Plenary speaker

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…

Presented a paper in IACM 2023

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

Book Launch Programme

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…