Sukumari Sekhar

Puan Sri Sukumari Sekhar (2 August 1933 – 8 March 2021) was a Malaysian women's and children's rights activist. She was the founder and deputy president of Malaysia's National Council of Women's Organizations.

Early life and education Sukumari Nair was born on 2 August 1933 in Jalan Bandar Hilir, Malacca. She was educated at the University of Malaya in Singapore.

Women's and children's rights activism Sekhar was one of the founders and a former deputy president of the National Council of Women's Organizations, Malaysia. From 1967 to 1972, she served as the organisation's honorary assistant secretary-general and from 1972 to 1979 as the honorary secretary-general. In May 1977, she chaired the organising committee at the National Education Conference on the Prevention of Drug Abuse. In the 1990s, Sekhar represented Malaysia at the Year of the Child Conference in Nairobi. She is the mother of Jayan, Sujatha, Vinod, and Gopinath.

Sekhar died on 8 March 2021 at the Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur.