Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for nearly thirty-five years. She is now a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, USA. She has authored and/or edited nineteen books (including the co-edited Elgar Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development, 2014, and Informal Women Workers in the Global South and nearly 200 scholarly articles. She has received several national and international prizes for her research. She has advised governments in India and other countries, including as Member of the National Knowledge Commission of India (2005–09). She is the executive secretary of International Development Economics Associates, an international network of heterodox development economists. She has consulted for various international organizations including the ILO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UN-DESA, UNRISD, and UN Women and is a member of many international commissions. She writes regularly for newspapers, journals, and blogs.