An international diplomat, development economist, social scientist, and historian. Formerly a professor of Economics at Banaras Hindu University, and subsequently a professor and head of the Department of Social Sciences at the Gandhi Vidya Sansthan, Varanasi, as well as its Director. She has served as a Senior Fellow at the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, a Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, and a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla. She was also the former Director of the Dharampal Research Chair, Bhopal. In 2006, she was honored with the All India Dr. Hedgewar Pragya Award.

She has authored numerous books in Hindi and English on Economics, History, Gandhian Thought, and Feminism. Prominent among these are “Stritva: Dharanayen evam Yatharth” (Womanhood: Concepts and Reality), “Vishwa Sabhyata: Bharatiya Drishti (Part-1)” (World Civilization: An Indian Perspective), “Gandhiji aur Isaiyat” (Gandhiji and Christianity), “Samriddhi Ahinsak Bhi Ho Sakti Hai” (Prosperity Can Also Be Non-Violent), “Bharat ke Vikas Ki Bhavi Disha” (The Future Direction of India’s Development), “Drishtidosh To Vikalp Kaise?” (If the Vision is Impaired, How Can There Be Alternatives?), “Roots of Underdevelopment,” “Debt Trap and Death Trap,” and “Assumptions of Development Theories.”

She has presented papers and delivered speeches at numerous national and international seminars and symposiums across the globe. In recent years, she has been consistently delivering talks on various topics on multiple YouTube channels.