Deepa Narayan serves on the Global Advisory Councils of the World Economic Forum. From 2002 to 2008 she served as senior adviser to the vice president in the poverty reduction and economic management network of the World Bank. She was named as one of 100 most influential global thinkers by the U.S. Foreign Policy magazine, one of 35 great minds by India Today magazine in 2011 and one of 100 disruptive heroes to bring about changes in large organizations by Hackers Work in 2013. She has published over 15 books and is author of the forthcoming book, Womanhood: Made in India.