Feroze Gujral

Gujral began her career as a model at the age of 18. She has featured on the multiple covers including Elle and Vogue, and has endorsed luxury brands like She has anchored a television show called Tonight with Feroze. She has been a columnist for Indian Express[CN], Deccan Chronicle[CN] and Vogue (India), a pioneer of TEDx India and curator for TEDx Delhi, and also been a guest lecturer at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).[10]

Gujral is regarded as one of India’s leading art patrons.[b] She is on the international board of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Serpentine Gallery in London, and the advisory board of IGNCA, New Delhi. [c][e] She founded the Gujral Foundation in 2008 along with her husband Mohit Gujral, a philanthropic foundation which funds public projects on art, architecture, design and culture.[12][13][14] Over the years, the foundation has supported many national and international projects, including the Kochi-Muzuris Biennale 2012-2018, My East is Your West at the 56th Venice Biennale, Contour Biennale 8, 11th Shanghai Biennale, 8th Berlin Biennale, VS Gaitonde: Painting As Process, Painting As Life exhibition at the Guggenheim New York, Desire Machine Collective at The British Museum. [b][c][d]

Of special note is the Kochi-Muziris Biennale for which she is founding patron, and instrumental in securing the main venues of the Biennale: Aspinwall House and Cabral Yard. Also, in 2015, the Gujral Foundation along with a few other partners presented a collateral event at the 56th Venice Biennale titled My East Is Your West, which not only marked India’s presence at the event but also saw a unique shared presentation between India’s Shilpa Gupta and Pakistan’s Rashid Rana, bringing together the conflicting nations through art.[b] Gujral has been an ambassador for Save The Children and WWF, and supports Teach for India. She along with her husband, also support long-standing initiatives started by the family post-partition. This includes a school, an orphanage and home for destitute women. She also supports forums for street children started by Vikar Ewari in Hyderabad, Telangana.