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SPARROW Trustees
Dr.
C. S. Lakshmi
C.S.Lakshmi is a Tamil writer who writes in the pseudonym Ambai. Her translated stories have been published in two collections entitled A Purple Sea and In a Forest, A Deer. She is also an independent researcher in Women's Studies for the past thirty years and has several publications to her credit. She is currently the Director of SPARROW.
Neera Desai is a pioneer in the field of Women's Studies and a nationally and internationally known scholar. She has also been a politically active person and has been a part of the struggle for the nation's freedom and an inspiring presence in the Women's Movement. She set up the first Research Centre for Women's Studies in S.N.D.T. Women's University and was its first Director and served in that capacity for many years. Her much-acclaimed research works have been recognised in Gujarathi and English. Her latest book entitled Feminism as Experience published by SPARROW has received wide acclaim.
Dr. Maithreyi Krishna Raj
Maithreyi Krishna Raj was former Professor and Director, Research Centre for Women's Studies at S.N.D.T. Women's University. Her major publications have been on Women and Science and on Gender and Development. Her area of work has been women's issues, women and development issues, Women's Studies Methodology, concepts, theory and pedagogy. She has also been part of the Women's Movement since 1975.
Dr. Divya Pandey
Divya Pandey has thirty years of academic experience in Demography, Women's Studies, and Community Development. Her major area of research has been Population Studies, Women's Health, and Development and Empowerment. At present she is associated with SPARROW and the Research Centre for Women's Studies, S.N.D.T. Women's University.
Dr. Roshan G. Shahani
Roshan G. Shahani retired as the head of the Department of English at Jai Hind College where she taught since 1965. Her areas of interest include contemporary Indian and British literature as well as Women's Studies which she taught at both under-graduate and post- graduate levels. She was the editor of BEAM, (Bombay English Association Magazine) and has done research on Canadian women's writing. Her publications include The Canadian Family in Fiction and a memoir on her mother, published by SPARROW entitled, Allan: Her Infinite Variety.
Dr. Usha Thakkar
Dr. Usha Thakkar is a former Professor and Head of Department of Political Science at the S.N.D.T. Women's University. She is currently the Director of the Institute of Gandhian Thought and Rural Development, a program that is run from Mani Bhavan and also the Honorary Secretary of Mani Bhavan, Gandhi Sangrahalaya. She is also the Chairperson of Public Lectures and Cultural Events Committee of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Dr. Shoba Venkatesh Ghosh
Dr. Shoba Venkatesh Ghosh is the Head of the Department of English in S.I.E.S. College, Mumbai, and has been part of many of the activities of SPARROW for several years now.
Advisory Committee
Dr. Chhaya Dattar
Ms. Chandita Mukherjee
Dr. Miriam Dossal
Ms. Neela Bhagwat
Ms. Shanta Gokhale
Ms. Vijaya Dass
External Advisors from Outside Mumbai
Dr. Lalitha Iyer
Ms. Urvashi Butalia
Dr. Uma Chakravarti
External Advisors from Outside India
Dr. Geraldine Forbes
Dr. Josna Rege
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