Dr. Lalitha Iyer is the Board member of SATHI Organization and an independent researcher and social consultant. She has been a board member in the Basix Livelihoods group. She is founder Trustee of Plustrust which offers micro-incubation support for rural women. She was a former Dean (Professional Excellence) Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences (ISABS). She has been the external anchor for the Roopantaran initiative of Sir Ratan TataTrust. She is the author of “The Strategic Business Spiral” (Sage, 2001) besides many other research papers.