AR.

NIMESH SHETTY
ARCHITECT, DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF ‘THIRD EYE CAFÉ’,
PALM BEACH ROAD. HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION
PEOPLE HAVE TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY. THE CAFÉ CURRENTLY
HAS SIX TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES, FOUR OF WHOM WORK AS
TABLE ATTENDANTS , ONE IS IN KITCHEN, WHILE ONE WORKS AS
THE MANAGER. THE RESTAURANT EMPLOYS AROUND 20PEOPLE.
HE HAS COMPLETED HIS B.ARCH FROM RIZVI COLLEGE OF
ARCHITECTURE, MUMBAI. HE COMPLITED HIS THESIS IN 2014,
WHICH PROPOSED A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR TRANSGENDERS.
HIS FIRST STEP INTO THE PROFESSIONAL SPHERE STARTED WITH
HIM WORKING AS AN ARCHITECT UNDER ARCHITECT HAFEEZ
CONTRACTOR AND WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH GAURI
SAWANT’S NGO,WHO IS A TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST, WHICH IS
COMMITED TOWARDS THE BETTERMENT AND AMELIORATION OF
THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. HE IS ALSO A PART OF TRUST
CALLED ‘ AJI CHA GHAR’, WHICH IS SAFE AND FRIENDLY HOME
FOR ABDONED GIRL CHILDREN AND DESTITUTE SENIOR
TRANSGENDER SITUATED AT KARJAT, MAHARASHTRA, AND IS
ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AS AN ARCHITECT , HELPING THEM
GROW BIGGER BY THE DAY. DIRECTOR OF THE ‘THIRD EYE CAFÉ’
WHICH IS FOR HIRING THE TRANSGENDERS AS THE PERSONNEL
AND NOW HAS BECOME THE PLATFORMFOR THE TRANSGENDERS
TO GET TRAINED AND SERVE IN A FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE
ENVIRONMENT, HELPING THEM CREATE A LIFE FULL OF
HAPPINESS AND SMILES.