Devaki Jain (born 1933) is an Indian economist and writer, who has worked mainly in the field of feminist economics.

Having graduated from Mysore University in 1953 with three gold medals for the first rank in Mathematics, English, and Overall Performance she later [2] attended St Anne's College, Oxford.

Jain was founder of the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) in New Delhi and served as director until 1994.

In line with this philosophy, her academic research has focused on issues of equity, democratic decentralization, people-centered development, and women's rights.

As Chair of the Advisory Committee on Gender for the United Nations Centre in Asia-Pacific, she has visited numerous countries, including most Pacific and Caribbean Island.

[4] Devaki Jain was awarded a fellowship to the Scandinavian Institute for Asian Studies Copenhagen, in the year 1983 to lecture in 9 Universities in the Region on Gender & Poverty.

In the academic year 2013–14, she was Plumer Visiting Fellow at her alma mater, St Anne's College, Oxford.