PCI gets first woman president
Millennium Post Delhi
|Delhi 15 December 2025
The Press Club of India (PCI) on Sunday elected Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty as its first woman president, marking a historic milestone in the club's journey toward greater gender representation and inclusive leadership.
Pisharoty's team swept all office-bearers and managing committee positions, scoring an emphatic 21-0, in the elections held on December 13.
Pisharoty won decisively, securing 1,019 votes, while her rivals Atul Mishra and Arun Sharma received 129 and 89 votes, respectively. For the Secretary-General's post, Afzal Imam secured 948 votes, comfortably defeating Gyan Prakash, who polled 290 votes.
Jatin Gandhi emerged victorious as the vice-president candidate polling 1,029 votes, defeating the next rival Prahlad Singh Rajput by a margin of over 900 votes.
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