Anupma Mehta

Anupma Mehta

Head of Publications and Senior Editor

Anupma Mehta is Head of Publications and Senior Editor at NCAER. She leads the editorial and content writing team at the institution, overseeing the writing, editing, and production of diverse company literature, including digital content, newsletters, reports, working papers, press releases, and project briefs. She is Managing Editor of the in-house journals, the India Policy Forum, and Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research. She also publishes updates and opinion articles on NCAER research in national dailies and other media.

 

She has earlier worked as Associate Editor for the social science journals, The Indian Journal of Labour EconomicsIndian Journal of Human Development, and Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, and has editing experience across research organisations, publishing houses, UN bodies, public sector units, and the social sector. She has published articles and syndicated columns in various dailies, including Hindustan TimesBusiness StandardFinancial ExpressThe PioneerMid-Day, and The Tribune. She has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College, and University of Delhi, and a Post-graduate Diploma in Communications from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.

OPINION | The Hindu Business Line
India needs both e-vehicles and biofuels 
Sanjib Pohit and Anupma Mehta
October 27, 2023 | NCAER

OPINION | QRIUS
Not a Favoured Place for Raising Girls
October 14, 2023

OPINION | The Pioneer
The G20 agenda for bridging the gender digital gap
September 13, 2023

OPINION | news9live
The Gender Implications of the Jan Dhan Yojana
August 28, 2023

OPINION | Ideas for India
Ideas@IPF2023 series: NCAER’s India Policy Forum – where research meets policy,
Anupma Mehta
July 10, 2023

OPINION | Ideas for India
The need for high-quality environment data in India: The case of riverine pollution
Sanjib Pohit and Anupma Mehta
June 28, 2023

OPINION | The Pioneer
Ensuring a green and lean public transport system for Delhi
Anupma Mehta and Sanjib Pohit
June 05, 2023

OPINION | The Pioneer
The challenge of gender access to clean water
Anupma Mehta and Sanjib Pohit
March 29, 2023

OPINION | The Pioneer
The inequities of gender bias in India 
Anupma Mehta
March 8, 2023

OPINION | The Pioneer
Polluting a river is a sin against it!
Sanjib Pohit and Anupma Mehta
September 27, 2022

OPINION | The Pioneer
Gandhian philosophy inspires rural development
Saurabh  Bandyopadhyay, Anupma Mehta, and Laxmi Joshi
June 09, 2022

OPINION | The Pioneer
Why men are more equal than women
Anupma Mehta
March 08, 2022

OPINION |  QRIUS (online)
The real buzz behind the fizz—The Truth about Alcohol Consumption in India
Sanjib Pohit, Anupma Mehta, Samarth Gupta, and Soumi Roy Chowdhury
February 18, 2022

OPINION | The Economic Times
Will raising the marriageable age for women to 21 improve gender outcomes?
Anupma Mehta
December 25, 2021

OPINION | QRIUS (online)
Cautious Optimism on Gender Data in National Family Health Surveys (NFHS-5)
Anupma Mehta
December 21, 2021

OPINION | The Pioneer
Tourism Sector Can Go Places with New Ideas
Poonam Munjal and Anupma Mehta
December 11, 2021

OPINION | The Pioneer
Women and Mental Health Morbidities
Anupma Mehta
October 11, 2021

OPINION | The Pioneer
Role of Cooperatives in Indian Economy
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay and Anupma Mehta
September 24, 2021

OPINION | The Pioneer
Gender Parity Is a Mirage as Challenges Still Remain
Anupma Mehta
July 7, 2021

OPINION | QRIUS (online)
Alarming Decline in Child Nutrition Levels in India
Anupma Mehta
January 13, 2021

OPINION | The Pioneer
Insights from the Ground
Anupma Mehta
July 18, 2020

OPINION | The Economics Society, SRCC
Need for Gender-transformative Focus in India’s Education Policy
Anupma Mehta
May 29, 2020

OPINION | The Pioneer
Women the Biggest Losers
Anupma Mehta
April 20, 2020

OPINION | The Pioneer
Women in STEM Research in the Age of Coronavirus
Anupma Mehta
March 9, 2020

OPINION | The Pioneer
In Pursuit of Gender Equality
Anupma Mehta
December 30, 2019

OPINION | The Pioneer
Child Marriage: Nothing to Celebrate
Anupma Mehta
November 22, 2019

OPINION | The Pioneer
The Great Water Paradox
Anupma Mehta
August 5, 2019

OPINION | The Pioneer
Now Fewer Women Voters
Anupma Mehta
April 11, 2019

OPINION | The Pioneer
Beaten, battered, brutalised
Anupma Mehta
March 8, 2019

OPINION | The Pioneer
Yes to reservation, no to women
Anupma Mehta
February 12, 2019

OPINION | The Pioneer
Marriage by choice or convention?
Anupma Mehta
October 9, 2018

OPINION | The Pioneer
What drives women over the edge?
Anupma Mehta
October 1, 2018

OPINION | Business Standard
Gender gap in land ownership
Anupma Mehta
April 17, 2018

OPINION | The Pioneer
End the Politics of Female Exclusion
Anupma Mehta
March 8, 2018

OPINION | The Pioneer
Time to Nurture the Hands that Feed us
Anupma Mehta
February 16, 2018

OPINION | The Pioneer
The Female Principle
Anupma Mehta
November 27, 2017

OPINION | The Hindu
No Economy for women
Sonalde Desai and Anupma Mehta
March 8, 2017

OPINION | The Indian Economist
Is UBI the USP of this year’s Economic survey?
Anupma Mehta
February 22, 2017

OPINION | The Indian Economist
Has the American Dream Gone with the Wind?
Anupma Mehta
November 19, 2016

OPINION | The Tribune
Laadli races up literacy ladder in Himachal
Anupma Mehta
August 22, 2016

OPINION | First Post
Where are the women? Political power is still a male domain in India
Sohini Paul and Anupma Mehta
June 4, 2016