Ritu Dewan, the first woman Director of the Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, was President of the Indian Association for Womens Studies. She has published widely on development issues, gender economics, rural and urban labour markets, displacement, conflict studies, etc. and is a consultant to several national and international organisations, as well as state governments specially on gendering macroeconomic policies. Her research focus is generally the result of the issues related to the marginalised.