Indrani Pal Chaudhuri

Markus Klinko and Indrani—the hottest team in celebrity and fashion photography—have produced album covers for Beyonce, Mariah Carey, and David Bowie, and shot everyone from Lady Gaga to KateWinslet, Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan, and Naomi Campbell. As former stars of the Bravo series Double Exposure and in past lives as a recording artist and top model, respectively, Markus and Indrani have spent most of their lives in front of the cameras, giving them a unique perspective on the realities and fantasies of their celebrated subjects. The result is a collection of powerful, definitive, iconic images of some of the most engaging stars of our time.

Lecturer on “Moving Millions to Action with Art and Film for Human Rights and Social Change.”
Organizer and Host of “The Art of Anti-Racism and Social Justice.”
Keynote Speaker at Engage 2020 Innovation Conference on “Arts, Media, and Social Justice.”
Keynote Speaker at the Humanities Council’s Organizing Stories Towards a Scholarly-Activist Praxis on “Mythography, Digital Storytelling, and Counter-Colonizing the Heteropatriarchal Gaze.”

Co-Founder and Director of the foundation, providing quality education, frontline community support, vocational training, library, clinic, and micro-financing for village collectives, serving 300+ lowest-income women and children annually in West Bengal. Oversees hiring of all faculty and administrators; co-ordinates and updates curriculums and extra-curricular activities programs; oversees women’s vocational training, literacy program, and micro-financing programs. Handles press and public relations, legal issues, contracts negotiations, problem-solving, security, and all fund-raising.

Keynote Speaker, Social Justice Advocate for BIPOC Women,LGBTQIA+, Sustainability, TV Personality
2010 – Present (11 years)
An acclaimed keynote speaker, host, and educator, She headlines conferencesand leadership teams around the world, inspiring audiences at the UnitedNations, Harvard University, Princeton University, the Lincoln Center, CarnegieHall, Center Pompidou Paris, and more. “Wielding her visionary work likea weapon, Indrani is using her art and resources for social justice andchange”

Co-Host
October 2018 – Present (2 years 9 months)

The Global People’s Summit is held during the General Assembly at the UnitedNations. It provides a space for a truly global conversation to take shape—a place where people and organizations around the world can collaborate,share best practices, foster innovation, build community, celebrate success,influence global agendas, and find new ways to translate their vision intoaction—together online. The GPS democratizes access to information andconversations that shape the world. It creates a space where people are notleft out of conversations because of the color of their passports, inability totravel or social status. We convene a space that is globally inclusive and notexclusive, putting narratives from around the world into the heart of the work ofthe UN to decision makers by leveraging technology to take conversations outof conference rooms and into an online public forums.

United Nations Women’s Entrepreneurship Distinguished Fellow
August 2018 – Present (2 years 11 months)

Women’s Empowerment Distinguished Fellow. Empowering, celebratingand supporting women in business worldwide. Working globally to empowerwomen and girls to become active participants in the economy by igniting anetwork of women leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to initiate startups,drive economic expansion, and advance communities around the world.In order to achieve this ambitious goal, WED builds and catalyzes the vitalnetworks of like-minded individuals and organizations that women businessleaders need in order to realize their full potential and change the world

Speaker
May 2020 – Present (1 year 2 months.
International leaders and the science community shine a spotlight on theunprecedented pandemic and global crisis caused by Covid-19, in support ofDoctors Without Borders. We talk to leading scientists and researchers abouttheir unprecedented collaboration in the hunt for a cure. With Sophie Trudeau,Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. David Suzuki, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Minister CatherineMcKenna and other luminaries. https://livemedaid.com

Keynote speaker on High Tech to High Touch at the intersection ofentertainment and social impact. This forum brings together the brightestinnovators, filmmakers, leaders of industry, and social change agents, toengage in candid and forward moving conversations

Keynote Speaker on Innovation and Sustainability in Photography andFilm
April 2015 – April 2015 (1 month)

Keynote Speaker, “Make it Happen – Equity, Empowerment,Excellence”
March 2015.
At Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Orissa, India, speakers includedNorwegian Ambassador to India Elvind S. Homme, Founder of CounselageIndia Suhel Seth, Actress and Activist Nandita Das, President of BusinessStandard Ltd. Akila Urankar and founder of KITT and KISS Dr. AchyutaSamanta

Chief Visionary Officer and Chief Marketing Officer: The most effective cognitive therapy program which targets the neural pathways required for reading acquisition, to remedy learning disabilities and ADHD. Product development, branding, marketing, partnerships, licensing, and academic studies.

Shakti Empowerment Education Foundation (SEEschool.org) is committed toempowering women and children in India through education. Since 1994, ithas provided literacy, education, vocational training, libraries, micro-financingand homeopathic care to 300 children and women annually in West Bengal,India.

Keynote Speaker Highlighting human rights filmmakers and activists who are leading the culturalfight against laws that criminalize and discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.Co-sponsored by The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Center for AfricanStudies, David Rockerfeller Center for Latin American Studies, HarvardBusiness School, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at HarvardLaw School, Lakshmi Mittal Family South Asia Institute, the Cambridge HumanRights Commission, Cambridge LGBTQ+ Commission, HKS Women Network,and Harvardwood.

Directed "Girl Epidemic" to raise awareness of trafficking, female infanticideand the need for girls' education, in partnership with NGO Nanhi Kali, NaandiFoundation and NY ad agency Strawberry Frog.

Special Advisor, World Forums and Director of Relations, World FilmForum March 2013 - November 2015 (2 years 9 months) The Global Millennium Development Foundation complements efforts by theUnited Nations (UN) and the international community to accelerate actions toachieve UN Millennium Development Goals, identify and advance the post2015 development agenda and build on the progress made to end worldpoverty. The Foundation, supported by critical individuals and corporationsworldwide, provides informational and technical resources to UN-accreditedNon-Governmental Organizations working to improve the quality of life for those in need. Adopted by 189 nations in the year 2000, the UN MillenniumDevelopment Goals provide eight concrete benchmarks for tackling extremepoverty and multiple deprivations by 2015.