Tanushree Kulkarni

1. Presented paper on gastronomic tourism and traditional sweet-making at International Forum for Bridging Multidisciplinary Boundaries annual conference.
2. Delivered insights on colonization of wellness in Indian food systems at 2025 ASFS/AFHVS Conference, University of Oregon.
3. Conducted original research on history and evolution of Indian sweets, analyzing regional variations and cultural significance.
4. Exploring historical, social, and economic contexts influencing Indian food and restaurant dynamics, examining trade, migration, and experimentation.

3. Scheduled to discuss cultural eating and food sustainability in Indian diaspora during Fifteenth International Conference on Food Studies at University of Pretoria in October 2025

1. Drafted 18 funding proposals, resulting in a total of over $100 million raised for the museum during FY 2022.

2. Planned and managed communication in the form of updates, invites, and newsletters with over 3,000 patrons through a cloud-based donor management software.

3. Composed utilization statements of funds and progress reports every quarter for the Museum’s 46 major donors.

4. Developed the fundraisers’ deck to facilitate India’s first digital music festival in December 2021, in collaboration with the Berklee College of Music.

5. Designed and drafted four reports for the Mphasis F1 Foundation, resulting in over $66,000 acquired toward accessibility efforts at the museum.

6. Co-created content for the digital exhibition, Stories on a Banana Leaf. The fully accessible exhibition was covered by eight Indian publications.

1. Part of the acquisitions team for the Australian production of the musicals Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Come from Away was watched by over 2 million Victorians in FY 2020.

2. Carried out a risk evaluation for the exhibition, Keith Haring|Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines was displayed at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2019, leading to an 11% increase in the museum’s footfall.

3. Undertook ROI forecasts for 16 proposed events in the Victorian arts space between 2019 and 2023.

4. Conceptualized and curated the media room at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final held in March 2020, the most-watched ICC women’s event in history.