Speaker
Sh. Purushottam Agrawal
Sahitya Akademi Award-Winning Scholar & Novelist
Shri Purushottam Agrawal is a leading scholar, critic, and novelist, renowned for his influential work on modern Indian history and Bhakti-Mimamsa, including Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir Ki Kavita Aur Unka Samay and Kabir, Kabir: The Life and Work of the Early Modern Poet-Philosopher. His novel Nakohas is celebrated for its incisive political commentary.
A former Chairperson of the Indian Languages Centre at JNU and a former Member of the UPSC, he has held visiting fellowships at Cambridge and in Mexico. He is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Indian Language Award and is currently at work on the Mahabharata.