Smash Board | About

Smashboard is your digital ally to smash patriarchy! A non-profit based in India and France, we are building an alternative social media network based on the principles of intersectional feminism. A digital platform to connect people and experts, Smashboard is a space where we engage to seek and/or offer support and resources. You will be able to access Smashboard on our website and soon on our mobile app (Android and iOS). We are rolling out our tech features progressively.

Core Team

Noopur is an independent print and television journalist with 20+ years of experience in news broadcast. She passionately believes in the idea of digital dissent and solidarities. She has previously taught at the Science-Po Journalism, Paris, co-curated Genderlogindia for 6 years and is the also co-founder of the tech startup, Idea Chakki.

Noopur Tiwari
Founder, Smashboard
Monica worked with India's top broadcast networks for 20+ years and has transformed the TV food-scape of the country. She is now working to convert game changing technologies for social change. She is the co-founder of the successful startup, Idea Chakki and a multitasker like no other we know.

Monica Narula
TRUSTEE, SMASHBOARD FOUNDATION TRUST

Advisors

Christina has 12+ years of corporate work experience. She is a writer and consultant for women and minority-led initiatives focusing on social justice, self-determination, and collaborative models of scholarship. Also Advisor to the Blue Club’s Media Fellowship for Dalit women, she was formerly co-founder of the Dalit History Month project.

Christina Thomas Dhanaraj
Advisor
Nivedita has over 16 years of experience in all aspects of corporate and commercial law. Currently, partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, she has been widely recognized for her expertise in Corporate M&A and Private Equity, including by the Asia Law Leading Lawyers, Chambers Asia, IFLR 1000 and Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Nivedita Tiwari
TRUSTEE, SMASHBOARD FOUNDATION TRUST
Urvashi is an author with over 35 years of experience in feminist and independent publishing. CEO of Zubaan Books, her long involvement with the women's movement in India makes Urvashi an important voice in global feminism.

Urvashi Butalia
Advisor
Neetika is a lawyer with a master's degree in Women's Studies. She works on criminal justice issues in India including sexual violence, death penalty and sentencing in criminal law. She is currently with Project 39A at National Law University, Delhi.

Neetika Vishwanath
Advisor
Gunjan has 20+ years of experience in broadcast news where he led groundbreaking political and lifestyle shows. He now navigates the tech-app landscape to solve problems faced by Indians via visual tech and feminists globally. He is co-founder of the successful startup, Idea Chakki.

Gunjan Mehrish
Advisor
Carmela is a media strategist & tactician. She volunteered for AudioviSol and MultimediaSyntagma before becoming an editor of GlobalRevolutionTV. She's the founder of Nabermedya.

Ai Carmela Netirk
Advisor

Allies

Sanjana is a feminist, activist, and writer based in Sydney, Australia. She graduated from IIM, Bangalore.

Sanjana Pegu
Padmini Ray Murray is the founder of Design Beku, a feminist collective that endeavours to place an ethics of care at the heart of digital and design practice.

Padmini Ray Murray
Ruchita is an independent psychologist with a speciality in traumatic stress and violence recovery. An intersectional feminist by nature, her approach is to politicise mental health, integrate identity politics, encourage the destigmatisation of mental health in South Asian communities and aid the discussion of cross cultural issues from a psychoeducational lens.

Ruchita Chandrashekar
Adeola is a Nigerian-Greek feminist who is passionate about holistic healing. The founder of ‘Distinguished Diva’ a platform for underrepresented women of African descent in the global media, Adeola has a Masters of Science in Public Health from Birmingham City University. She has worked as a radio producer, program facilitator, model, fashion editor and creative director for various European institutions.

Adeola Aderemi
Mounia is a French-Algerian blogger on www.lechatglouton.com. A muslim feminist and an antiracist activist, Mounia has a management engineer degree and a MBA in digital marketing. She writes about activism, economy, politics, work-management and social issues.

Mounia Feliachi