Mandakini is a researcher and educator with over 25 years of research and teaching experience. For the last 10 years she has been with PRIA working in areas of Women & Gender Studies, Citizenship, Governance, Social Development, and Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. She was the Programme Coordinator of Citizenship Development Research Centre (CDRC) at PRIA. Before joining PRIA, she taught at SNDT Women’s University in Mumbai and was a Reader at the University’s Research Centre for Women’s Studies.