Dr. Rohit Mutatkar is working as a faculty member at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Tuljapur Campus, Maharashtra. Previously, he has worked as a faculty member at the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies, TISS, Mumbai.

He has a MA degree in Economics from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and a PhD degree in Development Studies from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai (an advanced research institute established by the Reserve Bank of India).

His broad areas of research interest are poverty, inequality and human development, from an interdisciplinary perspective.