• Ph.D. in Development Economics, Jamia Milia Islamia
• Post Doctoral Fellow, ICSSR

Dr. Balwant Singh Mehta has worked extensively in the areas of Information and Communication technology for development, labour, employment and child well being. He has contributed several papers on these themes to various reputed National & International journals and books. His contributions to social research is acknowledged by several international organizations through fellowships and other awards such as the International Amy Mahan Fellowship in ICT4D (2010-11), by University of PompeuFabra, Barcelona; South Asian ICT4D Research Fellowship (2009-10) from Singapore Internet Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and the International Development Research Centre India Social Science Young Research Award (IDRC-SSRA) in 2009.