This curriculum vitae summarizes the educational and professional qualifications of Shraddha Kumbhojkar. It outlines her positions as Head of the Department of History at Savitribai Phule Pune University in India and Director of the Centre for Asian Studies. It also provides details of her areas of expertise, publications, research projects, courses taught, and presentations given both nationally and internationally.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
 Name – Shraddha Kumbhojkar
 Age – 48
 Email - shraddha@unipune.ac.in shraddhakumbhojkar@gmail.com
 Designation - Head, Department of History,
Savitribai Phule Pune University, INDIA.
Director (Additional Charge)
Centre for Asian Studies, SPPU.
 Academic Qualifications – M. A., Ph.D.
No Examination Institution Subject Year of
Passing
Grade
1 Doctor of Philosophy University of Pune History 2002
2 NET and Junior
Research Fellowship
University Grants
Commission
History 1994 NET & JRF Passed
3 Master of Arts University of Pune History 1994 First Class
4 Bachelor of Arts Fergusson College,
Pune
History 1992 First Class with
Distinction
5 Master of Arts Tilak Maharashtra
Vidyapeeth
Sanskrit 1995 B+
6 Bachelor of Arts T. M. V. Pune Sanskrit 1992 Ist
Rank
 Areas of Expertise – Historiography, Maharashtra in the 19th
Century, Marathi
Theatre, Nationalism, Modernity and Europe, Memory Studies, Dalit Studies, Vedic
Literature, Sanskrit
 Career Profile
Period Institution Position
1996- 2002 Nehru Institute of Social Sciences, Tilak
Maharashtra Vidyapeeth
Lecturer
2002-March 2013 Dept of History, Tilak Maharashtra
Vidyapeeth.
Lecturer (Senior
Scale)
March 2013 till date Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) Assistant Professor
March 2016- Centre for Asian Studies Director (Additional
Charge)
31 July 2019- Department of History, SPPU Head

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 Courses Taught-
Intellectual History of the Modern West, Theory and Practice of History, Debates in
Indian History, Research Methodology, Modern Maharashtra.
 Research Guidance- 8 Ph. D., 6 M. Phil. awarded.
 Research Projects Completed
1. UGC Minor Research Project – Nationalism, Literature and Creation of Memory
– A Case Study of Maharashtra. 2002.
2. UGC Major Research Project “Memory, Textbooks of History and
Communalisation of Identity: A Survey of High-School Students in Pune District”
2009.
3. Modernity and Popular Culture In Maharashtra in the late 19th Century – CSSH-
UPE funded, August 2013-January 2016.
4. Construction of Caste in 19th
Century Maharashtra
Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, UPE – II, SPPU. Joint project with
researchers from Japanese Society for Promotion of Sciences JSPS. 2017-2018.
5. Impact Assessment of free Wi-Fi Access on Learning Outcomes: A Study of
Social Science Students of SP Pune University, Centre for Social Sciences and
Humanities, UPE – II, SPPU. 2016-2018.
 Research Projects Ongoing-
1. Role of Buddhism in Redefining Social Hierarchies
Joint Project with Prof. Vidya Nadkarni and Dr. Joel Gruber. University of
San Diego, USA.
2. A Historical Study of two Satya Shodhak Samajist Newspapers- Deenbandhu
(1877-1910) and Deenmitra (1910- 1967) awarded a Research Project Grant of
Rs. 3,00,000/- by the Indian Council of Historical Research.(ICHR)
3. Digital Humanities : Study of a Dialogue between technology, policy and
knowledge creation
Awarded Research Project Grant of Rs. 9,45,000/- by the Indian Council for
Social Science Research (ICSSR) .
4. Impact Assessment of Tourism Related Policies on Local Communities near the
World Heritage Sites of Maharashtra
Awarded Research Project Grant of Rs. 5,42,000/- by the Rashtriya Uchchatar
Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), Maharashtra.
 Books Published-
1. Nationalism, Literature and Creation of Memory
Sugawa Prakashan, Pune, March 2008. ISBN – 978-81-906132-9-3
2. 19th
Century Maharashtra: A Reassessment (Edited)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, U. K. June 2009.
ISBN (10):1-4438-0603-X, ISBN (13):978-1-4438-0603-9
 Monogrph-

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Modernity and Popular Culture In Maharashtra in the late 19th Century , published
by the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, SPPU, Pune. 2016.
 International – Research Papers Published
1. A Study of Ancient Indian Texts as Means to Control the Process of
Administering the Past
Textos De Historia, Volume 10, Numeros½ Universidad de Brasilia, Brazil, 2002.
ISSN 0104 1487
2. Denial of Centrality to Vedic Texts : Alternative Routes in History Studies
Postcolonial Challenges to the Study of religions, (Eds.) Willy Pfandtner, David
Thurfjell, Swedish Science Press, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008.
ISBN 978-91-89652-35-4. ISSN 1650-8718
3. Alternative Route to a Subaltern Utopia
19th
Century Maharashtra : A Reassessment, (ed.) Shraddha Kumbhojkar, Cambridge
Scholars Publishing, Newcastle- Upon – Tyne, U.K. 2009.
ISBN (10):1-4438-0603-X, ISBN (13):978-1-4438-0603-9
4. From Slaves to Sultans – Mamleuk Dynasty
Heritage India, Volume 4 Issue 2 May 2011, Pp 36-43. ISSN 0974- 2506.
5. Politics, Caste and the remembrance of the Raj: the Obelisk at Koregaon
Sites of Imperial Memory, (ed.) Dominik Geppert, Frank Lorenz Muller, Manchester
University Press, Manchester, New York, 2015. ISBN – 978-0-7190-9081-3.
6. Dalits, Internet and Emancipatory Politics.
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 3 (1), 45-56. April
2018, ISSN(print/online): 2469-0783.
7. Marathi Theatre in Transition
Researching Transitions in Indian History, Radhika Seshan, Shraddha Kumbhojkar
(ed.), Routledge, Delhi. 2018. ISBN 978-1-138-36381-6.
8. Access Denied? Cultural Capital and Digital Access
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 4 (1), 65-78. October
2018-March 2019, ISSN(print/online): 2469-0783.
 National – Research Papers Published
1. Atharvaveda : Cultural Appropriation in a Historical Perspective
Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 57th
Session, Bangalore, 1997.
2. Contesting Power, Contesting Memories : History of the Koregaon Memorial
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLVII No. 42, October 20, 2012. Pp. 103-
107. ISSN 00129976.
3. Amnesia of Caste and Gender, in Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 1-
4, Jan – Dec 2015. Pp.265-278. ISSN 0376-415X.
4. Untouchables and Contested History. The Inclusive, 1, 10-11. ISSN : 2278-9758.
2017.
5. Baby Kaamble yanche Vaicharik Yogdaan – Ideological Contribution of Baby
Kaamble (1929-2012), in Paramarsha, Vol 37, Issue 1-4, Pp. 155-60. Pune..
ISSN 2320-4476. May 2018.

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 State – Research Papers Published
1. Atharvaveda: Appropriation as a strategy in the Conflict of Values in Srinidhih,
(eds.) Sripad Bhat et al , S. S. Bahulkar Gratitude Volume, Samvidya Prakashan,
ISBN 978-81-92907-0-2 Pune, 2009.
2. Prachin Bharatateel Laingik Shikshan in Palakneeti, November 2009. Pune.
3. Pourvatyavada va Pratinidhitvachya Maryada, Samaj Prabodhan Patrika, Octo-
Dec 2011.Pp. 3-8. ISSN 0973-2845.
4. Pourvatyavada, in Itihasateel Nave Pravaha, Jaswadi Wamburkar (ed.), Diamond
Publications, Pune. 2014. Pp. 56-65.
5. Vaasahatik Adhunikata ani Dharmachintan, in Samaj Prabodhan Patrika, Year 54,
Issue 113, January-March 2016. Kolhapur. ISSN 0973-2845. Pp. 14-21.
6. Pandit Dhondiram Namdeo-Bhashechya Sattecha Abhyas, in Satyaprakash,
Vardha. 2017. Pp.18-20.
7. Rajkaran, Jaat Ani British Sattechi Smruti, in Pariwartanacha Vaatsaru, 16-31
January 2018. ISSN – 2250-3145. Pp. 26-36.
8. Dalit, Internet Ani Muktidayee Rajkaran, in Pariwartanacha Vaatsaru, 16-30
November 2018. . ISSN – 2250-3145. Pp.26-34.
9. Itihasacha Gairwapar, in Megha Pansare (ed.), Dharmanirapeksha Lokshahi ani
Jamaatvaad, Kolhapur, Shramik Pratishthan, Pp. 113-126. 2018. ISBN :
9789382888413.
10. Jateecha Chivat Swabhav, in in Pariwartanacha Vaatsaru, 15-28 February 2019 .
ISSN – 2250-3145. Pp. 31-35.
 Book reviews Published
1. Maharashtrateel Varga Jati Prabodhan: Umesh Bagade, Sugawa Prakashan
Review published in Daily Sakal June 2007.
2. Jnyaat Ajnyaat Ahilyabai Holkar :Vinaya Khadpekar, Rajhans Prakashan
Review published in Daily Sakal September 2007.
3. Ekonisavya Shatakatil Maharashtra: Madhyamvargacha Uday – Raja Dixit,
Diamond Publications, Review Published Daily Sakal, 25 January 2010.
4. M.Gandhi Pranit Hind Swarajya: Fakruddin Bennur, Shivaji University
Review Published in Samaj Prabodhan Patrika July. 2010.
5. Colonialism in India: Ram Chandra Pradhan, Mac Milan India, Review published
in Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, XXIII, No. 1-4, ISSN-0971-
0396. (2011 issue published in June 2013.)
6. Songs at the Confluence, Review of Anne Feldhaus’s Say to the Sun “Don’t
Rise…”, published in Economic and Political Weekly, August 13, 2016.
Vol. 33, ISSN – 0012-9976. Pp. 56-58.
7. Adhunikteche Aagaman : Europe Kendri Itihasacha Jaagatik Vichar by Datta
Desai in Pariwartanacha Watsaru, Pp. 59-61, ISSN – 2250-3145. 1-15
December 2016.
8. Review of Rawat, Ramnarayan S.; Satyanarayana, K., eds., Dalit Studies. H-Asia,
H-Net Reviews Sept. 2017. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=47997
9. Review of Rawat, Ramnarayan S.; Satyanarayana, K., eds., Dalit Studies, Dainik
Loksatta, 28-10-2017. P. 4.

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10. Maharashtra Aadhunik Kasa Zalaa? Review of J. V. Naik’s Reform and
Renaissance in Maharashtra, Daily Loksatta, 14-07-2018.
 Papers presented- International
1. “A Study of Ancient Indian Texts as Means to Control the Process of
Administering the Past” in the 19th
International Congress of Historical Sciences,
Oslo, Norway, in August 2000.
2. Nationalism, Historiography and the (Re)Creation of the Past held at the
University of Birmingham,U. K. in September 2004.
3. Invention of a Tradition of Modernity : In-House Orientalism in Colonial India in
20th
International Congress of Historical Sciences held at Sydney, Australia in
July 2005.
4. Denial of Centrality to Vedic Texts : Alternative Route to a Subaltern Utopia in
“From Orientalism to Post-Coloniality” in Stockholm, Sweden, in April 2006.
5. Transcending Tradition, Modifying Modernity, in South Asian Colloquium at B.
L Centre for Asian Studies, TMV, Pune, January 2007.
6. Civilised People Don’t Believe in These Things! – Wither Homo Hierarchicus? in
the Spalding Symposium on Asian Religions held at Jesus College, Oxford
University, U. K. in March 2008.
7. “Heritage as a Mechanism of Social Exclusion: Vedas in India” in International
Conference on Asian Heritage at the National University of Singapore, January 7-
13, 2009.
8. Granting Legitimacy to Perpetuate Hierarchy : Broken Men from Atharvaveda
International Conference on Hierarchy and Power Structures at Moscow, Russia,
June 2009.
9. Do history Textbooks Help Fight Religious Fundamentalism? In 21st
International
Congress of Historical Sciences in Amsterdam, Holland in August 2010.
10. Contesting Power: Contesting Memories in International conference on Imperial
Sites of Memory held in University of St. Andrews, Scotland, U. K. 2-3 Sept.
2011.
11. Religion and Cultural Appropriation, in European Social Science and History
Congress, University of Vienna, Austria, April 2014.
12. Counterhistoriography in Session - Use and Abuse of History, 22nd
International
Congress of Historical Sciences, University of Shandong, Jinan, China, August
2015.
13. Internet As An Emancipatory Space – Case Study of the Dalits in International
Conference on Maharashtra Society and Culture, BAMU, Aurangabad. 6-8
January 2016.
14. Modernity and Popular Theatre in Maharashtra, European Conference of South
Asian Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. July 2016.
15. Pandit Dhondiram Namdeo: A Study in the Power of Language, International
Conference on Maharashtra: Language and Power, University of Chicago, Delhi
Centre, January 2017.
16. Aryan Debate and Eugenics, Workshop on Eugenics and South Asian History,
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, 25th
September 2018.

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17. Resilient Nature of Caste, Japanese Association of South Asian Studies,
University of Kanazawa, Japan, September 2018.
18. Newspaper Deenmitra – Friend of the Oppressed, Maharashtra Conference on
Community and Communication, University of Texas ,Austin, U. S. A. January
2019.
 Papers presented- National
1. “Atharvaveda: Cultural Appropriation in a Historical Perspective” at Indian
History Congress, Madras, 1996.
2. “Nationalist Challenge to the Conquest of Knowledge: Geeta Rahasya” at Indian
History Congress, Bangalore, 1997.
3. Constructing Historical Pasts: Indian National Movement and Modern ‘Aryan
Women’ ” at Indian History Congress, Kolkata,1998.
4. Historical Consciousness and Social Reform: A Case Study of Lokahitawadi in
the National Seminar on Historiography at the Department of History, University
of Pune. March 1998.
5. Textbooks of history and Communalisation of Identity in National Seminar on
South Indian History, at Shivaji University, Kolhapur in March 2010.
6. Invited paper presentation at National Seminar organized by Sant Namdev
Adhyasan, University of Pune on “Vaasaahatik Adhunikteche Swaroop Ani
Dharmavishayak Chintan” on 22nd
February, 2013.
7. Students as Practitioners of History in National Seminar on Practice of History,
Department of History, University of Pune, February 2014.
8. From History to Counter Histories: Case of Dalit Studies in National Seminar on
Transitions in Indian History, Department of History, SPPU, Pune, March 2015.
 Invited lectures
1. Keynote Address at Workshop on Recent Trends in Ambedkar Studies,
Gangakhed, SRTM University, November 2009.
2. President of Modern India Section of the Marathwada Itihas Parishad, Purna in
January 2011.
3. A. R. Kulkarni Memorial Lecture at the Shivaji Vidyapeeth Itihaas Parishad,
Kavthe- Mahankal, entitled “Vaasaahatik Aadhunikteche Swaroop” 10 February,
2013.
4. V. V. Bapat Memorial Lecture at B. L Centre for Asian Studies, TMV, Pune
entitled “Use and Abuse of Cultural History” November 2013.
5. Session Chair at the State Seminar on Western India and 1942 at Kasegaon,
Karad. February, 2015.
6. Lecture on Teaching Indian Architectural History at National Institute of
Advanced Studies in Architecture, Pune. 14 March 2016.
7. G. K. Gokhale Centenary Memorial Lecture at Fergusson College, Pune. January
2016.
8. Lecture on Historical Methods for Ph. D. Coursework Class, Department of
Politics and Public Administration, SPPU, Pune. May 2016.

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9. Invited Lecture on Contemporary Dalit Movement in India delivered to the
visiting students of James Madison University, at Fergusson College, Pune. June
2016.
10. Lecture on Historical Research Methodology for Ph. D. Coursework Class,
Department of Pali, SPPU, Pune, July 2016.
11. Lecture on Emergence of Modernity in Europe at the Orientation workshop, Dept
of Sociology, SPPU, Pune. August 2016.
12. Lecture on Maharashtra History and Cultural Heritage at the Foundation
Training Programme of Probationary IAS officers(2017 and 2018
Batch) YASHDA, May 2017, 2018.
13. Lectures on History of Maharashtra for Associated Colleges of the Midwest
(ACM) Students, Pune, October 2016, October 2017.
14. Lecture on Religion and Politics on Campuses in India to the students of San
Diego University, AIIS Pune, 12th
January 2017.
15. Use and Abuse of History, Comred Avinash Pansare Memorial Lecture.
November 2017.
16. Lecture at the Research Seminar Samajya at the Dept of Pali, SPPU. March 2018.
17. Lecture on ‘Translating the Everyday into Research’ at the ICSSR- Center for
Multidisciplinary Research, Dharwad, Karnataka. 7-8 May 2018.
18. Lecture on Caste System in Modern India at the Keio University, Japan, 2
October 2018.
19. Lecture on Aryan Debate and Racialisation of Indian History at the Euroculture
Programme, University of Gottingen, May 2019.
20. Lecture on Challenges before the Youth in India, at the Euroculture Programme,
University of Deusto, Spain. May 2019.
 Popular Articles-
1. Bheem Nailcutter Vaparat Hota Ka Ga? In Shaikshanik Sandarbh, August 2018.
2. Itihasacha Bhashyakaar – Hayden White, in Daily Loksatta, 17-03-2018.
3. Dr. Rakhmabai Raut, marathi.thewire.in, 8 March 2019.
4. Satyashodhak Samaj, marathi.thewire.in, 14 April 2019.
 Seminars/ Conferences Organised-
1. International Seminar on Maharashtra Society and Culture, Tilak Maharashtra
Vidyapeeth, Pune. 1996.
2. 3 UGC-Refresher Courses in History, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth 1996-1997.
3. National Seminar on 19th
Century Maharashtra : A Reassessment, TMV, funded
by Indian Council for Social Science research. 2008.
4. National seminar on Many Histories, TMV, funded by Indian Council of
Historical Research. 2009.
5. National Seminar on Practice of History, Department of History, University of
Pune, February 2014.
6. UGC- Faculty Development Programme for Senior Faculty Members, SPPU,
November 2014.
7. National Seminar on Transitions in Indian History, Department of History, SPPU,
March 2015.

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8. 4 lectures of International Scholars organised as the Director, Centre for Asian
Studies. April- December 2016.
9. Indo-Japanese Seminar on Construction of Caste in 19th
Century Maharashtra. 7-8
March 2017.
10. ICSSR Sponsored Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty
Members, 3-13 May 2017.
11. MHRD sponsored GIAN Programme on Democracy and Historical Writing, 5—
10 June 2017.
12. MHRD Sponsored GIAN Programme on Business History, Advertising and the
Indian Middle Class, 6-17 November 2017.
13. MHRD Sponsored GIAN Programme on Historical Sociology and Approaches to
Indian History, 18-24 November 2017.
14. MHRD – TLC Sponsored Indo-Japanese Seminar on Construction of Caste in
Modern Maharashtra 5-6 March 2018.
 Membership of academic Bodies-
1. Life Member (LM1186), Indian History Congress since 1996.
2. Member, European Association of South Asian Studies – 2016-18.
3. Member, Network of Concerned Historians, the Netherlands, since 2000.
4. Member, Editorial Board, Maharashtra State Gazetteers, since 2010.
5. Member of Experts Panel, Maharashtra Public Service Commission. Since 2011.
6. Member, Pragatik Itihas Parishad, Aurangabad.
7. Life Member, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune.
8. Member, History Board of Studies, SPPU.2018-23.
 Languages Known
English, Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, German
 Research Work supervised – Ph. D.
No. Name Topic Year of
Award
1. Nripen Kumar
Dutta
Socio-Economic Problems of Marginalized People: A
Study of the City of Guwahati Since 1947.
2010
2. Kinitoli Yeptho Mapping Change : Festivals of Angami and Ao Naga
Tribes
2011
3 Joseph
Longkumer
Historical Account of British Legacy in the Naga Hills
(1881-1947)
2011
4 Borse Seema Effective Teaching Methods for History 2012
5 Pragati Patil Comparison of Agaree and Koli castes in North Konkan 2014
6 Pramod Borhade Forts in Maval Taluqa 2016
7 Milind Gaikwad Deenmitrakar Mukundrao Patil 2016
8 Ujjwala
Nalawade
Senapatis under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji 2017
M. Phil.

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No. Name Topic Year of
Award
1. Rohini Gavane Narayan Meghaji Lokhande’s social reforms 2008
2 Tsushowe Sekhamo British rule in Nagaland 2009
3 D. T. Kadam S. M. Joshi in Legislative Assemby 2009
4 Shivaji Sutar Shikhar Shingnapur – A Historical Study 2010
5 Pragati Mhatre Globalisation and Agaree Caste 2011
6 Sandeep Tikhe Huzoor Paga under the Peshwa Rule 2016
7. Chaitalee Shelke Ahmednagar Jilhyateel Communist Pakshache
Yogdaan
2018
Profiles –
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shraddha_Kumbhojkar
https://unipune.academia.edu/shraddhakumbhojkar
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BsUWpagAAAAJ&hl=en