Dr. Sumana Paul, teacher, researcher in social sciences and a social worker obtained her M. A., B. Ed. and Ph. D. degrees from the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. Having a teaching experience of 28 years, she is Head of the Department of Education, Women’s College, Shillong and associated with a number of academic institutions of high repute. Credited with authorship of six books and more than one hundred articles published in national and international journals and edited volumes. She has also coordinated a number of research projects, seminars, workshops and training programmes. She is an empanelled Research Reviewer at the International Institute of Asian Studies, the Netherlands.