Dr Namita Gupta is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Arya Mahila PG College (BHU) Varanasi. She has about 12 years of teaching and 12 years of research experience. She has to her credit more than 25 research papers published in National and International journals of repute. She has received the prestigious postdoctoral fellowship award from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR, New Delhi). Her area of specialization includes Quantitative Economics and Microeconomics. She has presented papers in many National and International seminars/conferences. She is a life member of the Indian Economic Association and the Indian society of Labour Economics.