I am currently the Director of Center for Early Childhood Education and Development (CECED) at Ambedkar University Delhi. Projects funded by UNICEF, World Bank , WHO, Govt. of Maharashtra, MHRD and NGOs like CASP-PLAN, Mobile Creches and others have been successfully carried out during this period. Till 2015, I was Professor at the School of Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. With a PhD in Human Development, I have been a keen researcher in the field of early childhood. The areas of my work have been, issues of quality in early childhood programs, teacher training, and impact of early childhood programs on children’s development. This has given scope to have many publications to my credit. I am also the president of the Association for Early Childhood Education and Development (AECED) which is a national network of institutions and individuals working for the young child. In 2005, I was selected as a Global Leader from India by the World forum Foundation and in 2007 became the recipient of Senior Fulbright Research Fellowship to Brandeis University, USA.