Shveta Kalyanwala Editor

Leela Visaria, Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University is an Honorary Professor and a former Director at Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad. Her research has been in historical demography, health, family planning, education and demographic transition. She has authored several peer-reviewed articles and has co-authored or edited seven books. During 1994-99, she served as a coordinator of HealthWatch. She was awarded National Professorship during Asian Population Association during 2009-2010.

Shveta Kalyanwala is a qualitative researcher working in an interdisciplinary manner on health, education, social justice and rights. She has undertaken research on a range of issues including maternal health (SRHR, abortion and post abortion care, family planning, HIV/AIDS), adolescents (life-skills building, SRHR, comprehensive sexuality education, access to secondary education), health system strengthening, social justice. She has published articles in peer reviewed journals. She was a team member of Health Watch Trust and a national level study on Abortion Incidence in India conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, IIPS and Population Council.

Vimala Ramachandran has been working on school education and the intersection between health and education. She co-conceptualised Mahila Samakhya (Education for Women’s Equality) and was the first National Project Director from 1988-93 in MHRD, GOI. She was the Managing Trustee of HealthWatch from 1994 to 2004 and Co-coordinator of Abortion Assessment Project - India (AAP-I). She established ERU Consultants Private Limited in 1998 and a National Fellow and Professor of Teacher Management and Development in NUEPA (2011-2015).