Dr. N.Shantha Mohan is presently a professor at the School of Social Sciences at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). Prior to this, she has worked as a Research Associate at the Joint Women's Programme (WCSRC-CISRS), Bangalore, as a visiting professor at the R.V.Teachers College, Bangalore, as a research Scientist at UGC, New Delhi and as an assistance professor at ISEC, Bangalore. She has also served as Gender Expert for the Info-Dutch Tungabhadra Irrigation Pilot Project, Phase II. She holds the honour of being nominated by the ISRO Satellite Centre of the Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore to serve as member of the Committee for Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace. She has many publications to her credit.