Anish Gawande is a writer and translator currently serving as the National Spokesperson for the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University and postgraduate degrees in Intellectual History and Public Policy from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Anish has contributed to prestigious publications including the Times of India, Hindustan Times, and CNN. He has also been a panelist on major news channels in India and internationally.
A passionate advocate for equal rights, Anish is the founder and curator of Pink List India, the country’s first archive of politicians supporting LGBTQ+ rights. He is a Human Rights Campaign Global Innovation Fellow and has delivered talks at universities, workplaces, and schools across India and abroad on the importance of inclusivity.
As a translator, Anish has brought the poetry of Ramchandra Siras from Marathi to English. He has written extensively on art and literature and has spoken at events such as the Jaipur Literature Festival and the Harvard US-India Initiative’s annual conference, while also curating shows at leading galleries across the country.
Anish has held consulting roles with Borkowski PR in London, UNESCO in New Delhi, and the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life in New York, with shorter stints at the Indian Embassy in Paris and CNN Hong Kong. He is currently a partner at Horniman Circle Advisory, a board member of Youth Feed India, a mentor for the Times of India’s student edition, and the director of the Dara Shikoh Fellowship.
Anish’s work has earned him recognition as one of GQ’s 50 Most Influential Young Indians. He has won a SAJA Journalism Award and was named a GQ Champion of Change.
