Catch this exclusive interview in which Nilanjana Sengupta, Faculty Azim Premji University, engages with DAWN co-founder and Executive Commitee Member Gita Sen, on the development crises and alternatives in contemporary India from a gendered perspective. In this conversation, the Indian Feminist Economist and Distinguished Professor touches upon the progress that India has made with respect to challenges of gender equality, women’s development, and questions of economic and social justice since the 1980s.

Gita Sen is Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Population at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, former director of the Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity & Social Determinants of Health at the Public Health Foundation of India. She is on the executive committee of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN).

Her key research areas are health and population; gender and development; and inequality. Sen was the first chairperson of the World Bank’s External Gender Consultative Group, and was a member on the Millennium Project’s Task-force on Gender Equality. She has worked with the United Nations in several capacities, including as the lead consultant for the United Nations Population Fund’s India Population Assessment.

Gita Sen was one of the keynote speakers in the International Conference on Rethinking Labour: Gender, Informality and Politics organised by Azim Premji University in January 2024.