Dr. Nishi Mitra vom Berg is Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Study of Developing Societies, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), India. She is an anthropologist engaged in cross cultural and comparative research on feminist themes in India, Sweden, UK, Germany, Canada, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Afghanistan etc. She has researched and published on gender-based violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence and marital rape, child marriages, femicide etc. She led the development and launch of the master’s in Women’s Studies and researches gender and housing, minorities on campus, education for social change and inclusion, gender and immigration and women’s enterprise in conflict context.