Media
The work and activities of the Godrej India Culture Lab have drawn the attention of the media ever since our inception. Here is a selection of some of the coverage we’ve received. If you’re from the press and would like to visit our lab, attend some of our events, or would like specific images of certain events, please mail us on indiaculturelab@godrejinds.com
CNBC TV 18
Create in India for the world
Lab head Parmesh Shahani moderated a star studded panel comprising Raw mango's Sanjay Garg, Design Temple's Divya Thakur and Bombay Hemp Co. - Boheco's Sanvar Oberoi to discuss the design led interventions that are taking place in textiles/handicrafts. This panel took place at the Make In Indi...7 March 2016
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Tracing India's tech revolution
I had noticed how Indians had played a big role in the US in technology," says Professor Ross Basset over the phone from Raleigh, North Carolina, days before his arrival in Mumbai for a talk on Indian students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at Vikhroli's Godrej India Culture...5 March 2016
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Gay Arranged Marriages On the Rise In India
“What Padma did for Harish was revolutionary because it countered the alienness of LGBT lives in the public imagination with something very familiar: a mother’s search for happiness for her son through an arranged marriage,” explains Parmesh Shahani, the author of Gay Bombay: Globalization, Lo...17 February 2016
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Godrej India Culture Lab receives India Today’s ‘Corporate Commitment To Art’ Award
On January 28, 2016, the India Today Art Awards were held for the first time to celebrate the best of Indian art. In a room packed with some of the biggest names from India’s art world, the Godrej India Culture Lab was awarded the award for ‘Corporate Commitment to Art’. 30 January 2016
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Mumbai dance group fights for transgender rights
The Dancing Queens recently held their biggest show for the top management of Godrej Group, one of India’s leading companies, which has been working to become more inclusive of sexual minorities. The company has been organising events to discuss gender and sexuality through the Godrej India Cul...8 January 2016
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Creating the circuitry of ideas
It was a dark and stormy night. That’s what Parmesh Shahani tells me with a laugh when I ask him how he developed the idea for the Godrej India Culture Lab. “I was selected as a TED fellow in 2009 and went for my first TED conference,” says Parmesh. “I really enjoyed the format of mashing up pe...6 January 2016
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India Inc likely to emerge as biggest and most effective flagbearer of LGBT rights in 2016
"Over the past few years our clearly articulated focus on LGBT issues has been incredibly useful to all employees," says Parmesh Shahani, who heads Godrej India Culture Lab. "It has not only enabled more people from the LGBT community to come out, but has done great work for employer branding b...1 January 2016
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How the Godrej group is creating an inclusive culture to accept its LGBT colleagues
As a part of the Godrej India Culture Lab, occasionally an event is organised around the LGBT theme. The auditorium being located inside the Godrej One building, the audience often has a large share of Godrej employees. It adds to the sensitization. 27 December 2015
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