Dr. Seema Bawa is an Associate Professor of history at Sri Aurobindo College, Delhi University, specialising in the history of art and culture. She has lectured extensively in India and abroad on Indian art, architecture and iconography including Institute of Archaeology, the National Museum, India Habitat Centre, Seminar für Orientalische Kunstgeschichte. She has written extensively on contemporary India art in various newspapers and journals. She was the recipient of DAAD Fellowship to read at the University of Bonn. Her book Religion and Art of the Chamba Valley has been published and another book Gods, Men and Women: Gender and Sexuality in Early Indian Art is under publication. She writes on contemporary Indian art and culture for specialised journals and magazines, has edited ARTimes and curated shows including ‘Shatadru: Feminine Sensibilities in Indian art’ for Lalit Kala Akademi.