Author: Dr. Shakuntala Gawde

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 delivered a lecture on Kathopanishad on 24th January, 2023 in the 34th Gyanayajna organized by K. J. Somaiya Trust and Somaiya Sanskriti Vihar

Dr. Shakuntala Gawde engaged lecture on Puranic Mythology- Exploring New Dimensions in Yuvaspanda– an initiative by Public Relations Cell, Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Nagpur on 26th February, 2022. Explaining definitions, classifications, and features of Puran, Dr. Gawde said that the main source of Puranas is the maukhik tradition. Supernatural elements, divine beings, and miracles are […]

Dr. Shakuntala Gawde was honoured as ‘Sarsasvati of modern Era’ in Navadurga Series by Leading Marathi Newspaper Tarun Bharat for her contribution to Sanskrit language and literature. Articles about her was published on 7th October 2021 taking review of her research and scholarship in Sanskrit. Article can be read on following link- click to read […]

Dr. Shakuntala Gawde received Academisthan Teacher Award 2021 (Young Teacher’s Award category of Humanities) in the virtual presence of Prof D.P. Singh, Chairman, UGC and Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, MP, Rajya Sabha (patron of the event) and Prof T.V. Kattimani, Vice Chancellor, Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh (chairperson of a jury panel). She received this […]