Ajit Mishra
Professor & Head, Department of Economics, University of Bath
Prof. Ajit Mishra is Professor & Head of Department of Economics at the University of Bath. Prof. Mishra has also held positions at the Delhi School of Economics (India), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (India) and University of Dundee (UK). He has served as director of the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, and has had visiting positions at several institutions including Cornell University, Boston University, Stellenbosch University, and Ashoka University.
Among his published books are The Economics of Corruption (2005, OUP), Markets, Governance, and Institutions in the Process of Economic Development co-edited with Tridip Ray (2017, OUP), and Law and Economic Development: Behavioral and Moral Foundations of a Changing World, co-edited with Kaushik Basu (2023, Palgrave Macmillan).
Mishra holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics (India), having completed his M.A. at the same institute.