Meet the grassroots organizations who are part of the first cohort of The Pride Fund, India's first dedicated LBTQIA+ fund launched in February 2025.

Basera is a non-profit organization that strives to promote and protect the rights of the LGBTQ community. It advocates for transgender rights, anti-discrimination laws, protection against hate crimes, documentation and reporting of gender-based violence, and HIV/AIDS awareness. Basera has been instrumental in facilitating employment for members of the transgender community across industries and organisations.

You can find out more about the work of the Basera Samajik Sansthan here: https://baserasamajiksansthan.org/about-us/

The Pride Fund is led by three philanthropists: Radhika Piramal, Keshav Suri, the executive director of the Lalit Suri Hospitality Group and the founder of the Keshav Suri Foundation, and Parmesh Shahani, head of Godrej Dei Labs from the Godrej Industries Group. Read more about it here: https://thepridefundindia.org/about-the-pride

For more information go to https://www.dasra.org.

This episode is in Hindi.