Sagari R Ramdas has a Masters in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the University of California, Davis, USA. She has worked with rural and adivasi communities as a field veterinarian, trainer and researcher on livestock and peoples livelihoods. She is Co-Director of ANTHRA, which she founded with Nitya Ghotge in 1992. She has co-coordinated research on the gender, caste and class dynamics of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Livestock Production. Currently, her work includes community action-research, training and policy research on livestock production in dryland agriculture. She can be contacted at sagari.ramdas@anthra.org