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| education = [[Bombay University]] (1996)<br />
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'''Parmesh Shahani''' is an Indian author and the head of Godrej India Cultural Lab.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-26 |title=Parmesh Shahani: ‘We are still not equal today’ |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/interview-parmesh-shahani-we-are-still-not-equal-today/article65560213.ece |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Modi |first=Chintan Girish |date=2021-03-26 |title=Queer at the workplace: Parmesh Shahani nudges companies to be inclusive |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/queer-at-the-workplace-parmesh-shahani-nudges-companies-to-be-inclusive-121032601578_1.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Shahani was born and raised on Mumbai, India. <br />
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He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from [[Bombay University]] in 1996, then received two post-baccalaureate diplomas, one in film and television from the Xavier Institute of Communication and one in education in 2003.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Whitacre |first=Andrew |date=2014-01-09 |title=Parmesh Shahani, SM ’05: “Drawing Inspiration from Mumbai” |url=https://cms.mit.edu/parmesh-shahani-drawing-inspiration-from-mumbai/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] {{!}} Comparative Media Studies}}</ref> In 2005, he received a master's degree in media studies from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT).<ref name=":1" /> <br />
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While studying at MIT in Boston, Shahani was able to be "openly gay for the first time in his life," which inspired his master's thesis and other works.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shahani |first=Parmesh |date=2011-06-27 |title=Why Gay Employees Need To Come Out |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/real-issue/why-gay-employees-need-to-come-out/26262/1 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=[[Forbes India]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
After receiving a bachelor's degree in 1996, Shahani held various jobs, including as a news reporter for the [[Bombay Times|''Bombay Times'']] and founding "FreshLimeSoda.com, India’s first online youth magazine."<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Following the completion of his master's thesis, which explored homosexuality in Mumbai, Shahani returned to India, where homosexuality was decriminalized in 2009, and "advocated for corporate diversity policies that specifically prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation".<ref name=":1" /> <br />
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== Award and honors ==<br />
* [[Yale World Fellows|Yale World Fellow]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Aashika |date=2018-11-13 |title=How Parmesh Shahani is Batting For Equality at The Workplace |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/entrepreneurs/how-parmesh-shahani-is-batting-for-equality-at-the-workplace/323194 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=[[Entrepreneur (magazine)|Entrepreneur]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
* Young Global Leader by [[World Economic Forum]]<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Publications ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |title=Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)longing in Contemporary India |publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] |year=2008 |isbn=9780761936480}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=[[Queeristan|Queeristan: LGBTQ Inclusion in the Indian Workplace]] |publisher=[[Westland Books]] |year=2020 |isbn=9789389648140}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sengupta |first=Ishita |date=2020-09-11 |title=Struggle for LGBTQ rights is deeply connected to other social justice movements: Parmesh Shahani on his new book, Queeristan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/pamesh-shahani-on-his-new-book-queeristan-6587789/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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