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jai bharathi
Founder & CEO
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Has covered more than 1,00,000 km+ on a motorcycle across 7 countries.
Vishishta Mahila Puraskaram, under the Adventure category
Department of Women & Child Welfare, Govt. Of Telangana , 2019
LEADING BIKERNI HYDERABAD
Regional chapter of ‘The Bikerni’ an all-women motorcycle club since its inception in 2013
AUTHOR OF ROAD TO MEKONG
A book in English and Telugu on organising & leading the first-of-its-kind all-women cross country motorcycle expedition.
A trained architect and an avid motorcyclist, Jai Bharathi is an adventurer who found freedom and immense joy on the road. Her passion for her motorcycles and inclination towards social issues inspired her to work towards empowering women using mobility as a tool.
JB, as she is fondly called, has led many motorcycle expeditions
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8600 km, 23 days from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, 2017
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17000 km, 56 days, cross-country across 6 nations, SE Asia, 2018
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1200 km, 9 days, Bathukamma ride, Telangana, 2018
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17380 km, 45-day Wheels of Will expedition across the USA, 2019
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11111 km, 45 days, Moving Boundaries Campaign across India, 2021
JB has also worked with several nonprofit organisations in the space of economic empowerment of women, education for children, solar lighting, and has also been active in relief work during natural calamities. Her efforts and achievements in the field of motorcycling have been appreciated by our Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi & the Chief Minister of Telangana Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
ADVISORS
Vanitha Datla
Vice Chairperson, ELICO Ltd.
MD, Elico Healthcare Services Ltd.
A businesswoman with a vast & varied experience in the sectors of Financial Services, Insurance Services, Cement, Power, Security Printing, Instrumentation & BPO services in the USA & India.
Ex-chairperson of Indian Women Network (IWN-CII), Southern Region, in 2017-18
Board Member of the WWF State Chapter of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana.
Dr Sai Daayana
Gynaecologist, Apollo Hospitals
Dr. Daayana is passionate about raising awareness and knowledge regarding cancer prevention. She dedicates a lot of her time promoting well-being amongst women of all age groups through talks, workshops, and health camps.
Dr Mamatha Raghuveer Achanta
Founder+Director, Tharuni NGO
A child rights activist who has relentlessly been fighting for the rights of children, particularly girls and is instrumental in bringing about changes in the law for Prohibition of Child Marriages.
She started ‘Tharuni’, a Voluntary organization in 2000 and is currently an Executive Board Member of Bharosa, an initiative of Telangana Police.