• Ruth M. Lepcha
• Pem Choden Tenzing
• Genevive Syangbo

The recent studies on the development of women's organisations have fostered an understanding that women’s roles, positions, and status in society are redefined. The relentless efforts towards the formation and functioning of women’s groups in India from the very beginning have shown increasingly significant changes in the lives of women today. This paper intends to study the emergence and nature of women’s groups and their efforts in bringing the social transformation in Indian society. The study enables us to create a comprehensive foundation of women's organisations in India. This article provides an understanding on the evolution and the processes involved in bringing societal changes through various women’s groups and organisations. The main focus lies on the conceptualisation of women's social position, identification of the network built for bringing the necessary changes. The study shows a major shift in the nature of women’s groups from the colonial period, which were elite-based, western-influenced, organised and welfare-specific, to non-elitist, spontaneous working in the post-independence period. The contemporary women's organisations reflect more on discourses on gender equality and social justice.

Women, Groups, Organisations, India, Change, Transformation, Society.

"SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND ROLE OF WOMEN'S GROUPS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 12, page no.b765-b771, December-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2512197.pdf

"SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND ROLE OF WOMEN'S GROUPS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 12, page no. ppb765-b771, December-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2512197.pdf