Seema Purushothaman Author

Seema Purushothaman is a Professor at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India. She uses interdisciplinary approaches to study social, ecological and economic change in livelihoods and policies in India, investigating their linkage to food and agrarian crises. Her research spans across the concept and issues of sustainability in and around forests and family farms. Her primary teaching interest is in sustainability as a concept, as an agrarian concern, and from an economic perspective. 

Sheetal Patil is a researcher at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India. With formal training in engineering and computer applications, her current research interest is in policy impacts on agricultural sustainability and its assessment at the micro level. Using the lens of sustainability, she focuses on agrarian and related issues that range from natural resource management to food security, livelihood sustenance, alternate institutions, and safeguarding traditional and cultural knowledge.