Dr. R. Purnima, formerly Professor of English, KSOU and presently the Director of Children’s Literary Club, Mysuru, will be presenting a paper titled “Creativity and Karnataka’s Transgender Community: Experiences, Challen-ges and Hopes” at the three-day, National Seminar organised by Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi and Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, from Dec. 28 to 30, 2023, to be held in Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. This is in connection with the National Seminar on ‘The Crises of the 21st Century and the Way Forward.’