Women's Welfare Society Belagavi

Sarojini S. Patil

Chairman

Sarojini Patil brings her social work experience and service mind for the welfare of vulnerable people in the community. She has a great heart to help any individuals from a deprived background. Her single mind focuses in bringing together women with issues and does efforst to resolve problems . She builds a social bond between broken hearts. She treats all her staff as a family and teaches them with her own experiences.

Vaijayanti M. Chougala

Hon Secretary

Vaijayanti Chougala has 34 years of teaching experience at a special school for betterment of blind children with noble duty. She was born and brought up in poverty with no amenities available around her during her course of education. She studied M.A graduate, B.Ed with Diploma in Integrated Education for Visual Disable and served as a volunteer in Adim Jaati Sevak Sangh for 2 years and served as a national service volunteer at Nehru Yuvak Kendra Govt. of India ,Belagavi for 5 years. She involved in multiple tasks with her duty with great sacrifice and satisfaction to work for poor children with vibrant work style with time management.From past 5 years she has actively involved in spending full time for the organisation,designated as honorary secretary.

Sulochana Bhatt

Treasurer

Sulochana Bhatt is a beneficiary of our organisation and she benefited under condensed course sponsored program by Central Social Board ,New Delhi. She voluntarily joined board of WWS organisation and has taken the responsibility of treasurer. She spends her time for organisation's works and motivates the staff of WWS.

Danamma Angadi

Member

Danamma Angadi holds master degree in sociology and she joined our board with good will of spending time for women and child empowerment. She desired to work for vulnerable people for social upliftment and she expertises in training for ASHA and Anganawadi workers for their capacity building.

Vidyalata Hegde

Member

Vidyalata Hegde holds degree qualification, she urges to involve in social work and got platform to serve for people who are downtrodden economically and socially. Even she is Rotarian Family Member Belagavi

Joyes D. D’silva

Member

Joyes D’silva is a retired senior supervisor at Women and Child Welfare Department.She worked there for 26 years. During her service she was impressed by the WWS organisation work commitment and understood the scope. After her retirement, she joined WWS board as a member and contributed her experience to the organisation. She is passionate in social audit, training, supervision and monitor the programs.

Shashikala Malakhed

Member

Shashikala Malakhed worked in Women and Child Welfare Department for 25 years as a supervisor and she retired recently and joined WWS Board. She holds 25 years of experience in social issues related to women and children. She has in depth knowledge in NGO networking.

Arati Balekai

Member

Arati Balikai is an advocate in Belagavi and she closely works with WWS organisation as a legal advisor and also she was a committee member of Sangati family counselling centre which is run by WWS organisation. She joined our board with her experience and expertise knowledge in solving the women issues is a key component to motivate her to sit in our board. She is contributing WWS Board in various aspects mainly through legal gestures.

Bharati B. Kotabagi

Member

Bharati B.K holds diploma in architecture; she joined WWS Board with special skill set of planning & execution. She is helping us in terms of networking with HNIs at headquartesr of Belagavi. She has hobbies of visiting special schools, social seminars for development concern.

Shravani Pawar

Member

Shravani is the first woman social entrepreneur in security sector of Karnataka. She has graduated in 'Social Work' from Karnataka University, Dharwad and has completed her Fellowship training on Social Entrepreneurship from Deshapande Center for Social entrepreneurship, Hubballi. She briefly worked with a local NGO, where she observed the plight of under-educated women from unorganized sector and came up with an unique idea of creating employment opportunity for women in the security service industry .Today this small idea has caught the attention of many budding woman entrepreneurs across the nation.

Savitha Devi

Member

Savitha Devi K.S has 25 years of exposure to the social sector and justice concerns in Urban and Rural region through providing consultations, developing & executing the programs both at the institutional and community level for various NGOs. She has acquired a multi disciplinary knowledge base (sociology, psychology, education, gender, economics and management) from study in Bachelor and Master Degree. The gained knowledge and experience over the years has enabled her to direct and manage projects \ programs, monitor\review and evaluate the projects supported by the funders\corporate, capacity building of the staffs and other stakeholders through training and mentoring, resource mobilization and raising funds, undertake co-research and documentation work. She has a good sense of humour and she likes people. She loves art, dance & music. She draws, designs and paints for recreation.