Dr Anoja Wickramasinghe is an Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She has significantly contributed to the field of energy, forestry, resource management, rural development, poverty, and also as a policy and institutional analyst, gender activist, community mobiliser and trainer. She has served as a consultant to several international and national agencies including the UNDP, FAO, IFAD, World Bank, and Millennium Challenge Cooperation as the national expert on Gender and Social inclusion in Lands and Transport Sector in Sri Lanka.