Dr Preeti Jain Das is a Visiting Professor at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi with 34 years of experience in the Government as an Indian Revenue Service officer. She holds a Ph. D in Sociology from IIT, Delhi. Dr Das is engaged in research, advocacy and capacity–enhancement in the area of development-induced-displacement, rehabilitation and resettlement. She is also focussed on building scholarship on land acquisition laws and rehabilitation issues through publications and conferences.  Her area of interest spans gender rights, renewable energy, land management and sustainability. The issue of equity and distributive justice in the development paradigm forms the underlying motif of her work.

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