P. MadhaviDr. P. Madhavi is currently Assistant Professor of Economics, in the Department of Womens Studies, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati. Earlier she worked as lecturer in JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur. She obtained her M.A. Degree n Economics from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and was awarded the Gold Medal. She also received her M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the same university. She has also published and presented 17 articles in journals and conferences. Her areas of interest include women empowerment, women entrepreneurship, and industrial economics. Professor G. Satyanarayana is presently Emeritus Fellow of University Grants Commission (UGC) at Sri Krishnadevaraya University (S.K. University), Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh. He retired as Dean of Social Sciences and Director, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy from the same University. A Gold Medallist in M.A. (Economics), he has more than 100 research papers and 11 books to his credit. He successfully completed one major research project sponsored by the UGC, New Delhi. Earlier he worked as Director, College Development Council, S.K. University, Anantapuramu and also as a Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Planning and Development Studies, a Premier State-sponsored Research Centre in the University. Deeply interested in the economics of cottage and small-scale industries and environmental economics, he has produced 38 Ph.D. and 22 M.Phil. s Read More Read Less