Dr. Shakuntala Gawde was invited by Kelaniya University, Sri Lanka as a Visiting Fellow. She participated as a key note speaker in second International Conference on Sanskrit Studies 2017. She was a panelist in a panel discussion on the topic ‘life after death’ organized as a part of ICSS 2017.
She conducted lectures and workshops on various topics including Research methodology in Sanskrit, New trends in Sanskrit studies, Sanskrit language skills. She guided students for writing their dissertations. She shared her ideas for the formation of new syllabus.