SNDT Cancels Neera Desai Memorial Lecture by Uma Chakravarti, Sparks Concern in Academic Circles
Pallavi Smart | 07 March 2026 | The Indian Express
The sixteenth Neera Desai Memorial Lecture (NDML) at SNDT Women’s University, scheduled to be delivered by eminent feminist historian Prof. Uma Chakravarti on March 14, has been abruptly cancelled just a day after its announcement, triggering confusion and controversy within India’s feminist and academic circles.
With no official explanation offered by the university, the cancellation of the lecture organised by its Research Centre for Women’s Studies (RCWS) has raised questions about who was responsible for the decision and sparked wider concerns among scholars about the future of gender studies in the country….