Sumati Thusoo is a research author at the Department of Sociology at Monk Prayogshala. She has worked with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM - UN Migration), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), and other nonprofits—both national and international—in the past. She is also the founder of NyāyaSarathy Foundation. Her past work has been on modern slavery, business and human rights, and gender justice.