Manak is a feminist, queer activist and development professional. His work aims to enable systems development and power shifts on issues of gender justice, sexuality rights, health equity, violence prevention and youth leadership development. His expertise includes organisational development and management, capacity building, communication for change, public and policy advocacy, and resource mobilisation and management. Manak is a General Body member of Jagori, a feminist women’s rights organisation based in Delhi, an Advisory Board Member with CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality, an international youth organisation based in the Netherlands and a volunteer with the Delhi Queer Pride committee. He is also an advisory board member with The YP Foundation, a youth leadership development organisation that works on gender, sexuality, education and social inclusion, where he also served as the Executive Director from 2015-2022.