Prof. R.B. Bhagat

Prof. R.B. Bhagat
Visiting Professor

Prof Ram B. Bhagat is Honorary Professor at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, and Visiting Professor, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Earlier Prof Bhagat served as Professor and Head, Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India.  His research interest includes migration and urbanization; environment and sustainable development; demography, ethnicity and politics. He has published ten books and about 200 research papers appeared in national and international journals of repute (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R-Bhagat). He has guided 20 research scholars leading to the award of PhD degree and 27 students for M.Phil Degree.

He has been the founder convener of South Asia Centre for Labour Mobility and Migrants (SALAM)  established with support from ILO, IOM and UN-Women at IIPS in collaboration with  four South Asian Institutions (https://www.ilo.org/newdelhi/info/public/pr/WCMS_830102/lang–en/index.htm).

Prof. Bhagat has co-edited books namely ‘Climate change, vulnerability and migration’, published by Routledge 2018; ‘Migration and Urban Transition: A Development Perspective’, Routledge 2020, and ‘Migrants, Mobility and Citizenship in India’, Routledge 2022. He has also authored a book on ‘Population and Political Imagination: Census, Register and Citizenship in India’, published by Routledge in 2022, and co-authored a text book, ‘Researching Internal Migration’, by Routledge 2023. He also served as Chief Editor of Demography India- An official Journal of Indian Association for the study of Population (IASP) during 2018-2022.      

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rbbhagat

Educational Qualifications:  MA in Geography (Regional Development), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1984; PhD in Demography, University of Mumbai, 1988.

Email: rbbhagat@iipsindia.ac.in