Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper titled “Govardhana: Divine Interplay – Unveiling its Nature as the Supreme and the Devotee” at the International Conference on “Philosophy of Vaishnava Vedanta: Culture, Legacy and Traditions”, held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, on 26–27 August 2023. In her presentation, she explored the theological and philosophical dimensions…
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Transformation of demon into devotee- A Case of Putanā’ in sixteenth annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology- Mythologies of Violence: War in Heaven, War on Earth organized by organized by International Association for Comparative Mythology, 21th -25th August, 2023 compmyth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IACM_Tulsk_2023_program_PRINT.pdf
The book “Narrative Analysis of Bhāgavata Purāṇa”, authored by Dr. Shakuntala Gawde, was formally inaugurated by a distinguished panel comprising Baldev Das (Vice President, ISKCON Temple), Jessica Merritt (Indiana University, Bloomington), Dr. Fr. Arun D’Souza (Director, Heras Institute of Indian Culture, St. Xavier’s College), Prof. Rajendra Shinde (Principal, St. Xavier’s College), and Dr. Sumanta Rudra…
Book ‘Narrative Analysis of Bhāgavata Purāṇa’. The book will be inaugurated at the hands of Baldev Das (Vice President, ISKON temple), Jesicca Merritt (Indiana University-Bloomington), Keith D’souza (Rector, St. Xavier’s College), Dr. Fr. Arun Desouza, (Director, Heras Institute of Indian Culture, St. Xavier’s College), Prof. Rajendra Shinde (Principal, St. Xavier’s College), Dr. Sumanta Rudra (Dean…
Book entitled ‘Narrative Analysis of Bhagavata Purana’ authored by Dr. Shakuntala Gawde is now published. This book is sponsored by Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) and published by Dev Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi. Prof. Ferdinando Sardella ( Associate Professor of History of Religions, Stockholm University) has written a Foreword for the book and Dr. Gauri…
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde engaged a session on Rasasadhvani and it’s application to various arts in the one week workshop on Dhvani: putting to work organised by Mumbadevi Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Shanakaracharya’s resistance to ritualism’ in the two day multilingual National seminar on ‘Adab and Ehtejaj’ (Literature and Resistance) organized on 7th and 8th February 2023 by Department of Urdu, University of Mumbai.
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Exploring Gokarṇa Purāṇa- a sthalapurāṇa of Gokarṇa Mahābaleśvara‘ in World Sanskrit conference 2023. This paper was presented in in the Puranans section which was chaired by McComas Taylor (Associate Professor, Reader in Sanskrit College of Asia and Pacific, Australian National University). She participated in panel discussion.
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde was invited as a chief guest for Sanskrit Din 2022 at Sanskrit Department of Ramanarain Ruia College. She delivered a lecture on ‘Dimensions of Sanskrit Research’. Meritorious students were felicitated and students presented drama ‘Aranyakam‘.
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde delivered a lecture on Kathopanishad on 24th January, 2023 in the 34th Gyanayajna organized by K. J. Somaiya Trust and Somaiya Sanskriti Vihar