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Parmesh Shahani
Parmesh Shahani

Parmesh Shahani

About

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First Name:
Parmesh
Last Name:
Shahani
Title and Organization:
Head, Godrej DEI Lab (Diversity Equity Inclusion)
Bio:
Parmesh Shahani is an award-winning author, culture curator and LGBTQ inclusion activist. He is presently the head of the Godrej DEI Lab, an experimental think-do space that aims to empower inclusion ecosystems both within and outside the 127-year-old Godrej Industries Group of companies, where, between 2011-2021, he headed the Godrej India Culture Lab as a multi-year inter-disciplinary project which examined the ever-changing nature of Indian society. His work career over the decades has spanned academia, the corporate world and the creative industries. Parmesh's first book Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India (Sage Publications) was released in 2008 and his second book Queeristan: LGBTQ Inclusion in the Indian Workplace (Westland Business) was released in August 2020 and won the 2021 CK Prahalad Prize for Business Book of the Year and the 2021 Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity. Parmesh holds an MS in Comparative Media Studies from MIT. He is an Aspen Fellow, a TED Senior Fellow, a Yale World Fellow, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and a board member of the non-profit organisations KHOJ International Artists Association and Breakthrough Trust.

Fellowship Program

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Program Membership:
Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship

Class

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Fellowship Class Name:
Class X: The Xtremists


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