Sumitra Kulkarni

Sumitra Kulkarni (née Gandhi; born October 5, 1929) is an Indian politician. Born in the family of Mahatma Gandhi, she studied MA and served as an Indian Administrative Service officer before joining politics. She served as a member of Rajya Sabha from 1972 to 1978.

Biography Kulkarni was born on 5 October 1929 at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. She is a daughter of Ramdas Gandhi and granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi. She was named after Sumitra mother of Lakshmana. She was raised in Sevagram near Wardha. and Clark University. She has also studied LLB. She resigned from IAS in 1972 and was elected as an INC member of Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat. She became disillusioned with INC during the Emergency thus she switched to the Congress for Democracy (CFD) on 2 March 1977. The CFD was later merged with the Janata Party. She had conducted anti-liquor campaign during the elections.

Personal life Kulkarni married Gajanan Raghunath Kulkarni, dean of IIM Ahmedabad. They have twin sons Shriram and Shrikrishna and a daughter, Sonali.