Beyond Binaries – Cohort 3.0 | Theme: LGBTQIA+ Realities and Resistance | An Online International Summer School Program | A One-Month Immersive Online Certificate Training Course | Pride Month June 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
Participants List & Details
| Participants List & Details | |||
| Beyond Binaries – Cohort 3.0 | |||
| Theme: LGBTQIA+ Realities and Resistance | |||
| An Online International Summer School Program | |||
| A One-Month Immersive Online Certificate Training Course | |||
| June (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) 2025 | Zoom | 4:00 – 6 p.m. IST | |||
| Five Consecutive Sunday Evenings | |||
| IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning | |||
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Location |
| Aditi Kumari | Research Intern | IMPRI | Giridih |
| Aditya Naveen Sharma | — | — | Nashik |
| Ahana Mukhopadhyay | Editor | Sportskeeda | City |
| Ajith Philip Ebenazer W | Research Scholar | Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research | Chennai |
| Akshai Suresh | Student | Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad | Hyderabad |
| Aliya sadaf | Behavior therapist | Early autism ventures | Hyderabad |
| Anasua Bandyopadhyay | Clinical Psychologist | Sangath | Gwalior |
| Ekta Chitranshi | AVP | Medha Learning Foundation | Lucknow |
| Fiza Manzoor | Student | Graam | Bangalore |
| Geet Sahu | Student | Gujarat National Law University | Mumbai |
| Induja Aich Roy | Research Assistant | Christ University, Bangalore | Bangalore |
| Ipsita Pradhan | Assistant Professor | Symbiosis Law School, Pune | Pune |
| Ivan Mathew John | Research Student | Smt. KAPILA KHANDWALA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION | Mumbai |
| Jassi | Branding | Sahas Innovative Solutions | Hyderabad |
| Kumari Sampada | Social Worker | Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action | Mumbai |
| Madhusmita Devi | Student | Tiss, Mumbai | Mumbai |
| Mandira Debnath | Post-graduation Student | Nalanda University | Rajgir, Bihar |
| Mitul Kajaria | Psychodramatist, Psychotherapist | Aaste – Mental Health & Wellbeing | Ahmedabad |
| Nachiketa Thaker | Professional | Morgan Stanley | Mumbai |
| Neelu Grover | Safety and sexuality Educator | Self employed | Mumbai |
| Nishkala | Psychologist | Sangath | MADHYA PRADESH |
| PAWAN KUMAR | Research Scholar | Banaras Hindu University | Banaras |
| Prakarsh Kumar Rai | Researcher | Independent | Hyderabad |
| Pratik Arlikar | Specialist | Individual | Pune |
| Priya Dharshni | PG Student | ATREE | Bangalore |
| Roshini Sai Madhavi | Assistant Professor | AV COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES AND COMMERCE | Hyderabad |
| Sagar Malkar | Student | Kc Law | Mumbai |
| Samprikta Chatterjee | Research Scholar | MALAVIYA CENTRE FOR PEACE RESEARCH, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY | VARANASI |
| Shway | Writer | Independent | Delhi NCR |
| Srestha Bhattacharya | Independent | NA | Delhi |
| Sukanya Ghoshal | Ph.D Scholar | National Law Institute University, Bhopal | Bhopal |
| Veni Arora | Student | University Institute of Legal Studies,Panjab University,Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Vidhi Diwani | Counselling Psychologist | Self employed | Thane, Maharashtra |
| Vivekananda Viveka | Student | University of Mysore | Karnataka |
On the occasion of Pride Month June 2025, #IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
An Online International Summer School Program
A One-Month Immersive Online Certificate Training Course on
Beyond Binaries – Cohort 3.0
Theme: LGBTQIA+ Realities and Resistance
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Dates: June (1, 8, 15, 22, 29), 2025
Five Consecutive Sundays
Time: 4 – 6 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom
Event Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/beyond-binaries-cohort-3-0/
Program Experts

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Experts:
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, Chairperson, Lakshaya Trust
Harish Iyer, Head DE&I, Axis Bank; Equal Rights Activist; Core advisory committee, LGBT issues, NHRC
Dr Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Centre for Writing and Pedagogy, Krea University
Adv Rohin Bhatt, Non-Binary Queer Rights Activist, Lawyer and Bioethicist
Raj Mariwala, Director, Mariwala Health Intiative (MHI)
Rituparna Borah, Co-Director, Nazariya, A Queer Feminist Resource Group, New Delhi
Dr Debolina Dey, School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University
Rituparna Neog, Queer Rights Activist; Founder & Director, Akam Foundation, Queer Intersectional Feminist, Storyteller
Maya Awasthy, Co-founder Transgender Welfare Equity and Empowerment Trust (tweet) Foundation
Prof Pushpesh Kumar, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad
Dr Kaustav Padmapati, Assistant Professor (Selection Grade), School of Liberal Studies and Media, UPES, Dehradun
Dr Anant Bhan, MBBS, MHSc (Bioethics), Researcher in global health, health policy, bioethics and mental health; Mentor and Principal Investigator, Sangath (public mental health NGO), Bhopal, India
Convener:
Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO and Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
Previous Cohort:
Beyond Binaries – Cohort 2.0: Theme- LGBTQIA+ Narratives #WeAre!
Beyond Binaries: Understanding Sexual Identities and Queer Rights Issues in India
IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk Series –
The State of Gender Equality – #GenderGaps | YouTube Playlist
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