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Mitu Sengupta

Professor
EducationPhD (Political Science): Toronto
Phone(416) 979-5000 x 554183

Spoken Languages

English, Hindi, Bengali

Biography

Dr. Mitu Sengupta is Full Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at 91滴滴. She is program faculty for the York and Toronto Met joint MA/PhD Program in Communication and Culture, as well as the MA in Public Policy and Administration and the PhD in Policy Studies.

Mitu has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto (with specialization in Comparative Politics and Political Theory), a Master of Arts in Political Science from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy, also from McGill University. Prior to moving to Canada for her undergraduate studies, Mitu lived in the US, UK, and India. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Bengali.

Op-eds and Other Scholarly Work

  • 鈥淎fter 2030: Defending the Global Goals in an Age of Retreat." ), February 10, 2026.
  • 鈥溾�� (with Asit Arora). Observer Research Foundation 鈥� Health Express, 09 May 2020.
  • 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Globe and Mail, 01 December 2017.
  • &苍产蝉辫;鈥溾�� [with Thomas Pogge (Yale)]. The Guardian (Poverty Matters Blog), 20 August 2013.
  • 鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Toronto Star, 21 February 2009.

Articles, Books, and Book Chapters

  • 鈥淧rotecting Cancer Care through the Covid-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath鈥� (with Asit Arora). . New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation, August 2020.
  • 鈥淲estern Academic Activism and Poverty Research." In , ed. Valentin Beck, Henning Hahn, and Robert Lepenies, 131-144.  Berlin: Springer, 2020.
  • "What the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 1982 Asian Games reveal about India鈥檚 Development Trajectory." In , eds. Rob Millington and Simon C. Darnell, 130-147. New York: Routledge (Routledge Series in Sports Development), 2019.
  • 鈥淩eflections on Sustainable Development Goals from the Perspective of Developing Countries: Transformative Change or Business as Usual?鈥� In , ed. Rangachar Govinda and Poornima M., 65-75.  New Delhi: Routledge, 2019.
  • 鈥淭he fight against corruption: Some lessons from India.鈥� In , ed. Bijayalaxmi Nanda and Nupur Ray, 151-176. New York: Routledge, 2019.
  • 鈥淧ost-Development.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; In , ed. Jay Drydyk and Lori Kelleher, 35-40. New York: Routledge, 2019.
  • 鈥溾��&苍产蝉辫; ORF: Observer Research Foundation India Matters, 15 January 2019.
  • 鈥淭ransformational Change or a Tenuous Wish List: A Critique of SDG-1?鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Social Alternatives 37:1 (2018): 12-17.  [s, ed. Noha Shawki.]
  • 鈥溾�� In State Strategies for Leveraging Sports Mega-Events, ed. Jonathan Grix; a special issue of International Journal of Sports Policy and Politics 9:2 (2017): 331-348.
  • 鈥溾�� (with Thomas Pogge).  Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy 32:2 (2016): 83-97.
  • 鈥淐ivil Society and Anti-Corruption Initiatives in India: Towards a Citizens' Perspective." In , eds. Ian Scott and Ting Gong, 196-208. London UK: Routledge, 2016.
  • 鈥�." City, Culture, and Society 7:4 (December 2016): 259-66.
  • 鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;E-International Relations (January 18, 2016).
    • Republished in Global Policy (February 9, 2016).
  • 鈥溾�� (with Thomas Pogge). Washington International Law Journal 24:3 (June 2015): 571-587.
  • 鈥溾�� (with Thomas Pogge). Journal of Global Ethics 11:1 (2015): 56-64. [Special section: Sustainable Development Goals Forum, ed. Eric Palmer.]
  • 鈥淩ace Relations Light Years from Earth.鈥� In , eds. Stuart Hirschberg and Terry Hirschberg, 276-282. New York: Longman, 2015.
  •  (ed. with Tanuka Endow and Sumit Mazumdar). New Delhi: Institute for Human Development and Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2014.
    • 鈥淚ntroduction: Challenges of Achieving Sustainable Human Development in the Post-MDGs Era鈥� [with Tanuka Endow and Sumit Mazumdar]. In Human Development in the Global South: Emerging Perspectives in the Era of Post-Millennium Development Goals, eds. Tanuka Endow, Sumit Mazumdar and Mitu Sengupta, 1-20. New Delhi: Institute for Human Development and Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2014.
    • 鈥淲ay Forward: Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Agenda鈥� [with Thomas Pogge (Yale)]. In Human Development in the Global South: Emerging Perspectives in the Era of Post-Millennium Development Goals, eds. Tanuka Endow, Sumit Mazumdar and Mitu Sengupta, 399-409. New Delhi: Institute for Human Development and Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2014.
  • 鈥溾�� [With Bhumika Muchhala]. Economic and Political Weekly XLIX: 46 (15 November 2014): 28-30.
  • 鈥溾�� (with Thomas Pogge). Global Justice: Theory, Practice, and Rhetoric 7 (2014): 3-11. [Special Issue: Global Justice and the Theory and Practice of Development, ed. Julian Culp.]
  • 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest 13:3 (July 2014): 406-13.
  • 鈥淎 Tale of Two Indias.鈥� In , eds. Richard Sandbrook and Ali Guven, 77-92. Albany NY: SUNY Press, 2014.
  • "Slumdog Millionaire鈥檚 Troubling Formula for Social Justice.鈥� Chapter 6 in , ed. Ajay Gehlawat, 69-89. New York: Anthem Press, 2013.
  • 鈥溾�� (with Thomas Pogge). Economic and Political Weekly XLVIII: 39 (28 September 2013): 23-25.
  • 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Journal of Asian Studies, 71:03 (August 2012): 593-601.
  • 鈥淩ace Relations Lights Years from Earth.鈥� In . Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon, 412-16. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2011.
  • 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Indian Journal of Human Development 4:2 (2010): 433-443.
  • 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Third World Quarterly 31:4 (June 2010): 599-616. [Special Issue: Relocating Culture in Development and Development in Culture, ed. Dia Da Costa.]
  • 鈥淔rom 鈥楬ard Sell鈥� to 鈥楽oft Sell鈥�: The IMF, World Bank and Indian Liberalization.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;World Affairs 14:1 (Spring 2010): 112-137.
  • 鈥溾��&苍产蝉辫;Indian Journal of Human Development 3:2 (July-December 2009): 367-378.
  • 鈥溾��&苍产蝉辫;Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society 14 (Autumn 2009): 13-32.
  • 鈥溾��&苍产蝉辫;New Political Economy 14:2 b(June 2009), 181-210.
  • "Labour Power and India's Market Reforms: The Politics of Decline and the Politics of Survival." s 51:4 (October-December 2008), 983-992.
  • 鈥溾��&苍产蝉辫;Economic and Political Weekly (May 24, 2008), 35-42.

Book Reviews

  •  of Global Justice and Development by Julian Culp (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014): 215 pp.  Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 19:4 (2016): 1065-1067.
  •  of Understanding India's New Political Economy: A Great Transformation? by Sanjay Ruparelia, Sanjay Reddy, John Harris and Stuart Corbridge (Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2011): 269 pp. Contemporary South Asia 22:1 (Jan 2014): 108-109.
  •  of Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercityby Katherine Boo. (New York: Random House, 2012): 288 pp. Dissent (09 May 2012).
  •  of South Asia: Rising to the Challenge of Globalization by Pradumna B. Rana and J. Malcolm Dowling (Singapore: World Scientific, 2009): 257 pp. Pacific Affairs 83:4 (December 2010): 813-14.
  •  of India's Middle Class: New Forms of Urban Leisure, Consumption and Prosperity by Christiane Brosius (New Delhi: Routledge, 2010): 404pp. Biblio: A Review of Books XV: 3-4 (March-April 2010): 8-9.

Mitu Sengupta has published widely on Indian market liberalization and development, on labour and migration in India, and on the politics and cultural impact of sporting events and film. Her more recent research engages with the fields of international development, international relations, and political philosophy. Mitu is working on a book-length project on the normative foundations of India鈥檚 economic policy and development strategy.

The undergraduate courses she regularly teaches at 91滴滴 include POG323 (Politics of Development) and POL128 (Politics and Film).