Bikerni Association of Women Motorcyclists
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| Formation | 15 January 2011 |
| Founder | Firdaus Shaikh Urvashi Patole |
| Founded at | Pune |
| Type | Motorcycle club Motorcycle Association |
| Purpose | Women motorcyclists awareness and advocacy |
| Headquarters | Pune |
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Region served | India |
| Membership | 2000 (2019)[1] (2011) |
Official language | Hindi, English |
| Urvashi Patole, Firdaus Shaikh, Vartika Pande, Mugdha Chaudhary, Sharvari Manakawad | |
Key people | Jai Bharathi, Nupur Saxena, Vartika Jain, Manashri Bordoloi, Shabnam Akram, Dnyanadaa Mhaskar, Madhuri Munjwani, Chithra Priya, Roshini Miraskar, Prasanna Dommu, Prachi Shikha, Reshaa Joshi, Krithi Uchil, Krishna Singh, G Meenakshi Rao, Silvana, Pintueli Gajjar, Dipika Dusane |
The Bikerni Association of Women Motorcyclists (The Bikerni for short[2]) is an all-women motorcycle club in India. It was formed at Pune in 2011 by Urvashi Patole and Firdaus Shaikh,[3] and had over 515 members by 2014.[4][5] As of 2015[update], the group has over 2,000 members.[1] It was recognized by Women's International Motorcycle Association, and is the first and largest all-women motorcycle association in India.[6][7][8] Its Delhi chapter was started by Shabnam Akram in 2012.[9] It has 17 chapters in India. [9]
