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'''Arup Mitra''' is an Indian academician,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/43079919|title= Migration, Livelihood and Well-being: Evidence from Indian City Slums by Arup Mitra |website=JSTOR |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> currently serving as the Professor of Economics, [[South Asian University]], New Delhi<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sau.int/faculty/arup-mitra |title= Professor Arup Mitra |website=South Asian University |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> and previously served as Director General of [[National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development]] (IAMR), an autonomous Institute under [[NITI Aayog]]).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://nilerd.ac.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/Brochure_1924.pdf|title= Brochure for International Programmes|website=NILERD |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref>

His research interests include [[development economics]], labour and welfare, industrial productivity growth and employment, [[urban development]], and [[gender inequality]]. He authored in [[Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems|Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems]] ([[EOLSS]]) Mathematical Models in Economics, developed under [[UNESCO]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c02/e6-154-08-00.pdf |title=Labor Market Analysis: Issues and Facts |website=NILERD |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> Encyclopaedia of Sustainability.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://berkshirepublishing.com/assets/pdf/Sustainability-contributors-all.pdf |title=Contributors to Volumes 1–10 of the Encyclopedia of Sustainability |website=NILERD |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> and the Handbook of Labour, Human Resources and Population Economy.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_14-1 |title=Employment Impact of Technologies in the Developing World |website=Springer |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref>
Arup Mitra received the Mahalanobis Memorial Gold Medal from the Indian Econometric Society for his outstanding contributions to quantitative economics. In 2019, he was awarded the Professor S. R. Sen Best Book Award for his book, Insights into Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wellbeing in India, recognizing the analysis of employment dynamics and poverty reduction strategies.
== Early life and career ==
Arup Mitra completed his MA in Economics , M. Phil. and [[Ph.D]] from [[Delhi School of Economics]]. His title for the PhD thesis was Urbanisation, Slums and Informal Sector: Interconnections and Interregional Variations. Thereafter he also obtained a Post Doctorate Degree from [[Northwestern University]] Evanston, USA (1995). His supervisor was Professor [[Edwin Mills (economist)|Edwin S. Mills]] and the title of the work was "Urban Development and Urban Ills."

He previously worked as a Professor of Economics at the [[Institute of Economic Growth]] (IEG), Delhi. He also served as the Director General of [[NILERD]], Government of India. He held the Indian Economy Chair at Sciences Po. Paris, worked as a senior researcher at ILO (Geneva) and served many organizations as visiting fellow/professor.

Arup served as a member of various committees such as the Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee for City GDP Estimation, [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs]], Government of India,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://theprint.in/india/governance/you-know-indias-gdp-but-do-you-know-your-citys-govt-takes-key-step-to-boost-growth-of-cities/2514183/ |title=Telling Tales|website=Times of India, India Times|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> member of Expert Group Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey by Labour Bureau, [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Ministry of Labour and Employment]], Government of India<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.indrastra.com/2021/10/Quarterly-Employment-Survey-Labour-Bureau.html
|title=Quarterly Employment Survey of the Labour Bureau|website=Indra Stra|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> and pursued research projects sponsored by [[WHO]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/po13he98.pdf |title=Official document|website=Unctad|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> and many other organisations including World Bank, ILO and ADB. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/400139d320ead96a0ec624d3608d9b56-0310012025/original/India-Country-Economic-Memorandum-2024-0227c.pdf |title=India Country Economic Memorandum|website=World Bank|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://vvgnli.gov.in/sites/default/files/Labour_and_Development-December_2021.pdf |title=Labour and Development|website=VVGNLI Government of India|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/453811468764959485/pdf/multi0page.pdf | title=The world bank research program |website=World Bank |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref>

He has authored a large number of research papers in various reputed journals, both international and national, and edited volumes. Besides, he has several books to his credit. He is also on editorial board of various journals such as Indian Journal of Labour Economics,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://link.springer.com/journal/41027/editorial-board|title= Indian Journal of Labour Economics| website= Springer|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> editorial board member of International Journal of Sustainable Development Research<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sciencepg.com/journal/381/editorial-board|title= Editorial Board| website= SciencePG|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> and other journals.

== Books ==
Some of the books, he has authored and coauthored, include the following:

* Barriers to Employment: Impact of Macro, Individual and Enterprise-level Variables,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-4570-2 |title=Barriers to Employment: Impact of Macro, Individual and Enterprise-level Variables |website=Springer |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> Springer Brief, 2023, {{ISBN|978-9819945696 }}
* Urban Headway and Upward Mobility in India, Cambridge University Press, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/urban-headway-and-upward-mobility-in-india/380AB64C7025C8B34E522BDEC6EC4AA3 |title= Urban Headway and Upward Mobility in India |website=Cambridge University Press |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|9781108496360}}

* Climate change, Livelihood Diversification and well-being: The case of rural Odisha" Springer Brief, 2021. (jointly with Saudamini Das and others)<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-7049-7|title=Climate change, Livelihood Diversification and well-being: The case of rural Odisha |website=Springer |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-981-16-7048-0}}

* Labour Force Participation in India, Springer Brief in Economics, Springer, 2018 (jointly with Aya Okada),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-7143-0 |title=Labour Force Participation in India, Springer Brief in Economics |website=Springer |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-9811071430}}.
* Corruption and Development in Indian Economy, Cambridge University Press, 2016. (jointly with Chandan Sharma)<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/corruption-and-development-in-indian-economy/763A911A84FB4745A95EB9F597D74421 |title=Corruption and Development in Indian Economy |website=Cambridge University Press |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|9781107152670}}

* Industry-led Growth: Issues and Facts, Springer Brief in Economics, Springer, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-0009-6 |title=Industry-led Growth: Issues and Facts, Springer Brief in Economics |website=Springer |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-9811000072}}

* Insight into Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wellbeing in India, Springer, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-81-322-0656-9 |title=Insight into Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wellbeing in India |website=Springer |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-81-322-0655-2}}

* Occupational Choices, Networks and Transfers: An Exegesis Based on Micro Data from Delhi Slums, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4414605 |title=Review: Networks and Slum Dwellers |website=JSTOR |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|81-7304-483-X}}
* Urban Development and Urban Ills, Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi, 1997, (Jointly with Edwin S. Mills).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://iimsucat.iimb.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=387139
|title=Urban Development and Urban Ills |website=IIMSUCAT.IIMB.AC.In |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|9788171693993}}

* Urbanisation, Slums, Informal Sector Employment and Poverty: An Exploratory Study B.R. Pub. Corp. (D.K. Pub. and Dist.), Delhi, 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://library.niti.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=3036&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=3271#shelfbrowser |title=Urbanisation, Slums, Informal Sector Employment and Poverty: An Exploratory Study |website=Library NITI Government of India |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|817018830X}}

Some of the books he has edited include:

* Youth in Indian Labour Market: Issues, Challenges and Policies, Springer, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/youth-in-indian-labour-market/26886024|title=Youth in Indian Labour Market: Issues, Challenges and Policies |website=Springer |accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-9819703784}}.

* Economic Growth in India and Its Many Dimensions, Orient BlackSwan, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://library.niti.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80448&query_desc=su%3A%22DEVELOPMENT%22 |title=Economic growth in India and its many dimensions|website=Orient Blackswan|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|9789352870875}}

* Studies in Macro Economics and Welfare, Academic Foundation, Delhi, 2005 (jointly with [[B. B. Bhattacharya]]).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://library.niti.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=69678&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=79758 |title=Studies in Macro Economics and Welfare|website=Library NITI Government of India|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> {{ISBN|817188461X}}

He has also authored books published in English Literature such as Awakening,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.niti.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=48389&query_desc=su%3A%22ENGLISH%20POETRY%22 |title=Awakening|website=Library NITI Government of India|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref> ({{ISBN|8171695078}}), In Search of the Lotus-feet ({{ISBN|978-8126901753}}), Light on the Lotus ( {{ISBN|978-8189973018}}), Poverty Profile ({{ISBN|978-9380009612}}), A Letter to Mother: From Destruction to Construction ({{ISBN|978-8126901463}}), Spread the Wings: Globalising India ({{ISBN|978-9386487728}}), and Convergence of Diversity ({{ISBN|978-9349315099}})other books.

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