Internationally-acclaimed women’s rights activist and authoress Manasi Pradhan has become the first Indian to feature in the prestigious global list of world’s Top 20 feminists author and activists compiled by America’s highest read women magazine “Bustle”.

The book “Urmi O Uchchwas” authored by Pradhan and translated into eight major languages has been listed by the Bustle as a must-read to get inspired to get out there and fight. The New York-based Bustle magazine is widely read across the globe with over 11 million monthly readerships.

Born in a very poor family in a remote village of Odisha, the life story of Pradhan and her fight against all odds has been a subject of several documentaries and tele-series across the globe. last month, she featured in the Women Activism project of New York City Government.

Pradhan is the founder of OYSS Women and Nirbhaya Vahini. In 2009, she launched the Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. The movement has been instrumental in galvanising the nation against women atrocities.

She was conferred with the prestigious Rani lakhmibai Stree Shakti Puraskar for the year 2013 by President of India. She has been conferred the ‘Outstanding Women Award’ for 2011 along with Mary Pierick. She will be conferred with the “Peace Award” by Global Peace Initiative on November 25.

Pradhan has served as a Member of the National Commission for Women and India’s Central Film Censor Board.