James Regina C. Dabhi, S.J. was director at NAVSARJAN – Xavier’s cell for human development, Surat.  Earlier he served as research Director at the Human Development and Research Centre, St. Xavier’s college, Ahmedabad. He has worked as Country Director of Afghanistan Research and Development Institute (ARDI) based in Kabul, and taught in the Government universities in Afghanistan in subjects like sociology, social research and development management. He also has served as the executive Director of Indian Social Institute, an institute for Research, Training and   Action   for   Socio -Economic Development and Human Rights in New Delhi.  He was a visiting faculty at Amrut Modi School of Management, Ahmedabad University. He is also part of the professional team from 2014 to facilitate the credit courses based on applied behavioral science for P GX for Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has written number of articles and books on education, Not for Profit Organisations, democracy, gender and inclusive development. His academic studies include BA in Philosophy and Sociology, M.Sc. from London, School of Economics and Ph.D. in Sociology of Organisation on NGOs culture and effectiveness.