T.S. Sarma

Dr. T. Susilendra Sarma, born on 15th August, 1947, received her Master’s Degree, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Economics from Andhra University, Waltair. She is, at present, Head of the Department of Economics at Smt. Kandukuri Rajya Lakshmi College, Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh). She has many years of experience in teaching a wide variety of topics related to Indian Economics, Macro Economics, Public Finance, Agricultural Economics, Population Studies and Environment.

Dr. Sarma is keenly interested in studying the problems of Women, Illiteracy, Population, Poverty and Environment. She participated in the ‘Orientation Course in Population Education’, organised by Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. She attended the Training programme for Legal Literacy for Women, organised by the National Commission for Women, at Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswavidyalayam. She is an active and regular participant in various U.G.C. Seminars, Workshops and Conferences. She organised U.G.C.-sponsored seminar on ‘Environment and Sustainable Development, Indian and Global Scenario’, in 1997. At present, Dr. Sarma is Programme Advisor for Nature Club ‘Green Earth — SKRC’, which is affiliated to ‘Society for Preservation of Environment and Quality of Life’ (SPEQL) and also WWF — India.