Dr. A Sylvia Daisy works as an Associate Professor at Madras Christian College in the Department of Social Work, Self Financed Stream. She has been associated with MCC since August 2007. She has been teaching Social Work since 1999. She is the Director in charge of Family Life Institute, a unit of Madras Christian College that caters to the health and economic needs of rural women and children and also contributes to the development of the rural community in Chengalpet District, Tamilnadu. She is a Committee member of the Institution Innovation Council of Madras Christian College and the Nodal Ofcer representing the Department of Social Work, SFS at School of Continuing Education, Madras Chritian College. She pursued her Ph.D. in Social Work discipline from Bishop Heber College afliated with Bharathidasan University. Her Ph.D. thesis focussed on “Entrepreneurship and Empowerment of Women”. She is the author of the book titled “Marriage and Family”. She has been the Guest Editor of the International Journal on Social Work Management. She is interested in research and has published more than 25 research papers. She has made several paper presentations at National and International Conferences. Among those eight were on Women Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation. Her paper on Women Entrepreneurship, Empowerment, and Marital Satisfaction was presented at the 6th EMES Conference organized by Catholic University, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium from July 7th to 12th 2017. which was supported by the University Grants Commission, Government of India. Her Research paper presentation on “Life Skills and Utilisation of Health Services among Rural women” at the Joint World Conference, organized by the IFSW at Stockholm, Sweden in July 2012 was partially supported by Madras Christian College. As the Secretary of Anbagam, she involved herself in the following projects and made a remarkable contribution, Tribal Children Nutrition project 2014 to 2019, Tribal Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment project 2017 to 2019, Chennai Floods Relief and Rehabilitation project 2015, Vardha Cyclone Relief and Rehabilitation project 2017, COVID 19 Relief and Rehabilitation project 2020. She was a member of the Sub Committee for Employment Generation, Education, Skills and Livelihood, Confederation of Indian Industry, Southern Region from 2018 to 2020. Since 2019 March she is a member of the Community Advisory Board, the National Institute for Tuberculosis Research, Indian Council for Medical Research. She is the Director of Commonwealth Organization for Social Work, London from September 2020. Teaching is her passion. Collaboration and Networking with people are her strengths.

Dr. F. Carter Premraj works as an Assistant Professor of Social Work, Specialized in Community Development at Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli. His earlier assignments were with National and International Developmental Organizations like SCARF Chennai, REACH, Chennai and WORLD VISION INDIA. He has more than 15 years of experience in Teaching, Research and Extension Service. His areas of interest include Community Development Management, HIV / AIDS, working with Children, Conceptualizing and Evaluating Developmental Projects. He has been granted with a Minor Research Project on “Factors affecting Compliance to Antiretroviral Therapy among PLWHIV in Trichy District, Tamilnadu” by UGC, New Delhi and sanctioned with a sum of Rs.2,35,000/-. He has also been sanctioned grant for a Minor Research Project by the Bishop Heber College Management.and published a book entitled 'Pain, Patience and Prevalence, with ISBN 978-93-80767-48-2. He has guided 8 candidates to secure PhD Degree in Social Work and currently guiding four research Scholars. He has participated and presented scientic papers at the varied Regional, National and International Conferences and published several articles in Books and Journals of international repute. He is also a consultant to Non- Governmental Organizations in Tiruchirappalli, invited as a Resource Person to NGOs, Educational Institutions, District Child Protection Unit, RPF Training Centre and Tamilnadu Police In-house Training Centre. He also serves as a Member in Child Welfare Committee, Trichy District and the Police – Well-being Ofcer for Tamil Nadu Police Department, Trichy District. He is also the coordinator for the Alumni Affairs of Bishop Heber College.