Dr. Sheela Yadav is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She holds M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. She qualified for the University Grants Commission Junior Research Fellowship (UGC NET-JRF). In addition, she holds a one-year Diploma in Statistics and Computing from the Department of Statistics, Banaras Hindu University. Before joining CSJMU, she served in the University Department of Economics at Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar. Her teaching interests include Economics of Growth and Development, Microeconomics, Economics of Social Sector, Demography and Gender Economics. Her major research interests lie in Gender Economics, women's unpaid work, labour market and employment, social exclusion, human development and financial inclusion. Her research is particularly concerned with understanding the socio-economic realities of women and marginalised communities through field-based empirical investigations. Dr. Yadav has published research papers in national and international journals, contributed chapters to edited books, and authored the book Riddle of Employment Opportunities for Rural Women in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. She has also contributed to collaborative and policy-oriented research. She served as Co-Project Director of an Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)-funded collaborative empirical research project (2024–25) entitled Assessing the Impact of Jal Jeevan Mission on the Health of Rural Communities with Respect to Water-Borne Diseases: A Study of Northern Region of Bihar. Alongside teaching and research, Dr. Yadav has been actively involved in academic administration, research supervision, institutional committees and the organisation of academic events.