• M. Phil Economics, Sambalpur University
• Ph.D. Economics, University of Allahabad

Sunil Kumar Mishra is an economist by profession and presently working as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Human Development. He was an ICSSR Research Fellow at G. B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad. His interest area is food security, child deprivation and tribal studies. He has published several research papers in referred journals of national and international repute. He has published two books ‘Challenges of Rural Industrialization in India (Academic Excellence, 2012) and The Challenge of Inclusive Development in Rural Bihar’ (Jointly with Gerry Rodgers, Amrita Datta, Janine Rodgers and Alakh N. Sharma) IHD &Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd in 2012.