Vibhuti Patel is Ph.D. in Economics, University of Mumbai. She was awarded Visiting Fellowship to the London School of Economics and Politcal Science from Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK, in 1992-93. She has authored and co-authored 12 books; edited and co-edited 9 books and contributed over 100 papers as chapters in various books edited by others. She has also authored and co-authored 34 research monographs and reports. Her research papers, comments, commentaries and reviews have been published in the national as well as international academic journals. For E PG Pathshala, UGC, Delhi, she has been a paper coordinator for ‘Women and Economics’ (20 modules) for M.A. Women’s Studies Course, and she has been a writer for 9 modules and reviewer for 11 modules. Video recorded 11 modules. For course on M.A. in Adult, Continuing and Extension Education, she wrote and presented 4 modules, and video recorded 4 modules.Nandita Mondal is an assistant professor, Centre for Labour Studies, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and is a trained social worker from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. She has worked on empowerment of Koli fisherwomen in Mumbai for her Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai. She has worked with government, nongovernment and corporate as well as educational institutions during her professional career across India spanning nearly three decades. Her research interest covers the issues of women in informal labour, women’s work and dignity, cooperative governance and women, child labour and corporate social responsibility. She has several refereed publications and numerous professional presentations to her credit.