Tarang Chawla Travels from Melbourne, VIC

Tarang produced and hosted the first two seasons of the acclaimed podcast There's No Place Like Home which told the stories of victim survivors in their own words. 

Tarang sits on the board of Gender and Disaster Australia, the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT) and has advised both the public and private sector on diversity and inclusion, family violence reform, mental health, embedding lived experience and gender equality. Earlier, Tarang was a founding member of the Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council (VSAC) in Victoria, where he advised both state and federal governments in the Royal Commission into Family Violence. 

Tarang is a proud Indian migrant, educated at Melbourne High School and later the University of Melbourne where he graduated with honours degrees in Law, Media and Communications, and Gender Studies.

Some of his achievements include: Young Australian of the Year Finalist, twice listed in the Top 25 Most Influential People working for Social Change and Australia’s Top 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians. His work can be seen on all Australian media outlets as well as on the BBC, CNN and Times of India.