Anurekha Chari Wagh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad. She specializes in the areas of gender and citizenship rights, agrarian issues, microfinance, development, teaching and learning, feminist pedagogy, and mentoring. She has published on these issues in national and international journals and edited books. Her PhD is from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune and she was awarded the UGC C.V Raman fellowship for her postdoctoral research at the University of Connecticut. Her recent journal publications include; “Towards Conceptualization of a Safe, Inclusive and Accessible Classrooms” and “Classroom as a Site for Feminist Civic Literacy: Towards Nurturing Democratic Consciousness”.