Arup Mitra is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. He currently holds a joint position as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the South Asian University, New Delhi. He has been a senior researcher at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, and held the Indian Economy Chair at Sciences Po, Paris. His research interest includes issues in development, urbanisation, labour, corruption, industrialisation and productivity, services sector and gender inequality. He co-authored Corruption and Development in Indian Economy (with Chandan Sharma, 2016).