Managing Director, Maple Bear, India		1989
30	Ms. Payal Chopra	Founder of Frangipani Foundation	Economics Department	1991
31	Swasti Nag Dhar	Asst. Professor at PCER, Chembur, Bombay	Commerce Department	1992
32	Urvashi	Partner KPMG India	Commerce Department	1992
		On Secondment to Global Risk Monitoring Group KPMG Global, Washington
33	Anna M.M. Vetticad	Presently Freelancer, Former Enter- tainment Editor, Headlines Todat, India Today Group, Author of the Adven- tures of an Intrepid Film Critic	Commerce Department	1994
34	Dr. Shalini Saksena	Associate Professor, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce.	Economics Department	1994
35	Monica Malhotra Kandhari	Managing Director, MBD Group	Commerce Department	1997
36	Dr. Latika Gupta	Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Delhi University Board Member, Comparative Education Society of Asia Co-Chair Reimagining Education UNESCO: MGIEP 2020-2022 Author: Education, Poverty and Gender: Schooling Muslim Girls in India, Published by Routledge UK Advisor on Education to Central Tibetan Administration in Exile 2014- 2019 Worked as a Senior Consultant at National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Fulbright Visiting Scholar (2008-09) Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA	B.El.Ed	1994- 1998
37	Dr. Suneeta Misra	Assistant Professor, Institute of Home Economics, Co-founder of Katha Manch which worked in the area of story-telling as a pedagogical tool (2013-2017) Member of the textbook writing team of the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training, India) and SCERT (State Council of Educational Research and Training, Delhi)- 2003-2006 Joint editor of an international volume on language learning, policies and practices, accepted for publication by Springer in 2021	B.El.Ed	1994-1998
38	Dr. Sonika Kaushik	Lead, Professional Development, Parag Initiative, Education, Tata Trust She was a post-doctoral fellow at ICSSR. The topic of her study was, An exploratory Study of the out-of-school Literacy Experiences of Primary School children. She was a senior consultant at the department of elementary education, NCERT (2013-2018) Edited the dossier on reading, Reading for Meaning, NCERT Co-authored the training manual, Padhne ki Samajh, NCERT Co-authored the graded reading series in Hindi, Barkha, NCERT	B.El.Ed	1995-1999
39	Ms. Surekha Nagpal	Transformation Leader, Genpact	Economics Department	1999
40	Ambika Anand	TV Anchor and Fashion Consultant in NDTV	Economics Department	2001
41	Abha Jacob	Business Manager, Australian High Commission		2002
42	Anandita Bajpai	Department of South Asian Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin, post-doctoral fellow under the DGF - sponsored research project Modern India in German Archives 1706-1989.	Political science	2003
43	Dr. Smita Joseph	Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics, Department of Linguitics and Phonetics, School of Distance Education, IEFL University, Hyderabad	B.El.Ed	1999- 2003
44	Poonam Bhandari	Teaching in American Embassy School Since 2006, Represented India in Sports Festival, South Korea 2003-2004 Basketball National Championship Gold Medalist 2003	B.A. Programme	2003
45	Shivani (Marwah) Bhatia	Senior Manager, Information Services, Global Business Services, Bain and Company;	Commerce Department	2005
46	Neha Malhotra	Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Consultant at Bank of America	Commerce Department	2005
47	Sneha Koshy	Kerala Bureau Chief at NDTV, Thiruvananthapuram.	Political science	2005
48	Era Sahni	MBA Harvard Business School. Currently Global Head of Channel Partnership	Economics Department	2006
49	Swati Talwar	Founder at Literati Circle	English Department	2006
50	Prachi Tehlan	Director,1-800 Sports (Jan 2014 to present)	Commerce Department	2007
		Represented India Internationally in various events of Netball and won few series too.
		Gold Medalist in National Games, Supported Netball Development Trust (NDT) UK as their Brand Ambassador,
51	Ms. Jeneeta Chako	Head of the year, The British School, New Delhi	B.El.Ed	2003-2007
52	Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh	Indian politician who is currently serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Meghalaya since 2008	English Department	2008
53	Priti Raghunandan	General Manager at Whirlpool India	Economics	2008
54	Ghazal Gulati	Harvard University, Masters in Education, Fellow Teach for India, CA and employed in middle manage- ment level	Commerce Department	2009
55	Ms. Sheetal Paul	Self Employed Runs Teacher Author programs through which she educates Teachers to write Children’s Literature. Published books for children such as Puthu, Phulkari goes Brinjaling, Tales of her Ponytail	B.El.Ed	2005-2009
56	Yashmita Singh	Head, Brand Business and Campaign- SHEROES.	Political Science Department	2009
57	Guneet Oberoi	Marketing and Communication Manager, JLL India	Commerce	2010
58	Ankita Bhambri	Indian Tennis Player and Coach, Federation Cup, Asian Games	B.A. Programme	2010
59	Ms. Meenu Thomas	Head-Primary Programmes Vipla Foundations, Mumbai, Maharastra Authored books for Children published by Pratham and Room to Read (Fakruddin Ka Fridge, Tiji and Cheenu, Food Monster, Vira and Titli)	B.El.Ed	2006- 2010 University Topper
60	Hemanshi Dawar	Head of Sales, Blue Beans	Commerce	2012
61	Radhika Kaithal	Director, Actor, Singer and Classical Dancer	Commerce Department	2012
		Performed with her guru Padmashree Geeta Chandran for performances as a dancer/in many international performances
		Awarded the prestigious scholarship, “Scholarship to Young Artistes” from The Ministry of Culture to pursue her dance education in Bharatanatyam for the year 2013-2015.
62	Tanvir Gill	News Anchor at CNBC	Commerce Department	2012
63	Vasumana Pant	IAS Officer, Maharashtra Cadre	Economics Department	2012
64	Rakul Preet Singh	Actress	Mathematics Department	2012
65	Prerna Bhambri	Silver Medal at SAG in Tennis	Commerce	2013
66	Pallavi Bishnoi	Senior AVP, Invest India(Ministry of Commerce and Industry). Ex-Goldman Sachs, Deloitte	Commerce	2013
67	Gopica Dhawan	Lead Consultant at Goodera	Commerce	2013
68	Tessy Simon	CRM Project Manager and Accounts - Indo French Chamber of Commerce and Industry	Commerce	2013
69	Ms. Swati Sharma	Officer Trainee, Indian Foreign Service	Economics Department	2013
70	Ankita Shorey	Femina Miss India International	History Department	2013
71	Saniya Singh	Recipient of COMMONWEALTH FELLOWSHIP for MSc in Global Politics, LSE, London, UK, September 2016-17; Associate Researcher with the European Institute for Asian studies (EIAS), Brussels, Belgium, November 2017-January 2018; Intern with the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna since February 2018.	Political science	2013
72	Saniya Malhotra	Asst. Manager, Makemytrip	Commerce	2014
73	Apurvi Chandela	Won the gold medal at the 2014 CommonWealth Games, Glasgow in the women's 10m air rifle event. She is also a recipient of Arjun Award.	Sociology Department	2014
74	Sanjana Gupta	Senior Consultant - M&A and Transactions Advisory at Grant Thornton LLP, Dubai, UAE	Commerce	2015
75	Isha Barak	Indian Economic Service	Economics Department	2015
76	Ms. Parul Goel	Senior Executive, CSR, Deloitte	English Department	2015
77	Sakshi Chawla	CPA, Senior Audit, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC	Commerce Department	2016
78	Keerath Bhandaal	Pre Quarter finalist in senior Asian Pool championship	Economics Department	2017
79	Sahaj Panesar	Managing Director, Anumodan Dairy Farms (P) Ltd.	Political Science	2017
80	Gaurika Bishnoi	In 2017 she was ranked Number 1 as Women’s Professional Golfer	Economics Department	2018
81	Pratima Singh	participated in Basketball in 2010 Asian games		2010
82	Meera Kaul	Leading Business Women in International Arena	Commerce Department
83	Anju Bajaj	Proprietor, PnA Industries	Commerce
84	Sangeeta Bedi	Director at Sangeeta Bedi School of Economics & Maths	Commerce
		English News Caster with Doordarshan for 13 years (1990-2003), Newsreader at All India Radio, New Delhi
85	Sandali Sinha	Indian Bollywood Actress	Commerce
86	Dr. Nishwan Bhatia	Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Jesus and Mary College	Commerce Department
87	Sr Monica Joseph	First Indian to have been elected as the Superior General of the congregation of Religious of Jesus and Mary in 2013. She had also served as a Principal with the St Joseph’s High School in Pashan.	Economics Department
88	Ms. Anjali Khurana	Assistant Professor, Hansraj College.	Economics Department
89	Ms. Amrita Bhalla	Faculty Member, Jesus & Mary College	English Department
90	Ms. Jaya Bhattacharji	International Publishing and Literary Consultant, Columnist at The Hindu	English Department
91	Ms. Swati Chopra	Writer of Spiritual and Religious books	English Department
92	Ms. Sunetra Chowdhury	Presenter, NDTV	English Department
93	Ms. Neha Dutta	Television Producer	English Department
94	Ms. Namita Gokhale	Writer and Organizer of Jaipur Literature Festival.	English Department
95	Dr. Jayanti Seth	Faculty Member, Jesus & Mary College, DU	English Department
96	Ms. Catherine Thomas	Senior Research Associate, OP Jindal Global University	English Department
97	Neha Dhupia	Actress	History Department
98	Vasudha Sinha	NDTV Producer	History Department
99	Maya Mairchandani	NDTV News Presenter	History Department
100	Nisha Bhambhani	Advocate in Delhi High Court/Supreme Court	History Department
101	Sona Andrew	Associate Professor, Department of B.El.Ed., Jesus and Mary College	Mathematics Department
102	Priyanka Gandhi Vadra	Politician	Psychology Department
103	Dr. Gopa Sabharwal	Faculty of Sociology at LSR	Sociology Department
		Former Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda University
104	Shipra Verma	Assistant Professor, Physical Education, Maitreyi College Represented India in Netball and Basketball	B. A. Programme
105	Ms. Sunita Narain	Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Jesus and Mary College	B.A. Programme
106	Juliana T. Kurbah	Genesis, The Event Company
107	Priyanka Tandon	Front Office Executive at GMR Energy Limited
108	Manika Batra	3 Gold medals at 2016 South Asian Games. She won a Bronze Medal at 2018 Asian Games (Mixed Doubles), Gold Medal at 2018 Commonwealth Games (Singles and Team), Bronze Medal (Mixed Doubles) & Silver Medal (Women Doubles) at 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is also a recipient of Arjun Award and Khel Ratan.
109	Shagun Chaudhury	Olympic Shooter
110	Professor Rowena Robinson	Professor of Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay
111	Sanaa Bhambri	She won $25k doubles event at Lagos, Nigeria in 2005 and competed in three WTA Tour tournament main draws.
112	Vani Kapoor	Third place in MINEKS &REGNUM ladies classic in Turkey 2013
		Finished 42nd at the victorian open in Melbourne
113	Aditi Chauhan	Goalkeeper of India's National women Football team at the 2014 Asian games
		First to win Asian Female Footballer of the year award in 2016
114	Dalima Chibber	Gold Medalist at the 2016 South Asian Games
		South Asian Football Federation Women's Championships: Winners (2016 & 2019)
		Most valuable player SAFF championship 2019
115	Sangeeta Mehta	First women to qualify for the olympics in JUDO
116	Sr. Ancily	Principal Krist Jayanti School, Bariya Vill. Mathurapur Mor Najibabad, Bijnor