Dr. Payal Bose Biswas is currently a Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan based in Kolkata. Payal has more than 15 years of teaching at a range of academic institutions. She has won various fellowships and scholarships and has represented India in a US Government sponsored program on Foreign Policy. She has authored various textbooks, research-based books and published many other articles in renowned journals and edited volumes. Her research focuses on gender equality and gender mainstreaming. Payal holds an M.Phil from the University of Calcutta and a Ph.D from Jadavapur University.

Participant in: November/December 2020 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes