Dr NARBORT MALAVIKA PRIYADARSHINI CHNIGE
PG Diploma, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
PG Diploma, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
| Sl.No. | Name of the Conference /Seminar /Symposium | Type of Program | Title of the Article | Role | Venue/Place | Date |
| 1 | Aesthetica 2026; | CONFERENCES | Aesthetica 2026; | MODERATOR) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 05/02/2026 |
Invited Talks
| Sl.No. | Titel of the Program | Name of the Program | Date | Name of the Institution |
| 1 | As state surveillance and ideological control of Higher Education institutions intensifies, they are becoming contested spaces where identity, knowledge, and dissent are increasingly policed. From curriculum design to personal expression, universities risk becoming sites of regulation rather than liberation—especially as budget cuts erode support for critical pedagogies. | Caste, Protest and Pedagogy | 05/06/2025 | Queen Mary's College, University of London |
| 2 | Her talk draws on her recently published monograph, Performance and Performativity of Dalit Student Politics in India: The Justice for Rohith Movement (Routledge, 2025), examines how everyday acts of resistance, mourning, and solidarity within Dalit student movements articulate a distinctive political aesthetics. | Research Seminar | 04/11/2025 | Department of Drama, University of Exeter |
| 3 | This talk explores the everyday performance of Dalit protest through acts of mourning, voice, and song, following the death of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit doctoral scholar who died by suicide at the University of Hyderabad on 17 January 2016. His death became a powerful symbol of caste-based injustice, sparking a nationwide movement that was political, affective, and collective. | Research Round Table | 05/08/2025 | Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad |
| 4 | Book Panel discussion; Performance and Performativity of Dalit Student Politics in India: The Justice for Rohith Movement | Book Discussion | 04/12/2025 | National Institute of Advanced Studies |
Awards/Achievements/Others
| Sl.No. | Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others | Description | Organisation | Month/ Year |
| 1 | Panelist Lynette Godard Research Excellence Award | This prize, awarded jointly by DramaHE and TaPRA, celebrates a single piece of short-form research in the public domain from scholars at any stage of their career from Black and Global | Theatre and Performance Research Association | 10 March 2026 |