Geeta Ilangovan

Geeta Ilangovan is an Indian journalist, writer and filmmaker of short films and documentaries which tackle social and gender based issues.

Education She is from Tiruppur. In 2014, it won 2nd best documentary in the Chennai Women's International Film Festival. Her 2010 film Agrinaigal (2010) is about the struggle of transgender people to find dignified employment.

Writing Ilangovan primarily writes non-fiction. Her article on women panchayat leaders, published in Tamil magazine Aval Vikatan, won the Sarojini Naidu Award and 200,000 cash prize for best reporting of women in panchayat raj (from Hunger Project-India) in 2005. She has also spoken about her work to students at schools.