Janaki Turaga is a sociologist whose interests are environment, development, textiles and crafts. With a Phd from Jawarlal Nehru University, New Delhi in Environment and Development she subsequently worked in the academia and development sectors in the fields of environment, development, livelihoods, micro-finance, biodiversity conservation, protected area management etc. Her current interests are textiles and crafts, with the focus on the issues that confront various textile and crafts traditions.