Aditi Chatterji was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, and was educated at Loreto House School and Junior College, Loreto College (affiliated with the University of Calcutta), St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, and the University of Calcutta. She read Geography at the Universities of Oxford and Calcutta, earning an M.Litt. from Oxford and a PhD from Calcutta.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). She has twice been awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and once held a Senior Academic Fellowship from the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
Dr Chatterji is the author of five previous books—three published by INTACH and one by Routledge (UK and India). This volume is her sixth book. She has also published over 160 articles in leading Indian English newspapers, including The Statesman, The Telegraph, The Economic Times, The Amrita Bazar Patrika, and The Hindustan Times (Delhi edition).
She has presented papers at national and international conferences in India, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Singapore, and has been associated with the Centre for Urban Economic Studies, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, since 1997.
