Dr. Shazia Farooq Fazli has obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. She has been awarded Post Doctoral Fellowship from ICSSR, New Delhi.She is presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology. 

Her areas of interest include reproductive health and reproductive rights of women and counselling to create regarding HIV/AIDS. she was associated with different NGOs, particularly Bill and Melinda gates Foundation and UDAAN Society Aligarh, working on women related issues. She has worked as a Research Associate in Project of "Migration, Poverty and Access to Health" funded by Indian Council of Medical Research. She has authored of a book entitled " Society , Culture and Reproductive Health".