लेखक: Margaret Khalakdina

Dr. Margaret Khalakdina is an independent consultant. She has had a long career in her area of specialisation-human development and human ecology. She completed her Ph.D. from Cornell University, New York, US, and is a recipient of fellowships from Syracuse University, Altrusa International and Ford Foundation. She has had a long, distinguished professional career as a teacher of post-graduate student at Lady Irwin College, New Delhi; and Nirmala Niketan College and SNDT Home Science College, Mumbai. She was formerly the Executive Director of the Indian Council or Child Welfare and her last assignment was with the UNICEF in African countries. She is the author of the books Early Child Care in India (1997), sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation, and Human Development in the Indian Context: A Socio-cultural Focus (two volumes, 2009, 2011). She has also contributed to various publications such as The First Five Years (1998) and journals such as the Indian Journal of Social Work and Journal of Human Ecology.