Sheela is the President of Anveshi. She is Head of the Centre for Regional Studies, University of Hyderabad. Her primary research is in health and environment studies, urban and regional geography.
Sheela has been actively associated with Anveshi for more than a decade. She serves on the Boards of the Centre for Health and Social Sector Studies, the Ethics Committee of the Institute for Health Systems, the Centre For Peoples Forestry, and on the Research Programme Committee of Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad.
Select Publications
- ‘The Magic Mountain Revisited : History of the Madanapalle TB Sanatorium’, Economic and Political Weekly, August 16-22nd 2008, Vol. XLIII No.33 pp 52-60
- ‘A Small Family is a Happy Family: The Politics of Population Control in India’ Recent Studies on Indian Women. Eds., K.K. Misra and Janet Huber Lowry. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2006. pp 253-280.
- ‘Health Security in A.P.’ Securing Health for All: Dimensions and Challenge. Eds., Sujata Prasad and C. Sathyamala. New Delhi: Institute of Human Development, 2006. pp 107-122.
- ‘Geography in India: Marginal Space’. Economic and Political Weekly. January 1, 2005. pp 79-80.
- ‘Impact of Urban Growth on Water Bodies: The Case of Hyderabad’. Hyderabad: Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Working Paper no.60, 2004. Co-author.
- ‘Reproductive Rights or Health Rights: The Politics of Population Control in India’. Indian Journal of Human Rights, 7: 1& 2, Jan-Dec 2003. pp 74-81.
- Women’s Health. Course Material prepared for a Diploma Course in Women’s Studies. Hyderabad: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, 2001. Co-author.
- The Third World City: Emerging Contours. Hyderabad: Delta Publishers, 1996. Co-editor.
- Population Control Policies and Women. 1996, UGC sponsored research project. Co-author.
- Urban Health Care: A Study of Public and Corporate Hospitals in Hyderabad. New Delhi: Delta Publishers, 1993.