Dr. D.P. Singh is a Professor and Head of the Department of Social Work at Punjabi University, Patiala. He has published more than fifty research papers and articles in various journals and magazines of repute besides presenting papers in about sixty seminars and conferences in India and abroad. Prof. Singh is also associated with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria-Round 7 and credited to have carried out seven evaluative studies of the UGC and the Government of Punjab. He is the author/editor of five books. His areas of interest are Gender Studies and Industrial Social Work. Dr. Ritu Mor did her Masters in Education followed by the Doctorate in Education from Punjabi University, Patiala. Apart from having published several research articles, she has presented papers in more than half a dozen National and International conferences and seminars. br>