Prerna Pradhan

Prerna Pradhan is Assistant Teaching Professor of Comparative Literature and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State University. Her research examines gender, religion, and ritual performance in South Asia, with focus on Hindu traditions and indigenous goddess cults.

Education includes MA (2012), MPhil (2017), and PhD (2023) from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her doctoral research analyzed the Ambubachi festival and menstrual rituals of Goddess Kamakhya in Assam, supported by Maulana Azad National Fellowship.