“THE YOUTH OF TODAY ARE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW.”
- NELSON MANDELA

This October, Pride Circle brings to you India’s leading conference - Pride-Ed Summit 2021 - to foster belonging in education! The conference focuses on spotlighting inclusive learning and building opportunities and safe spaces for LGBT+ students around the nation.

Whether you are a student, parent, teacher or employer - We invite you to join us on this journey to re-shape your space and build a better, inclusive world, which welcomes, accepts and celebrates LGBT+ individuals for who they are.

Let’s take this first step towards fostering belonging in education. Change starts from us!

WHAT DO WE AIM TO DO?

To initiate and catalyze dialogue around LGBT+ inclusion in learning.

To sustain this conversation through supporting ideas for affirmative action.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND PRIDE-ED SUMMIT 2021

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SDG 1

End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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SDG 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote  lifelong learning opportunities for all

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SDG 16

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and  build effective, accountable and inclusive  institutions at all levels 

AGENDA

All timings in IST

Tentative timings and sessions, subject to change

All sessions to be conducted in English language

 

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SPEAKERS

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Anusha Sinha

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Senior Associate, BCG
Day 1
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Alexander Balakrishnan

He/Him
Model & Student
Day 2

Keynote

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Tanushree Mishra

She/Her
People Head - India & South East Asia
AB InBev India
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Zainab Patel

She/Her
Director - Inclusion and Diversity
KPMG India

Day 1

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Anubhuti Banerjee

She/Her
Manager IT Co-ordination and Improvement
Tata Steel
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Chitra Mathur

She/Her
Consultant
Educate Girls
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Ernesto Noronha

He/Him
Professor
IIM Ahmedabad
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Harish Iyer

He/She
Equal Rights Activist
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Naman Bharti

He/Him
Student
BITS Pilani
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Nilakshi Roy

She/Her
Retd. HOD English
KET’s V. G. Vaze College
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Preeti Chaudhary

She/Her
Founder
LinkedInLocal India
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Mx. Ria Sharma

They/Them
Youth Activist
Human Rights
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Shemal Pandya

He/They
Visiting Faculty
National Institute of Design
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Yashwardhan Narayanan

He/Him
Student
Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar

Day 2

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Antara Pal

She/Her
Customer Advocate Supervisor
PMI.org
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Anwesh Sahoo

He/Him
Senior Technical Artist
Aristocrat Gaming
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Laksha

She/Her
Student
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Lakshmi Amrutha Killada

She/Her
Graduate Student & Research Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Lalitha Pooja

She/Her
Founder
Ishliving
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Pujitha Avuthu

She/They
Founder
Control Plus P (Ctrl+p)
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Reyansh Naarang

They/Them
Head of Operations
The Safe Space Project
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Sayantan Datta

They/Them
Faculty Associate, Editor & Writer
Krea University & TheLifeofScience.com
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Sombit Naskar

He/Him
Senior Program Manager
Pride Circle
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Sukhdeep Singh

He/Him
Editor-in-Chief
Gaylaxy Magazine

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Akshaya Venkateswaran

She/Her
Lead Capability & D&I
PhonePe
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Ankita Somani

She/Her
General Manager - HR Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition and Organisational Effectiveness
Godrej Properties
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Annapurna Vishwanathan

She/Her
CIO
Cummins India
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Ashish Tanwar

He/Him
University Recruiting Account Manager
Microsoft
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Divya Agarwal

She/Her
Assistant Manager, Talent Acquisition
Thomson Reuters
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Harsha Ravikumar

He/Him
Product Manager II & Lead, ERG GLEAM
Microsoft
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Jerin Raju

He/Him
Senior University Talent Partner
Adobe
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Megha Madan

She/Her
Sr Manager, Talent Acquisition Manager
IBM
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Neha Sathish

She/Her
Senior Specialist, Corporate Social Responsibility
Thomson Reuters
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Neema Nair

She/Her
Technical Director
Cummins India
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Preeti Jain

She/Her
Diversity & Inclusion Partner, India South Asia
IBM
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Punit Thakkar

He/Him
Deputy General Manager - Brand Strategy
Godrej Properties
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Roshni S Iyer

She/Her
Consultant - HR & Communications
Godrej Properties
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Saloni Dhage

She/Her
Manager, Talent Attraction
AB InBev
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Sneha Kamath

She/Her
University Talent Partner
Adobe
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Sonal Chotrani

She/Her
HR CoE - University Relations
PhonePe
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Swetha Akhnoor

She/Her
University Programs Manager
Adobe
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Tanmay Vyas

He/Him
SVP & Head of FoTC System Operations & Digital Enablement
HSBC

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