Sonal Mobar Roy is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Post Graduate Studies and Distance Education at the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, India. Prior to joining NIRDPR, she worked at Centre for Exact Humanities, IIIT Hyderabad as a Research Scientist. Dr. Roy did her master’s in Social Anthropology from Lucknow University (2005) and doctorate in Sociology from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2012), one of the premier institutes in India. Her doctoral study focused on stigma related to TB and HIV in Ladakh region of India, and the fieldwork was sponsored by Parkes Foundation, UK. Her research interests include Sociology of Health and Education, Culture and Tribal Studies, Rural Development and ICT, and Ethnography. She is a member of international editorial boards and has been involved in teaching, training and research at her institute. She has national and international publications to her name and strives to bridge the gap between theory and practice through her writings and research. She has presented paper at universities of repute such as Oxford University, Imperial College London and University of Berkeley, California. She has vast experience of conducting ethnographic studies in tribal areas and understands the nuances of development domain.