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Professor (Dr.) Smita Sahgal

Journal Publications

  • Sahgal, S. (2025). Subtle mutations within the kṣātradharma of the king: A Masculinist Analysis of the Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata. Studies in People’s History, 12(2), 137–158.
  • Sahgal, A., & Sahgal, S. (2025). Whose Bodies Matter?: Exploring historical flows and fractures in Indian reproductive norms. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 12(12), 49–52. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.1212.19697
  • Sahgal, S. (2025). Reflections on marginalised masculinities. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 83, 89–98.
  • Sahgal, S., & Ghai, P. (2025). Exploring Gender Foundations of Kshatriya Masculinity within the Mahābhārata. Pāṇinīya.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024). Questioning Hegemonic Masculinity: Yudhiṣṭhira dialogic exchange with Bhīṣma within Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 82, 118–126.
  • Sahgal, S., & Ghai, P. (2024). Tweaking the change: Aspects of Kshatriya Masculinity in the Āpaddharma Section of the Mahābhārata. Social Scientist, 52(11–12), 29–44.
  • Sahgal, S., & Malik, V. (2023). Making Dents in the Paradigm of a Perfect Wife: Parvati’s Negotiation with Patriarchy in Indian Mythology. Advances in Social Science Research Journal, 10(4), 221–232. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.104.14419
  • Sahgal, S. (2021). The Mahābhārata Conundrum: Querying Draupadī’s Rights and Responsibilities. NIU Journal of Human Rights, 8, 18–31.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021). Āpaddharmaparva: Articulating the Dilemma on Ethics and Politics within the Epic, the Mahābhārata. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 8(6), 224–239. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.86.10376
  • Sahgal, S. (2020). From Violation of Perceived Animal Rights to Prevention and Protection of the Same: A Study of Ritual Shifts within Bull Cults of Early India. NIU International Journal of Human Rights, 7, 67–80.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020). Evolving Dharma Consciousness of Dharmaputra Yudhishthira within the Mahābhārata. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 7(12), 14–26. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.712.9444
  • Sahgal, S. (2020). Power of Animal Symbolism: Bull as a Metaphor of Masculine Might: Political Authority and Cosmic Evolution within the Vedic corpus. International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, 6(12).
  • Sahgal, S. and Aparna Srivastava (2020). Securing Human Rights through Good Governance: A peep into Mauryan state history of early India. NIU Journal of Human Rights, 7, 67–80.
  • Sahgal, S. (2019). Gāthāsaptaśatī: Retelling Intimate History of Ancient Deccan. Advances in Social Science Research Journal, 6(2), 467–474. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.62.6226
  • Sahgal, S. (2019). Gendered Construction of War in the Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata. International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, 5(2).
  • Sahgal, S. (2018). The Perfect Man: Perspectives on Masculinities within Heterodox Traditions of Early India. Sociology Study, 8(7), 336–344. https://doi.org/10.17265/2159-5526/2018.07.004
  • Sahgal, S. (2018). Levirate in ancient Israel: Overlapping frames with early Indian practice of niyoga. Advances in Social Science Research Journal, 5(7), 240–247.
  • Sahgal, S. (2018). Constructing Vedic Masculinities: Animal Symbolism, Mythic Constructions and Ritual Practices. Social Scientist, 46(9–10), 23–41.
  • Sahgal, S. (2016). Niyoga (levirate): Conflict Resolution to Bruised Masculinity in Early India. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 6(4), 303–308.
  • Sahgal, S. (2015). Situating Kingship within an Embryonic Frame of Masculinity in Early India. Social Scientist, 43(11–12), 3–26.
  • Sahgal, S. (2012). Gendered inquiry into Niyoga: Appraising institution from the perspective of female actors. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 72, 179–192.
  • Sahgal, S. (2012). Exploring the beneficiaries: A gendered peep into the institution of Niyoga in early India. Indian Historical Review, 39(2), 163–198.
  • Sahgal, S. (2010). Mutations within the Tradition of Niyoga: An Assessment from a Woman’s Vantage. Journal of Ancient Indian History, 27, 116–132.
    Sahgal, S. (2010). Masculinity in Early India: Constructing an Embryonic frame. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 70, 151–163.
  • Sahgal, S. (2009). Reading Godharma: The myth and its possible contexts. Social Science Probings, 21(1), 47–58.
  • Sahgal, S. (2007). Women’s “Consent” and Women’s “Agency”: A study of Madhavi in Mahabharata. Social Science Probings, 19(1), 1–10.
  • Sahgal, S. (2006). Polyandry within Patriarchy: Reiteration of Male Hegemony in the social-sexual contexts of early India. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 66, 199–214.
  • Sahgal, S. (2006). Locating female sexuality: A Study of Polyandrous Representations. Social Science Probings, 18(2), 33–51.
  • Sahgal, S. (2005). Looking at the Bull: Decoding its Myths. Social Science Probings, 17(2), 1–30.
  • Sahgal, S. (1998). Strinirvᾱṇa: A Dent in Spiritual Hegemony: A Historical Perspective. Trends in Social Science Research, 5(2), 40–45.

Books

  • Sahgal, S. (2017). Niyoga: Alternative mechanism of lineage perpetuation: A socio-historical enquiry. Primus Books.
  • Shrimali, K. M., Gupta, V., Singh, M., Sahgal, S., Choudhary, P., & Shah, S. (2013). Teaching history. Aakar Publication.

Chapters in Books

  • Sahgal, S. (2024). Transdisciplinarity and the Bhagavad Gita: Synthesising ethics with pragmatism. In G. Bhatnagar et al. (Eds.), Literature and Trans disciplinarity (pp. 63–74). Macmillan Education India Private Limited.
  • Sahgal, S. (2023). Hunting and dicing: Where leisure intersected with masculine aspirations in early India. In S. Bawa (Ed.), Delights and disquiets of leisure in premodern India (pp. 75–106). Bloomsbury.
  • Sahgal, S. (2022). Locating non-normative gender constructions within early textual traditions of India. In V. Mahajan et al. (Eds.), Gender equity: Challenges and opportunities: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (pp. 441–450). Springer Nature Singapore.
  • Sahgal, S., & Ghai, P. K. (2020). Norms and departure: Locating women’s economic agency within the Dharmaśāstras. In V. Jain (Ed.), Women: Struggle, survival and success (pp. 1–13). Bloomsbury India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020). Purāṇic marginalisation: Examining silenced voices of women in early Indian literature. In S. Nayak & S. Malik (Eds.), Reconstruction of Indian history: Society and religion (pp. 78–87). NB Publications.
  • Sahgal, S. (2019). Goddess worship and mutating gender relations within the Hindu pantheon: From Vedic to Puranic. In V. Jain (Ed.), Women: A journey through the ages. New Delhi Publishers.
  • Sahgal, S. (2017). Ecological dimensions of Ahiṃsā: A historical peep into Buddhist and Jaina ethics. In P. Srivastava, P. Rai, & S. Shukla (Eds.), Spiritual ecology and sustainability: Practice and confluence (pp. 67–85). Authors Press.
  • Sahgal, S. (2014). Alternatives Marginalised: Fluctuations in Brahmanical Paradigms on the Niyoga. In D. N. Jha (Ed.), The complex heritage of early India: Essays in memory of R. S. Sharma (pp. 475–512). Manohar Publishers and Distributors.
  • Sahgal, S. (2013). Negotiating Spaces in Patriarchal frames: A comparative reflection on Draupadī and Mādhavī’s representation in the Mahābhārata. In N. Chaturvedi (Ed.), Equivalent issues and women in post-independent India (pp. 151–163). Pratyush Publications.
  • Sahgal, S. (1994). Spread of Jainism in North India between circa 200 BC and AD 300. In N. N. Bhattacharya (Ed.), Jainism and Prakrit in ancient and medieval India: Essays for Jagdish Chandra Jain (pp. 205–232). Manohar Publishers and Distributors.

Book Reviews in Journals

  • Sahgal, S. (2023). Review of Krishna Mohan Shrimali’s The Religious Enterprise: Studies in early Indian religions (Vols. 1–2). Studies in People’s History, 10(1), 106–115.
  • Sahgal, S. (2019). Review of Anamika Roy’s Sixty-four Yoginis: Cults, Icons and Goddesses. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 26(3).
  • Sahgal, S. (2019). Review of Hermann Kulke’s History of precolonial India: Issues and Debates (English ed. revised by B. P. Sahu). Social Scientist, 47(5–6), 3–26.
  • Sahgal, S. (2015). Review of Jaya Tyagi’s Contestation and Compliance: Retrieving Women’s agency from Puranic traditions. Indian Historical Review, 42(2), 336–339.
  • Sahgal, S. (2014). The Region in Historical frame (Review of the book The changing gaze: Regions and constructions of early India, by B. P. Sahu). Indian History, 1, 181–184.
  • Sahgal, S. (2007). Representing the Sacred (Review of the book Indian architecture: Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain, by S. Sahai). Biblio, 12(1–2), 37–39.
  • Sahgal, S. (2007). Review of the book Bull in Indian Architecture: Up to sixth century, by B. Jha. Social Science Probings, 16(1), 155–160.
  • Sahgal, S. (1998). Review of the book India in the Age of Kanishka: Age of Global Interaction and Expansion, by M. Thakur. Trends in Social Science Research, 5(1), 152–156.

Papers Presented at Seminars/ Conferences

  • Sahgal, S. (2026, April 21). Reimagining Ancient Indian Gender Historiography [Conference presentation]. International Seminar on Reimagining Indian Historiography: Recent Advances in Historical Research, Motilal Nehru College (Evening), New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S., & Sahgal, A. (2025, November 7). Whose well-being counts: Tracing continuities and ruptures in India’s reproductive norms [Conference presentation]. 7th Asian Association Women’s Studies Conference 2025, UP Open University, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
  • Sahgal, S., & Ghai Kaushik, P. (2025, June 26–30). The power of questions: Yudhiṣṭhira’s recalibration of Kṣatriya masculinity through “praśnas” in the Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata [Conference presentation]. 19th World Sanskrit Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, February 11). Decoding myths: Intimate conversations and socio-historical reality [Keynote address]. 2nd Delhi History Congress (International), Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, December). Reflection on marginalised masculinities: The case study of Niṣādas in the Mahābhārata [Conference presentation]. Indian History Congress, Patiala, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, December). Subtle mutations within the Kṣātradharma of the king: A masculinist analysis of the Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata [Panel presentation]. Social History Panel, Indian History Congress, Patiala, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, July 26). Mahābhārata, masculinities and popular perception: Exploring the epic from a gender vantage [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Culture and History, Vienna, Austria.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, April 10). Two stories on Niṣādas in the Mahābhārata: Assessing shades of marginalised masculinities [Conference presentation]. International Seminar on Traversing the Land of Tales: Storytelling Traditions of Indian Cultures, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S., & Kaushik, P. (2024, March 21). Women’s voices shaping Kṣatriya masculinity in the Mahābhārata [Conference presentation]. First Global Vidushi Conference, Global Sanskrit Forum, Mata Sundari College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2023, December 29). Questioning hegemonic masculinity: Yudhiṣṭhira’s dialogic exchange with Bhīṣma in the Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata [Conference presentation]. 82nd Session of the Indian History Congress, Warangal, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2023, November 23). The Mahābhārata: An array of gender relations [Seminar presentation]. National Seminar on Gender in Indian History: Constructions, Representation and Reality, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2023, July 26). The perceived role of ahiṃsā (non-violence) in the contemporary Santmat tradition of India: A survey-based study on the Radhasoami sect of Dayalbagh [Conference presentation]. ICCH 2023 Conference, Vienna, Austria.
  • Sahgal, S., & Malik, V. (2023, February 23–24). Ruptures in divine household: Parvati’s “playful” subversion of perfect wifehood [Conference presentation]. 6th International Conference on Future of Women 2023: Empowering Women, Powering the Future.
  • Sahgal, S. (2022, March 5). Yudhishthira within the frame of Mahābhārata masculinity: A deviant or a game changer? [Panel presentation]. Fourth Annual International Gender Conference 2022: Men, Masculinity and Gender Equality, Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts and DePaul University, Pune, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021, October 22). Women and workplace: Gender and social issues in colonial India [Panel presentation]. International Symposium on Aspiring Healthier Workplaces (SASHW-2021), SVNIT, Baroda, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021, August 27). The Bhagavad Gita: Synthesising ethics with pragmatism [Plenary lecture]. International Conference on Literature and Transdisciplinarity, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021, May 21). Ethical consciousness or real politik: Dialectics of the Āpaddharma within the Mahābhārata [Conference presentation]. 3rd Dayalbagh Science of Consciousness International Conference, Kiel, Germany.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021, February 28). From sacrifice to release: Ritual shifts within bull cults of early India [Conference presentation]. 4th International Conference of the Israeli Association for the Study of Religions on Cults and Rituals, University of Haifa, Israel.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, November 25–27). Non-normative gender constructions in textual traditions of early India [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Gender Equity: Challenges and Perceptions, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, August 8). Bull as power: Exploring mythical representations of masculinity, authority and cosmic reality [Conference presentation]. Digital Annual Conference, Bologna, Italy.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, May 23). Dharma consciousness of Dharmaputra Yudhishthira within the Mahābhārata [Conference presentation]. Dayalbagh Science of Consciousness Digital Conference, in collaboration with the University of Waterloo, Canada.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, February 14–15). Puranic marginalisation: Examining silenced voices of women in early Indian literature [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Reconstruction of Indian History: Society and Religion, University of Berhampur, Odisha, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2019, March 8). Sacred geography of Kamakhya cult [Panel presentation]. Divya Drishti Festival, IGNCA, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2019, January 23–24). Goddess worship and mutating gender relations within the Hindu pantheon: From Vedic to Puranic [Conference presentation]. World History Congress, Amity University, Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2018, December 29–30). Bovine divine: Locating bull cults within religious frames of early India [Conference presentation]. 7th International Academic Conference on Social Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Sahgal, S. (2018, March 11–12). Scriptural location of ahiṃsā (non-violence) within Indian religious traditions [Conference presentation]. Conference on Sacred Scriptures—Their Nature and Place in Religion, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Sahgal, S. (2017, April 7). Reading niyoga from a gender vantage: The issue of surrogacy within the Mahābhārata [Conference presentation]. International Conference on The Mahābhārata and Inter-Asian Cultures: Transmissions, Adaptations, Performances and Histories, IGNCA and Department of English, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2016, October 8). Norms and departure: Locating women’s economic agency within the Dharmaśāstras [Conference presentation]. National Conference on Sanskrit Research Traditions in Modern Context, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2014, December 28–30). Locating levirate in ancient Israel: Postulating parallels with Indian niyoga [Conference presentation]. Indian History Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2014, November 22–24). Nalanda and Vikramshila: Buddhist repositories of higher learning—A historical review [Conference presentation]. International Conference, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies and Indian Institute of Buddhist Studies, Pune, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2014, October 14). Ecological dimensions of ahiṃsā: A historical peep into Buddhist and Jain ethics [Conference presentation]. National Conference on Spiritual Ecology and Sustainability: Confluence and Relevance in the 21st Century, Maharaja Agrasena College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2014, October 10). Notions of the “ultimate man” within the spiritual tradition of early Buddhism: A historical study [Conference presentation]. XIV Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Buddhist Studies, Allahabad, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2013, November 1). Violence and valour: Essential ingredients of Mahābhārata masculinity [Conference presentation]. Second Annual International Conference on Violence in Indian History, Archive India Institute.
  • Sahgal, S. (2012, November 1). Situating kingship within the discourse of masculinity in early India [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Kingship in India, Archive India Institute.
  • Sahgal, S. (2011, December 12). Gendered enquiry into niyoga: Appraising the institution from the perspective of female actors [Conference presentation]. 72nd Session of the Indian History Congress, Patiala, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2011, March 4–6). Endurance through assimilation: The permeation of the goddess into Jain atheistic traditions [Conference presentation]. International Festival of Sacred Arts.
  • Sahgal, S. (2011, February). Niyoga and inheritance norms: Legal frameworks without the subject-voice or choice [Conference presentation]. International Seminar on Feminism of Discontent: Global Contestations, Debates on Gender and the Law, Australian National University and O. P. Jindal Global University.
  • Sahgal, S. (2010, May). Masculinity in early India: Constructing an embryonic frame [Conference presentation]. 70th Session of the Indian History Congress, Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2009, December). Is history a science? Challenges in communicating scientific history [Conference presentation]. Second Peoples Education Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2007, October). Reading Godharma: The myth and its context [Conference presentation]. International Seminar on History of Religion, Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, in collaboration with the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and the Embassy of Romania, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2006). Polyandry within patriarchy: Reiteration in the socio-sexual context of early India [Conference presentation]. 66th Session of the Indian History Congress, Santiniketan, India.

Invited Talks/Lectures

  • Sahgal, S. (2026, February 19). Sources and practice of history-II [Workshop session]. Three-Day Workshop on UGCF-NEP 2020, Department of History, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2026, February 2). Chair of session on Entangled histories: Human, non-human and post-human [Conference session chair]. Delhi History Congress, Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, July 9). Excavating History from the World of Mythical Narratives: Glimpses from Ṛksaṃhitā, the Mahābhārata and Skanda Purāṇa [Online talk]. Karwaan Project.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, June 20). Svadharma in the Bhagavadgītā and the Mahābhārata: Exploring the Socio-Psychological terrains of dharma [Online lecture]. LSR Summer School: Timeless Lessons—Gita and Psychological Insights.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, August 29). Role of Education in Gender Sensitisation [Invited lecture]. Women Development Cell, Vivekanand College, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, September 5). How to Read Gender in a Historical Context [Online talk]. Historiologus.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, September 18). Draupadi’s Negotiations with Rights and Responsibilities within the Mahābhārata [Invited lecture]. Amity Institute of Social Sciences, Amity University, Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, October 17). Conversation(s) on Research: Issues, questions and methodology [Workshop lecture]. Department of History, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, March 3). Chair and discussant for Uma Chakravarti’s The Dying Lineage: The Crisis of Political Power in the Mahabharata [Book discussion]. JNU Academics, CPS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, September 11). Svadharma to Sūkṣmadharma: Changing Contours of Kshatriya Masculinity within the Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata [Seminar presentation]. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, February 27). Issues Surrounding the Complexities of the Notion of Svadharma in the Mahabharata [Panel presentation]. International Conference on Science, Spirituality and Health, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, February 28). Moderator for panel on Sustainable Solutions to Global Crisis in Health and Wellbeing [Conference panel moderation]. International Conference on Science, Spirituality and Health, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, October 4). Contesting separate sphere theory: Women in political space in early India [Invited lecture]. Department of History, Lakshmi Bai College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, September 30). Values and ethics for personal and professional development: Learnings from the Mahābhārata [Online presentation]. Amity School of Business, Amity University, Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S., & Ghai, P. (2024, August 30). Contemporary Popular Perceptions of Mahābhārata Masculinities [Seminar presentation]. Department of History, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, February 6). Chair of session on Gender and Sexuality [Conference session chair]. Delhi History Congress, India International Centre, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2025, November 20). Revisiting Gender Normativity in Early Indian Textual Traditions [Invited lecture]. Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2024, May 4). Bending the Normative: Masculine Aspirations Revisited within the Āpaddharmaparva section of the Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata [Seminar presentation]. Seminar on Reflections on Masculinities within the Mahābhārata, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2023, September 21). Contesting the Binary: Gender Norms and Departure in Early India [Memorial lecture]. Dr. Vijayanath Memorial Lecture, Janaki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
    Sahgal, S. (2023, November 16). Women in Political Space in Early India [Faculty development programme lecture]. Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2023, February 2). Gendered Understanding of “wellbeing” in early Indian textual traditions [Panel presentation]. Seminar on Wellbeing: The Challenges of Gender, Caste and Disability, Gargi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2022, January 19). Reading the Mahābhārata from the Vantage of Masculinity [Online heritage talk]. Karwaan Heritage Talk Series.
  • Sahgal, S. (2023, May 2). Fluid Gender Identities in Textual Traditions of Early India [Guest lecture]. Guest Lecture Series on Recent Trends in English Literature, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2022, February 12). Caste and Lineage within the Mahābhārata [Panel presentation]. Department of English, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2022, April 7). Gendered Political spaces in Indian history [Invited lecture]. Amity Institute of Social Sciences, Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2022, April 16). Education and Print: Opening up Vistas for Gender Equity in Early Twentieth-century India [Webinar lecture]. Janaki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021, May 28). Articulation in print: New Gender Identity in Early Twentieth-century India [Webinar lecture]. Samaya: The Gender Sensitising Society, SGND Khalsa College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021, March 9). Reading history in myths: A Historian’s Craft [Workshop presentation]. Historian’s Craft Workshop, Dayal Singh College History Society, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021, February 11). Enigma of Draupadi [Invited lecture]. Radhakrishnan Book Club, College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2021, February 10). Gradual Women’s Empowerment: Education and Print media in the Early Twentieth century [Invited lecture]. School of Business Studies, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, May 19). Dialectics on Dharma and Karma within the Bhagavad Gita [Webinar lecture]. School of Liberal Arts, Noida International University, Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, June 29). Pressures of Procreation in History [Webinar lecture]. Humanising Lives.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, May 5). Re-reading the story of Madhavi from a modern lens [Webinar lecture]. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, February 26). Surrogacy and the Politics of Reproduction in Early India: A gender analysis [Invited lecture]. Aryabhata College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, February 6). Yudhishthira: Challenging Kshatriya Masculinity within the Mahᾱbhᾱrata [Seminar presentation]. Dhyana Society, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, November 25–27). Panel discussant on Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities [Conference panel]. International Conference at SVNIT, Surat, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2020, August 3). Teaching history: Empowering Young Minds [Faculty development programme lecture]. 2nd International Faculty Development Programme, Kaash Foundation in collaboration with the University of Ottawa, Canada.
  • Sahgal, S. (2019, September 19). How to read a text [Workshop lecture]. Department of History in collaboration with the Ijtihad Journal, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2019, January 29). Towards Critical Thinking: Issues and Debates in the World of History [Invited lecture]. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2019, February 19). Masculinity within Heterodox Sects in Early India [Keynote address]. Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2018, March 26). Devi Worship and Sacrificial Cults in India [Keynote address]. Colloquium on Sacrifice and Sacrificial Cults in Eastern Religions, University of Haifa, Israel.
  • Sahgal, S. (2018, March 15). Sustaining and Critiquing Violence: Women’s Voices within the Mahᾱbhᾱrata [Panel presentation]. Reclaiming Women’s Voices: A Historical Approach, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Technique of use [Workshop lecture]. Research Methodology Workshop, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2017, February 17). Foundations of Vedic Masculinities: Animal Symbolism, Myths and Ritual practices [Invited lecture]. Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2017, October 27). Gender in the Matrix of Power, Love and Hate: Reading Trajectories of Draupadῑ and Mᾱdhavῑ within the Mahᾱbhᾱrata [Invited lecture]. Janaki Devi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2017, October 26). Fate of Social Sciences in Higher Education [Panel presentation]. Panel discussion on Higher Education in India, Department of Sociology, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2017, August 24). Badalte samaj ka sandarbh aur niyoga pratha [Talk in Hindi]. Interdisciplinary Interaction, Department of Hindi, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2017, July 27). Historical Reading of Myths: Niyoga within the Mahᾱbhᾱrata and Purᾱṇas [Faculty development programme session]. Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2016, March 17). Reflections on Gender Relations within the Mahābhārata [Invited lecture]. Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2016, March 12). Output of Quality Assurance in Higher Education: The Evolution of a Complete Individual [Conference lecture]. Fourth National Student Academic Congress, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2016, February 19). Draupadῑ and Mᾱdhavῑ: Reading trajectories of some women characters of the Mahābhārata [Study circle discussion]. Noida, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2015, August 11). Contesting Notions of Virility and Violence: Alternative images of Masculinity within the Mahābhārata [Invited lecture]. Aung San Suu Kyi Centre for Peace, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2015, March 19). Resource person at the Research Methodology Workshop [Workshop]. Manipur University, Imphal, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2014, February 19). Research Methodology and Drafting of Research Proposal [Refresher course lecture]. History Refresher Course, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2013, August). Masculinities in Early India: Possibilities of a Discourse [Faculty research forum presentation]. Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2013, March). Ahiṃsā: A Gateway to Consciousness [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Towards Science of Consciousness, University of Arizona and Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2012, May 17). Exploring the Beneficiaries: A Gendered Peep into the Institution of Niyoga in early India [Invited lecture]. Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2010, July). Discussion of Gurcharan Das’s The Difficulty of Being Good [Book discussion]. Bluebells School, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2008, December). The Relevance of Social Science in Contemporary Society [Seminar presentation]. St. Peter’s College, Agra, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2006, August). Consent and Agency: Women in Mahābhārata [Workshop presentation]. Workshop on Women and Agency, Women’s Studies and Development Cell, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • Sahgal, S. (2006, February 23). Control of Female Sexuality in Mythical Polyandrous Unions of Ancient Indian Epics [Invited lecture]. Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

Projects and Recognition

  • 2023-2024 Bharat Ram Research Grant, Lady Shriram College, for the project: ‘Recalibrating paradigm of Kshatriya Masculinity in the Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata: A Reading Against the Grain’.
  • ICCR Chair for Indian Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel, March-April, 2018.
  • 2014-16 Indian Council of Historical Research Grant, for the project: ‘Masculinities in Early India: Exploring a possibility of a Discourse’.
  • 2010-11 Indian Council of Historical Research Grant for the project, ‘Niyoga: Commissioned Procreation and Sexual Regulation in Early India (A Socio-Historical Study in North India between 1500 BCE-700 CE).

Awards

  • Award for High Order Publications and Commitment to Academic Excellence by Lady Shri Ram College, April, 2026.
  • Awarded Rs. 100000 (with Prof Kaushik) on successful completion of Dr Bharat Ram Project in December, 2025.
  • Best Presentation Award for Onsite session: Literary Analysis of Novels and Poetry, for ‘Mahᾱbhᾱrata; Masculinities and Popular Perception, Exploring the Epic from a gender Vantage’, ICCH, Krems, Austria,26th July 2024.
  • Best Presentation Award for Onsite Session: Literature, Gender Studies and Religious Politics, for ‘Perceived Role of Ahimsa (Non-Violence) in Contemporary Santmat Traditions in India: A Survey-based Study on Radhasoami Sect in Dayalbagh, India ‘, International Conference on Culture and History, Vienna, Austria,25th July,2023.
  • Best Paper award at World History Congress, for the paper ‘Goddess Worship and Mutating Gender Relations within Hindu Pantheon; From Vedic to Puranic’. Amity University, Noida, January 2019.
  • Felicitated by the Romanian Embassy for promotion of Indo-European cultural ties, 2007.
  • Best Paper award, Indian History Congress (Ancient India section), Shantiniketan, 2006.
  • JRF awarded in 1988

Memberships and Administrative Responsibilities

  • Member Committee of Courses, Department of History, University of Delhi-2014-16
  • Member Committee of Courses, Department of History, University of Delhi-2021-23
  • Designed Gender courses for the History Department under CBCS, DSC, GE, 2016 Scheme
  • Member, Board of Course Committee for History, 2019-21, Sharda University
  • Designed/ Revised Four Gender courses DSE, GE under the LOCF Program
  • Designed two courses titled Reading Social Relations through Texts and Visuals for seventh and eighth semesters
  • Member of the European Academy of Religion, Bologna, Italy
  • Member, Indian History Congress
  • Member, Indian Buddhist Society
  • Member IEDRC

Articles in Newspapers/ Magazines

  • Sahgal, S. (2005). From Wife to Goddess: The Cult of Draupadῑ. Women’s Watch, 3(1), 10–18.
  • Sahgal, S., & Kaur, B. (2012). Convergence of the Distinct. Éclat: Mathematical Journal, 3, 13–28.

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