Srilatha Batliwala is an Indian feminist scholar-practictioner who has combined grassroots activism and research throughout her career. She is currently Civil Society Research Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University, where her work focuses on transnational civil society, particullarly on transnational grassroots movements, and on bridging the divide between practictioners and scholars. She is also Chair of the Board of Women's Environment and Board of the International Society for Third Sector Research, and a Research Associate of Gender at Work, an international learning network on gender and institutional change.