Lead presentation by Prof. Manu Bhagavan, specialist on modern India, Professor of History, Human Rights, and Public Policy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center-The City University of New York, and Senior Fellow at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.  He is the author or editor of eight books, including the critically-acclaimed The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World and, most recently, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit: A Biography.  

Introductory Remarks: Smt Nayantara Sahgal

Chair: Dr. Usha Ramanathan,  independent law researcher

Professor Manu Bhagavan will speak on women in leadership, with a focus on Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit's contributions to India and the world.  He will draw on his extensive experience of India's foreign policy and contributions to the United Nations, and his deeply researched biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.