About Research Connect

India's first queer embodiment AI lab

Working at the intersection of

Grounded in postcolonial realities

Qinārā AI designs research, tools, and cultural interventions rooted in the lived realities of queer communities in India. We centre embodiment as a method to build more responsive systems of care, access, and representation.

ABOUT THE LAB

Qinārā AI is an experimental research lab operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence, trans healthcare, and cultural production.

We believe that the bodies most marginalized by current AI systems hold crucial knowledge for building more just, more human futures.

Our work spans academic research, policy consultation, and speculative design—always grounded in lived queer experience.

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RESEARCH PILLARS

Our work spans three interconnected domains, each informed by queer theory and embodied practice.

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Trans Healthcare Systems

AI frameworks centering trans embodiment in clinical decision-making and healthcare access.

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Policy & Institutional Design

Research policy work shaping how institutions engage queer communities across India.

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Cultural Production & Futures

Speculative design and artistic practice imagining and manifesting queer futures.

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"AI systems are being built on bodies that were never consulted. We're here to change that."

The stakes of embodied AI are not abstract. They determine who receives care, who is seen, and whose futures are possible.

Let's Build Together

We collaborate with researchers, healthcare providers, policymakers, and artists working toward more just futures.