indradhanu

Indradhanu is an independent student-driven resource body committed to raising collective consciousness and sensitization on the lives and struggles of diverse gender and sexual minorities among the IIT Delhi campus fraternity. The objective of the collective is two-pronged - on one hand, we are committed to creating a conducive space for diverse gender and sexual minorities in the campus to explore, socialize, learn and unlearn in a safe, comforting, and holistic environment, and on the other, it collaborates with relevant institute-level bodies on policy formulation and decisions that concern the rights, needs and human development of persons belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community. It is done through a range of activities like community-level robust support mechanisms, awareness programmes, thematic dialogues, knowledge creation and hosting social events.


Since 2013, the collective has played instrumental role in mainstreaming conversations on the rights of LGBTQIA+ persons within the campus through talks, pride marches and on the national stage by being a part of the Pan IIT petitioners' group that challenged the constitutional validity of Indian Penal Code 377 (that criminalized homosexuality).


Indradhanu endeavours to make IIT Delhi a more gender and sex- positive campus and strive towards the intersectional causes of social justice, equality, and freedom.