Scholarship list
Conference presentation
Date presented 02/24/2025
Data and Diversity: Rethinking Social Exclusion, Economic Development, and Well-being -- The inaugural conference for the Laurence Simon Department of Economics, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India
Inaugural Lecture
Presentation
From Moses to Ambedkar: The Story of Liberation Theology
Date presented 02/21/2025
Nagpur, India
A presentation to the Buddhist Association for Social and Economic Equality. Nagpur, India. February 21, 2025. Televised live and by Awaaz TV India (national Dalit TV network).
Presentation
A Covenant at Last: The Road from Moses to Ambedkar – An Introduction to Liberation Theology
Date presented 02/15/2025
Liberation Theology, New Delhi, India
An invited lecture to the Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung (South Asian Office of the German Foundation).
Presentation
B.R. Ambedkar and the migration of caste to America
Date presented 04/16/2023
The Annual Ambedkar Jayanti Distinguished Lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Presentation
Ambedkarite Buddhism and the Anti-Caste Movement in American Higher Education
Date presented 04/14/2023
The Annual Dr. Nitin Raut International Lecture on Buddhism at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India
The Annual Ambedkar Jayanti Memorial Lecture
Conference program
Dalits in Global Context: Rethinking Gender and Religion
Date presented 10/2019
Fifth International Conference on the Unfinished Legacy of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, 10/24/2019–10/26/2019, The New School
The conference will explore critical issues faced by the Dalit community, with a focus on the intersecting nature of gender, religion, and caste-based discrimination. Since its inception, the Ambedkar Conference has convened various scholars and practitioners, institutions and organizations across the world, creating a space to discuss the politics of equal dignity and equal rights for Dalits. This year, we hope to further this conversation.
Conference presentation
Keynote address: The Prophetic Courage of B.R. Ambedkar in Comparative Perspective
Date presented 07/2017
Conference on Quest for Equity: Reclaiming Social Justice, Revisiting Ambedkar (organized by the Government of Karnataka and Central Bengaluru University, India), 07/21/2017–07/23/2017, Bengaluru, India
Conference presentation
Date presented 04/2017
International Conference on the Unfinished Legacy of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar: Re-imagining Religion, Caste and Social Justice in South Asia, 04/28/2017–04/30/2017, Brandeis University
Presentation
On the 25th Anniversary of the Arthacharya Foundation
Date presented 2017
Ratmalana, Sri Lanka Arthacharya Foundation
Presentation
Development and Justice: Is there an end to poverty in developing nations?
Date presented 10/25/2016
Tufts BUILD Latin America and Tufts BUILD India, Tufts University, Medford, MA