Kaizaad Kotwal

Kaizaad Kotwal is an Indian producer, director, actor, writer and designer. He has worked on over 200 theatre and film productions, including the Indian production of the Vagina Monologues. He won an Emmy Award for Art Direction in 1996.

Life and career Kotwal was the first person to graduate with a triple major bachelor's degree from Wabash College in Indiana, USA. They have translated the play into Hindi and Gujarati. It has been performed consistently since then by actors like Dolly Thakore and Mona Ambegaonkar. Together, Kotwal and Mody-Kotwal founded the Make-A-Difference Foundation in 2008 to advocate for women's empowerment.

In 2014, he participated in the second annual Women of India Leadership Summit in New Delhi alongside other artists and women's rights activists.

In December 2018, Kotwal held a TED talk entitled "Art and the Accidental Activist".

In 2019, Kotwal and Mody-Kotwal were awarded the Karmaveer Puruskar Mahartna award for their activism for women's rights.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

2012 - Karmaveer Chakra Award 2019 - Karmaveer Puruskar Maharatna Award