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Ram Puniyani (born 25 August 1945) is a former professor of biomedical engineering and former senior medical officer affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He began his medical career in 1973 and served IIT in various capacities for 27 years, beginning in 1977. He has been involved with human rights activities and initiatives to oppose Hindu fundamentalism in India
Ram Puniyani is a human rights defender and a former professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay). He has dedicated the past 20 years of his life to promoting human rights and communal harmony in India and is a well-known advocate for rationalist thought in the country.
He is associated with various secular initiatives and has been part of various investigation reports on violation of human rights of minorities.He has also served as part of an Indian People’s Tribunal that investigated the violation of rights of minorities in the states of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
He regularly conducts seminars and workshops on topics related to the threat of communal politics, human rights, values of secularism, the Uniform Civil Code debate, the partition tragedy, Kashmir Imbroglio and others. He is known for his articles and essays which regularly appear in Indian magazines and newspapers.He also runs a fortnightly e-bulletin Issues in Secular Politics.
In early June 2019, he claimed that he received threatening phone calls from unknown persons who demanded that he stop his “anti-Hindu” activities and leave the country. Puniyani filed a report with the Mumbai Police.