Dr. K. S. Selvanayaki is working as an Assistant Professor of Women's Studies in Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies (a state institute of urban development) located at Coimbatore – 641 011, Tamil Nadu, India. She has more than a decade of teaching experience and 14 years of the training and research experience. Her area of interest includes Urban Poverty, Women & Economy, Women & Health, Gender Issues, Capacity Building, Behaviour Change Campaign, Solid Waste Management, Sustainable Environmental Management. In her credit she has published 15 papers in various journals. She developed course modules for several programmes meant for the ofcials and women elected representatives of Urban Local Bodies (ULB). She was instrumental in bringing out a unique agship course for the ULB ofcials, PG Diploma in Solid Waste Management with an international exposure visit, at TNIUS and completed 3 batches and also visited Singapore and Malaysia. She represented India for Asia–Pacic Global Leaders Convention at Seoul, South Korea. She has designed and is conducting a series of programmes related to Urban Poverty Eradication, Women Empowerment, Gender Sensitization, Gender Budget, Sexual Harassment Act, Cybercrime, Solid Waste Management etc.

Dr. K.C. Leelavathi is wis a Professor (retired) in Home Science Extension Education and was the Director, Centre for Women's Studies, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education, Coimbatore – 641 043, Tamil Nadu, India. With over Four decades of teaching experience and 30 years of research experience, Professor Leelavathi has guided 8 Scholars and 14 Scholars leading to Ph.D and M.Phil respectively. She has published 14 Research papers in the reputed Journals and presented 38 papers in the various national and international seminars. Her area of interest is Home Science Extension, Women Empowerment, Women & Economy and Gender Issues. She served as a Women Coordinator in the National Literacy Mission from Coimbatore District Collectorate. She was a part of International Project sponsored by Reading University, United Kingdom.