Career
He was Honorary (Emeritus) Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, where he headed the Population Research Centre for several years. Through his long academic career, he lectured extensively on demography across the world, and taught at New Delhi"s Jawaharlal Nehru University, the National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and the National Defence College, New Delhi. He was advisor on demographic and census issues to various Indian prime ministers starting with Rajiv Gandhi.
The author and editor of 25 books, he was a regular contributor to the Economic and Political Weekly, Health for the Millions and Power Politics.
Ashish Bose coined the term BIMARU for Bihar, Member of Parliament, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh collectively
Professor Bose died on April 7, 2014 from complications after hip-replacement surgery following a fall.
