Malika Virdi
 Malika is an avid mountain, people and nature person. She has worked for nearly 3 decades on various human rights and women rights related issues in many places across India (Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttaranchal). Presently she is the Sarpanch of our (Sarmoli - Jainti) village Forest Council (Van Panchayat) and is a founder member of a womens Collective in Munsiari called Maati and is associated with several regional and national womens and human rights groups. She was also part of a seven month long women's Trans Himalayan expedition that trekked across the Himalaya from Arunachal Pradesh via Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Uttaranchal, Himachal, right up till the northernmost point of India called the Karakoram Pass. |