Mr. Arnab Gantait is a former UGC Project Fellow, and an independent researcher. He completed his PGDM (Equivalent to MBA) from Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) in 2014, and also qualified UGC-NET. He is serving the tourism industry for more than two years. Mr. Arnab has so far published 17 research articles, and has earned more than 80 citations altogether. He is passionate about the academic areas of Responsible tourism, Rural tourism, Pro-poor Tourism, ICT in Education. His credential may be verified on Google Scholar, SSRN, ResearchGate etc.