# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/madhu-khanna
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:37:38.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/madhu-khanna"
name: "Madhu Khanna"
slug: "madhu-khanna"
description: "Madhu Khanna is an Indian scholar based in Delhi who works on Indic studies, Religious Studies and Tantric studies. She is a well-known expert on the goddess centric Śakta tantric traditions of India. At present she serves as the Director and founding trustee of Tantra Foundation and Shrikunja. She is also currently serving as a subject expert to the Acarya Shankar Sanskritik Ekta Nyas, set up by the culture department of the Madhya Pradesh government for their Omkareshwar Project. At present she also serves in the academic council of Nalanda University and in the fellowship council of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. She has many research papers as well as several books and exhibition catalogues to her credit. She has contributed to three national projects, as well as several research projects for the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)."
tagline: "Indian academic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prof._(Dr.)_Madhu_Khanna.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.871130666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "మధు ఖన్నా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مدھو کھنہ"
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    title: "மது கண்ணா"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump