Dibeyendu Ganguly is a veteran journalist with 26 years’ experience with The Economic Times in Ahmedabad and Mumbai. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from BITS, Pilani (graduating batch of 1984) and is the recipient of the IE Business School (Madrid) Award for Excellence in Business Journalism.
Dibeyendu has been active in the LGBT movement since the early 90s and has written for pioneering magazines like Bombay Dost and Trikone. He has written on LGBT issues in The Times of India and The Economic Times as well. He is particularly known for his front page article in The Times of India in defense of Pushkin Chandra, who was tragically murdered in Delhi in 2004.
Dibeyendu has been a core member of GayBombay, one of Mumbai’s longest running gay support groups. He has served on the jury of the Humsafar Trust Likho Awards for excellence in LGBT representation in media.
Dibeyendu retired from The Economic Times in 2019 and is currently a consulting editor with Vibes of India, an online news portal published from Ahmedabad.