| 1. She began teaching at JNU in 2009, having previously taught at Delhi University and Lady Shri Ram College. |
| 2. During the 1980s, she introduced a Freshers’ Talent Contest in place of beauty contests at Delhi University. |
| 3. She drew inspiration from feminist figures such as Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, and Gloria Steinem. |
| 4. Nivedita has authored and curated numerous books on feminism and politics. |
| 5. In 2016, she spoke out against the Uniform Civil Code. |
| 6. Actress Pallavi Joshi portrayed her in the movie 'The Kashmir Files'. |
| 7. She has penned various articles focusing on feminism and gender equality. |
| 8. She teaches at the Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory, School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. |
| 9. She is a founder of the collective blog kafila.online and a regular commentator on contemporary issues. |
| 10. She has translated fiction and non-fiction from Hindi and Malayalam into English. |
| 11. She authored Recovering Subversion: Feminist Politics Beyond the Law (2004), Seeing Like a Feminist (2012), and co-authored Power and Contestation: India since 1989 (2007) with Aditya Nigam. |
| 12. She edited Gender and Politics in India (1999) and Sexualities (2007). |
| 13. Her book Secularism as Misdirection: Critical Thought from the Global South was published in 2024. |
