Ritesh Gohiya

Based in Harda, Madhya Pradesh, Ritesh Gohiya fosters dialogue and solidarity around India’s constitutional values through music.

With his team at SHEDO, he creates alliances and platforms for folk artists, rural musicians, and young performers from Dalit and Adivasi communities in Central India. Through fellowships, a community recording center, and cultural events, SHEDO launches young performers and local bands, strengthens the Kabir–Nirguni music traditions of the region, and rebuilds artists’ livelihoods.

Ritesh has informally trained and mentored more than 2,000 rural youth musicians, helping them develop their performance practice and engage peer networks in exploring how the Indian constitution can be lived through music in the Kabir tradition.