Gender (In)equality and Social Development

Chandrima Chakraborty is Assistant Professor at Vidyasagar University, India. Her research focuses on studies in social sector and industry. She is author of 'Environmental Sustainability, Growth Trajectory and Gender: Contemporary Issues of Developing Economies' (2022), 'Gender Inequality and its Implications on Education and Health: Global Perspective' (2023), and ‘Performance Analysis of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: A Global Outlook’ (2025). She has published papers in various indexed journals and edited books of reputed publishers and has completed a number of funded research projects as Principal Investigator. Dipyaman Pal is Associate Professor at Bethune College, India. His research focuses on studies on agricultural economics, gender, and industry. He is co-author of 'Environmental Sustainability, Growth Trajectory and Gender: Contemporary Issues of Developing Economies' (2022) 'Gender Inequality and its Implications on Education and Health: Global Perspective' (2023), and ‘Performance Analysis of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: A Global Outlook’ (2025). He has published papers in various indexed journals and edited books of reputed publishers. He has completed a number of funded research projects as Co-Principal Investigator. M. Özgür Kayalica is Senior Lecturer at Istanbul Technical University (Türkiye) and affiliated faculty member at Portland State University, (Oregon USA). Professor Kayalica’s research focuses on theoretical studies in microeconomics and applications. He is co-author of 'International Environmental Efficiency: A Critical Analysis' (2017), 'Artificial Intelligence for Knowledge Management' (2021), and ‘Decision Making Using AI in Energy and Sustainability: Methods and Models for Policy and Practice’ (2023). He also published numerous articles in SCI/SSCI indexed journals.