Prem Chowdhry is an Indian social scientist, historian,Different Types of History Part 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009. , and Senior Academic Fellow at the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations She is a feminist and critic of violence against couples refusing arranged marriages.'Khaps Have To Reform', Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010
She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of Haryana state in India.Oxford University Press
Career Chowdhry is a Life Member of the Center for Women Studies.India Court of Women on Dowry and Related Forms of Violence against Women, 2009 CWDS About Us She has also worked at the Indian Council of Social Science Research supported Centre for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi; an advanced studies unit of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library.Law and Social Science Research Network, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library 2008
Chowdhry is an alumna of Jawaharlal Nehru University,JNU Alumni Association and professorial fellow of the University Grants Commission.
She has provided expert commentary to news media, including to The Guardian about the impact of prejudice against having a daughter in India; to The Guardian, Associated Press, TIME, and Reuters about "honour killings"; to The Statesman about the Haryana social structure; to NPR about the Haryana social structure and how it relates to the rape of Dalit women; to The Indian Express about the political history of Indian cinema; and to Reuters about inheritance rights for women in India. Her 2004 Modern Asian Studies article "Private Lives, State Intervention: Cases of Runaway Marriage in Rural North India" was cited by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada in 2006.
She has also written commentary in The Tribune, including about violence related to inter-caste marriages, and advocacy for an investment in the education of girls to reduce poverty.
Art career Chowdhry is a self-taught artist whose painting are held by the National Gallery, India and the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
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Personal life She is the daughter of Hardwari Lal,Reformist revisited, Humra Quraishi, The Tribune India. 27 March 2011 the educationist and Indian National Congress member of parliament for Haryana. Social Scientist. v 21, no. 244-46 (Sept–Nov 1993) p. 112
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External links Prem Chowdhry – Economic and Political Weekly ICHR Website Centre for Women's Development Studies Website