Prem Chowdhry

Prem Chowdhry is an Indian social scientist, historian, and Senior Academic Fellow at the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi. She is a feminist and critic of violence against couples refusing arranged marriages.

She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of Haryana state in India and daughter of Hardwari Lal, the renown educationist and Indian National Congress member of parliament for Haryana.

Professional achievements
Chowdhry is a Life Member of the Center for Women Studies. She has also worked at the Indian Council of Social Science Research supported Centre for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi; an advanced studies unit of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library.

Chowdhry is an alumna of Jawaharlal Nehru University, and professorial fellow of the University Grants Commission.

Art career
Chowdhry is also a self-taught artist whose painting are held by the National Gallery, India and the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India.