<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;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. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/vikalpvadodara/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Vikalp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is a women’s rights group that advocates for the rights of marginalised women &amp; gender/sexual minorities, working closely with and in rural tribal areas. Formed in 1996 to combat domestic violence and discrimination against women in Gujarat, India, particularly tribal women, over time Vikalp has evolved at the intersection of class, caste, religion, gender identity and sexual orientation, intervening in the everyday lives of marginalized women and LBT people.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maya Sharma&lt;/strong&gt; is a veteran feminist activist, researcher and writer, and part of this grassroots women's organization, Vikalp in Vadodara. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;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: &lt;a href= "https://thepridefundindia.org/about-the-pride"&gt;https://thepridefundindia.org/about-the-pride&lt;/a&gt;. Find us at &lt;a href="https://www.dasra.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Dasra&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Funding Pride: Meet Vikalp

MAR 18, 202510 MIN
No-Cost Extension with Deval Sanghavi

Funding Pride: Meet Vikalp

MAR 18, 202510 MIN

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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. 

Vikalp is a women’s rights group that advocates for the rights of marginalised women & gender/sexual minorities, working closely with and in rural tribal areas. Formed in 1996 to combat domestic violence and discrimination against women in Gujarat, India, particularly tribal women, over time Vikalp has evolved at the intersection of class, caste, religion, gender identity and sexual orientation, intervening in the everyday lives of marginalized women and LBT people.

Maya Sharma is a veteran feminist activist, researcher and writer, and part of this grassroots women's organization, Vikalp in Vadodara. 

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. Find us at Dasra.