Dr Pawar is a writer, scholar, and speaker whose work explores consciousness, love, language, and the human condition at the intersection of philosophy, literature, and science. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and the BBC, as well as across smaller presses and reviews. She is the Founder and Director of the Oxford Writers’ House.

Her forthcoming poetry collection, Elegies for Rosalia, includes work shortlisted for the Bridgeport Prize and Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, with additional pieces selected as finalists for the Moonlit Getaway Prize. Her honours include a Pushcart Prize for Fiction, the Masters Review long list, The Mogford Prize shortlist, a Graduate fellowship for research at St Anne’s College, and a Rothermere American Fellowship at Oxford, where she earned her DPhil (Doctorate of Philosophy). She has conducted research at Harvard and Cambridge Universities and has been nominated for the Education UK Alumni Award.

A former teacher, academic, and cultural organiser, Dr Pawar has lived and worked across Europe, Asia, and North America. At Oxford, she helped relaunch the University Poetry Society as its president, co-founded the Oxford branch of English PEN, and founded Oxford Writers’ House, now an international centre for literary exchange and programming.

She has lectured and read at institutions including the Ashmolean Museum, the Houses of Parliament, and leading international schools and cultural institutions. She is available for select lectures, readings, and intellectual collaborations.