Areas of Professional Interest and Teaching

• Professional Interest : Women’s participation in Panchayati Raj Institutions (Local Self Government), Safety of women, Crimes against women, Gender relations and policy making; Social Policy; Corporate Social Responsibility, Informal sector.
• Teaching interests : Women's Welfare and Development; Social Policy, Social Work Education, Social Defense and Correctional Services, Social exclusion, Social work in the Unorganized sector, research and social sector.

Professional Experience

• Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, March 2011 onwards.
• Director, Field Work and Placements, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, July 2010 to June 2013.
• Director (Honorary), Center for Community Action and Development, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, July 2012 onwards.
• Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, March 2008- February 2011.
• Reader, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, March 2005- February 2008.
• Assistant Professor/Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, August 1991- December 1991; July 1993 - February 2005.
• Research Officer, Delhi Government Sponsored project on Identification of Manual Scavengers in Delhi, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, July 1992-July 1993.
• Counselor/ Social Worker, Women Studies and Development Center, University of Delhi, July 1990- September 1990.
• Counselor/Social Worker Miranda College for Women, University of Delhi, January 1990 to May 1990.

Honors and Achievements

• Member of the Expert Panel constituted by Lieutenant Governor to check ‘Crime Against Women in Delhi’, 2017.
• Member of the Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) under Mobility component of KIRAN Programme, DST, GoI, 2017.
• NOC member for International Adoptions, Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA).
• Member, NAAC Peer Team, University of Delhi.
• Awarded grant from ICCSR for publication of doctorate work.