Om Prakash Mathur is Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) Research Foundation and Senior Fellow, Global Cities Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto. He served from 2014-19 as a Senior Fellow and Chair, Urban Studies, at the Institute of Social Sciences and held from 1992-2011, the position of IDFC Chair at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi. From 1984-1992, Om Prakash Mathur was Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs, and a Distinguished Professor from 2011-2014.