Gangadhar Jha has been a member of the faculty of the Centre for Urban Studies of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, Professor at the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and Principal Consultant and Director at IPE Global. He has been Economic Advisor to the first Delhi Finance Commission, Government of the National Territory of Delhi. He has also worked as Coordinator of the Indo-USAID collaborative FIRE-D Project at NIUA from 1996 to 2002. Dr. Jha has written extensively on urban governance, municipal finance, institutional strengthening, capacity development and training. He has worked on these issues in Sri Lanka, Iraq, Bhutan, Indonesia, and Nepal besides India, on projects supported by multilateral and bilateral funding agencies.