Vasiraju Rajyalakshmi is a Professor at the Department of Sociology, Janki Devi Memorial College. She received her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has been a Post-Doctoral Fellow at ICSSR. Her publications include Language and Ethnic Identity in India (Uppal Publishing House, 2010) and Society: An insight (Jawahar Publishing House, 2011). She has published many articles and contributed e-content for MOOC as well as for studies for senior secondary grades. She is regular panellist at Rajya Sabha TV. She has led many research projects and is Co-Director of the Centre for Gender Equity Studies, JDM College. She has served as Consultant to the Delhi government in the Women’s Empowerment Cell and conducts workshops on Gender sensitisation for Delhi Police.