Govind Kelkar is a feminist scholar, PhD in Political Economy of China. She is the Executive Director, GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation, Gurgaon, India. She is a Professor at the Centre for Economics and Social Studies, Hyderabad; Visiting Professor, Council for Social Development and Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, India and was a Senior Adviser, Landesa, Seattle, USA (May 2013-March 2020). In her concurrent assignments, Professor Kelkar was the International Research Coordinator of ENERGIA International, The Netherlands and research lead on Gender and Energy at Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. She is a Distinguished Adjunct Faculty of Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. Professor Kelkar has the position of Honorary Professor in Institute of Ethnology, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, China.