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This book, containing 24 contents authored by renowned scholars and social activists, attempts to address the various issues concerning the elderly women in India. Taking a close look at the status of elderly women in the country, it presents a critical analysis of the various aspects of the life of elderly people such as their human rights, their safety and protection, mainstreaming and capacity building, self-reliance, nutritional status, and health care. Further analysing the role of science and technology in the welfare of elderly people, the book also examines, the impact of National Policy on them. About the Author:- Dr. V. Mohini Giri, the Founder/Managing Trustee of the Guild for Service, the Founder President of the War Widow's Association of India, and the Chairperson of the Guild of Service, is a well-known social activist working for elderly and marginalized women. Earlier, she was Chairperson of the National Commission for Women. Dr. Giri's work involves a whole range of issues: widows who were, and continue to be, among the most marginalized women in India: a 33% reservation for women in parliament: rapid-action people's courts for women in rural areas and redefining: “charity” as developmental work. Dr. Giri was nominated among the 1000 Peace Women Across the Globe in 2005. She has received many awards, including the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, and Lifetime Achievement Award for building a society for all ages by the UN Committee on Ageing. The Guild for Service runs a shelter home in Vrindavan, “Aamar Bari-Ma-Dham”, where the elderly women are given the dignity of human life and also in Srinagar, Kashmir, “Rahat Ghar”, for the empowerment of the militancy effected women and children. Dr. Giri has lectured in 52 universities in the USA. She is a prolific writer and has to her credit four books-Kanya, Emancipation and Empowerment of Women, Living Death, Trauma of Widowhood in India and Deprived Devi.