2018

• Vocational Excellence Award given to Dr. Devangana Desai by Rotary Club of  Bombay Powai on 12th October, 2018.

 

• Interview in MUMBAI MIRROR on 6th May, 2018

 

• ENDOWMENT PROGRAMME at CSMVS (Museum) Mumbai on 18th April, 2018

See video on : https://youtu.be/4PJlJrLnIKg

• Write up in INDIAN EXPRESS, 5th April, 2018

2017

• Launch of Prof. M. A. Dhaky’s Book “FOOTPRINTS OF VISVAKARMA” in Ahemadabad, 30th July.

• Interview in Global Gujarati (G2), May 2017, Volume 11, Issue 3.

2016

• The Samvidya Institute of Cultural studies, Pune, conferred the Honorary Fellowship for “outstanding contribution to Indian Art History” in 2016.
• Delivered the Chookolingo Memorial Lecture at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, in March.
  

• Presentation of Felicitation Volume to Prof. M. A. Dhaky, in February.
• Delivered a special lecture at CP Ramaswamy Institute, Chennai, in January.
• Delivered a lecture at the CSMVS (Museum) in January.

 

2015 

• Awarded the Hirayama Prize 2015 of Institut de France, Paris, for “the totality of researches in the field of Indian Art”.
• Delivered a lecture in the L.D. Museum Lecture Series on Art & Culture, Ahmedabad, in September.

2014

• Delivered Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture, at the Allahabad Museum, in March

2013

• Delivered the Presidential Address for Indian Art History Congress, Mumbai Session, October.

2010

• Delivered Prof. K. D. Bajpai lecture at the Indian Art History Congress Session in Kanyakumari in October.
• Delivered Fr. Heras Memorial Lectures, Mumbai in December.

2009

• Delivered Bhagwanlal Indraji Lectures by the University of Mumbai, in December.
• Delivered 4 lectures on History and Art of Khajuraho at Jnana-Pravaha, Centre for Cultural Studies & Research, Varanasi, November 6-9.
• Presented a paper “The Temple in its Cosmic Dimensions at Khajuraho” in the National Seminar on Philosophy of Aesthetics, 12-13^th December, at the Somaya Vidyavihar, Mumbai.

2007 

• Presented a paper in the Conference on “Archaeology and Text: The Temple in South Asia,” organized by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, Oct. 20-21.
• Nominated on the Governing Council of International Centre for Art and Archaeology, American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi.
• Nominated on the Board of Studies of the Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi.

2006 

• Delivered Karl Khandalavala Memorial Lecture at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, (Prince of Wales Museum), Mumbai, March 28.
• Delivered lecture for the National Mission for Manuscripts, Government of India, New Delhi, November, 26.

2005

• Delivered Dr. U. P. Shah Memorial Lectures at the Oriental Institute, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Feb. 9, 10.
• Invited by the Association of Art Historians, The Higher Education Academy, and Art Design Media Centre, Brighton, UK, to deliver a Keynote Address at the Art History Conference, Bristol, on “Teaching Art History in India”, March 31.

2004

• Invited by Meru Education Foundation, Boston. Three Lectures on Temple Art delivered at the Arthur Sackler Museum, Harvard University.
• Lectured at the Mills College, Oakland, the University of Berkeley, California, and Rubin Museum of Art, New York.

2002

• Nominated by the Government of India on Committee of the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, for the period of 3 years.

2001

• Lectured at the British Museum, London, in June.
• Presented a paper “Relevance of Textual Sources in the Study of Temple  Art” at the History of Art Department of the University of Sussex at Brighton, UK, in June.

2000

• Alice Boner Memorial Lecture, at the invitation of Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi, and Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, on March 2.
• Participated in the workshop “Value Systems in the Visual Arts of India and China”, by the History of Art Department of the University of Sussex at Brighton, UK, in June.
• Lectured at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Honored by Social Welfare Forum, Mumbai.

1999

• Interview in India Today, March 15. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/art-historian-devangana-desai-talks-about-her-book-khajuraho/1/245274.html
• Write-up in Frontline, March 27 – April 9.
• Keynote Address at the Workshop of Architects and Sculptors, part of the Khajuraho Millennium programme, April 11, at Khajuraho.

1998

• Lecture at the Indus International, Mumbai.
• Honored by the Giants Club of Juhu, Mumbai, on 21^st September.

1997 

• Presented a paper at the Seminar on “Sunya”, convened by the Indian National Science Academy and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, February.
• Interviewed by Doordarshan (Metro Channel), May.

1996

• Book- Release Function for The Religious Imagery of Khajuraho at the Asiatic Society of Bombay on 10^th July.
• Presented a paper at the Seminar on “Rta – Cosmic Order and Chaos” at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.
• The Coomaraswamy Memorial Lectures at the Prince of Wales Museum, on “ Beyond  the  Erotic at Khajuraho” Oct. 31- Nov. 1.
• Interviewed by B.B.C. Open University at Khajuraho, November.

1995

• Smt. Nabadurga Banerji Endowment Lecture at the Asiatic Society of Bombay on “The Temple as an Ordered Whole – The Iconic Scheme at Khajuraho”, 7^th  April.
• Interviewed by Discovery Channel (Archaeology) at Khajuraho, October.

1994

• Participated in the Seminar on Indian Art History convened by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi.

1991

• Lectured on Buddhist and Hindu Temple Art at the Indian Embassy, Bhutan, on the invitation of the Government of India and Government of Bhutan.

1990

• Presented a paper in the international seminar on Kala/Time convened by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.

1989

• Presidential Address, Indian History Congress, Ancient India Section, Gorakhpur session.
• Discussant at the international seminar “Perceptions of India’s Past”, Convened by the American Institute of Indian Studies, Varanasi.

1988

• Lectured at Bombay Art Society and Bajaj Art Gallery, Bombay.

1987

• U.G.C. National Seminar “Art of Khajuraho” at Khajuraho convened by Department of History, Banaras Hindu University.

1986

• Presented a paper at the Seminar on “The Sastric Tradition in Indian Art”, held 14th-19th July, organized by Sudasien-Institute of the University of Heidelberg.

1985

• The Festival of India Seminar “Patronage in Indian Culture” held at the National Humanities Centre, North Carolina, 10-13 October.
• Lectures at the Cleveland Museum of Art; Department of Art, University of Chicago; The University of Vermont (Burlington); Mills College, Oakland; the Society for Asian Art, Art Museum, San Francisco.

1984

• Visiting Professor at the Department of Art History, Fine Arts Faculty, University of Baroda, twelve lectures on Indian Temple Architecture and Related Sculpture.
• Bicentenary International Seminar of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, January 12-15.
• International Seminar on Buddhist Iconography, Tibet House, New Delhi, 31st March-2nd April.
• International Seminar, ‘Pantheons of Power”, organized by the South Asian Religious Art Studies, at the Museum of Lucknow, September.

1983 

• Awarded the Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Prize.
• Lectures on Temple Art at the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi.
• Art History Seminar at the Jiwaji University, Gwalior.
• Art History Seminar at Fine Arts Faculty, M.S. University of Baroda.

1982

• Art History Association Seminar, convened by Sarabhai foundation, Ahmedabad.
• Lecture at the National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai.
• New York University Teachers’ Training Course, held at the S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai.
• “Destiny of Man” Seminar organized by the South Asian Religious Art Studies and the Art Council of Britain, London.

1981 

• “Discourses on Siva” Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia.
• Lectures delivered in Departments of Art History at the Universities of Cleveland, California at Berkeley and Los Angeles, U.S.A.

1979

• International Symposium of European Archaeologists working on South East Asia held at Berlin.
• Awarded the Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1978-80).
• Art History Association Seminar convened by the Punjab University, Chandigarh.

1977

• Awarded the Silver Medal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay.
• New York University Teachers Training Course held at the S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai.
• Mythic Society Seminar on the Rashtrakutas, Bangalore.
• Workshop in History of Art convened by the Fine Arts Faculty, Baroda.
• Coomaraswamy Centenary Seminar convened by the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• Participated in the conference of International Association of Prehistoric and Ethnographic Religions, Calcutta.
• Lectured on Ancient Indian Terracottas, Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai.
• Indian History Congress, Calicut, presentation of paper “Terracottas and Urban  Culture in India” in the Symposium on “Art and Society”
• Lectured for New York University Teachers’ Training Course held at the S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai.