Vishwanath Falegaonkar, a PhD research scholar at IIT-B, who is the overall coordinator at Saathi, says that similar events were held for the first time at the Delhi and Madras campuses of the institute in January and February respectively. “Our teams attended both the events and we really wanted to have one on our campus. We have been working on this since then,” he says. 

The festival features a quiz about gender, sexuality and identity and a talent show for students to showcase their talents such as stand up comedy, poetry, story-telling and other skills. Rangavali will also see a sensitisation workshop for the faculty and students, as well as two panel discussions around themes such as same sex marriage, mental health challenges faced by the community, the issues faced in an academic setting and the overall environment with regards to the community in the country. “IIT-Delhi has a post for the Dean of Diversity and Inclusion and we intend to put in a formal request for a similar position at our campus after the event,” says Falegaonkar.

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