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కొన్ని వందల కోట్ల వ్యాపారం అది - Babu Gogineni || Dil Se With Anjali
Babu Gogineni (born Rajaji Ramanadha Babu Gogineni; 14 April 1968) is an Indian Humanist, rationalist, and human rights activist, who served as Executive Director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). He is one of the best-known Humanists in international circles.
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- Babu Gogineni Dil Se With Anjali
- What is the big question
- Early life and activism
- IHEU career
- Notable Positions held
- In media
- References
Gogineni is the founder of South Asian Humanist Association and Indian Humanists. He is also the founder and owner of Skillguru, a training organization and private business.
In his activism, Gogineni campaigns against established privilege and abuse of rights done in the name of religion. During his time with the IHEU, he led IHEU's worldwide campaigns for the protection of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, bringing Pakistani freethinker Younus Shaikh to safety in Europe. In India, he successfully led the campaign for rehabilitation and protecting the rights of Sambhavi, a child who was claimed as a reincarnation of a Buddhist goddess.
In 2003, Gogineni was one of the signatories to the Humanist Manifesto. He also identifies himself as an enthusiastic Bright.
Gogineni is also a prolific writer in English, French and Telugu. He was a columnist for Hyderabad-based daily newspaper Postnoon and wrote a column called "The Human Angle". He has also hosted a multi-language TV series called The Big Question with Babu Gogineni offering a Humanist perspective on science and civilization.
Gogineni is a public communicator, and travels domestically and internationally to spread humanism and awareness on social issues,. He is a regular television commentator in India and abroad on topics of superstition, science, Humanism and human rights.
What is the big question
Early life and activism
Gogineni was born on 14 April 1968, in Hyderabad, the son of Aruna Kumari (née Vegunta) of Eluru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh and Gurubabu of Tenali, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. At the age of 18, he became the youngest certified French language teacher in Hyderabad. He later graduated from Nizam College and did a Postgraduate Diploma from Bhavan's Institute.
Gogineni has been active in the rationalist and Humanist movement from a young age. He served as Joint secretary of Indian Radical Humanist Association, Bombay between 1988-1996; Vice-President of the Indian Rationalist Association, Hyderabad between 1993-1996; Secretary General of Rationalist Association India, Hyderabad between 1995-1996, and was part of South Asian Humanist Network, Bombay between 1995-1996, before moving to the United Kingdom in 1997, where he continued his activism work with the International Humanist and Ethical Union.
IHEU career
Gogineni was appointed as Executive Director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) in 1997. He was associated with IHEU till 2015.
During his long association with IHEU, Gogineni implemented the IHEU's move to the United Kingdom, turned IHEU into a multi-lingual proactive campaigning organization, arranged IHEU’s lobbying efforts at international level by securing Special Consultative status at the United Nations, organized IHEU’s first General Assembly (GA) in Africa, and conceptualized and founded the IHEU Centre for Bioethics at the UN in New York. He also helped organize IHEU’s Congresses in Mumbai (1999), Amsterdam (2002) and Paris (2005), and its first GA in Africa (2004).