Our leadership

Jyoti Bawa

President, Punjabi Samvad · Social activist, writer and director.

Punjabi Samvad creates space for people to ask questions, share experience and participate in the issues that affect their lives.

A social leader directing a theatre rehearsal

Programme leadership

Part of Punjabi Samvad since 2004, Jyoti Bawa leads work across women’s empowerment, education, public health, mental well-being, substance-abuse awareness and Punjabi culture.

Theatre, writing & documentary

115 theatre performances

She wrote and directed Khooh Bolda Hai and has used writing, poetry, books, documentary storytelling and other creative formats for social awareness.

Cultural work

For more than a decade she has helped organise platforms celebrating Punjabi art and culture. In 2017, she represented Punjabi culture at the World Punjabi Conference in Canada.

Continuing Punjabi Samvad

After Amit Bawa’s passing in 2014, Jyoti Bawa continued the work they started and now leads the organisation’s wider national focus.

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