Kavita Krishnan

Kavita Krishnan
Secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association
In office
2017–2022
Politburo Member of CPIML Liberation
In office
2016–2022
Personal details
Born
Kavita Krishnan

1973 (age 5152)
Coonoor, Tamil Nadu
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
EducationUniversity of Mumbai
Jawaharlal Nehru University
OccupationPolitician
Human Rights Activist

Kavita Krishnan is a women's rights activist who has publicised the problem of violence against women following the 2012 Delhi gang rape of Nirbhaya.

Krishnan was also a politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation and had been a member of its Central Committee for over two decades. She was also the editor of CPI (M-L) Liberation's monthly publication, Liberation and the Secretary of the AIPWA.