Prof. Ritu Dewan is the Vice President of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, Visiting Professor at
the Institute of Human Development, Executive Editor of The Leaflet.in, Trustee of The India Forum, and
President of the Indian Association for Women’s Studies (2014-17). She was, till her retirement, the first-
ever woman Director of the Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, and the founder-member
of the first Centre for Gender Economics in Asia.

She has over 150 publications, including 40 books and monographs, encompassing a wide range of
issues including Development Economics, Gender Studies & Gender Economics, Rural and Urban
Development, Infrastructure, Labour Markets, Environmental Displacement, Peace Studies, etc.