Rajashree Ghosh

resident scholar, WSRC, Brandeis

Rajashree Ghosh has worked in the field of social development in the arenas of gender, education, health, and environment. She has also worked for the United Nations World Food Programme in India and has successfully liaised with Government, non-profit and multilateral agencies. For the Women's Studies Program at Boston University, Rajashree guided the interface between partners at three Indian Universities and with local entities. This initiative endorsed by UNESCO (Paris), aims at exchange of ideas on gender across cultural boundaries. At the WSRC, her in-depth knowledge of India provides contextual understanding of women and their participation in development.