Maithreyi Krishnaraj is the Director of the Research Centre for Women’s Studies, SNDT women’s University, Bombay. She was the Fulbright Exchange Scholar in Women’s Studies to USA in 1979. With vast experience in teaching and research in the area of women and development, Dr. Krishnaraj has written extensively on the subject. She is the author of Women Women’s Studies in India; Women and Development: The Indian Experience; Women and Society in India; Towards self-Reliance for Women: Some Urban Models; Gender and The Household Domain – Social and Cultural dimensions.Besides, she has published numerous articles and organized the publication of teaching material under two series: Contribution to Women’s Studies and Reading in Women’s Studies.