Shilpy Gupta did her M.Sc. and Ph.D. In Anthropology from University of Delhi, Delhi (India). Her areas of research interest are Human Rights, Medical Anthropology, Ethnicity, Social Change and Cosmo political Dynamics. She has been awarded BPR & D fellowship, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi. She has published several scholarly research papers in national journals and participated in various national seminars and workshops. She has worked extensively in tribal, rural and urban populations of North India. At present, she is Human Rights Activist based in California, USA.,