State Commissions for Women in India

“There is a higher court than the court of justice and that is the
court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi

Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Women
2nd Floor, Budha Bhavan (Near Boats Club)   
Secunderabad – 500003
Phone :  +91-40-7542071, 7660196
Chairperson : Ms. Susheela Devi
Website:  http://wcdsc.ap.nic.in/apwomendept.html

Assam State Commission for Women
Bal Bhavan, Uzan Bazar,   
Guwahati – 781001
Phone :  +91-361-2524875
Chairperson : Ms. Basanti Sharma
Website:   http://assamgovt.nic.in/

Bihar State Commission for Women
11 South Beily Road,  
Patna, Bihar 
Phone :  +91-612-2203700, 9431024200
Chairperson : Ms Manju Prakash
Website:  http://gov.bih.nic.in/

Chhattisgarh State Commission for Women
E 2, Vivekanand Nagar
National Highway Colony
Raipur 
Chhattisgarh  
Phone :  +91-771-429232
Chairperson : Ms Hamwanti Porte
Website:  http://cgwcd.nic.in/cgwomencomm.htm

Delhi State Commission for Women
G – Block, IInd Floor, 
I.P. Estate  
New Delhi – 110002
Phone :  +91-11-23379150, 23378936
Chairperson : Ms Anjali Rai
Website:  http://dcw.delhigovt.nic.in/

Goa State Commission for Women
GMC(OFS)Complex
Panaji, Goa  
Phone :  +91-832-2421080(O) 0832-2257736(R)
Chairperson : Dr.(Mrs.) Promod D. Salgaonkar
Website: 

Haryana State Commission for Women
Kothi No. 683, Sector 7
Panchkula
Phone :  +91-2597824, 2597994
Chairperson :  Ms Sheela Bhayan
Website:  http://wcdhry.gov.in/Hry_commission_F.htm

Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Women
Kaushal Niwas, Stokes Place
Shimla – 171002
Phone :  +91-9810592172
Chairperson :  Ms Malvika Pathania
Website:  http://himachal.nic.in

Karnataka State Commission for Women
Ist Floor, KHB Building 
Cauvery Bhavan, K.G. Road,
Bangalore – 560009
Phone :  +91-80-2216486 Fax: 2216485
Chairperson :  Ms Philimena Peris
Website: 

Kerala State Commission for Women
DPI Junction, Thyacaud P O
Thiruvananthapuram – 695014
Phone :  +91-471-2320509, 2337589, 2322590
Chairperson : Ms M. Kamalam
Website:  http://keralawomenscommission.gov.in/

Maharashtra State Commission for Women
Griha Nirman Bhawan 
Mezzanine Floor  
Bandra East
Bombay – 400051
Phone :  +91-22-26454739(O) 26455858(R)
Chairperson : Ms. Nirmal Sawant Prabhawalkar
Website:  http://mahilaayog.maharashtra.gov.in/

Madhya Pradesh State Commission for Women
Old Secretariat, Vidhyak Aawas 
Bhopal – 462003
Phone :  +91-755-2531421, 98270 31855
Chairperson : Ms. Dr. Savita Inamdar
Website: 

Meghalaya State Commission for Women
Room. No. 408
Additional Secretariat Building
Shillong
Meghalaya, INDIA
Phone :  +91-364-2224408, 9436105190, 2226917/PABX-2409
Chairperson :  Dr. (Mrs.) B. Lyndem,
Website:  http://mscw.gov.in/ 

Mizoram State Commission for Women
Mission Veng, Aizwal   
Mizoram
Phone :  +91-2335991
Chairperson : Lal Niquvi
Website: 

Orissa State Commission for Women
697 Shaheed Nagar
Bhubaneswar – 751000
Phone :  +91-674-2503879, 2544715
Chairperson : Ms. Namita Panda
Website:  http://orissagov.nic.in

Pondicherry Women’s Commission
Address No.20, 100 Feet Road,
Natesan Nagar,
Puducherry-605 005.
Phone :  +91-413 – 2205153
Fax :  +91-413 – 2205153
Email:  contact_pwc@yahoo.com
Chairperson: 
Website:

Punjab State Commission for Women
2125, Sctor 15 C
Chandigarh
Phone :  +91-175-212135(R) 0172-783607(O)
Chairperson : Smt. Surinder Kaur Grewal
Website:  http://punjabwomencommission.gov.in/

Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women
100 Anna Salai, Guindy 
Chennai – 600032  
Phone :  +91-44-2200375
Chairperson : Dr. V. Vasanthi Devi
Website:  http://www.tn.gov.in

Tripura State Commission for Women
Melarmath, Agartala
Tripura West-799001
Phone :  +91-381-2323355, 22322912
Chairperson : Ms. Manjulika Basu
Website:  http://tripurawomencommission.org/

West Bengal State Commission for Women
Second Floor, 10 Rainey Park  
Calcutta – 700019 
Phone :  +91-33-24745608, 24751324 
Email:  wbcw@vsnl.net
Chairperson : Mrs. Jasodhara Bagchi
Website:  http://www.wbcw.org/

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