Ms. Anjali Gopalan Anjali Gopalan is the Founder and Executive Director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an NGO dedicated to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. Ms. Gopalan worked as a journalist and social worker before founding the Foundation in 1994. She first realized the devastating potential of HIV/AIDS while working as a social worker for several years with community-based organizations in New York City, providing direct services for HIV/AIDS and substance abuse issues. Upon returning to her native India in the early 1990s, Ms. Gopalan saw a tremendous gap in HIV/AIDS prevention and care services. Drawing upon her work with community groups in the United States, she founded the Naz Foundation Trust, which has a particular focus on vulnerable groups within in the general population. Naz offers a range of prevention and care programs that cater to the needs of these underserved populations. Since founding Naz, Ms. Gopalan has become a social activist, speaking at international fora and giving numerous media interviews challenging both the international and Indian community for a more coordinated and humane response to the epidemic. At the heart of her work is her concern for people living with HIV/AIDS, and she manages a care home for both women and children infected with the virus in New Delhi. In 2005, Ms. Gopalan was nominated and short-listed for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work.