# Devika Agrawal, Doctoral Candidate # Devika Agrawal, Doctoral Candidate Devika is a Presidential Scholar and PhD Candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She explores Indian philosophies of education, indigenous and anti-colonial traditions, and the dynamics of epistemic reproduction and resistance. Blending philosophy and anthropology, her dissertation follows the afterlives of 20th-century alternative education movements in India, asking how visions that challenge modernity continue to find expression within it. Her research is guided by a passion for ecological stewardship and planetary wellbeing. ***Latest Publications:*** - Agrawal, D. (2025). Awakening ‘the Indian genius’: The epistemic aims of Indian liberatory education. *Educational Philosophy and Theory*, 1–12. ![A woman in pink and white standing on grass](/sites/g/files/omnuum12181/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-08/Portrait%20small.png?itok=OjXLo9zT) Contact: [devika\_agrawal@g.harvard.edu](mailto:devika_agrawal@g.harvard.edu) Website: