Speaking

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Partial list of recent clients include: NHS, Environment Agency, Science Museum Boston, British Museum, Unesco, Unicef, United Nations, AstraZeneca, Steelcase, Baillie Gifford, Warwick University, Cambridge University, Oxford University, Springer Nature, Shell, The Guardian.

Other invited appearances include: The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (Atlanta USA), Cheltenham Festival, Hay Literary Festival, Edinburgh Festival, ALSO Festival

Other recent talks and workshops include:

1st December: British Academy Talk on Critical Race Theory and History of Racism

18th November: Guardian Masterclass on Unconscious Bias.

17th November: Harper’s Bazaar ‘Bazaar at Work’ Diversity Panel

12/13 November: Harris Foundation Training workshops for teachers and staff

27th October: Cambridge Literary Festival/Family Day on anti-racism

20th October: WELLS Literary Festival

15th October: WIRED Digital event keynote

12th October: Facebook/TESCO anti-racism webinar

12th October: Herts for Learning Keynote Talk

10th October: Sheffield Literary Festival

8th October: Imperial College Unconscious Bias Training

8th October: Financial Times Women of the Top Festival Panel

6th October: Environment Agency UB Training

5th October: Wellington School Talk and Fireside Chat

3rd October: Cheltenham Literary Festival

18th September: Liverpool Museums/National Slavery Museum

1st September: National Cancer Institute, USA

31st July: Open College of Arts

28th July: UK Parliamentary Committee

26th July: SALON London Talk

25th June: Leiwsham Arts Council

25th June: University of Sussexx

24th June: University of Oxford

23rd June: UNICEF Team Anti-racism workshops

18th June: Ministry of Defence USA

9th June: Royal Institution, UK

3rd June: York Festival of Ideas

Pragya is a two-time TEDx speaker at TEDxWarwick 2018 and TEDxMNITJaipur2019. She has extensive experience delivering talks and keynotes to international audiences ranging from 20-2500, making complex ideas simple and accessible.

As a Senior Academic, Pragya has delivered lectures and talks to students and academics around the world. Pragya has also been an invited guest Lecturer and research fellow at Melbourne University, University of California- Santa Barbara, Johns Hopkins University, University of Temuco, and many more.

Pragya has been a keynote speaker at various Women in STEM events, Business events, and Creativity conferences and workshops. She is also an experienced panelist on mental health and workplace issues.

Pragya has been on BBC Woman’s Hour: How to talk to our children about race.

She was on a panel at Filia talking about parenting feminist children, and a keynote at Pioneer Post’s Annual award evening talking about lack of diversity and bias in social enterprise sector.

A few other select podcasts that Pragya has recently been an invited guest on include:

Conversations From Our Days

Parents in Biz

Talk Radio, Mental Health Monday

Dreaming and Doing

Creatively Human

Metro’s Mentally Yours

If you would like to invite Pragya for a speaking engagement, you can contact her directly through this website.

“Dr Pragya Agarwal was a fantastic Keynote Speaker at one of our STEM Women Events. She brings breadth and depth of knowledge, and her talk was instantly relatable and inspiring.”

“Pragya was a wonderful guest on my podcast. She shared so much insight and spoke so passionately about the link between creativity and mental health. It was such an interesting, uplifting and engaging conversation and would happily recommend her wisdom and heart to others. She is also such an advocate of her women and I am so glad to know her in my circle.”

“I recently had the pleasure to interview Dr. Pragya Agarwal. She shared numerous personal examples and was very forthright, encouraging and genuine. It's clear that Pragya has a sincere interest in helping others, and I look forward to hearing what she has planned next.”

“Pragya is a great academic resource and a wonderful human being. I had a wonderful experience interviewing her and I strongly recommend her to anyone who is looking for an inspiring and knowledgeable speaker.”

“Pragya shared her fascinating story so eloquently and was really easy and fun to work with. Her raw and honest combination of vulnerability and strength is very appealing and it was such a pleasure to get to know her and learn from her during our conversation. I am in awe of how she's aligned her work with her core beliefs and values.”

”What an insightful and thought-provoking talk and workshop on unconscious bias. Dr Agarwal makes the science so accessible, and gave our team so much clear advice and plenty of strategies to work with in the coming months.”