Bhanoji Rao is presently Governing Board Member, GITAM, and IFHE, India. He was a faculty member at the University of Singapore (1967-1978), National University of Singapore (1985-2001), and the LKY School of Public Policy (2009-2011). He served as a World Bank Economist during 1979-1985. He has authored and edited several books and monographs, as well as several journal articles. Suresh K.G. teaches economics at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. He holds a PhD in the area of Economics and an MPhil in the area of Management. His research articles appeared in international peer-reviewed journals like Economic Modelling, Empirical Economics, Journal of Quantitative Economics, and Economic and Political Weekly. Pundarik Mukhopadhaya is Professor of Economics at Macquarie University, Australia. He previously served as a consultant at the ADB, World Bank, and UNESCO. His research focuses on the measurement of social welfare, economic inequality, poverty, gender disparity, and economic sustainability in developing and developed countries. He has authored 3 books and over 80 research papers in reputed journals and edited books.
