Dr. Sadia Kamran is a thinker, a theorist and an art historian currently associated with Forman Christian College (A Chartered University). Her research on contemporary art of Pakistan is well received at national and international forums. Her writings speak about her experience of teaching art history and theory at various art institutions as well as her appreciation of the indigenous art history pedagogies. She places the contemporary art of Pakistan within its socio-political as well as historical context and traces the development of the same as it transforms from traditional to modern in contemporary practices.Her book Bano’s Companion to Feminist Art - Women, Art & Politics in Pakistan highlights role and status of women artists in the development of contemporary Pakistani society. The book meets the paradigm of socially-engaged art history writing deeply entrenched in theoretical investigations.