Jyoti Mhapsekar

Jyoti Mhapsekar (born c. 1950) is an Indian award winner. She is as a Social Activist, a playwright and a librarian. She is known for her role as founder and President of Stree Mukti Sanghatana. She has won awards including the Nari Shakti Puraskar.

Life Both of her Mhapsekar's parents were freedom fighters before she was born in about 1950. She attended two schools that her mother had helped to create for the poor. She went to college where she graduated in zoology and library science

She became an Ashoka fellow in 2001.

She has been a published playwright and she joined the organisation known as International Women Playwrights. She was an organiser and in November 2009 she was on the committee that organised that years international meeting in Mumbai.

She was the Chief Librarian at the Academy of Architecture but she retired from this to concentrate on her other interests. She became the President of the Stree Mukti Sanghatana.

Awards She was a nominee for L'Oreal's Women of Worth awards in 2016.