Vice President, Godrej Industries Ltd at Founder, Godrej India Culture Lab
Parmesh Shahani is Vice President at Godrej Industries Ltd. and the founder of the Godrej India Culture Lab. Parmesh is a passionate advocate for LGBTQ inclusion in corporate India and has guided many of the country's leading companies on their inclusion journeys. His first book Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India (Sage Publications) was released in 2008 and re-released in June 2020 as an updated edition and his second book Queeristan: LGBTQ Inclusion in the Indian Workplace (Westland Business) was released in August 2020.
Parmesh holds an MS in Comparative Media Studies from MIT. He has been a TED Senior Fellow, a Yale World Fellow, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. He is a member of the FICCI taskforce on diversity and inclusion and a board member of KHOJ International Artists' Association.
There are many reasons for why inclusion is important—money, innovation, talent and reputation. In this extract from his book ‘Queeristan’, Parmesh Shahani talks about the LGBT inclusion journey at Tata Steel
Parmesh Shahani
Vice President, Godrej Industries Ltd, Founder, Godrej India Culture Lab
