Santosh Mehrotra is a research fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics,Germany, and a visiting professor at the Centre for Development Studies at the University of Bath, UK. Prior to that, he was a professor of economics and chair of the Centre for Informal Sector and Labour at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Santosh has previously also held research positions with the United Nations, and leadership roles in the Planning Commission of India.