Shashi Bala, an economist is Fellow at V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA (An Autonomous Body of Ministry of labour & Employment, Government of India). She was awarded PhD from the Centre of Study for Diplomacy, International Law and Economics, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was the Visiting Researcher in 2008 at the Korean Labour Institute, Seoul, South Korea. Presently, she is coordinating the activities of the Centre for Gender & Labour Studies and Centre for Agrarian Relations, Rural Labour and Behaviour Studies at the Institute. She organizes training programmes and conducts research on various dimensions pertaining to Labour economics & development policies; Skill development; Social security; Gender budgeting; Behavior skill management, etc., with the central focus on gender and related issues. She has been a member of the Task Force on Gender Equality in the World of Work, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, INDIA.