Sohini Chakraborty

Secretary and Founder Director

Sohini Chakraborty, Ashoka Fellow, PhD Scholar, Sociologist, and dance activist, is the Founder Director of Kolkata Sanved.  She pioneered the use of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) as a tool for psycho-social rehabilitation, reintegration and empowerment in India and South Asia.   Several participants of her DMT sessions grew into DMT practitioners . This  enhanced the unique model transforming   survivors into healers and change makers. This unique and innovative methodology was developed by Kolkata Sanved, under the leadership of Sohini Chakraborty. Honed over the past two decades, the Sampoornata model is a pioneering concept in South Asia. She has been felicitated by the Department of Women & Child Development and the Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of West Bengal in 2016.  She received prestigious “True Legend Award 2015”,  ‘The Dian Von Furstenberg  Award’(DVF) on 2011 to transform the lives of other women.  She also received the ‘Newsmaker 2012’ award by 24 ghanta ( leading news channel of West Bengal) for outstanding achievement and inspiration.