Prof. Susheela Bhan, the former Executive Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, is the founder-Director of the Institute of Peace Research and Action (IPRA) at Delhi. A specialist in Education, she has written extensively in the area of Education and Development. Presently, Prof. Bhan is involved in developing a major research programme in the area of Peace Studies. The project on Ethnic Violence is an important input into this programme. Among other research programmes, four projects completed by her merit a special mention. These are: (1) Peace Awareness Among Student Youth in India : A Status Study, (2) Impact of Ethnic Violence on Youth : A study of Hindu Muslim Violence in the old city of Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), (3) Family Violence Against Women, and (4)Evaluation of Curricula and Textbooks being used at the Higher Secondary Stage from the standpoint of Peace Promotion.
