As an avid motorcyclist, Jai Bharathi has experienced immense freedom and joy owing to her passion for motorcycles and travel. She was conferred the “Vishishta Mahila Puraskaram” under the Adventure category by the Department of Women & Child Welfare, Govt. Of Telangana in 2019 and several other leadership awards.
Professionally an architect, Jai Bharathi has also worked with several nonprofit organisations in the space of economic empowerment of women, education for children, solar lighting, and has also been active in relief work during natural calamities. Jai continued to fuel her passion for travel on the sidelines until she took on the GoUnesco challenge. Being the only woman to have successfully met the challenge of visiting 28 Unesco sites in India within a calendar year,
Leading Bikerni Hyderabad, a regional chapter of ‘The Bikerni’ an all-women motorcycle club since its inception in 2013, she has led multiple motorcycle expeditions within India, a cross-country expedition across six nations in South East Asia covering 17000 km, and 17380 km Wheels of Will expedition across the USA in 35 days. Together she has covered more than 1,00,000 kms on a motorcycle across India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam & USA.
She has also authored a book (in English and Telugu) on organising & leading the first of its kind all women cross country motorcycle expedition. 700 of these books were distributed across colleges for women in Telangana, to inspire more women to take on to two wheels.
Her efforts in the field of motorcycling have been appreciated by Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi & the Chief Minister of Telangana State Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
Finally, her passion for motorbikes and deep-rooted concerns for Women Safety and Empowerment, sowed in her, the seeds for MOWO – Moving Woman, a unique social initiative aimed at empowering women with the tools of mobility which can serve them in all walks of life.
Founded in 2019, MOWO is a not for profit organization which provides training to woman and girls for riding two-wheelers and thereby opening up alternative livelihood opportunities for them.
The roads have taught her great life lessons and helped her realise her strengths & unleash her potential to the best of abilities. She would be more than happy to share her stories from travel & motorcycling as motivational sessions at any organisation or forums. The honorary amount thus earned will be put back into the foundation and help us in training more girls.
