Dr. Shruti Chakravarty
(she/her)
Chief Advisor, Mariwala Health Initiative
Shruti Chakravarty, PhD (cis woman; pronouns: she, her) has 20 years of experience in the social sector, as a mental health practitioner, researcher, trainer, and social worker. Her areas of engagement have been mental health, gender, and sexuality, from a rights-based perspective. She has an independent therapeutic practice based in Mumbai, has in-depth experience working with LGBTQIA+ clients in the therapeutic space, and has co-authored Queer Affirmative Counselling Practice (QACP): A Resource Book for Mental Health Practitioners in India. She is also the author of Homo and Juliet: Queer and Lesbian Love Stories. She has completed her PhD on the subject of queer intimacies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Shruti is Chief Advisor and Training Team Lead at Mariwala Health Initiative (MHI) and also faculty at the Queer Affirmative Counselling Practice course run by MHI. She has also been an Assistant Professor of Psychology at KREA University.
