Background
Babu Gogineni was born on April 14, 1968 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India; the son of Gurubabu and Aruna Kumari (Vegunta) Gogineni.
Foundation for Indian Studies Krisher Vavilala (left) presents a memento to Babu Gogineni. Others are FIS board directors Virchal Merchant, second from left, Dr. Sreeram Arepalli and Raghu Nednur.
Babu Gogineni (left) receives an award from Foundation for India Studies Chairman Krishna Vavilala (center) with event emcee Vishal Merchant.
Foundation for Indian Studies Krisher Vavilala (left) presents a memento to Babu Gogineni. Others are FIS board directors Virchal Merchant, second from left, Dr. Sreeram Arepalli and Raghu Nednur.
Babu Gogineni (left) receives an award from Foundation for India Studies Chairman Krishna Vavilala (center) with event emcee Vishal Merchant.
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Babu Gogineni was born on April 14, 1968 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India; the son of Gurubabu and Aruna Kumari (Vegunta) Gogineni.
Gogineni received a degree of Bachelor of Science from Nizam College in Hyderabad in 1988. Two years later he earned a Postgraduate diploma in International trade from Bhavans Institute in Hyderabad.
Gogineni began his career as a Teacher of French language at Alliance Francaise in Hyderabad in 1986 and held it for three years. Then he served as Joint secretary of Indian Radical Humanist Association in Bombay between 1988-1996.
In 1993, Babu became a Vice-President of the Indian Rationalist Association in Hyderabad and worked until 1996. In 1995, he took a position of a Secretary General of the association and held it for a year.
Also Gogineni was part of South Asian Humanist Network in 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.
In 1997, he was appointed Executive Director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union and held the position until 2015.
Gogineni is also a prolific writer in English, French and Telugu. He worked as a columnist for Hyderabad-based daily newspaper "Postnoon" and wrote a column called "The Human Angle". Babu has also hosted a multi-language TV series called "The Big Question with Babu Gogineni" offering a Humanist perspective on science and civilization. He is a regular television commentator in India and abroad on topics of superstition, science, humanism and human rights.
Gogineni was a member of Indian Radical Humanist Association, Indian Rationalist Association and South Asian Humanist Network.
On July 4, 1999 Babu Gogineni married Sahana Kanjula. They have a child.
