Devku (Jyoti) Paswan, at 37 has been drawn to social issues and problems, from early stage of her life, which is full of personal struggles. Is more interested in understanding the basic issues from which the problems emanate. An Arts Graduate, she is a single mother with two kids. She juggles and balances her home front with work in villages with women for economic self-reliance, domestic and social issues, self-governance. The approach of holistically understanding the problems of society at Chetana-Vikas benefited her life also and gave her a better perspective with women as well as her own children, she feels.