Pariticpated in the Dubai GCF WIN 2021 and Geneva at U.N GCF WiN 2022.
Rekha Mody served on the Board of United Way, New Delhi (2008). She held the position of Vice
President, Mahabodhi Society of India (2009-2011) and has been actively highlighting the role
and contribution of Women in Buddhism with photographic exhibitions in National and International
forums. Recognizing her efforts, the Govt of India has nominated her on the National Culture
Fund in 2012. She served on the board of Women Power Connect. She was nominated to the
National Council of Senior Citizens in 2013. She has been nominated as a member of the
Empowered Expert Committee, National Institute of Social Defense, Ministry of Social Justice
and Empowerment in 2021. The She Leads program for political empowerment has been launched as a
collaborative program in 2021.
Other positions she has held include that of Treasurer, All India Women’s Education Fund
Association (1994-1997); Advisor for CAPART (1987-1988); and India Habitat Centre, New
Delhi (1989-1992). She has received the Vijaya Raje Scindia Award for excellence in
2007.
Presently, Rekha Mody is the President of GCF WIN with a mandate to organize an International
Women Conference at Rishikesh, India in 2022, while the one in 2021 took place in Dubai. She has
served as an advisor in Women Founders Collective, USA since 2006. She is also on the advisory
board of Women International Network, Switzerland. She was included in the Asha UK Virtual
Network as an inspirational woman. She was an invited delegate at Women’s Forum,
Deauville. She has attended UN CSW in 2008 and 2010. She was an International delegate
for Win Conference in Paris, Prague, Rome, and Oslo (2009,’10,’12,’17). She has also supported
U.K. Save a Child Trust, London, since 1987. Other experiences include organizing podium
discussions in Frankfurt Book Fair, 1986; meeting Reverend Uchida in Tokyo, Japan, 2000;
observing a UN Peace Meet in 2000; India Splendor UCLA, Los Angeles in 2007; and
Singapore in 2008.
She has travelled widely across Australia, China, England, Europe, Japan, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan,
Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, U.A.E., and U.S.A.
She edited a book Quest for Roots (1999) and its Hindi version Astitva ki khoj (2018). She
published a collection of Innovative practices for care of elderly women in India with the support
of UNFPA (2016). Additionally, she was selected as a Social Innovation Park Fellow,
Singapore and has been a recipient of The Inspiring Women Worldwide Award, 2016.
She holds an Honorary D.Litt from Vikramshila University (2013).
"I believe in gender justice! I am the change!"
Family: Born in the year 1955 at Modi Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, she is the youngest daughter of Rai Bahadur G.M. Modi (Padma Bhushan) and Dayawati Modi. She is a BA First Class Graduate. She was married to Late Padam Pat Mody. She has two daughters - Isha and Aditi.
Her Journey: She established Genesis Book Shop in Kolkata in 1978, which she later converted into Genesis Art Gallery, home to some of the best artworks. She introduced Sotheby's, the first art auction house to India in 1992. She also started the first FM radio station, Radio Network, in Kolkata in 1994.
As a sponsoring body, Garutman was established to promote and publish very fine regional Indian literature. One of the success stories is Separate Journeys, a collection of short stories by eminent women writers (first Indian edition, edited by Geeta Dharmarajan, in 1993; London edition, published by Mantra Publishing Ltd., in 1993; American edition published by University of South Carolina Press, in 2004; and Terah Halafname, a Hindi Edition, translated by eminent writer Alka Saraogi, to be published in 2021). A publication of the play: Viddyottama, in 2007, involved the searching for the identity of Viddyottama in the writings of Maha kavi Kalidasa, 4th century.
Rekha believes "Strong women aren’t simply born. They are made by the storms they walk through."