Graham Basanti a.k.a. M. G. Basanti is a Silver jubilee Woman priest and the first Ordinand from the Protestant Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church Society (JELC), headquartered in Jeypore, Odisha, India. She was in the forefront of JELC leadership, representing it at United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Basanti has been a founding member of Association of Theologically Trained Women of India (ATTWI), and was also elected to its Executive Committee for the bienniums 1979-1981 and 2002-2006. Basanti has also been associated with National Council of Churches in India.