Shraddha Kumbhojkar

Shraddha Kumbhojkar is a Professor of History and heads the Department of History at Savitribai Phule Pune University. She obtained a Master’s degree in History and another Master’s in Sanskrit and then went on to defend her doctoral thesis entitled Nationalistic Interpretations of Ancient Indian Texts: Maharashtra during 1885-1929.

In her career as a university teacher spanning over 25 years, she has developed a research interest in Ancient and Modern Indian History, European Intellectual History, Historiography, Memory Studies and Dalit Studies.

Her research articles and reviews have been published in Economic and Political Weekly, Samaj Prabodhan Patrika and Loksatta. She has presented her research at Academic Conferences in Europe, Australia, the Far East and the USA. She has also contributed lectures at the Gottingen University, Deusto University and Groningen University.  Since the pandemic, she has delivered invited lectures at Oxford University, The Asiatic Society of Bombay and other places of learning.