Kiran Gandhi

Activist, Artist, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Global soul, Musician, Performer, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, World traveler

Kiran Gandhi, who performs as Madame Gandhi, is an award-winning artist and activist known for her uplifting, percussive electronic music and positive message about gender liberation and personal power. She began producing music in 2015, after her story running the London Marathon free-bleeding to combat menstrual stigma went viral around the world. She has been listed as a TED Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30 in Music and BBC 100 Women. She was the first ever data analyst at Interscope Records and toured as the drummer for Grammy-nominated artist M.I.A while pursuing her MBA at Harvard. In 2022, she traveled to Antarctica while pursuing her Masters in Music, Science and Technology at Stanford University's CCRMA to record the sounds of glaciers melting to create awareness and empathy around climate change. These sounds are now featured in her latest song “In Purpose” available on all streaming platforms, where for the first time ever, NATURE is credited as an artist to receive a portion of all streaming royalties. This is part of Earth Percent's Sounds Right initiative. In June 2023, she was awarded the Songwriter's Hall of Fame Abe Olman Prize for excellence in songwriting and leadership. She also won the Jury Award at SXSW for her music video, "Waiting For Me". Today Madame Gandhi travels to speak, DJ and perform internationally. Gandhi's mission is to use her music and voice as a medium for a message about personal expression, sustainability and thriving.

Music, the planet, gender equality, music production, field recording, health, fitness, marathon running, boxing, yoga, meditation

Sampling the sounds of nature to create empathy and awareness around climate change! Then redirecting any streaming royalties from the music back to conservation organizations.

Activism, Art, Empowerment, Gender liberation, Music, Personal expression

We were the pandemic cohort! So grateful to my online cohort who held me down that year <3