Speakers and Panelists
In alphabetical order
Abhina Aher
Transgender Activist, Dancer & Singer
Aditi Angiras
Poet & Artist
Adrija Bose
Associate Editor, News18
Afshan Lodhi-Dsouza
Literature Programme Manager – British Council
Dr Akhil Katyal
Author & Poet
Alankrita Shrivastava
Film Director, Scriptwriter
Amani Saeed
International Spoken Word Artist & Writer
Anjali Gopalan
Human Rights & Animal Rights Activist, Founder, Naz Foundation
Anushka Jadhav
Educator, Artist and Gender Activist
Anwesh Sahoo
Visual Designer, Troy Perry Medal of Pride Awardee, Mr Gay World India 2016
Ayushman Aishwarya
Lawyer and drag artist
R Balaji
Celebrity Outreach Professional, Queer Voice
Dr Bibek Debroy
Author, Economist, Chairman, PM’s Economic Council
Chitra Palekar
Actress, Writer, Member, Sweekar – The Rainbow Parents
Debolina Dey
Writer, Teacher (literature), Ramjas College
Dhiren Borisa
Queer Activist, Poet, Urban Sexual Geographer, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School
Faraz Ansari
Film Director, Writer
Gazal Dhaliwal
Screenplay and dialogue writer
Gowthaman Saroja Ranganathan
A Law Person & Writer
Japleen Pasricha
Editor, FeminismInIndia
Jay Anand
Transman, Singer / Songwriter
Jayshree T
Multi-media Producer & Director, Co-Founder, Archive, Memory & Education Trust
Jyotsna Siddharth
Actor, Intersectional Artist, Activist, Writer and India Lead for Gender At Work
Kareem Khubchandani
Author, Drag Artist, Assistant Professor (Theatre, Dance, Performance Studies), Tufts University
Madhavi Menon
Author, Professor of English, Director, Centre For Studies in Gender And Sexuality, Ashoka University
Mahi Gupta
Transwoman, Working at the Noida ‘Rainbow’ Metro Station
Maya Sharma
Author, Feminist, Working With Vikalp Women’s Group
Michiel Baas
Anthropologist & Author
Myna Mukherjee
Cultural Producer, Curator, and the Founder/Director of Engendered
Namita Bhandare
Journalist & Writer
Namrata Joshi
National Award-winning Film Critic
Nandini Sengupta
Senior Journalist and Author
Navin Noronha
Stand-up Comedian
Neeraj
Owner, Lotus Visual Productions, Supporter for South Asian Queer Films
Nikhil Khanna
Founder, AvianWE
Nishadh Mohammed
Editorial Head, TDN; Co-Founder, Sabudana Things
Onir
Filmmaker and LGBT+ rights advocate
Parmesh Shahani
Author & Head, Godrej India Culture Lab
Pawan Dhall
Author, Researcher & Lead, Varta Trust
Priya Paul
Chairman, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotel
Pradipta Ray
Queer Filmmaker, Painter, Animation Artist, Visiting Faculty At NID
Priyakanta Laishram
YouTuber & Filmmaker
Raga Olga D’Silva & Nicola Fenton
London-based Queer Couple
Rahul Sen
Research Scholar
Ritu Dalmia
Celebrity Chef, Co-owner of Diva restaurants
Rituparna Borah & Amrita Tripathi
Delhi-based Queer Couple
Rudrani Chettri
Actor and runs India’s first trans modelling agency
Sadam Hanjabam
Founder, Ya_All
Dr Saif Mahmood
Author, poet, literature critic, activist and Advocate, Supreme Court
Saikat Majumdar
Author, Professor (English & Creative Writing) Ashoka University
Sakshi Juneja
Founder and Editor of Gaysi
Sandip Roy
Senior Journalist, Columnist & Author
Santa Khurai
Queer Activist, Champion of Transgender Rights
Saransh Sugandh
Filmmaker, Researcher & Queer Performer
Saurabh Kirpal
Senior Lawyer & Author
Seema Anand
London-based Mythologist, Storyteller and Author
Dr Shashi Tharoor
Author & Parliamentarian
Shivangi Agrawal
Queer & Disabled Activist, Graffiti Artist (Determined Act Movement)
Shivraj Parshad
Public Comunication Coach, Founder, Brevis LLP
Sridhar Rangayan & Saagar Gupta
Mumbai-based Queer Couple
Sumit Pawar
Queer activist, Founder, The Q-Knit
Sushant Divgikr
Model, Singer, Actor and Drag Queen
Sukhdeep Singh
Editor, Gaylaxy Magazine
Tanuja Chandra
Film director and scriptwriter
Vivek Sahni
Co-founder and CEO, Kama Ayurveda
Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli
Transwoman, Founding Member, Telangana Hijra Transgender Samiti
