Richa Kothari is a University Grants Commission Research Scholar at the Economics Department, Presidency University. She has worked as an Assistant Professor at the BES College, Kolkata, and as a data scientist and business analyst at Evalueserve, Bengaluru. Her research interests are in the field of development economics, especially pertaining to issues of gender, education, and health. She has presented her work at several international and national conferences. Zakir Husain is a Professor in the Economics Department at Presidency University, Kolkata. A graduate of Presidency College, he passed his Masters from Calcutta University; his Ph.D., also from Calcutta University, was on community management of natural resources. He uses econometric tools and methods to study issues related to exclusion and discrimination in gerontology, education, demography and health. He has been a faculty in the Institute of Economic Growth and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, a Senior Consultant in the Prime Minister’s High-Level Committee to prepare reports on the status of Muslims, and a member of the West Bengal Planning Board. He has presented at several universities in Asia and Europe. He has been involved with projects funded by The World Bank, the Rosa Luxemburg Society, The International Growth Centre, Cancer Research UK, Niti Ayog, etc., as one of the Investigators. Mousumi Dutta is a Professor in the Economics Department at Presidency University, Kolkata. She is a Gold Medalist in M.Sc. (Economics) from Calcutta University and completed her doctoral degree in “Economics of conservation of built heritage: the case of Kolkata” from the same University. She has been the Principal or Co-Investigator in projects funded by The International Growth Center, London School of Economics; Rosa Luxemburg Society, Berlin, ICSSR and UGC. Prof. Dutta has worked extensively on the built environment, health and gender issues and published in journals like Tourism Management, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Social Indicators Research, and Journal of International Development. Prof. Dutta has co-authored and co-edited books on gender, reproductive health and COVID-19. She has also presented her work at Stockholm University, Gutenberg University, Corvinus University, Leeds University, Winchester University, Liverpool University, Cardiff University and Shanghai University.
