[2] It is the first organization of its kind that focuses on violence against South Asian women in the United States.

A part-time teacher and full-time community worker, she has written extensively in the areas of ethnicity, gender, immigration, and violence against women.

[3] She did her undergraduate and graduate studies at Ohio State University[4] and received her PhD in developmental psychology.

She has written numerous articles on south Asian women’s issues and collaborated with her physician daughter, Sayantani DasGupta, on mother-daughter experiences.

[8] The recipient of many awards, including the Bannerman Fellowship,[2] she is on the boards of several national organizations.