Speakers
In alphabetical order
Aditi Maheshwari Goyal
Managing Trustee at Vani Foundation; Teacher in publishing
Adrija Bose
Associate Editor, CNN-News18
Akanksha Singh
Artist
Dr. Alka Pande
Academic, author and museum curator
Aly Khan Rajani
Counsellor / Head of Advocacy & Public Affairs, High Commission of Canada to India
Anand Grover
Senior lawyer focused on legal activism
Anant Zanane
Independent journalist
Anish Gawande
Director at Dara Shiko Fellowship, Founder The Pink List
Anjali Gopalan
Human & Animal Rights Activist; Founder Naz Foundation
Anuja Pandey
Artist, writer and engineer
Anuradha Sengupta
Consulting Editor, CNBC-TV18
Anuranjita Kumar
Author; Head - International Hubs, RBS
Anwesh Sahoo
Artist, Activist, Model and Mr Gay India 2016
Apurva Asrani
Scriptwriter, Director and LGBTQ activist
Arpit Bhalla
Gender and sexuality rights activist; Founder, The Quart Project
Arvind Narrain
Human rights lawyer and activist
Ashok Malik
Fellow, ORF, former press advisor to the President of India
Ayeesha Rai
Sex worker and coordinator of the National Network of Sex Workers
Ayushman Aishwarya
Lawyer and drag artist
Azhar Iqbal
Urdu poet; Founder, Harfkaar Foundation
Bhuwan Kathuria
Volunteer with multiple NGOs focused on LGBTQIA
Devdutt PatTanaik
Best-selling author on mythology and ancient Indian scriptures
Dhrubo Jyoti
Journalist
Fahad Samar
Founder, Bombay Talkies, Author
Gazal Dhaliwal
Screenplay and dialogue writer
Gopi Shankar Madurai
Dharmic equal rights activist, author, intersex representative
Hansika Jethnani
Poet, visual artist, queer body-positive femme
Jerry Johnson
Writer, Speaker on diversity, culture and identity, associated with the Centre for Civil Society
Jijo Kuriakose
Artist, photographer, writer, Founder, Queerala
Kumam Davidson
Co-founder, The Chinky Homo Project
Koninika Roy
Queer Activist
Kaushik Ray
London-based lawyer, writer and gay activist
Kiran Bhatt
Author, world traveller, polygot and digital nomad
Maaz Bin Bilal
Author and poet
Maya Sharma
Founder, Vikalp & author
Meena Seshu
Activist for sex workers’ rights; Founder, Sangram
Menaka Guruswamy
Senior Advocate, Supreme Court
Mohul Sharma
F&B Associate, The Lalit, 'Out' transman
Mukul Kesavan
Historian, novellist, political and social essayist
Nandita Das
Actor & Filmmaker
Nemat Sadat
LGBTQIA activist, journalist and author, The Carpet Weaver
Onir
Film & TV director, editor, screenwriter and producer
Owais
Queer Activist
Parmesh Sahani
Author & Head, Godrej India Culture Lab
Parvati Krishnan
Communications consultant, former journalist, vocalist
Pawan Dhall
Author, activist and Founder, Varta, Kolkata
Pervaiz Alam
Founder, Cine Ink; Former TV journalist with BBC World
Poonam Saxena
Senior editor, Hindustan Times, translator and author
Rafiquel Haque Dowjah
Founder, Integration Society
Rafiul Alom Rehman
Founder, The Queer Muslim Project
Rituparna Borah
Founder, Nazariya QFRG
Rohan Kanawade
Director, writer and producer
Rashmee Datta Handa
Business Engagement Manager - India, Customer Service & Support, Microsoft
Roy Wadia
International media and communications expert, Regional Communications Advisor, UNFP, Bangkok
Rudrani Chettri
Actor and runs India’s first trans modelling agency
Ruth Chawngthu
Head, Nazariya: A Grassroots LGBT-Straight Alliance
Ryan Figueiredo
Founder & Executive Director, Equal Asia Foundation
Sachin Jain
Spanish teacher, writer of queer plays, former Hindi editor - Gaylaxy Magazine
Dr Saif Mahmood
Author, poet, literature critic, activist and Advocate, Supreme Court
Saikat Majumdar
Author and Professor, English Literature and Creative Writing, Ashoka University
Saleem Kidwai
Historian, gay rights activist and translater
Sameer Chopra
Assistant Professor, English, University of Delhi
Sandip Roy
Author and journalist
Saurabh Kirpal
Lawyer and Queer Activist
Shivraj Prashad
Representative, Passion & Pride; former journalist
Shubha Mudgal
Classical vocalist and author
Simran Shaikh
Queer and health activist
Sonal Kalra
Executive editor - entertainment, Hindustan Times and author
Srini Ramaswamy
Co-Founder, Pride Circle
Suhail Abbasi
Filmmaker, Co-founder Queer Ink
Sukhdeep Singh
Editor, Gaylaxy Magazine
Sumit Pawar
Queer activist, Founder, The Q-Knit
Supriya Sule
Lok Sabha MP and LGBTQ rights advocate
Tanuja Chandra
Film director and scriptwriter
Urvashi Butalia
Feminist author, Founder, Zubaan
Varun Khanna
Researcher (Sustainable Development Goals 2030), formerly with UN
Vikram E Kolmannskog
Oslo-based queer author & Gestalt therapist
Vivek Divan
Lawyer & queer activist
Vivek Mansukhani
Founder, Scene Stealers, Educationalist
Zainab Patel
Queer activist, Manager D&I, KPMG
