Meet the Team

Director

Kuljit is a gay Punjabi man who was born and brought up in the UK. He has worked in the mental health field for over 15 years and also has a passion for music and the visual arts.

He started The Open Minds project with Sarbat Sikhs and Taraki in 2019 to build the resilience of Punjabi LGBTQ+ people living in London. Kuljit has lived experience of the shame and stigma that LGBTQ+ Punjabi people can face.

He hopes The Open Minds Project will contribute to more open and inclusive spaces for sexual and gender diversity in Punjabi and South Asian communities.

Director

Kirath is a clinically trained Integrative Psychotherapist working with adults and young people individually and as a group facilitator within community, charity, education, health/social care spaces and has a part-time private practice.

Kirath has over 15 years experience, specialising in trauma, identity, anti-racism, intersectionality and inclusivity. Their approach is holistic, creative, embodied and dialogic, with a bipoc trans feminist, trauma and adjustment lens; inviting connections with all aspects of ourselves, the world and beyond - supporting awareness, healing, growth and holistic wellbeing.

Kirath is passionate about community empowerment from all aspects including, consulting and facilitating emotionally sustainable and anti-oppressive work and livelihoods for organisations, projects, practitioners and creatives.

Kirath has been a volunteer team member and group facilitator for The Open Minds Project since Autumn 2020 and, in collaboration with Taraki has led the OMP x Student Spaces project throughout the covid pandemic, providing support spaces for LGBTQIA+ students who identify with Punjabi/South Asian heritage.

Director

Mohak originally hails from Punjab, India. He is an Engineering Manager at his day job and has been working in the tech industry for 8 years now, starting with backend software engineering roles.

When he is not at his tech job, he volunteers at the Open Minds Project where he handles social media management for them, and also runs a podcast where he talks to parents of South Asian Queer kids on their journeys of acceptance and support for the kids.

Director

Manju is an anti-oppression facilitator, organisational change consultant, and joyful disruptor, originally from Kerala and now based in London. With a background in learning and development, she brings care, clarity, and creativity to spaces she holds—whether facilitating strategy workshops, leading fundraising projects, or hosting saree workshops that celebrate movement and ancestral connection.

Grounded in Black feminist thought and intersectional activism, she seeks to centre voices not often heard in mainstream South Asian spaces—from the south, the northeast, indigenous communities, and across the diaspora. She’s here to challenge the tired narratives and make space for complexity and connection.

Manju joined TSC during its transition to help shape inclusive, culturally-rooted spaces for the wider South Asian diaspora.