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Japleen Pasricha is a feminist activist and is the founder and director of Feminism in India, a digital intersectional feminist platform. By using the tools of art, media, culture, technology and community, the platform strives to amplify the voices of women and marginalized communities.

Career
Japleen Pasricha was previously a PhD research scholar and former German lecturer at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Pasricha started Feminism in India in 2013 as a Facebook page while she was a student at JNU.

Achievements
Through Feminism in India, Japleen Pasricha has amongst other things worked to increase the representation of women on Wikipedia. Feminism in India has partnered with multiple organisations amongst them, the Embassy of Sweden in India. Through a joint event that focused on Indian women in science, the intiative inspired the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) to launch the campaign Wikigap.