Smt. Madhu Kishwar is an Indian academic, writer, human rights and women's rights activist. She is Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, and Director of the Indic Studies Project based at CSDS which aims to promote the study of Religions and Cultures in the Indic Civilization. She is the founder editor of Manushi - a journal about women published since 1979. She is the founder President of Manushi Sangathan - a forum for research based activist interventions. It works for democratic reforms that will promote greater social justice and strengthen human rights, especially for women.