Arup MitraDr Arup Mitra is Professor of Economics at South Asian University. Earlier he was Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi from 2002-2022. He was also the Director General of NILERD (formerly IAMR), under NITI Aayog, GO. His research interest includes development economics, issues in urban development, labour and welfare, corruption, industrial growth and productivity, and gender inequality. He did his M A and Ph D from Delhi School of Economics and post doctorate from Northwestern University, USA. He was awarded the Mahalanobis memorial Gold Medal by the Indian Econometric Society for his outstanding research and contribution to quantitative economics. His book on Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wellbeing published by Springer received Professor S. R. Sen best book award, 2019. His book on Urban Headway and Upward Mobility (2020) was published by Cambridge University Press in 2020 and his work for the World Bank on Barriers to Employment is published under the Springer-Brief series, 2023. He has several publications in various international and national journals. Besides, he held the Indian Economy Chair at Sciences Po. Paris and was a visiting fellow at IDE-JETRO, Japan, visiting professor at Nagoya University, Japan and senior economist at ILO, Geneva. In the field of literature his publications include: Collection of Poems: Awakening (1998), Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi.In Search of the Lotus-Feet (2002), Atlantic Pub. New DelhiLight on the Lotus (2007), Readworthy Pub., New Delhi.Poverty Profile, (2010), Readworthy Pub., New Delhi.Novella: A Letter to Mother: Destruction to Construction, (2002), Atlantic Pub. New DelhiSpread the Wings: Globalising India, (2017) Becomeshakeaspeare.com, Mumbai.He is also a regular contributor to the Speaking Tree column of the Times of India. Read More Read Less