Spread the Wings: Globalising India (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789386487728)

Arup Mitra is professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. His area of research interest includes development, labour, urban, gender and industrial economics. He has published a number of books and more than one hundred research papers in various international and national journals. His recent book on inclusive growth, employment and wellbeing has been published by Springer and his co-authored book on corruption and development in the Indian economy is published by Cambridge. Besides, he writes in various business dailies. He received the Mahalanobis memorial gold medal from the Indian Econometric Society for his outstanding contribution to quantitative economics. His activities extend beyond economics. In the field of literature he has published four volumes of poems and a fiction: Awakening (1998) by Commonwealth publishers, In Search of the Lotus-Feet (2002) by Atlantic Publishers, Light on the Lotus (2007) by Readworthy, Poverty Profile (2009) by Mind Melodies and A Letter to Mother: From Destruction to Construction (2002) by Atlantic Publishers.He has been trained as a classical dancer in the Odissi style by Guru Dibakar Khuntia and earned Nritya Visharad from the Prachin Kala Kendra. He has performed in many important centers. He also pursues philosophy and spiritualism and writes in the Speaking Tree section of the Times of India.