Presentations

Conferences & Seminars

International

Organised International Conference on ‘Tracing modes of Gendered Thinking: Ideation and Philosophy from Global South (With Special Reference to India), 4-6th Dec 2024, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Keynote Presentation on ‘The Life as a Canon: Reclaiming foundational anchors for the History of Thought through Indian Women Lives’ in Online Conference on Non-Canonical Women in the Histories of Philosophy, organised by University of Hildesheim, 16th-17th March 2023.
Keynote Address ‘From the Self to the Universal: Exploring thinking in Modern India’ in the 1st New Voices Conference Women in the History of Philosophy, organised by the Centre for History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, University of Paderborn, 26-27th Feb 2022. (Online)
Presentation on ‘Ecological Underpinnings in the Gendered Philosophies from India’ in the 21st International Conference of Women Philosophers, organised by IAPH and the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, the University of Tokyo, 1st-5th August 2025.
Presentation on ‘On Enlightenment: The quest of ‘being human’ in the political writings of Indian women philosophers’ in the International Conference on How Women Shaped the Nordic Enlightenment I: Intellectual Equality, Women’s Education, and Moral Philosophy, organised by the Department of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, 18th-20th March 2025.
Presentation on ‘Speaking and Contesting in different tongues: Gendered Intellectual history of ideas from Modern India.’ in the International Conference Annual Conference on ‘Women, Men, and Other Animals’, organised by the International Society of Intellectual History (ISIH) and Aarhus University, Denmark, 11th-13th June 2025.
Presentation as part of Panel on ‘Intercultural Feminist Philosophy: Bridging Global Perspectives’, World Congress of Philosophy, University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy, 3rd August 2024.
Presentation on ‘South Asian Women and their shaping of Normative’, World Congress of Philosophy, University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy, 4th August 2024.
Presentation on ‘Emancipatory and Decolonial Pedagogies: Mainstreaming Gendered Intellectual Herstories of Ideas’ in International Seminar on Comparative Reflections on Gender and Higher Education in India: Special Focus on the NEP 2020 and the States of North Eastern India, organised by National Institute of Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, and IIT Guwahati on 5th and 6th March 2024
Panelist in Roundtable on ‘Efficacy of International Institutions in protecting Women & Children during Humanitarian crisis’ in International Seminar on Exploring the Role of International Institutions in Resolving Contemporary Issues, organised by Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University, 1-3rd March 2024.
International Roundtable on 1000 Voices in One World, on Women in Heritage: Translations and the Pursuits of an Inclusive Canon, organized by Centre for Women Philosophers and Scientists, University of Paderborn, 6th Feb 2024.
Resource Person and presentation on ‘Feminist Tradition within Indian Political Philosophy’ in Two-Day International Webinar in memory of Prof V.P Varma, organized by the Department of Political Science, Patna Women’s College, Bihar, India, 26th and 27th November 2023.
Presentation on ‘Annie Besant: The Karmayogini of Kashi and Bharat’ in International Seminar on Indian National Movement: voices from the Margins, organised by National Social Services (NSS), Banaras Hindu University, BHU, 1-3rd March 2023.
Presentation on ‘Herstory of Kashi Vishwavidyalaya: Annie Besant and shaping of BHU.’ in Gender and Higher Education, organised by National Institute of Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, India, 27th-28th Jan 2023.
Presentation on ‘Women shaping Institutions: Annie Besant and Making of an Indian University’ in International Workshop on Feminism and Philosophy: New and Old Questions, organised by International Association of Women Philosophers and Institute of Women’s Research, Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM),1-2 December 2022.
Presentation on ‘Autobiographies as sites of Global Herstories: Pandita Ramabai and Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya’ in Telling Stories: History, Narrative and Fiction organised by Centre for Public History, Queens University, Belfast, 15th-16th Sept 2022.
Presentation on ‘A Non Eurocentric History of Justice and Equality: Ambedkar and Lohia in conversation’ in International Colloquial on Beyond Eurocentrism in Intellectual History, Organised by UCL Institute of Advanced Studies, Department of History, UCL and The Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought at Queen Mary University, London, Sept 2021 (Online).
Presentation on ‘Pursuits of Global Gendered Intellectual History: Stories from India’, in the XVIIITH Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPH): Defining the future, Rethinking the past 2021, Paderborn University, Germany, July 2021 (Online).
Discussant for the Panel on ‘Intellectual histories from the ‘margins’ and their impact on the Indian Political’ in the Intellectual History Workshop on Twentieth Century India, organised by Cambridge Politico: Political History Collective, University of Cambridge on 17th June 2021. (Online).
Presentation in Special Session on ‘Heritage Centre: Relevance and Possibilities in Bodh Gaya’, 3rd Bodh Gaya Global Dialogues organised by Deshkal Society, IGNCA, and ICPR on 19th Dec 2020. (Online).
Presentation on ‘Making of Indian Womanhood: Specters of Bharat Mata’, International Workshop on Motherhood and Religions, University of Erfurt, Germany, 14th-15th July 2019.
Presented on ‘Religion and making of the nationalist self’ in the 16th Annual Conference of European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR 2018 ) Multiple Religious Identities at Bern, Switzerland, on 17-21st June 2018.
Presented on ‘Buddhism and the Indian normative self’ as annual colloquia at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany, on 5th June 2018.
Presented on ‘Reading Mahapandita Rahul Sankrityayan’s Buddhist-Marxian Praxis’ in International Conference on Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963): Maha Pandit in the land of Snow, Organised by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in collaboration with Indian Council for Philopshical Research, New Delhi on 14-15th March 2018.
Participated and presented on ‘Buddhism and the Idea of India: Making of Bodh Gaya’ at Bodh Gaya Global Dialogues, organised by Deshkal Society, Bodh Gaya, India,9-12th March 2018.
Presented on ‘Gendered Risks’ in the International Workshop on Reinforcing Institutional Decision Making in Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation jointly organised by Special Centre for Disaster Research, JNU, and Kennedy School of Governance, Harvard University at JNU, New Delhi, 16th- 18th Feb 2018.
Presented a paper titled ‘Understanding Indian Art through Coomaraswamy’ in the International Conference on Indian Art Heritage in changing World: Challenges and Prospects, organized by the Department of History and Fine Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 27th March 2017.
Presented a paper, “Understanding Sinhala as the dominant ethnic identity through the lens of Dharmapala” in the International Seminar on Ethnicity and Development in South Asia : Issues and Challenges organized by School of Extension and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University. Jan 2016.
Presented on ‘Women and Disasters” in the Second World Congress on Disaster Management, organised by DMICS, Government of Andhra Pradesh, and NAPSIPAG, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 19th-22nd Nov 2015.
Discussant for the session on ‘Role of State and Political Economy in the Centre for Political Studies’sYoung Scholars Conference, organised by the School of Social Sciences, JNU, Delhi, Feb 2015.
Discussant for one-day interaction on ‘Ananda K Coomaraswamy’ with Prof Roger Lipsey, organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), Ministry of Culture, Government of India, August 2013.
Presented a paper, “Revisiting Buddhism through the lens of Coomaraswamy in South and Southeast Asia.” Organized by the Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Delhi, Oct 2011
Chaired a session on Buddhism and Hinduism in the International workshop Breastfeeding(s) and Religions: Normative Prescriptions and Individual Appropriations. Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Antiquity to the Present, Max Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt, Germany, 11- 12 July 2018.
Chaired session S96-B Multiple Religious Belongings in the Past and Present II in the 16th Annual Conference of European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR 2018 ), Multiple Religious Identities at Bern, Switzerland, on 17-21st June 2018.

National

Participated as a panelist on ‘Hamara Samvidhan, Hamara Swabhimaan: Constitution Day jointly organised by Central University of Haryana and District Administration, Mahendergarh, on 26th November 2024.
Participated as Key Discussant of Nico Slate’s The Art of Freedom: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya in Barahmasa: The Book Discussion Forum, Malviya Moolya Anusheelan Kendra & Inter Cultural Studies Centre, BHU on 3rd May 2024.
Roundtable Panelist on ‘Savitribai Phule Ka Sangharsha evam Samajik Nyay’, Organised by Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, 3rd January 2024.
Resources Person and Presentation on ‘Feminist Methods and Translations’ in 2 Days Collaborative Workshop on Social Sciences & Humanities: Deliberations and Academic Writing in Hindi, organised by NIEPA &Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 12th -13th Dec 2022.
Presentation on ‘Infiltrating the Narrative: Women and the Nationalist Struggle for Independence and Autobiography of Kamla Devi Chattopadhyay’, in National Seminar on India@75 years of Independence: Celebrating Unsung Women Freedom Fighters, organised by G B Pant Social Sciences Institute, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India, 26th-27th Dec 2022.
Presentation on ‘The Self, Agency and Discourse on Rights: Women thinking and Project of Indigenity in Modern India, in the 5th Annual National Conference Social Sciences in India’s Tradition, organised by Rashtiya Samaj Vighyan Parishad and Hansraj College, University of Delhi, 15th-17th Oct 2022.
Presentation on ‘Buddhist Thinkers and their invocation of Women’, The Place of Women in Reli-gion, The Sixteenth Samvada Annual Seminar, Gokul, Mathura, 4- 6th Nov 2019.
Presented a paper, ‘The Sinhala self and the others in Dharmapala’s Universe in the National seminar Beyond Identities: Reflections from South Asia Imaginaries of Nation and Universe, organized by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 13-14th March 2018.
Presented a paper ‘Quest for Humane Gendered Security: Concerns of Disaster induced Migration’ in UGC SAP National symposium on Human Security, MDG and SDG Outcomes in South Asia, organised by the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, 7-8th March 2018.
Presented a paper titled ‘Making of the Indian Constitutional self through Buddhism’ in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s writings’ in Affirmative Actions in theory and Practice: Achievements and challenges, organised by the Department of Political Science, Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi, 6-7 Jan 2017.
Presented paper titled ‘Anagarika Dharmapala: The Buddhist Revivalist’ in Reimagining South Asia: An exploration into the history of ideas, organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, on 17-18 February 2017.
Presented paper titled ‘Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy: Nation’s Art Historian’, in Reimagining South Asia: An exploration into the history of ideas, organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, on 17th- 18th February 2017.
Presented paper ‘Mahakosha and the making of the Sinhala in Sri Lanka’ in the special featured session in Reimagining South Asia: An exploration into the history of ideas, organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 17th and 18th Feb 2017.
Chaired a panel titled Political leadership in South Asia in Reimagining South Asia: An exploration into the history of ideas, organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, on 17th Feb 2017.

Invited Presentations

Plenary lecture on ‘Decolonial Pedagogies and Gendered Intellectual Herstories’ in National Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities in integrating Indian Knowledge System with Modern Knowledge System, organised by Sariya College, Vinoba Bhave University, Giridh, Jharkhand, 12th September 2025.
Plenary Lecture on ‘Being Human: Tracing the historical Indian Women thinking’ in International Conference on ‘Women Thinkers and Thoughts in Colonial and Postcolonial India: Ideas, Histories and Methodologies’, organised by Kailashbashini Devi Centre for Women Studies, University of North Bengal, 18th March 2025
Plenary Lecture on Social Scapes in the Literary: Tracing the Political in Mahadevi Varma, Contemporary Trends in Indian Literatures, Organised by the Department of Indian Languages at Banaras Hindu University. 4-8th March 2025.
Talk on Hindi Cinema and Shaping of Gender: Politics and Praxis on 14th Sept, as part of the workshop, “The Language of Cinema: Workshop on Film Theory and Practice,” organised by the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, BHU, 10th -17th September, 2024.
Lecture on ‘Mahadevi Varma: The Political, Moral and the Ethical’, The Neem Collective and Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi on 27th April 2024.
Lecture on ‘Pandita Ramabai and her views on Gender and Education’, Department of Political Science, DAV College, Varanasi, on 2nd April 2024.
Lecture on ‘Recovering the Organic: Women Thinking in Modern India’, Department of Philosophy, University of Paderborn, Germany, on 25th January 2024.
Lecture on ‘Women Philosophers and the Question of Self-Esteem and Dignity: Tarabai Shinde’, Department of Philosophy, University of Hildesheim, Germany, on 18th January 2024.
Lecture on ‘Women Philosophers and the Question of Religion: Pandita Ramabai Saraswati’, Department of Philosophy, University of Hildesheim, Germany, on 11th January 2024.
Lecture on ‘Gendering Research Methods’, Research Methodology Course in Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, on 13th August 2023.
Lecture on ‘Women Rethinking Intellectual History of Ideas in South Asia’ at Pavate Foundation and Department of Political Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India on 28th Jan 2023.
Lecture on ‘Engagements with Annie Beasant: Education, Nation and the Self’, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Archives, Malviya Anushilan Kendra, Banaras Hindu University, 1st Oct 2022.
19th Manoranjan Jha Lecture on ‘Making of the Political: Gendered Intellectual History of Modern India 1850s-1940s’ at Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, BHU, 18th June 2022.
Lecture on ‘Engagement with the Self: Indian women Ideation’ at Centre for South Asian Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge, 28th April 2022.
Lecture on ‘Negotiating Thresholds: Cornelia Sorabjee’s Contributions in shaping Gendered Intellectual History in Modern India’, at Ancient Iran and India Trust (AIIT), Cambridge, 11th March 2022.
‘Engagements of a Pedagogue: Teaching Women Thinkers’ at Kailashbhasini Centre of Women Studies, Dr MeghnadSaha College, University of Gour Banga, West Bengal, on 8th March 2022 (Online)
Lecture series on ‘Dr B. R Ambedkar: The thinker, Philosophy and Politics’, Malviya Centre for Peace and Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, BHU on 13th Oct, 13th Nov, and 13th Dec 2021.
Lecture on ‘Bharat: Manthan of Ideological streams’, organised by Centre for Heritage Management, Department of History, Banaras Hindu University, Oct 2021. (Online)
Lecture on ‘Kamaladevi Chattopadhayaya’ as part of the Lecture Series on Women in Modern Indian Political Thought, organised by Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, Varanasi, on 21st July 2021. (Online)
Lecture on ‘Thinking on Gender and Women in the Temporalities and Tropes of Buddhism’, School
of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, India, on 2nd March 2021.
Special Lecture on ‘Decolonising Feminism: Transnational Feminism and Third World Feminism’ as part of the course ‘Kønsteorierihistoriskogpolitiskkontekst’, University of Aarhus, Denmark, on 3rd November 2020 (Online)
Lecture delivered on ‘Emancipation and Political Buddhism(s)’ at Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, 11th Feb 2020.
Departmental Lecture on ‘The thick and the thin: South Asia’ in the Department of Strategic and
Security Studies, School of International Relations, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, on 24th Nov 2019.
Guest lecture on ‘Tropes of Political Buddhism(s): Tracing the Genealogy’, Department of Political Science, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi, on 11th April 2019.
Talk on ‘Normativity & the Indian Self: Reflections from Political Buddhism’ at IIIT Hyderabad, 1st April 2019.
Guest lecture on ‘The Indian Political Self: Buddhism as the Foundation’ on June 19th December 2018, Max Weber Kolleg, Erfurt, Germany.
Guest lecture on ‘Reason in Traditions of Emancipation’ on 10th December 2018, Willy Brandt School of Policy, University of Erfurt, Germany.
Talk and Masterclass on ‘History of Ideas: Positioning Arts and Crafts in Kamla Devi Chattopadhyay and Ananda K Coomaraswamy’ for doctoral researchers at National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 29th August 2018.
Lecture on ‘Reclaiming India Through its Art forms: Coomaraswamy and his writings,’ as part of the Architecture and Society Series, organised by GREHA in collaboration with India Habitat Centre, in Amaltas, IHC on 16th August 2018.
Talk on ‘Buddhist Thinkers of Modern India’ in Ambedkar University on 6th April, 2018.
Talk on Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and the invocation of West, organised by the Intellectual History Research Group, Department of Political Science. University of Delhi, on 11th Sept 2017.