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Professor, Economics & Planning Unit
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi

Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, an Indian economist, is currently a professor in the Economics and Planning Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. He was awarded his Ph.D. in economics from The Pennsylvania State University in 2004.

His primary specialisation is in empirical research methods applied to topics relating to education, health, and labour in developing countries (especially India). Recent topics of research include the economic effects of HIV-AIDS and cancer, the impact of better school infrastructure on rural schooling attendance, and the implementation and effects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

He has previously been the Sir Ratan Tata Senior Fellow at the Institute of Economic Growth, an academic visitor at the India Observatory, London School of Economics, London; a visiting researcher at the Chr. Michelson Institute (Bergen), research associate at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhiroop_Mukhopadhyay