Prof. Arvinder A. Ansari is a sociologist, professor of sociology and former honorary director of Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusion Policy at Jamia Millia Islamia. She holds an MA in Sociology from Jamia Millia Islamia, M.Phil. and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In her distinguished academic career of more than twenty years in Jamia Millia Islamia, she has taught postgraduate and undergraduate students and supervised several PhD students. Her areas of specialisation are Sociology of Ethnicity and Minorities, Sociology of Gender, Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies and Identity, Sociology of Violence. She has successfully completed many minor and major research projects. She has presented papers and participated in many International and National Conferences.