Explained: Now with first woman president, what is Asiatic Society, Mumbai | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Now with first woman president, what is Asiatic Society, Mumbai | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Om Marathe |Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Published: September 3, 2019 7:30:33 pm

Explained: Now with first woman president, what is Asiatic Society, Mumbai

The Asiatic Society is a learned society whose activities include conducting historical research, awarding historians, and running an institute of post-graduate studies.

Prof Vispi Balaporia, visiting faculty at Mumbai’s Jai Hind College, an institution where she was earlier Vice-Principal and Head of the Department of English, will head the institution that is a treasure house of remarkable historical artifacts.

On Saturday, the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, which was started by and for white European men in the early 19th century, elected the first woman president in the 215 years of its existence.