Vaivab Das is a PhD scholar at IIT Delhi and a Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. They research at the intersections of gender, sexuality, elections and bureaucracy. As a student, Vaivab has actively worked towards the recognition of diverse gender and sexual minorities as protected categories, building gender-affirming infrastructures, and creating community spaces for LGBTQIA+ students in various educational institutions. They are also the co-founder of the LGBTQIA+ rights watchdog page, Yes, We Exist (India).
