Advisory Committee
Anjali Gopalan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Naz Foundation (India) Trust, a Delhi-based NGO dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS. She is also the founder of All Creatures Great & Small, an NGO that provides shelter and help to animals. She has been at the forefront of the battle to decriminalize homosexuality. While she runs a shelter home for HIV-infected orphaned children, her NGO is now creating Delhi’s first LGBTQ centre, a significant initiative for the queer community that struggles to find a safe space.
She has been accorded a number of awards and recognitions including the Commonwealth Award, the Woman Achiever’s Award from the Ministry of Women & Child Development and The Ashoka Fellow. She was also listed by Time Magazine in 2009 as the 100 most influential People in the World and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 amongst a long list of accolades.
Anjali Gopalan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Naz Foundation (India) Trust, a Delhi-based NGO dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS. She is also the founder of All Creatures Great & Small, an NGO that provides shelter and help to animals. She has been at the forefront of the battle to decriminalize homosexuality. While she runs a shelter home for HIV-infected orphaned children, her NGO is now creating Delhi’s first LGBTQ centre, a significant initiative for the queer community that struggles to find a safe space.
She has been accorded a number of awards and recognitions including the Commonwealth Award, the Woman Achiever’s Award from the Ministry of Women & Child Development and The Ashoka Fellow. She was also listed by Time Magazine in 2009 as the 100 most influential People in the World and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 amongst a long list of accolades.
Rituparna Borah is an indigenous disabled, Queer Feminist activist with 15+ years of experience on Gender, Sexuality, and LGBTQIA issues. She is the Co-Director of Nazariya: A Queer Feminist Resource Group in Delhi, India. Nazariya is a queer-run and led organization and its mission is to make queer lives visible. She has been part of the feminist and queer organising in India.
Rituparna Borah is an indigenous disabled, Queer Feminist activist with 15+ years of experience on Gender, Sexuality, and LGBTQIA issues. She is the Co-Director of Nazariya: A Queer Feminist Resource Group in Delhi, India. Nazariya is a queer-run and led organization and its mission is to make queer lives visible. She has been part of the feminist and queer organising in India.
Saif Mahmood is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and an International lawyer, writer, scholar and public speaker who divides time between the UK and India. Author of the bestselling ‘Beloved Delhi: A Mughal City & Her Greatest Poets’ (2018), he speaks and writes on Urdu poetry, culture and literary heritage. A widely-recognized South Asian name in the Urdu world, he advises many literary and cultural organizations in the UK and India. Saif holds a doctorate in law and is a Visiting Academic at the University of Oxford, working on the Mughal State’s treatment of Urdu poets of resistance and dissent.
Saif Mahmood is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and an International lawyer, writer, scholar and public speaker who divides time between the UK and India. Author of the bestselling ‘Beloved Delhi: A Mughal City & Her Greatest Poets’ (2018), he speaks and writes on Urdu poetry, culture and literary heritage. A widely-recognized South Asian name in the Urdu world, he advises many literary and cultural organizations in the UK and India. Saif holds a doctorate in law and is a Visiting Academic at the University of Oxford, working on the Mughal State’s treatment of Urdu poets of resistance and dissent.
Sandip Roy is an author, columnist and podcaster based in Kolkata. He hosts The Sandip Roy Show for Indian Express and his columns appear in Mint Lounge, The HIndu, The Times of India and other publications. His work has appeared in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio, BBC, Economic Times and other outlets as well as anthologies like Cat People, Queer View Mirror, Out! Stories from the New Queer India, The Phobic and the Erotic, New California Writing 2011. He was the long-time editor of Trikone, the first South Asian LGBTQ magazine. His award-winning debut novel is Don’t Let Him Know.
Sandip Roy is an author, columnist and podcaster based in Kolkata. He hosts The Sandip Roy Show for Indian Express and his columns appear in Mint Lounge, The HIndu, The Times of India and other publications. His work has appeared in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio, BBC, Economic Times and other outlets as well as anthologies like Cat People, Queer View Mirror, Out! Stories from the New Queer India, The Phobic and the Erotic, New California Writing 2011. He was the long-time editor of Trikone, the first South Asian LGBTQ magazine. His award-winning debut novel is Don’t Let Him Know.
Head of the Institute of International Education India (IIE), Vivek has spent several years managing scholarships and fellowships programs for the British Council and the Ford Foundation. Based in New Delhi, he has also been a former Director of Arts for the British Council. In addition, he produces, directs and acts in theatre and films, primarily in the English language. He is also the Artistic Director of theatre group Scene Stealers.
Head of the Institute of International Education India (IIE), Vivek has spent several years managing scholarships and fellowships programs for the British Council and the Ford Foundation. Based in New Delhi, he has also been a former Director of Arts for the British Council. In addition, he produces, directs and acts in theatre and films, primarily in the English language. He is also the Artistic Director of theatre group Scene Stealers.
