Author: Denzil Fernandes

Archana Sinha, a Doctorate in Agricultural Economics, currently is Fellow and Head of the Department of Women”s Studies; just before this she was Head of the Department of Rural and Urban Studies, Indian Social Institute, Lodi Road, New Delhi, India. She is responsible for implementing research on various women issues, rural and urban based issues on gender and development, social conflict, agriculture related rural economy, livelihood, gender and social exclusion, food security, nutrition, health promotion, MDGs and now SDGs related issues, etc. She worked for evaluation studies and impact assessment in several flagship development programmes of Government of India. Also involved in publications of research reports, designing, conducting and organizing research methodology, advocacy and capacity building programs, networking and collaborating with similar other organizations in research, capacity building in research, etc and advocacy programs. She has written extensively on agriculture, gender, water, labour, food security, health & nutrition, and issues related to sustainable development and human development. Dr. Denzil Fernandes is currently the Executive Director of Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, a premier Jesuit social research institute in India. He is also the Editor of the quarterly journal, Social Action, a University Grants Commission (UGC) approved journal. He holds two post graduate degrees in Economics and Politics from Pune University. He was awarded Ph.D in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, in 2012 for his work on “Social Networks in the Construction Labour Market in Goa”. He is on the Governing Board of several institutions including Indian Social Institute, Bangalore; Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi; and Agriculture for Food Production (AFPRO), Delhi. He is the author of the book “Submergence of Justice” and has written several articles in reputed journals on labour economics, politics, migration and sustainable development.