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Comment: But what makes her notable? 🇵🇸🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦🇵🇸 14:02, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Archana Kapoor is a Delhi based filmmaker and social activist promoting social change.[1] [2]
She is the founder and director of Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation (SMART), a non-governmental organization that integrates modern and traditional media to inform, engage, and empower marginalized communities.[3]
Her initiatives emphasize access to knowledge, skill development, and participation in processes that influence social transformation.[4]
In 2010, Archana Kapoor established Radio Mewat, a community radio station located in Nuh (formerly Mewat), Haryana.[5][6] Operated by members of the local community, the station focuses on addressing local issues and promoting community participation. [7][8]
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[edit]- ^ Singh, Tanaya. "How One Award-Winning Radio Channel Forever Changed an Underserved Community in Haryana". thebetterindia.com. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ TEDx Talks (2012-12-04). Arshi Saleem Hashmi, Archana Kapoor, and Edit Schlaffer at TEDxWomen. Retrieved 2025-10-14 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Devi Awards 2016". www.eventxpress.com. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ Walsh, Nonee (2018-01-15). "Heartened by women defying restrictions to participate in radio". IAWRT. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ "Home". openDemocracy. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ "Community radio as a phenomenon: Winning hertz". Vikalp Sangam. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ Dey, Sankalita (2018-06-28). "Only 217 community radio stations in India.Government does not want to empower its people: activist Archana Kapoor". ThePrint. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ DD News (2016-11-21). Tejasvini : Interaction with Archana Kapoor. Retrieved 2025-10-14 – via YouTube.