Well-known academic and Indian religious studies expert, Nilima Chitgopekar has written extensively on goddess worship, the Shakta tradition, and Shiva.
She has lectured extensively at Harvard and Oxford, and has published six books including The Reluctant Family Man: Shiva in Everyday Life (2019), Rudra: The Idea of Shiva (2007), The Book of Durga (2003), and Invoking Goddesses: Gender Politics in Indian Religion (2002).