The Executive Committee consists of leading women professionals. They are:

Ranu Bhogal: Ranu has a degree in Rural Management from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand and has extensive field experience in rural development working with NGOs such as Pradan, where she spent nine years. She was a recipient of a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship at Rutgers University, USA. She is presently with Aga Khan Foundation India as a Director Programmes, New Delhi. Her area of interest is rural livelihoods.

Kanchan Mathur (Chair): Kanchan has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Rajasthan and is Professor of Gender Studies at Institute for Development Studies, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Her areas of interest in research and action are gender and empowerment, particularly in Rajasthan. She is an established authority on violence against women and has written extensively on the subject.

Kajri Misra: Kajri has a PhD in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University, USA and is a consultant with the Institute for Rural Management (IRMA) Anand, Gujarat. Her areas of interest in research and action are: Governance and Decentralization, Institutional Design for Participatory Planning and Management and Gender and Development.

Shalini Sinha: Shalini has an M.Phil in Political Science from Delhi University with specialization in gender studies and is a consultant. She has extensive cross-sectoral knowledge and understanding of issues related to gender, women’s empowerment, livelihood, labour and informal economy and has written widely in these subjects.

Vanita Viswanath (Secretary and CEO): Vanita has a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She has been a staff member of the World Bank in Washington and consulted with international organizations in India and the United States. She has publications on an array of development subjects including political development, gender, micro enterprise, pro-poor market development and corporate-NGO partnerships. She is CEO of Udyogini since March 2000. She is a founding-Trustee of Aajeevika Bureau, Udaipur and is on the board of directors of the Rajasthan Shram Sarathi Association, a non-profit financial services company. Vanita was named Senior Fellow of the Synergos Institute, USA in 2011. 

Udyogini has a distinguished Chair Emeritus, Bimla N. Bissell. Bimla Bissell is founder member and former Chair of Udyogini. She was with the World Bank for over two decades handling external relations and media in their New Delhi office. She is associated with a number of educational and craft-related initiatives in India. She is on the board of the All-India Artisans and Craft Workers Association.