Workshop IV: Women Leaders in the Academy, Media and Publishing

The fourth and last workshop of the Teaching Feminisms, Transforming Lives project, was held in 2019 in Delhi, India. Its main theme was on women leadership in the academy, media and publishing.

Feminist Academics and Publisher — *(L-R) Urvashi Butalia*, *Prof Fiona Mackay, Dr Radhika Govinda, Prof Rukmini Sen, Prof Krishna Menon, and Dr Bindu KC at Zubaan Books.*

Workshop programme (PDF)

Roundtable Discussions

"When Women Lead - The Feminist Leadership Challenge in Institutions of Higher Education in India and the United Kingdom."

Chaired by Prof Krishna Menon, this roundtable features some of the co-investigators of Teaching Feminisms, Transforming Lives project from the University of Edinburgh and Ambedkar University Delhi (e.g. Prof Fiona Mackay, Prof Sumangala Damodaran, Prof Rachana Johri, Dr Bindu KC and Prof Rukmini Sen). It also features one of the project's PhD scholars, Nibedita Hazarika, who shares her experiences and reflections on feminist challenges in Higher Education.

Audio recording of the roundtable discussion

"Women's Voices, Visions of Democracy and Publishing" chaired by Prof. Rukmini Sen, Ambedkar University Delhi, India. Co-organised by the Centre for Publishing at Ambedkar University Delhi.

Co-organised by the Centre for Publishing (Ambedkar University Delhi), Prof Rukmini Sen chairs this roundtable together with feminist journalists and publishers such as V. K. Karthika, a publisher from Westland Publications. Shailly, one of the PhD scholars participating in this project, shares her reflections on being a student.

Video excerpt from the roundtable