Prof. (Dr.) Udai Prakash Sinha is a distinguished academician and economist with more than four and a half decades of dedicated service to higher education, research, and institutional leadership in India. Over a career spanning 45 years, he has contributed extensively to teaching, research, and academic administration, consistently upholding high standards of excellence and integrity. Prof. Sinha is the author of 28 books and has published over 125 research papers in reputed national and international journals, reflecting his deep engagement with economic theory, policy, and applied research, He has guided more than 55 doctoral scholars, making a significant contribution to research capacity building in the field of economics.

Dr. Indu Kumari is an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale), H.O.D, Economics and posted at B.N. College, Bhagalpur, a constituent unit of Tilkamanjhi Bhagalpur University, Bihar, India. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics. Dr. Kumari has actively participated in numerous national and international conferences and seminars. She has contributed a book chapter on Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and authored several research papers spanning diverse areas such as green economy, green consumer behavior, sustainable development, monetary policy and inflation, demonetization and its impact on India, financial literacy, crude oil prices as cost-push inflation, public expenditure and social well-being, consumer behaviour in luxury goods.

Distinguishing Features Of This Book

This book seeks to examine that transformation through a structured analytical lens. The central motivation behind this work is to understand how culture-based development can contribute to regional economic growth, employment generation, urban regeneration, and social inclusion. While tourism economics and urban development studies have traditionally focused on industrial clusters, smart cities, or global metropolitan regions, India presents a distinctive development pathway where sacred geographies and cultural circuits play a significant role in shaping local economies.