Calcutta Club elects 1st woman president, breaks glass ceiling
Times of India | 26 July 2025
Kolkata: The 118-year-old Calcutta Club, one of the city's most prominent British-era heritage clubs, has elected its first woman president.
Businesswoman Kasturi Raha secured 715 votes, prevailing over Pradeep Kumar Mukherjee and Snehashish Bhaumik — who secured 630 and 579 votes respectively. TOI had reported a week back that a woman candidate was vying for the post of president.
Raha had contested in 2021 as well but lost.
Other premier social clubs like Bengal Club, Tolly Club, RCGC, RCTC, Calcutta Rowing Club or CCFC have never had a woman leading them.
Raha runs a family business of medical equipment and also has a business of dry flower export.