India, March 6 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will participate in a discussion on social development, girl, child, and women empowerment at the University of Oxford's Kellogg College on March 27.

A Kellogg College statement said Banerjee will be in conversation with the institute's president Jonathan Michie and British Indian entrepreneur and politician Lord Karan Bilimoria.

The invitation for the discussion said it would provide a rare opportunity to talk with one of India's most influential leaders about her remarkable journey in politics, literature, and cultural advocacy.

State government officials said Banerjee received a similar invitation in 2020 from the Oxford debating society. But the event was called off. Mich...